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 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 481 444
Rank change year-on-year +227 -37 -49
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 716 172 339
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.71% 0.40% 0.49%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.05% 2.67% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 643 154 237
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £93,750
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 7,911 6,434 10,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.86% 14.91% 15.46%
Number of salaries quoted 5,545 4,183 6,506
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +1.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,688 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,750 £110,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.80%

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 September 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 September 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 +97 188 £57,500 -11.54% 74
London -1 144 £80,000 +14.29% 132
North of England +39 127 £52,661 -8.42% 56
East of England +63 101 £60,000 +9.09% 24
Midlands +35 95 £55,000 +13.40% 43
West Midlands +13 63 £60,000 +26.32% 29
North West +26 56 £50,000 -9.09% 30
South West -20 56 £55,000 +10.00% 17
North East -24 41 £55,000 +4.27% 11
East Midlands -18 32 £50,000 +3.09% 14
Yorkshire -10 30 £55,000 -8.33% 15
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 34 (4.75%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.23%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.12%) SharePoint Server
5 7 (0.98%) Apache
6 6 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.84%) IIS
7 5 (0.70%) nginx
8 3 (0.42%) CMS
8 3 (0.42%) DNN
8 3 (0.42%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.42%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (0.42%) Kentico
8 3 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.42%) Sitefinity
8 3 (0.42%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.28%) Luigi
9 2 (0.28%) Tornado
Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 716 (100.00%) Azure
2 258 (36.03%) Azure DevOps
3 152 (21.23%) GitHub
4 151 (21.09%) Azure AI
5 135 (18.85%) GitHub Copilot
6 118 (16.48%) Power Platform
7 97 (13.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 93 (12.99%) AWS
9 85 (11.87%) Azure Data Factory
10 50 (6.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 46 (6.42%) Serverless
12 41 (5.73%) Azure Key Vault
12 41 (5.73%) PaaS
13 40 (5.59%) Azure Service Bus
14 39 (5.45%) Azure Monitor
15 37 (5.17%) Azure Functions
16 35 (4.89%) Azure Logic Apps
16 35 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
17 31 (4.33%) PowerApps
18 28 (3.91%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 53 (7.40%) Internet
2 22 (3.07%) VPN
3 15 (2.09%) Firewall
4 6 (0.84%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.70%) DNS
6 4 (0.56%) MQTT
7 3 (0.42%) WAN
8 2 (0.28%) SSL
9 1 (0.14%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.14%) HTTP
9 1 (0.14%) LAN
9 1 (0.14%) Network Security
9 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 378 (52.79%) MongoDB
2 144 (20.11%) Elasticsearch
3 131 (18.30%) SQL Server
4 104 (14.53%) Power BI
5 68 (9.50%) Data Warehouse
6 36 (5.03%) Data Lake
7 29 (4.05%) NoSQL
8 23 (3.21%) Metadata
9 21 (2.93%) Relational Database
10 20 (2.79%) Tableau
11 17 (2.37%) Star Schema
12 15 (2.09%) DynamoDB
12 15 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (2.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (1.54%) NonStop SQL
15 10 (1.40%) Snowflake Schema
16 9 (1.26%) Amazon QuickSight
16 9 (1.26%) Spark SQL
17 8 (1.12%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 49 (6.84%) Git
2 10 (1.40%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.56%) JIRA
5 3 (0.42%) NUnit
6 2 (0.28%) MSTest
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) kappa
7 1 (0.14%) Postman
7 1 (0.14%) Selenium
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 107 (14.94%) Finance
2 88 (12.29%) Social Skills
3 53 (7.40%) Advertising
4 38 (5.31%) Marketing
5 36 (5.03%) Games
6 34 (4.75%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (3.21%) Retail
8 21 (2.93%) Law
9 17 (2.37%) Banking
9 17 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.09%) Public Sector
11 14 (1.96%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.82%) Legal
13 11 (1.54%) Music Industry
14 5 (0.70%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.28%) Police
17 2 (0.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 457 (63.83%) Developer
2 418 (58.38%) .NET Developer
3 97 (13.55%) Senior
4 74 (10.34%) Data Engineer
5 72 (10.06%) Azure Engineer
6 29 (4.05%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 29 (4.05%) DevOps Engineer
6 29 (4.05%) Lead
7 26 (3.63%) Architect
8 25 (3.49%) Senior Data Engineer
9 24 (3.35%) Senior Developer
10 22 (3.07%) Azure Data Engineer
10 22 (3.07%) Platform Engineer
11 18 (2.51%) DBA
12 16 (2.23%) Analyst
13 14 (1.96%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 14 (1.96%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 14 (1.96%) Data Architect
14 13 (1.82%) Software Engineer
14 13 (1.82%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 481 (67.18%) .NET
2 432 (60.34%) .NET Core
3 423 (59.08%) ASP.NET
4 415 (57.96%) ASP.NET Core
5 170 (23.74%) CSS
5 170 (23.74%) HTML
6 164 (22.91%) Entity Framework
7 150 (20.95%) ASP.NET Web API
8 144 (20.11%) React
9 141 (19.69%) AngularJS
9 141 (19.69%) Blazor
9 141 (19.69%) RESTful
10 140 (19.55%) Node.js
11 138 (19.27%) Vue
12 127 (17.74%) ML.NET
13 96 (13.41%) LINQ
14 60 (8.38%) .NET Framework
15 55 (7.68%) Terraform
16 21 (2.93%) HTML5 Canvas
17 20 (2.79%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 75 (10.47%) Greenfield Project
2 61 (8.52%) Enterprise Software
3 26 (3.63%) Cloud Native
4 22 (3.07%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.93%) Mobile App
6 19 (2.65%) Digital TV
6 19 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (2.37%) iPhone
9 14 (1.96%) Replication
9 14 (1.96%) Security Posture
10 12 (1.68%) Podcast
10 12 (1.68%) Public Cloud
10 12 (1.68%) Social Media
10 12 (1.68%) Social Network
11 11 (1.54%) BBC
12 8 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (0.84%) AI Agents
13 6 (0.84%) IoT
13 6 (0.84%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.84%) Windows
2 29 (4.05%) VMS
3 21 (2.93%) Android
4 17 (2.37%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.54%) Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (59.36%) Full-Stack Development
2 386 (53.91%) Agile
3 278 (38.83%) CI/CD
4 276 (38.55%) DevOps
5 192 (26.82%) AI
6 161 (22.49%) Machine Learning
7 158 (22.07%) Microservices
8 125 (17.46%) Analytics
8 125 (17.46%) Multithreading
9 116 (16.20%) Business Intelligence
10 104 (14.53%) Scrum
11 76 (10.61%) TDD
12 71 (9.92%) Data Modelling
13 69 (9.64%) BDD
14 67 (9.36%) Data Engineering
15 64 (8.94%) Problem-Solving
16 63 (8.80%) OO
17 62 (8.66%) Infrastructure as Code
18 58 (8.10%) Kanban
19 57 (7.96%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
Programming Languages
1 712 (99.44%) SQL
2 488 (68.16%) C#
3 171 (23.88%) JavaScript
4 162 (22.63%) TypeScript
5 82 (11.45%) PowerShell
6 77 (10.75%) Python
7 27 (3.77%) Bicep
8 16 (2.23%) Bash
9 15 (2.09%) Kusto Query Language
9 15 (2.09%) T-SQL
10 13 (1.82%) Scala
11 9 (1.26%) Java
12 8 (1.12%) C++
13 7 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.70%) R
15 3 (0.42%) VBA
16 1 (0.14%) Delphi
16 1 (0.14%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 40 (5.59%) Azure Certification
2 24 (3.35%) Degree
3 19 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (2.23%) Security Cleared
5 15 (2.09%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.42%) Tableau Certification
9 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (6.70%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.93%) QA
3 19 (2.65%) GDPR
4 9 (1.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (0.56%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.28%) NCSC
7 1 (0.14%) HL7
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 176 (24.58%) Docker
2 28 (3.91%) Active Directory
3 26 (3.63%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 166 (23.18%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.26%) Grafana
4 7 (0.98%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.28%) Argo
6 2 (0.28%) Bosun
6 2 (0.28%) Scalr
7 1 (0.14%) SCOM
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
7 1 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 579 (80.87%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.54%) Databricks
3 53 (7.40%) Facebook
4 40 (5.59%) Google
5 21 (2.93%) YouTube
6 16 (2.23%) Adobe
7 15 (2.09%) Informatica
8 13 (1.82%) VMware
9 12 (1.68%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (1.54%) Apple
10 11 (1.54%) Sony
10 11 (1.54%) Yahoo!
11 9 (1.26%) Oracle
11 9 (1.26%) Talend
12 5 (0.70%) SAP
13 4 (0.56%) Intapp
13 4 (0.56%) RedGate
13 4 (0.56%) SolarWinds
14 3 (0.42%) iManage
14 3 (0.42%) Sitecore