Azure SQL Database Job Trends in England

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 455 442
Rank change year-on-year +197 -13 -28
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 707 196 343
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.75% 0.45% 0.48%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.66% 2.91% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 647 170 270
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,475
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,063 £50,021
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £76,813
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,075 £90,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% -

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
England

Azure SQL Database falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 8,160 6,724 11,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.62% 15.34% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,598 4,412 7,714
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,250
25th Percentile £45,749 £45,719 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,182 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% -2.11% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in England

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure SQL Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in England over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in England

Azure SQL Database
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the England region over the 6 months to 16 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +105 183 £57,500 -9.80% 55
North of England +47 131 £50,000 -13.04% 37
London -19 127 £80,000 +10.34% 78
East of England +65 109 £60,000 +2.13% 22
Midlands +34 93 £55,000 +13.40% 20
West Midlands +19 59 £58,750 +6.82% 14
South West -22 59 £55,000 +10.00% 10
North West +36 58 £50,000 -13.04% 24
North East -26 42 £55,000 -4.35% 6
East Midlands -11 34 £51,250 +5.67% 6
Yorkshire -7 31 £55,000 -8.33% 7
Azure SQL Database
UK

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 32 (4.53%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.56%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.13%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (0.85%) IIS
6 5 (0.71%) Apache
6 5 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.71%) nginx
7 3 (0.42%) CMS
7 3 (0.42%) DNN
7 3 (0.42%) EPiServer
7 3 (0.42%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (0.42%) Kentico
7 3 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.42%) Sitefinity
7 3 (0.42%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.28%) Luigi
8 2 (0.28%) Tornado
9 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 707 (100.00%) Azure
2 240 (33.95%) Azure DevOps
3 155 (21.92%) GitHub
4 154 (21.78%) Azure AI
5 141 (19.94%) GitHub Copilot
6 102 (14.43%) Power Platform
7 95 (13.44%) AWS
8 91 (12.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 74 (10.47%) Azure Data Factory
10 46 (6.51%) Serverless
11 43 (6.08%) Azure Key Vault
12 42 (5.94%) Azure Monitor
13 41 (5.80%) PaaS
14 40 (5.66%) Azure Service Bus
15 39 (5.52%) Azure Functions
15 39 (5.52%) Azure Logic Apps
16 38 (5.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 35 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
18 29 (4.10%) PowerApps
19 26 (3.68%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 54 (7.64%) Internet
2 20 (2.83%) VPN
3 13 (1.84%) Firewall
4 7 (0.99%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.71%) DNS
6 4 (0.57%) MQTT
7 2 (0.28%) SSL
8 1 (0.14%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.14%) HTTP
8 1 (0.14%) LAN
8 1 (0.14%) Network Security
8 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 382 (54.03%) MongoDB
2 147 (20.79%) Elasticsearch
3 115 (16.27%) SQL Server
4 88 (12.45%) Power BI
5 52 (7.36%) Data Warehouse
6 36 (5.09%) Data Lake
7 18 (2.55%) Relational Database
8 16 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 16 (2.26%) Tableau
9 15 (2.12%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.70%) Metadata
10 12 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (1.56%) NonStop SQL
11 11 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (1.41%) Star Schema
13 8 (1.13%) DynamoDB
13 8 (1.13%) Spark SQL
14 7 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.85%) Big Data
15 6 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 38 (5.37%) Git
2 8 (1.13%) Octopus Deploy
3 5 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.57%) NUnit
5 2 (0.28%) JIRA
5 2 (0.28%) MSTest
6 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.14%) Postman
6 1 (0.14%) Selenium
6 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 100 (14.14%) Finance
2 76 (10.75%) Social Skills
3 57 (8.06%) Advertising
4 41 (5.80%) Marketing
5 38 (5.37%) Games
6 34 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (2.97%) Law
7 21 (2.97%) Retail
8 17 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.12%) Banking
10 14 (1.98%) Aerospace
10 14 (1.98%) Public Sector
11 13 (1.84%) Legal
12 11 (1.56%) Music Industry
13 4 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.28%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.28%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.28%) Police
16 1 (0.14%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 473 (66.90%) Developer
2 430 (60.82%) .NET Developer
3 88 (12.45%) Senior
4 65 (9.19%) Data Engineer
5 62 (8.77%) Azure Engineer
6 29 (4.10%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 29 (4.10%) DevOps Engineer
7 28 (3.96%) Senior Developer
8 24 (3.39%) Architect
9 22 (3.11%) Lead
10 20 (2.83%) DBA
11 19 (2.69%) Platform Engineer
11 19 (2.69%) Senior Data Engineer
12 16 (2.26%) Azure Data Engineer
12 16 (2.26%) Support Engineer
13 15 (2.12%) Analyst
14 14 (1.98%) Data Architect
15 13 (1.84%) Administrator
16 12 (1.70%) Azure Architect
16 12 (1.70%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 497 (70.30%) .NET
2 448 (63.37%) .NET Core
3 437 (61.81%) ASP.NET
4 430 (60.82%) ASP.NET Core
5 176 (24.89%) CSS
5 176 (24.89%) HTML
6 170 (24.05%) Entity Framework
7 155 (21.92%) ASP.NET Web API
8 148 (20.93%) React
9 147 (20.79%) Blazor
10 146 (20.65%) AngularJS
11 144 (20.37%) Node.js
12 142 (20.08%) RESTful
12 142 (20.08%) Vue
13 134 (18.95%) ML.NET
14 97 (13.72%) LINQ
15 59 (8.35%) .NET Framework
16 22 (3.11%) HTML5 Canvas
17 20 (2.83%) JSON
17 20 (2.83%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.75%) Greenfield Project
2 53 (7.50%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (3.11%) Cloud Native
4 21 (2.97%) Mobile App
5 20 (2.83%) Digital TV
6 19 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (2.40%) iPhone
8 15 (2.12%) Replication
9 14 (1.98%) Security Posture
9 14 (1.98%) Social Network
10 13 (1.84%) Product Ownership
11 12 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.70%) Podcast
11 12 (1.70%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.70%) Social Media
12 11 (1.56%) BBC
13 8 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
14 6 (0.85%) AI Agents
14 6 (0.85%) IoT
14 6 (0.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 40 (5.66%) Windows
2 32 (4.53%) VMS
3 21 (2.97%) Android
4 16 (2.26%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.56%) Linux
6 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (62.09%) Full-Stack Development
2 379 (53.61%) Agile
3 264 (37.34%) CI/CD
4 255 (36.07%) DevOps
5 189 (26.73%) AI
6 171 (24.19%) Machine Learning
7 161 (22.77%) Microservices
8 129 (18.25%) Multithreading
9 119 (16.83%) Analytics
10 102 (14.43%) Business Intelligence
11 95 (13.44%) Scrum
12 77 (10.89%) TDD
13 71 (10.04%) BDD
14 66 (9.34%) OO
15 59 (8.35%) Kanban
16 58 (8.20%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
16 58 (8.20%) Performance Tuning
17 57 (8.06%) Data Engineering
18 56 (7.92%) Problem-Solving
19 55 (7.78%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 706 (99.86%) SQL
2 493 (69.73%) C#
3 173 (24.47%) JavaScript
4 170 (24.05%) TypeScript
5 83 (11.74%) PowerShell
6 60 (8.49%) Python
7 26 (3.68%) Bicep
8 18 (2.55%) Kusto Query Language
9 17 (2.40%) Bash
9 17 (2.40%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.27%) Java
11 8 (1.13%) C++
11 8 (1.13%) Scala
12 4 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.42%) R
14 1 (0.14%) Delphi
14 1 (0.14%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 31 (4.38%) Azure Certification
2 17 (2.40%) Degree
3 16 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (1.41%) Security Cleared
5 9 (1.27%) SC Cleared
6 7 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.57%) Tableau Certification
8 3 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.38%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.97%) QA
3 13 (1.84%) GDPR
4 4 (0.57%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.28%) NCSC
6 1 (0.14%) HL7
6 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 175 (24.75%) Docker
2 28 (3.96%) Active Directory
3 25 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 164 (23.20%) Kubernetes
2 49 (6.93%) Terraform
3 13 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.41%) Grafana
5 8 (1.13%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.42%) Scalr
7 2 (0.28%) Argo
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 572 (80.91%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.78%) Facebook
3 52 (7.36%) Databricks
4 42 (5.94%) Google
5 21 (2.97%) YouTube
6 19 (2.69%) Adobe
7 13 (1.84%) VMware
8 12 (1.70%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (1.56%) Apple
9 11 (1.56%) Sony
9 11 (1.56%) Yahoo!
10 9 (1.27%) Oracle
11 8 (1.13%) Informatica
12 4 (0.57%) SolarWinds
13 3 (0.42%) Alterian
13 3 (0.42%) iManage
13 3 (0.42%) Intapp
13 3 (0.42%) RedGate
13 3 (0.42%) SAP
13 3 (0.42%) Sitecore