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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 441 379
Rank change year-on-year +37 -62 +110
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 286 201 575
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.52% 0.68%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.06% 2.97% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 250 177 507
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,188 £46,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +8.70% -14.81%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £104,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -14.81%

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 7,049 6,772 14,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.73% 17.38% 17.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,406 4,653 11,398
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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
London -7 91 £80,000 +6.67% 60
East of England +33 49 £82,500 +73.68% 21
Midlands -33 47 £60,000 +14.29% 21
South East -4 42 £57,500 -14.81% 44
North of England -51 41 £50,000 -16.67% 40
West Midlands -29 27 £65,000 -3.70% 13
East Midlands -26 18 £50,000 +3.09% 8
North West -14 17 £50,000 -25.93% 24
Yorkshire -49 13 £47,500 -12.04% 10
South West -44 12 £50,000 -4.76% 7
North East -42 11 £50,000 -13.04% 6
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 24 (8.39%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.40%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.35%) Apache
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.35%) IIS
3 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 286 (100.00%) Azure
2 95 (33.22%) Azure DevOps
3 81 (28.32%) Azure Data Factory
4 73 (25.52%) Power Platform
5 43 (15.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 40 (13.99%) Azure AI
7 39 (13.64%) GitHub
8 37 (12.94%) Azure Monitor
9 31 (10.84%) PowerApps
10 28 (9.79%) Serverless
11 27 (9.44%) Azure Logic Apps
12 26 (9.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 26 (9.09%) Power Automate
13 25 (8.74%) AWS
14 24 (8.39%) Azure Functions
14 24 (8.39%) GitHub Copilot
14 24 (8.39%) Microsoft 365
15 20 (6.99%) OneDrive
16 19 (6.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 16 (5.59%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.55%) Firewall
2 9 (3.15%) VPN
3 8 (2.80%) DNS
4 7 (2.45%) Internet
5 6 (2.10%) WAN
6 5 (1.75%) Network Security
7 3 (1.05%) MQTT
8 2 (0.70%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.70%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.70%) WinSCP
9 1 (0.35%) DHCP
9 1 (0.35%) LAN
9 1 (0.35%) SAN
9 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (30.77%) MongoDB
2 73 (25.52%) SQL Server
3 64 (22.38%) Power BI
4 40 (13.99%) Data Lake
5 30 (10.49%) Data Warehouse
6 27 (9.44%) Elasticsearch
7 18 (6.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (3.50%) Delta Lake
9 9 (3.15%) Star Schema
10 8 (2.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 8 (2.80%) Relational Database
10 8 (2.80%) Tableau
11 7 (2.45%) Power Query
12 6 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (2.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (1.75%) Spark SQL
14 4 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (1.40%) MySQL
14 4 (1.40%) NonStop SQL
15 3 (1.05%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 27 (9.44%) Git
2 4 (1.40%) NUnit
3 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.05%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.70%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.70%) JIRA
4 2 (0.70%) MSTest
4 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.35%) CA Release Automation
5 1 (0.35%) Postman
5 1 (0.35%) Selenium
5 1 (0.35%) Yeoman
General
1 77 (26.92%) Finance
2 45 (15.73%) Social Skills
3 20 (6.99%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (4.90%) Advertising
5 13 (4.55%) Banking
6 11 (3.85%) Games
7 10 (3.50%) Legal
8 6 (2.10%) Law
8 6 (2.10%) Marketing
9 5 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.70%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.70%) Music Industry
10 2 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.70%) Retail
11 1 (0.35%) Back Office
11 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.35%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.35%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 133 (46.50%) Developer
2 101 (35.31%) .NET Developer
3 50 (17.48%) Senior
4 40 (13.99%) Data Engineer
5 23 (8.04%) Azure Engineer
6 22 (7.69%) DBA
7 20 (6.99%) Senior Developer
7 20 (6.99%) Support Engineer
8 18 (6.29%) SQL DBA
9 14 (4.90%) Platform Engineer
10 12 (4.20%) Applications Support
10 12 (4.20%) Architect
11 11 (3.85%) Senior Data Engineer
12 10 (3.50%) Applications Engineer
12 10 (3.50%) Applications Support Engineer
12 10 (3.50%) Azure Architect
12 10 (3.50%) Head of AI
12 10 (3.50%) Head of Finance
13 9 (3.15%) Administrator
13 9 (3.15%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (53.15%) .NET
2 125 (43.71%) .NET Core
3 104 (36.36%) ASP.NET
4 91 (31.82%) ASP.NET Core
5 60 (20.98%) HTML
6 58 (20.28%) CSS
7 55 (19.23%) Entity Framework
8 41 (14.34%) ASP.NET Web API
9 40 (13.99%) RESTful
10 37 (12.94%) AngularJS
11 33 (11.54%) React
11 33 (11.54%) Vue
12 28 (9.79%) Blazor
12 28 (9.79%) ML.NET
13 27 (9.44%) Node.js
14 26 (9.09%) LINQ
15 22 (7.69%) .NET Framework
15 22 (7.69%) HTML5 Canvas
16 20 (6.99%) Microsoft Graph
17 19 (6.64%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.29%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (3.50%) Replication
4 8 (2.80%) Mobile App
4 8 (2.80%) Social Network
5 7 (2.45%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.45%) Clustering
5 7 (2.45%) Digital TV
5 7 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.75%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.75%) IoT
6 5 (1.75%) Legacy Code
6 5 (1.75%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.05%) iPhone
7 3 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.70%) BBC
8 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.99%) VMS
2 19 (6.64%) Windows
3 9 (3.15%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.45%) Android
5 6 (2.10%) Linux
6 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (37.76%) DevOps
2 102 (35.66%) Agile
3 100 (34.97%) CI/CD
4 99 (34.62%) Full-Stack Development
5 71 (24.83%) Analytics
6 67 (23.43%) Business Intelligence
7 63 (22.03%) Machine Learning
8 53 (18.53%) AI
9 45 (15.73%) Data Modelling
10 40 (13.99%) ETL
11 39 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
12 37 (12.94%) Migration
13 36 (12.59%) Microservices
14 35 (12.24%) Data Governance
15 34 (11.89%) Data Pipeline
15 34 (11.89%) Multithreading
15 34 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
16 32 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (11.19%) Log Analytics
17 31 (10.84%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 286 (100.00%) SQL
2 145 (50.70%) C#
3 55 (19.23%) JavaScript
4 54 (18.88%) TypeScript
5 50 (17.48%) PowerShell
6 49 (17.13%) Python
7 22 (7.69%) T-SQL
8 15 (5.24%) Scala
9 12 (4.20%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (3.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (1.75%) Bicep
12 4 (1.40%) Bash
13 1 (0.35%) ANSI SQL
13 1 (0.35%) Java
13 1 (0.35%) Korn
13 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (4.55%) Azure Certification
2 12 (4.20%) Degree
3 7 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (2.45%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.10%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.05%) Tableau Certification
7 2 (0.70%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.85%) GDPR
3 6 (2.10%) QA
4 5 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.40%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.05%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.05%) SLA
7 1 (0.35%) HL7
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 42 (14.69%) Docker
2 17 (5.94%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (2.10%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.35%) Firmware
4 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.35%) vCloud
4 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (14.69%) Kubernetes
2 33 (11.54%) Terraform
3 12 (4.20%) Grafana
4 7 (2.45%) Kibana
5 6 (2.10%) Ansible
6 3 (1.05%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.05%) Scalr
7 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.35%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 188 (65.73%) Microsoft
2 47 (16.43%) Databricks
3 19 (6.64%) Adobe
4 13 (4.55%) Facebook
5 10 (3.50%) Google
6 6 (2.10%) Oracle
6 6 (2.10%) YouTube
7 4 (1.40%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.40%) SolarWinds
7 4 (1.40%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.05%) RedGate
9 2 (0.70%) Apple
9 2 (0.70%) DevExpress
9 2 (0.70%) iManage
9 2 (0.70%) Intapp
9 2 (0.70%) Sony
9 2 (0.70%) Xamarin
9 2 (0.70%) Yahoo!
10 1 (0.35%) Foundry
10 1 (0.35%) VMware