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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 438 400
Rank change year-on-year -44 -38 +151
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 173 345 378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.50% 0.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.69% 3.23% 3.32%
Number of salaries quoted 155 242 318
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £76,875 £77,688 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -3.70%

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 6,432 10,683 11,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.88% 15.48% 21.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,186 6,552 9,042
10th Percentile £33,875 £37,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £65,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% +0.78% +7.50%
75th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £81,188
90th Percentile £110,000 £118,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.51% +1.60% +4.17%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure SQL Database 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +10 89 £70,000 -6.67% 77
Midlands +58 29 £48,500 -3.00% 32
North of England -14 21 £57,500 +4.55% 51
South East -11 20 £65,000 - 36
East Midlands +36 19 £48,500 -3.00% 13
North West -23 12 £55,000 -4.35% 25
West Midlands +50 10 £47,500 -8.65% 18
Yorkshire +24 7 £60,000 +26.32% 18
South West +76 6 £52,500 -12.50% 13
East of England -32 5 £55,000 +25.71% 23
North East +20 2 £52,750 +24.12% 9
Azure SQL Database
UK

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.89%) IIS
3 4 (2.31%) nginx
4 3 (1.73%) Confluence
5 1 (0.58%) Apache
5 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 173 (100.00%) Azure
2 57 (32.95%) Power Platform
3 46 (26.59%) Azure Data Factory
4 33 (19.08%) AWS
5 32 (18.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 31 (17.92%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (10.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 16 (9.25%) Azure Logic Apps
8 16 (9.25%) Entra ID
9 14 (8.09%) GitHub
10 13 (7.51%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (6.94%) Azure Service Bus
11 12 (6.94%) GCP
12 11 (6.36%) Serverless
13 10 (5.78%) Azure Functions
13 10 (5.78%) SaaS
14 9 (5.20%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (4.62%) Snowflake
16 7 (4.05%) Azure AKS
16 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.73%) DHCP
1 3 (1.73%) DNS
2 2 (1.16%) Firewall
3 1 (0.58%) SMTP
3 1 (0.58%) VPN
3 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (35.26%) SQL Server
2 54 (31.21%) Power BI
3 46 (26.59%) MongoDB
4 42 (24.28%) Data Lake
5 31 (17.92%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (13.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 21 (12.14%) Elasticsearch
8 18 (10.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (8.67%) NoSQL
10 11 (6.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 9 (5.20%) BigQuery
12 8 (4.62%) NonStop SQL
13 5 (2.89%) Metadata
13 5 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (2.89%) Relational Database
13 5 (2.89%) Tableau
14 4 (2.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 3 (1.73%) BusinessObjects
15 3 (1.73%) Data Mining
15 3 (1.73%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 19 (10.98%) Git
2 5 (2.89%) JIRA
2 5 (2.89%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (1.73%) JMeter
3 3 (1.73%) Postman
3 3 (1.73%) Selenium
3 3 (1.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.73%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.73%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.58%) NUnit
General
1 45 (26.01%) Finance
2 30 (17.34%) Social Skills
3 18 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (10.40%) Retail
4 10 (5.78%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (4.62%) Law
6 7 (4.05%) Advertising
6 7 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.31%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.16%) Banking
9 2 (1.16%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.58%) Automotive
10 1 (0.58%) Front Office
10 1 (0.58%) Legal
10 1 (0.58%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 84 (48.55%) Developer
2 48 (27.75%) .NET Developer
3 28 (16.18%) Senior
4 24 (13.87%) Data Engineer
5 18 (10.40%) SQL Developer
6 17 (9.83%) DBA
6 17 (9.83%) SQL DBA
7 15 (8.67%) Administrator
8 14 (8.09%) Architect
9 13 (7.51%) Azure Engineer
10 12 (6.94%) Lead
10 12 (6.94%) Senior Data Engineer
11 11 (6.36%) Data Architect
11 11 (6.36%) Software Engineer
12 10 (5.78%) Lead Developer
13 8 (4.62%) Azure Architect
13 8 (4.62%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 8 (4.62%) Senior Software Engineer
14 7 (4.05%) Azure Data Architect
15 6 (3.47%) SQL Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (45.66%) .NET
2 52 (30.06%) .NET Core
3 45 (26.01%) ASP.NET
3 45 (26.01%) ASP.NET MVC
4 42 (24.28%) AngularJS
5 38 (21.97%) ASP.NET Web API
6 36 (20.81%) Entity Framework
7 30 (17.34%) .NET Framework
7 30 (17.34%) React
7 30 (17.34%) Vue
8 26 (15.03%) HTML
9 25 (14.45%) Node.js
10 23 (13.29%) RESTful
11 22 (12.72%) HTML5
12 15 (8.67%) LINQ
13 13 (7.51%) Blazor
14 11 (6.36%) CSS
15 7 (4.05%) CSS3
16 6 (3.47%) ARM Templates
16 6 (3.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.36%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (5.20%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.62%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.62%) Data Structures
4 7 (4.05%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (4.05%) Digital TV
5 5 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.89%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.16%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.58%) Clustering
8 1 (0.58%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.58%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.58%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.47%) Windows
2 5 (2.89%) Linux
3 2 (1.16%) Android
3 2 (1.16%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.16%) VMS
4 1 (0.58%) Unix
4 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (42.20%) Agile
2 61 (35.26%) DevOps
3 58 (33.53%) Business Intelligence
4 54 (31.21%) Full-Stack Development
5 48 (27.75%) Microservices
6 45 (26.01%) MVC
7 41 (23.70%) CI/CD
8 33 (19.08%) Analytics
9 32 (18.50%) Data Modelling
10 31 (17.92%) Scrum
11 30 (17.34%) ETL
12 29 (16.76%) TDD
13 28 (16.18%) BDD
13 28 (16.18%) Data Pipeline
14 27 (15.61%) Visualisation
15 24 (13.87%) Kanban
15 24 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
16 22 (12.72%) Data Visualisation
17 18 (10.40%) Data Engineering
18 17 (9.83%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 169 (97.69%) SQL
2 75 (43.35%) C#
3 50 (28.90%) JavaScript
4 38 (21.97%) T-SQL
5 26 (15.03%) TypeScript
6 23 (13.29%) Python
7 14 (8.09%) PowerShell
8 6 (3.47%) Bicep
8 6 (3.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (2.31%) Scala
10 1 (0.58%) Bash
10 1 (0.58%) PHP
10 1 (0.58%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.58%) R
10 1 (0.58%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (9.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (8.09%) Azure Certification
3 11 (6.36%) Degree
4 9 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.89%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.89%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.58%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.58%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.94%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.62%) QA
3 5 (2.89%) GDPR
4 4 (2.31%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.73%) WCAG
6 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.58%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.58%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (9.25%) Docker
2 11 (6.36%) Active Directory
3 7 (4.05%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (8.67%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.78%) Terraform
3 4 (2.31%) Grafana
3 4 (2.31%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.58%) Ansible
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.58%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 110 (63.58%) Microsoft
2 36 (20.81%) Databricks
3 7 (4.05%) Facebook
3 7 (4.05%) YouTube
4 4 (2.31%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (2.31%) Fortinet
4 4 (2.31%) Palo Alto
4 4 (2.31%) SAP
5 3 (1.73%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.16%) Informatica
6 2 (1.16%) Oracle
6 2 (1.16%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.58%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.58%) Cisco
7 1 (0.58%) Clearswift
7 1 (0.58%) Ekahau
7 1 (0.58%) Google
7 1 (0.58%) MobileIron
7 1 (0.58%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.58%) VMware