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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 406 371
Rank change year-on-year -47 -35 +117
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 228 215 567
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.58% 0.69%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.31% 3.19% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 181 184 504
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +8.70% -17.86%
75th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £103,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -17.86%

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 6,898 6,744 14,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.94% 18.08% 17.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4,247 4,756 11,451
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +12.17% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
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 19 April 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 19 April 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 +1 88 £80,000 +6.67% 55
North of England -56 36 £50,000 -16.67% 29
Midlands -47 35 £60,000 +14.29% 25
East of England -16 30 £90,000 +89.47% 11
South East -59 24 £60,000 -14.29% 26
West Midlands -30 18 £64,250 +7.08% 15
North West -18 17 £56,500 -16.30% 12
East Midlands -60 15 £50,000 +3.09% 10
Yorkshire -49 10 £43,750 -17.45% 11
North East -31 9 £45,000 -21.74% 6
South West -52 9 £49,000 -6.67% 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 13 (5.70%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.19%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.88%) Confluence
4 1 (0.44%) Apache
4 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.44%) IIS
4 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (10.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.88%) Trello
5 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 228 (100.00%) Azure
2 90 (39.47%) Azure Data Factory
3 84 (36.84%) Power Platform
4 64 (28.07%) Azure DevOps
5 58 (25.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 33 (14.47%) Azure Monitor
7 28 (12.28%) Serverless
8 24 (10.53%) Azure Functions
8 24 (10.53%) GitHub
8 24 (10.53%) PowerApps
9 23 (10.09%) Azure AI
10 21 (9.21%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (8.77%) Power Automate
12 16 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (6.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 15 (6.58%) SaaS
14 14 (6.14%) Azure Storage
14 14 (6.14%) Entra ID
15 13 (5.70%) OneDrive
15 13 (5.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.39%) Firewall
2 7 (3.07%) VPN
3 6 (2.63%) DNS
3 6 (2.63%) WAN
4 5 (2.19%) Network Security
5 2 (0.88%) Hyperconnected
5 2 (0.88%) Internet
5 2 (0.88%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.88%) WinSCP
6 1 (0.44%) DHCP
6 1 (0.44%) LAN
6 1 (0.44%) MQTT
6 1 (0.44%) SAN
6 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.44%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (36.40%) SQL Server
2 74 (32.46%) Power BI
3 47 (20.61%) Data Lake
4 34 (14.91%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (12.72%) MongoDB
6 26 (11.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 23 (10.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (4.39%) Delta Lake
8 10 (4.39%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (3.95%) Power Query
9 9 (3.95%) Tableau
10 8 (3.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 8 (3.51%) Relational Database
10 8 (3.51%) Star Schema
11 6 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (2.63%) Spark SQL
12 5 (2.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (1.75%) Metadata
13 4 (1.75%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 27 (11.84%) Git
2 4 (1.75%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.32%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.32%) JIRA
3 3 (1.32%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.88%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.88%) NUnit
5 1 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.44%) CA Release Automation
5 1 (0.44%) Selenium
5 1 (0.44%) Yeoman
General
1 84 (36.84%) Finance
2 54 (23.68%) Social Skills
3 35 (15.35%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.26%) Banking
5 9 (3.95%) Legal
6 7 (3.07%) Billing
6 7 (3.07%) Law
6 7 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.63%) Advertising
7 6 (2.63%) Marketing
8 5 (2.19%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.32%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.32%) Retail
11 2 (0.88%) Games
12 1 (0.44%) Automotive
12 1 (0.44%) Back Office
12 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.44%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 64 (28.07%) Developer
2 47 (20.61%) Senior
3 46 (20.18%) Data Engineer
4 34 (14.91%) .NET Developer
5 21 (9.21%) DBA
6 20 (8.77%) Azure Engineer
7 18 (7.89%) SQL DBA
7 18 (7.89%) Support Engineer
8 16 (7.02%) Senior Developer
9 15 (6.58%) Analyst
9 15 (6.58%) Senior Data Engineer
10 13 (5.70%) Architect
10 13 (5.70%) Platform Engineer
11 10 (4.39%) Applications Support
11 10 (4.39%) Azure Architect
11 10 (4.39%) Head of AI
11 10 (4.39%) Head of Finance
12 8 (3.51%) Administrator
12 8 (3.51%) Cloud Engineer
12 8 (3.51%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (35.09%) .NET
2 52 (22.81%) .NET Core
3 41 (17.98%) ASP.NET
4 28 (12.28%) HTML
5 27 (11.84%) ASP.NET Core
6 26 (11.40%) CSS
7 22 (9.65%) Entity Framework
8 19 (8.33%) PySpark
9 18 (7.89%) React
9 18 (7.89%) RESTful
10 16 (7.02%) .NET Framework
10 16 (7.02%) ASP.NET Web API
11 15 (6.58%) HTML5 Canvas
12 14 (6.14%) JSON
13 12 (5.26%) AngularJS
13 12 (5.26%) Blazor
13 12 (5.26%) Microsoft Graph
13 12 (5.26%) ML.NET
13 12 (5.26%) SPFx
14 10 (4.39%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.02%) Analytical Mindset
2 14 (6.14%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.95%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.07%) Replication
6 6 (2.63%) Clustering
6 6 (2.63%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.19%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.19%) Legacy Code
7 5 (2.19%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.75%) Social Network
9 3 (1.32%) Digital TV
9 3 (1.32%) IoT
9 3 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.32%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.32%) Social Media
10 2 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.02%) VMS
2 15 (6.58%) Windows
3 7 (3.07%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.19%) Android
5 4 (1.75%) Linux
6 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (36.40%) Analytics
2 78 (34.21%) DevOps
3 77 (33.77%) Business Intelligence
4 70 (30.70%) CI/CD
5 57 (25.00%) Agile
6 52 (22.81%) Data Modelling
7 47 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (19.30%) ETL
9 43 (18.86%) Machine Learning
10 41 (17.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 39 (17.11%) AI
12 38 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
12 38 (16.67%) Migration
13 35 (15.35%) Data Governance
13 35 (15.35%) Full-Stack Development
14 33 (14.47%) Data Engineering
14 33 (14.47%) Infrastructure as Code
15 32 (14.04%) Decision-Making
16 31 (13.60%) Performance Tuning
17 28 (12.28%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 228 (100.00%) SQL
2 75 (32.89%) C#
3 45 (19.74%) Python
4 36 (15.79%) PowerShell
5 32 (14.04%) JavaScript
6 25 (10.96%) T-SQL
7 23 (10.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 23 (10.09%) TypeScript
8 15 (6.58%) Scala
9 10 (4.39%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (2.19%) Bicep
11 4 (1.75%) Bash
12 2 (0.88%) C
13 1 (0.44%) ANSI SQL
13 1 (0.44%) Java
13 1 (0.44%) Korn
13 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (8.33%) Degree
2 12 (5.26%) Azure Certification
3 9 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (3.51%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.07%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.07%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 4 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.32%) Tableau Certification
8 2 (0.88%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.44%) ACCA
9 1 (0.44%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.44%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (15.79%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.70%) GDPR
3 7 (3.07%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (3.07%) QA
4 5 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.75%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.32%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.32%) SLA
7 1 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.44%) HL7
7 1 (0.44%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 24 (10.53%) Docker
2 17 (7.46%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (2.63%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.44%) Firmware
4 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.44%) vCloud
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (13.16%) Terraform
2 25 (10.96%) Kubernetes
3 12 (5.26%) Grafana
4 7 (3.07%) Kibana
5 6 (2.63%) Ansible
6 3 (1.32%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.32%) Scalr
7 1 (0.44%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.44%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 116 (50.88%) Microsoft
2 52 (22.81%) Databricks
3 12 (5.26%) Adobe
4 7 (3.07%) Google
5 5 (2.19%) Oracle
6 4 (1.75%) Facebook
6 4 (1.75%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.75%) SolarWinds
6 4 (1.75%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.32%) RedGate
8 2 (0.88%) DevExpress
8 2 (0.88%) iManage
8 2 (0.88%) Intapp
8 2 (0.88%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.44%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.44%) IBM
9 1 (0.44%) Intel
9 1 (0.44%) SAP
9 1 (0.44%) Sybase
9 1 (0.44%) Yahoo!