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 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 427 411 370
Rank change year-on-year -16 -41 +122
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 195 335 363
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.43% 0.56% 0.77%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.22% 3.45% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 159 223 316
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £52,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.14%

All Database and 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 6,064 9,715 10,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.34% 16.11% 21.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4,095 5,529 7,970
10th Percentile £34,000 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% -0.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £115,000 £97,290
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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 17 November 2025.

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 17 November 2025. 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
London +76 106 £72,500 -9.38% 132
North of England +8 29 £57,500 -4.17% 50
Midlands +68 26 £48,500 -3.00% 40
East Midlands +22 19 £48,500 -3.00% 16
South East -49 17 £65,000 - 52
North West +15 16 £57,750 -3.75% 31
West Midlands +52 7 £55,000 +22.22% 23
North East +15 7 £48,000 -16.52% 5
South West +27 6 £62,000 +3.33% 18
Yorkshire +5 6 £50,000 -15.25% 14
East of England -10 5 £55,000 +15.79% 21
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 7 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.08%) Confluence
3 5 (2.56%) IIS
4 4 (2.05%) nginx
5 2 (1.03%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 21 (10.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.54%) Trello
3 2 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 195 (100.00%) Azure
2 76 (38.97%) Power Platform
3 65 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 50 (25.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 39 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (14.87%) AWS
7 26 (13.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 21 (10.77%) SaaS
9 20 (10.26%) GitHub
10 15 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
10 15 (7.69%) GCP
11 14 (7.18%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (6.67%) Entra ID
13 11 (5.64%) Azure Service Bus
14 9 (4.62%) Azure Functions
14 9 (4.62%) Serverless
15 8 (4.10%) Azure AKS
15 8 (4.10%) PaaS
15 8 (4.10%) PowerApps
15 8 (4.10%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.51%) DNS
1 1 (0.51%) Firewall
1 1 (0.51%) Network Security
1 1 (0.51%) SAN
1 1 (0.51%) VPN
1 1 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (35.38%) Power BI
1 69 (35.38%) SQL Server
2 52 (26.67%) Data Lake
3 43 (22.05%) MongoDB
4 38 (19.49%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (13.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (10.77%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (6.67%) NoSQL
7 13 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (6.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 10 (5.13%) Data Vault
10 9 (4.62%) Data Mining
11 8 (4.10%) BigQuery
11 8 (4.10%) NonStop SQL
11 8 (4.10%) Power Query
12 6 (3.08%) Metadata
13 4 (2.05%) Relational Database
13 4 (2.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (2.05%) Star Schema
14 3 (1.54%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 19 (9.74%) Git
2 8 (4.10%) JIRA
3 6 (3.08%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.05%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (1.54%) JMeter
5 3 (1.54%) Postman
5 3 (1.54%) Selenium
5 3 (1.54%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.51%) CA Release Automation
6 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
General
1 50 (25.64%) Finance
2 44 (22.56%) Social Skills
3 25 (12.82%) Retail
4 23 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.72%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.59%) Advertising
6 7 (3.59%) Billing
6 7 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.56%) Law
8 4 (2.05%) Marketing
8 4 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.05%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.54%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.03%) Automotive
10 2 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 75 (38.46%) Developer
2 47 (24.10%) .NET Developer
3 36 (18.46%) Senior
4 32 (16.41%) Data Engineer
5 19 (9.74%) Architect
6 16 (8.21%) Data Architect
7 15 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
8 14 (7.18%) Azure Architect
8 14 (7.18%) Azure Data Architect
8 14 (7.18%) Senior Data Engineer
8 14 (7.18%) SQL Developer
9 13 (6.67%) DBA
10 12 (6.15%) Software Engineer
10 12 (6.15%) SQL DBA
11 11 (5.64%) Analyst
12 9 (4.62%) Lead
12 9 (4.62%) Senior Software Engineer
13 8 (4.10%) Administrator
13 8 (4.10%) Senior Architect
13 8 (4.10%) Senior Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (37.95%) .NET
2 50 (25.64%) .NET Core
3 46 (23.59%) ASP.NET
4 44 (22.56%) ASP.NET MVC
5 38 (19.49%) AngularJS
6 37 (18.97%) ASP.NET Web API
6 37 (18.97%) Entity Framework
7 30 (15.38%) .NET Framework
8 28 (14.36%) React
9 26 (13.33%) Vue
10 25 (12.82%) HTML
11 24 (12.31%) Node.js
12 22 (11.28%) HTML5
12 22 (11.28%) RESTful
13 15 (7.69%) LINQ
14 11 (5.64%) Blazor
15 10 (5.13%) CSS
16 7 (3.59%) CSS3
17 5 (2.56%) ARM Templates
17 5 (2.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.21%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (5.64%) Product Ownership
4 10 (5.13%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.59%) Digital TV
6 6 (3.08%) Data Structures
6 6 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.56%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.54%) Social Media
9 2 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.03%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (1.03%) N-Tier
9 2 (1.03%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.51%) Clustering
10 1 (0.51%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.05%) Linux
1 4 (2.05%) Windows
2 3 (1.54%) Android
3 2 (1.03%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.03%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (41.03%) Agile
2 74 (37.95%) Business Intelligence
3 67 (34.36%) DevOps
4 60 (30.77%) Analytics
5 50 (25.64%) Full-Stack Development
6 49 (25.13%) Microservices
7 46 (23.59%) MVC
8 43 (22.05%) Data Modelling
9 42 (21.54%) CI/CD
10 40 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
11 38 (19.49%) Data Pipeline
12 36 (18.46%) Scrum
12 36 (18.46%) Visualisation
13 32 (16.41%) ETL
14 31 (15.90%) TDD
15 29 (14.87%) Decision-Making
16 28 (14.36%) BDD
16 28 (14.36%) Kanban
17 21 (10.77%) AI
17 21 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 194 (99.49%) SQL
2 71 (36.41%) C#
3 47 (24.10%) JavaScript
4 31 (15.90%) Python
4 31 (15.90%) T-SQL
5 24 (12.31%) TypeScript
6 23 (11.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 13 (6.67%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.56%) Bicep
9 4 (2.05%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (2.05%) Scala
10 2 (1.03%) C
Qualifications
1 17 (8.72%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (7.69%) Degree
3 12 (6.15%) Azure Certification
4 7 (3.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 6 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.08%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.08%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.03%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.03%) MCSE
8 1 (0.51%) ACCA
8 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.79%) Data Quality
2 13 (6.67%) QA
3 9 (4.62%) GDPR
4 7 (3.59%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (2.56%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.54%) WCAG
7 1 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.51%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (8.72%) Docker
2 6 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (8.72%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.59%) Terraform
3 5 (2.56%) Grafana
3 5 (2.56%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.51%) Ansible
Vendors
1 108 (55.38%) Microsoft
2 47 (24.10%) Databricks
3 7 (3.59%) Facebook
3 7 (3.59%) YouTube
4 5 (2.56%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.05%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (2.05%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.54%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.54%) Google
7 2 (1.03%) Informatica
7 2 (1.03%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.51%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.51%) IBM
8 1 (0.51%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle
8 1 (0.51%) SAP
8 1 (0.51%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.51%) Zscaler