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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 476 445
Rank change year-on-year +212 -31 -44
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 720 173 341
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.70% 0.40% 0.50%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.08% 2.72% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 637 155 231
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,375 £47,500
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 £77,625
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% +4.00%

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 7,930 6,368 10,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.68% 14.77% 15.60%
Number of salaries quoted 5,584 4,139 6,354
10th Percentile £36,500 £33,950 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +2.36%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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 25 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 25 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 +94 186 £57,500 -11.54% 66
London +11 154 £80,000 +14.29% 106
North of England +35 125 £55,000 -4.35% 51
East of England +67 98 £60,000 +9.09% 20
Midlands +27 96 £55,000 +17.65% 40
West Midlands +10 64 £60,000 +20.00% 28
North West +17 57 £50,000 -9.09% 28
South West -27 56 £55,000 - 14
North East -32 40 £55,000 +4.27% 9
East Midlands -17 32 £50,000 +11.11% 12
Yorkshire -15 28 £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 31 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.36%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.11%) SharePoint Server
5 7 (0.97%) Apache
6 6 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.83%) IIS
7 5 (0.69%) 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 5 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 720 (100.00%) Azure
2 262 (36.39%) Azure DevOps
3 157 (21.81%) GitHub
4 150 (20.83%) Azure AI
5 135 (18.75%) GitHub Copilot
6 119 (16.53%) Power Platform
7 96 (13.33%) AWS
8 95 (13.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 91 (12.64%) Azure Data Factory
10 56 (7.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 49 (6.81%) Serverless
12 47 (6.53%) Azure Key Vault
13 46 (6.39%) PaaS
14 41 (5.69%) Azure Service Bus
15 40 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
16 39 (5.42%) Azure Functions
17 35 (4.86%) Entra ID
18 32 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
19 31 (4.31%) Azure Logic Apps
20 28 (3.89%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (7.36%) Internet
2 24 (3.33%) VPN
3 20 (2.78%) Firewall
4 9 (1.25%) DNS
5 6 (0.83%) Hyperconnected
6 4 (0.56%) MQTT
7 3 (0.42%) SSL
7 3 (0.42%) WAN
8 2 (0.28%) Network Security
9 1 (0.14%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.14%) DHCP
9 1 (0.14%) HTTP
9 1 (0.14%) LAN
9 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 376 (52.22%) MongoDB
2 146 (20.28%) Elasticsearch
3 132 (18.33%) SQL Server
4 105 (14.58%) Power BI
5 71 (9.86%) Data Warehouse
6 37 (5.14%) Data Lake
7 29 (4.03%) NoSQL
8 25 (3.47%) Metadata
9 23 (3.19%) Relational Database
10 20 (2.78%) Tableau
11 16 (2.22%) Star Schema
12 15 (2.08%) DynamoDB
13 14 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
13 14 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 14 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 11 (1.53%) NonStop SQL
15 10 (1.39%) Delta Lake
15 10 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
16 9 (1.25%) Amazon QuickSight
16 9 (1.25%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 51 (7.08%) Git
2 11 (1.53%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.83%) 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)
General
1 109 (15.14%) Finance
2 93 (12.92%) Social Skills
3 53 (7.36%) Advertising
4 38 (5.28%) Marketing
5 36 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (5.00%) Games
6 23 (3.19%) Retail
7 21 (2.92%) Law
8 17 (2.36%) Banking
8 17 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.36%) Public Sector
9 14 (1.94%) Aerospace
10 11 (1.53%) Music Industry
11 10 (1.39%) Legal
12 6 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.69%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.42%) Police
15 2 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.28%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 452 (62.78%) Developer
2 415 (57.64%) .NET Developer
3 97 (13.47%) Senior
4 77 (10.69%) Azure Engineer
4 77 (10.69%) Data Engineer
5 30 (4.17%) Lead
6 29 (4.03%) Architect
7 28 (3.89%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 28 (3.89%) DevOps Engineer
7 28 (3.89%) Platform Engineer
8 25 (3.47%) Senior Data Engineer
9 23 (3.19%) Azure Data Engineer
10 21 (2.92%) Senior Developer
11 19 (2.64%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 19 (2.64%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 16 (2.22%) Analyst
12 16 (2.22%) DBA
13 15 (2.08%) Data Architect
14 13 (1.81%) Administrator
14 13 (1.81%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 472 (65.56%) .NET
2 425 (59.03%) .NET Core
3 420 (58.33%) ASP.NET
4 412 (57.22%) ASP.NET Core
5 166 (23.06%) CSS
5 166 (23.06%) HTML
6 162 (22.50%) Entity Framework
7 149 (20.69%) ASP.NET Web API
8 143 (19.86%) React
9 140 (19.44%) AngularJS
9 140 (19.44%) Blazor
10 139 (19.31%) Node.js
10 139 (19.31%) RESTful
11 137 (19.03%) Vue
12 126 (17.50%) ML.NET
13 96 (13.33%) LINQ
14 63 (8.75%) Terraform
15 60 (8.33%) .NET Framework
16 19 (2.64%) PySpark
17 18 (2.50%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 75 (10.42%) Greenfield Project
2 60 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
3 29 (4.03%) Cloud Native
4 22 (3.06%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.92%) Mobile App
6 20 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.64%) Digital TV
8 17 (2.36%) iPhone
8 17 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.08%) Security Posture
10 13 (1.81%) Public Cloud
10 13 (1.81%) Replication
11 12 (1.67%) Podcast
11 12 (1.67%) Social Network
12 11 (1.53%) Social Media
13 10 (1.39%) BBC
14 9 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
15 7 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
16 6 (0.83%) AI Agents
16 6 (0.83%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 51 (7.08%) Windows
2 28 (3.89%) VMS
3 21 (2.92%) Android
4 18 (2.50%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.81%) Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (58.61%) Full-Stack Development
2 389 (54.03%) Agile
3 285 (39.58%) CI/CD
4 282 (39.17%) DevOps
5 192 (26.67%) AI
6 159 (22.08%) Microservices
7 157 (21.81%) Machine Learning
8 129 (17.92%) Analytics
9 123 (17.08%) Multithreading
10 118 (16.39%) Business Intelligence
11 104 (14.44%) Scrum
12 76 (10.56%) Data Modelling
12 76 (10.56%) TDD
13 69 (9.58%) BDD
13 69 (9.58%) Data Engineering
13 69 (9.58%) Problem-Solving
14 67 (9.31%) Infrastructure as Code
15 63 (8.75%) Data Pipeline
16 61 (8.47%) OO
17 58 (8.06%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 716 (99.44%) SQL
2 479 (66.53%) C#
3 168 (23.33%) JavaScript
4 158 (21.94%) TypeScript
5 83 (11.53%) PowerShell
6 79 (10.97%) Python
7 33 (4.58%) Bicep
8 18 (2.50%) Bash
9 14 (1.94%) Kusto Query Language
9 14 (1.94%) Scala
10 13 (1.81%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.25%) Java
12 8 (1.11%) C++
13 7 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.83%) R
15 3 (0.42%) VBA
16 1 (0.14%) Delphi
16 1 (0.14%) Pascal
16 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (6.39%) Azure Certification
2 23 (3.19%) Degree
3 20 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (2.64%) Security Cleared
5 18 (2.50%) SC Cleared
6 7 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.28%) CISSP
9 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.28%) Tableau Certification
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (7.22%) Data Quality
2 20 (2.78%) QA
3 19 (2.64%) GDPR
4 9 (1.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (0.69%) 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
1 181 (25.14%) Docker
2 31 (4.31%) Active Directory
3 28 (3.89%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 173 (24.03%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (1.81%) Grafana
4 9 (1.25%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.42%) Ansible
7 2 (0.28%) Argo
7 2 (0.28%) Bosun
8 1 (0.14%) Scalr
8 1 (0.14%) SCOM
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 582 (80.83%) Microsoft
2 59 (8.19%) Databricks
3 52 (7.22%) Facebook
4 39 (5.42%) Google
5 22 (3.06%) YouTube
6 15 (2.08%) Informatica
7 14 (1.94%) VMware
8 13 (1.81%) Adobe
9 12 (1.67%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (1.53%) Oracle
11 10 (1.39%) Apple
11 10 (1.39%) Sony
11 10 (1.39%) Yahoo!
12 9 (1.25%) Talend
13 7 (0.97%) SAP
14 3 (0.42%) Alterian
14 3 (0.42%) Optimizely
14 3 (0.42%) Sitecore
15 2 (0.28%) Dynatrace
15 2 (0.28%) OpenAI