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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 394 339
Rank change year-on-year -29 -55 +144
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 195 307 461
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.64% 0.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.31% 3.59% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 154 214 407
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,031 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £74,375
90th Percentile £107,000 £95,000 £91,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -14.29%

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 5,883 8,560 11,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.70% 17.91% 19.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,848 4,801 9,344
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.11%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,500 £59,556
% change year-on-year -6.98% +8.30% -4.71%

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 24 January 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 24 January 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 +75 108 £75,000 -6.25% 57
Midlands +7 28 £60,000 +14.29% 62
North of England -3 25 £55,000 -8.33% 82
East Midlands -6 16 £50,000 -2.44% 38
South East -51 14 £65,000 - 93
North West +3 13 £57,500 -8.00% 42
West Midlands +29 10 £63,500 +15.45% 22
East of England -10 7 £57,500 +21.05% 49
South West +9 6 £53,250 -11.25% 44
North East +3 6 - - 10
Yorkshire -20 6 £50,000 -5.66% 30
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 5 (2.56%) Apache Spark
1 5 (2.56%) Confluence
2 1 (0.51%) IIS
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (12.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (1.54%) Trello
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 195 (100.00%) Azure
2 73 (37.44%) Azure Data Factory
3 67 (34.36%) Power Platform
4 63 (32.31%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (24.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 31 (15.90%) Azure Monitor
7 27 (13.85%) GitHub
8 22 (11.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 22 (11.28%) SaaS
9 20 (10.26%) Serverless
10 19 (9.74%) AWS
10 19 (9.74%) Azure Functions
11 15 (7.69%) Azure Storage
12 13 (6.67%) PaaS
13 11 (5.64%) Azure AKS
14 9 (4.62%) Entra ID
15 8 (4.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 8 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (4.10%) PowerApps
16 7 (3.59%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.59%) Firewall
2 6 (3.08%) VPN
2 6 (3.08%) WAN
3 5 (2.56%) DNS
3 5 (2.56%) Network Security
4 2 (1.03%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.51%) DHCP
5 1 (0.51%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.51%) Internet
5 1 (0.51%) LAN
5 1 (0.51%) SAN
5 1 (0.51%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.51%) VLAN
5 1 (0.51%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 58 (29.74%) Power BI
3 57 (29.23%) Data Lake
4 43 (22.05%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (18.97%) MongoDB
6 27 (13.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (8.72%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (8.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (6.67%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 11 (5.64%) Delta Lake
9 11 (5.64%) Power Query
10 10 (5.13%) Data Vault
11 9 (4.62%) Data Mining
12 7 (3.59%) Metadata
13 6 (3.08%) MySQL
13 6 (3.08%) Star Schema
14 5 (2.56%) NonStop SQL
14 5 (2.56%) Relational Database
15 4 (2.05%) GIS
15 4 (2.05%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (15.38%) Git
2 6 (3.08%) JIRA
2 6 (3.08%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.03%) JMeter
4 2 (1.03%) Postman
4 2 (1.03%) Selenium
4 2 (1.03%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.51%) CA Release Automation
General
1 65 (33.33%) Finance
2 45 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 29 (14.87%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.15%) Retail
5 7 (3.59%) Billing
5 7 (3.59%) Law
5 7 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.08%) Advertising
7 4 (2.05%) Marketing
7 4 (2.05%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.54%) Legal
8 3 (1.54%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.51%) Automotive
10 1 (0.51%) Back Office
10 1 (0.51%) Banking
10 1 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (29.74%) Developer
2 42 (21.54%) .NET Developer
3 41 (21.03%) Data Engineer
4 33 (16.92%) Senior
5 19 (9.74%) Architect
6 16 (8.21%) Data Architect
6 16 (8.21%) DBA
7 14 (7.18%) Analyst
7 14 (7.18%) Azure Architect
7 14 (7.18%) Platform Engineer
7 14 (7.18%) SQL DBA
8 13 (6.67%) Azure Data Architect
9 12 (6.15%) Senior Data Engineer
10 11 (5.64%) Applications Support
10 11 (5.64%) Azure Engineer
10 11 (5.64%) Support Engineer
11 9 (4.62%) Senior Architect
12 8 (4.10%) Senior Data Architect
12 8 (4.10%) Software Engineer
13 7 (3.59%) Applications Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (33.85%) .NET
2 40 (20.51%) .NET Core
2 40 (20.51%) ASP.NET
3 31 (15.90%) ASP.NET MVC
4 29 (14.87%) Entity Framework
5 28 (14.36%) ASP.NET Web API
5 28 (14.36%) React
6 26 (13.33%) AngularJS
7 24 (12.31%) .NET Framework
8 19 (9.74%) HTML
8 19 (9.74%) Node.js
8 19 (9.74%) RESTful
9 18 (9.23%) Vue
10 15 (7.69%) HTML5
10 15 (7.69%) PySpark
11 11 (5.64%) Blazor
12 10 (5.13%) LINQ
13 9 (4.62%) CSS
14 8 (4.10%) WPF
15 7 (3.59%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.23%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (6.15%) Cloud Native
3 11 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.10%) Data Structures
4 8 (4.10%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.08%) Digital TV
6 6 (3.08%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.05%) Clustering
7 4 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.05%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.54%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.54%) Social Media
9 2 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.03%) Legacy Code
9 2 (1.03%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.03%) N-Tier
9 2 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.03%) Social Network
10 1 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.13%) Windows
2 8 (4.10%) VMS
3 4 (2.05%) Android
4 2 (1.03%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.03%) Linux
4 2 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (41.03%) Analytics
2 79 (40.51%) DevOps
3 66 (33.85%) Agile
4 59 (30.26%) CI/CD
5 58 (29.74%) Business Intelligence
6 54 (27.69%) Data Modelling
7 47 (24.10%) ETL
8 43 (22.05%) Data Pipeline
8 43 (22.05%) Full-Stack Development
9 42 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (20.51%) Microservices
11 34 (17.44%) Decision-Making
12 33 (16.92%) MVC
13 28 (14.36%) Visualisation
14 27 (13.85%) Log Analytics
15 26 (13.33%) Scrum
16 25 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
17 24 (12.31%) Data Governance
18 23 (11.79%) Kanban
18 23 (11.79%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 195 (100.00%) SQL
2 63 (32.31%) C#
3 41 (21.03%) JavaScript
4 40 (20.51%) Python
5 27 (13.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 21 (10.77%) T-SQL
7 18 (9.23%) TypeScript
8 16 (8.21%) Scala
9 13 (6.67%) PowerShell
10 7 (3.59%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.03%) Bicep
11 2 (1.03%) C
12 1 (0.51%) ANSI SQL
12 1 (0.51%) Bash
12 1 (0.51%) Java
12 1 (0.51%) Korn
12 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (9.23%) Azure Certification
2 15 (7.69%) Degree
3 14 (7.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (4.62%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.62%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 5 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.03%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.51%) ACCA
9 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.51%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (18.46%) Data Quality
2 14 (7.18%) GDPR
3 8 (4.10%) QA
4 7 (3.59%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (2.05%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.05%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.03%) WCAG
7 1 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (7.69%) Docker
2 7 (3.59%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.51%) Firmware
4 1 (0.51%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.51%) vCloud
4 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (10.77%) Kubernetes
2 20 (10.26%) Terraform
3 8 (4.10%) Grafana
4 7 (3.59%) Kibana
5 6 (3.08%) Ansible
6 1 (0.51%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 98 (50.26%) Microsoft
2 47 (24.10%) Databricks
3 5 (2.56%) Facebook
3 5 (2.56%) Palo Alto
3 5 (2.56%) YouTube
4 4 (2.05%) Google
4 4 (2.05%) Zscaler
5 2 (1.03%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.03%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.03%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.51%) Delphix
6 1 (0.51%) Foundry
6 1 (0.51%) IBM
6 1 (0.51%) Intel
6 1 (0.51%) NetApp
6 1 (0.51%) Nimble Storage
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle
6 1 (0.51%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.51%) SAP