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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 454 420 376
Rank change year-on-year -34 -44 +123
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 222 209 561
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.28% 0.55% 0.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.19% 3.16% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 187 179 497
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,325 £46,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +8.70% -17.86%
75th Percentile £93,125 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £107,000 £104,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +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 6,951 6,615 14,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.71% 17.45% 17.56%
Number of salaries quoted 4,291 4,691 11,423
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £96,539
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 30 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 30 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 87 £80,000 +6.67% 55
East of England +3 37 £90,000 +89.47% 20
Midlands -40 37 £61,250 +21.29% 21
North of England -73 25 £49,000 -18.33% 33
South East -37 24 £60,000 -14.29% 43
West Midlands -24 21 £65,000 +1.96% 12
East Midlands -53 14 £49,250 +1.55% 9
North West -35 11 £52,500 -22.22% 19
Yorkshire -63 9 £43,750 -17.45% 9
South West -49 8 £48,000 -8.57% 8
North East -35 5 £45,000 -21.74% 5
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 23 (10.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.80%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.45%) Apache
3 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.45%) IIS
3 1 (0.45%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 222 (100.00%) Azure
2 83 (37.39%) Azure Data Factory
3 75 (33.78%) Power Platform
4 69 (31.08%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (18.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 33 (14.86%) Azure Monitor
7 31 (13.96%) PowerApps
8 28 (12.61%) Serverless
9 27 (12.16%) Azure Logic Apps
10 26 (11.71%) Power Automate
11 24 (10.81%) Azure AI
11 24 (10.81%) Azure Functions
12 23 (10.36%) Microsoft 365
13 22 (9.91%) GitHub
14 20 (9.01%) OneDrive
15 19 (8.56%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 15 (6.76%) AWS
16 15 (6.76%) Azure Storage
16 15 (6.76%) PaaS
16 15 (6.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.95%) Firewall
2 8 (3.60%) VPN
3 7 (3.15%) DNS
4 6 (2.70%) WAN
5 5 (2.25%) Network Security
6 2 (0.90%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.90%) Internet
6 2 (0.90%) MQTT
6 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.90%) WinSCP
7 1 (0.45%) DHCP
7 1 (0.45%) LAN
7 1 (0.45%) SAN
7 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.45%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (31.53%) SQL Server
2 66 (29.73%) Power BI
3 44 (19.82%) Data Lake
4 32 (14.41%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (13.51%) MongoDB
6 20 (9.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (4.50%) Delta Lake
7 10 (4.50%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (4.05%) Star Schema
9 8 (3.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 8 (3.60%) Relational Database
9 8 (3.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (3.60%) Tableau
10 7 (3.15%) Power Query
11 6 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (2.25%) Spark SQL
13 4 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (1.80%) Metadata
13 4 (1.80%) MySQL
14 3 (1.35%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 27 (12.16%) Git
2 3 (1.35%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.90%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.90%) JIRA
3 2 (0.90%) NUnit
3 2 (0.90%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.45%) CA Release Automation
4 1 (0.45%) Selenium
4 1 (0.45%) Yeoman
General
1 70 (31.53%) Finance
2 46 (20.72%) Social Skills
3 21 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.41%) Banking
5 10 (4.50%) Legal
6 7 (3.15%) Law
7 6 (2.70%) Advertising
8 5 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.35%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.35%) Marketing
10 2 (0.90%) Games
10 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Back Office
11 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.45%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.45%) Retail
11 1 (0.45%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 67 (30.18%) Developer
2 51 (22.97%) Senior
3 44 (19.82%) Data Engineer
4 35 (15.77%) .NET Developer
5 22 (9.91%) Azure Engineer
6 21 (9.46%) DBA
7 20 (9.01%) Senior Developer
8 19 (8.56%) Support Engineer
9 17 (7.66%) SQL DBA
10 14 (6.31%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (6.31%) Senior Data Engineer
11 13 (5.86%) Architect
12 11 (4.95%) Applications Support
13 10 (4.50%) Azure Architect
13 10 (4.50%) Head of AI
13 10 (4.50%) Head of Finance
14 9 (4.05%) Applications Engineer
14 9 (4.05%) Applications Support Engineer
15 8 (3.60%) Data Architect
15 8 (3.60%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (39.64%) .NET
2 61 (27.48%) .NET Core
3 41 (18.47%) ASP.NET
4 35 (15.77%) HTML
5 33 (14.86%) CSS
6 27 (12.16%) ASP.NET Core
7 23 (10.36%) Entity Framework
8 22 (9.91%) HTML5 Canvas
9 19 (8.56%) JSON
9 19 (8.56%) Microsoft Graph
9 19 (8.56%) PySpark
9 19 (8.56%) SPFx
10 18 (8.11%) React
10 18 (8.11%) RESTful
11 17 (7.66%) .NET Framework
11 17 (7.66%) ASP.NET Web API
12 13 (5.86%) AngularJS
13 12 (5.41%) Blazor
13 12 (5.41%) ML.NET
14 10 (4.50%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.05%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (3.60%) Replication
3 7 (3.15%) Clustering
3 7 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.70%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.70%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.25%) Legacy Code
5 5 (2.25%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.80%) IoT
6 4 (1.80%) Social Network
7 3 (1.35%) Digital TV
7 3 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.90%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.66%) VMS
2 16 (7.21%) Windows
3 8 (3.60%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.25%) Android
4 5 (2.25%) Linux
5 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (37.39%) DevOps
2 72 (32.43%) CI/CD
3 68 (30.63%) Business Intelligence
4 63 (28.38%) Analytics
5 54 (24.32%) Agile
6 47 (21.17%) Machine Learning
7 44 (19.82%) Data Modelling
8 41 (18.47%) ETL
9 36 (16.22%) AI
9 36 (16.22%) Data Pipeline
9 36 (16.22%) Migration
9 36 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (15.77%) Data Governance
10 35 (15.77%) Full-Stack Development
10 35 (15.77%) Infrastructure as Code
11 33 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (14.41%) Performance Tuning
13 31 (13.96%) Data Engineering
14 28 (12.61%) Log Analytics
15 26 (11.71%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 222 (100.00%) SQL
2 81 (36.49%) C#
3 47 (21.17%) Python
4 45 (20.27%) PowerShell
5 39 (17.57%) JavaScript
6 30 (13.51%) TypeScript
7 23 (10.36%) T-SQL
8 15 (6.76%) Scala
9 12 (5.41%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (4.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (2.25%) Bicep
12 4 (1.80%) Bash
13 1 (0.45%) ANSI SQL
13 1 (0.45%) C
13 1 (0.45%) Java
13 1 (0.45%) Korn
13 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (5.86%) Azure Certification
2 12 (5.41%) Degree
3 8 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (3.15%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.70%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.35%) Tableau Certification
8 2 (0.90%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.45%) ACCA
9 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.45%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (12.16%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.41%) GDPR
3 6 (2.70%) QA
4 5 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.80%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.35%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.35%) SLA
7 1 (0.45%) HL7
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 25 (11.26%) Docker
2 17 (7.66%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (2.25%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.45%) Firmware
4 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.45%) vCloud
4 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 32 (14.41%) Terraform
2 25 (11.26%) Kubernetes
3 12 (5.41%) Grafana
4 7 (3.15%) Kibana
5 6 (2.70%) Ansible
6 3 (1.35%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.35%) Scalr
7 1 (0.45%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.45%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 124 (55.86%) Microsoft
2 49 (22.07%) Databricks
3 19 (8.56%) Adobe
4 6 (2.70%) Oracle
5 5 (2.25%) Google
6 4 (1.80%) Facebook
6 4 (1.80%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.80%) SolarWinds
6 4 (1.80%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.35%) RedGate
8 2 (0.90%) DevExpress
8 2 (0.90%) iManage
8 2 (0.90%) Intapp
8 2 (0.90%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.45%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.45%) IBM
9 1 (0.45%) Intel
9 1 (0.45%) NetApp
9 1 (0.45%) SAP
9 1 (0.45%) Sybase