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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 470 458
Rank change year-on-year +211 -12 -46
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 689 196 345
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.75% 0.45% 0.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.50% 2.88% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 631 170 282
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
25th Percentile £46,862 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,688
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.12% -5.77% -

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 8,109 6,813 11,591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.86% 15.64% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 5,560 4,508 8,163
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,438 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.11% -5.84%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% -4.00%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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
South East +104 177 £55,000 -15.38% 48
North of England +57 126 £50,000 -13.04% 44
London -10 122 £80,000 +6.67% 64
East of England +76 106 £60,000 +2.13% 21
Midlands +29 94 £55,000 +13.40% 18
West Midlands +18 60 £60,000 - 13
South West -17 59 £55,000 +4.76% 8
North West +39 55 £50,000 -11.11% 29
North East -16 41 £52,500 -8.70% 8
East Midlands -15 34 £51,250 +5.67% 5
Yorkshire -6 30 £55,000 -8.33% 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 30 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.16%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (0.87%) IIS
6 5 (0.73%) nginx
7 4 (0.58%) Apache
7 4 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.44%) CMS
8 3 (0.44%) DNN
8 3 (0.44%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.44%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (0.44%) Kentico
8 3 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.44%) Sitefinity
8 3 (0.44%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.15%) Luigi
9 1 (0.15%) Tornado
Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 689 (100.00%) Azure
2 231 (33.53%) Azure DevOps
3 154 (22.35%) Azure AI
4 152 (22.06%) GitHub
5 139 (20.17%) GitHub Copilot
6 98 (14.22%) Power Platform
7 94 (13.64%) AWS
8 89 (12.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 75 (10.89%) Azure Data Factory
10 42 (6.10%) Azure Monitor
10 42 (6.10%) Serverless
11 39 (5.66%) Azure Key Vault
11 39 (5.66%) Azure Logic Apps
12 38 (5.52%) PaaS
13 36 (5.22%) Azure Service Bus
14 35 (5.08%) Azure Functions
15 33 (4.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 33 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
16 29 (4.21%) PowerApps
17 24 (3.48%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 54 (7.84%) Internet
2 19 (2.76%) VPN
3 11 (1.60%) Firewall
4 7 (1.02%) Hyperconnected
5 4 (0.58%) DNS
5 4 (0.58%) MQTT
6 1 (0.15%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.15%) HTTP
6 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 380 (55.15%) MongoDB
2 147 (21.34%) Elasticsearch
3 106 (15.38%) SQL Server
4 85 (12.34%) Power BI
5 46 (6.68%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (4.35%) Data Lake
7 15 (2.18%) Tableau
8 13 (1.89%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (1.74%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.60%) NonStop SQL
10 11 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (1.45%) Metadata
11 10 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (1.31%) Spark SQL
13 8 (1.16%) Star Schema
14 7 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.87%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.87%) MySQL
15 6 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 32 (4.64%) Git
2 8 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
3 5 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.58%) NUnit
5 2 (0.29%) JIRA
5 2 (0.29%) MSTest
6 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.15%) Postman
6 1 (0.15%) Selenium
6 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.15%) Yeoman
General
1 100 (14.51%) Finance
2 66 (9.58%) Social Skills
3 57 (8.27%) Advertising
4 41 (5.95%) Marketing
5 38 (5.52%) Games
6 29 (4.21%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (3.05%) Retail
8 18 (2.61%) Law
9 16 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.18%) Banking
11 14 (2.03%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.89%) Public Sector
13 12 (1.74%) Legal
14 11 (1.60%) Music Industry
15 4 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.29%) Investment Banking
17 2 (0.29%) Manufacturing
17 2 (0.29%) Police
18 1 (0.15%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 466 (67.63%) Developer
2 430 (62.41%) .NET Developer
3 84 (12.19%) Senior
4 64 (9.29%) Data Engineer
5 58 (8.42%) Azure Engineer
6 28 (4.06%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 28 (4.06%) DevOps Engineer
6 28 (4.06%) Senior Developer
7 21 (3.05%) DBA
8 20 (2.90%) Architect
8 20 (2.90%) Lead
9 18 (2.61%) Platform Engineer
9 18 (2.61%) Senior Data Engineer
9 18 (2.61%) Support Engineer
10 16 (2.32%) Azure Data Engineer
11 15 (2.18%) Analyst
12 13 (1.89%) Administrator
13 12 (1.74%) Data Architect
13 12 (1.74%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 11 (1.60%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 494 (71.70%) .NET
2 449 (65.17%) .NET Core
3 437 (63.43%) ASP.NET
4 430 (62.41%) ASP.NET Core
5 176 (25.54%) CSS
5 176 (25.54%) HTML
6 170 (24.67%) Entity Framework
7 155 (22.50%) ASP.NET Web API
8 148 (21.48%) React
9 147 (21.34%) Blazor
10 146 (21.19%) AngularJS
11 144 (20.90%) Node.js
12 142 (20.61%) RESTful
12 142 (20.61%) Vue
13 134 (19.45%) ML.NET
14 97 (14.08%) LINQ
15 59 (8.56%) .NET Framework
16 22 (3.19%) HTML5 Canvas
17 20 (2.90%) JSON
17 20 (2.90%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 76 (11.03%) Greenfield Project
2 47 (6.82%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (3.05%) Mobile App
4 20 (2.90%) Digital TV
5 19 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.61%) Cloud Native
7 17 (2.47%) iPhone
8 14 (2.03%) Replication
8 14 (2.03%) Security Posture
8 14 (2.03%) Social Network
9 12 (1.74%) Podcast
9 12 (1.74%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.60%) BBC
10 11 (1.60%) Product Ownership
10 11 (1.60%) Social Media
11 10 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
13 7 (1.02%) Onboarding
14 6 (0.87%) AI Agents
14 6 (0.87%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.52%) Windows
2 33 (4.79%) VMS
3 21 (3.05%) Android
4 16 (2.32%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.60%) Linux
6 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 438 (63.57%) Full-Stack Development
2 370 (53.70%) Agile
3 255 (37.01%) CI/CD
4 243 (35.27%) DevOps
5 186 (27.00%) AI
6 170 (24.67%) Machine Learning
7 159 (23.08%) Microservices
8 129 (18.72%) Multithreading
9 113 (16.40%) Analytics
10 99 (14.37%) Business Intelligence
11 93 (13.50%) Scrum
12 77 (11.18%) TDD
13 71 (10.30%) BDD
14 62 (9.00%) OO
15 59 (8.56%) Kanban
16 58 (8.42%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
17 56 (8.13%) Performance Tuning
18 55 (7.98%) Data Engineering
19 54 (7.84%) Infrastructure as Code
20 49 (7.11%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 688 (99.85%) SQL
2 488 (70.83%) C#
3 173 (25.11%) JavaScript
4 170 (24.67%) TypeScript
5 82 (11.90%) PowerShell
6 56 (8.13%) Python
7 24 (3.48%) Bicep
8 20 (2.90%) Kusto Query Language
9 16 (2.32%) Bash
9 16 (2.32%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.31%) Java
11 8 (1.16%) C++
11 8 (1.16%) Scala
12 4 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.44%) R
14 1 (0.15%) Delphi
14 1 (0.15%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 30 (4.35%) Azure Certification
2 16 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (1.74%) Degree
4 10 (1.45%) Security Cleared
5 9 (1.31%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.58%) Tableau Certification
7 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.15%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.92%) Data Quality
2 17 (2.47%) QA
3 10 (1.45%) GDPR
4 4 (0.58%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.29%) NCSC
6 1 (0.15%) HL7
6 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 168 (24.38%) Docker
2 26 (3.77%) Active Directory
3 25 (3.63%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 161 (23.37%) Kubernetes
2 48 (6.97%) Terraform
3 12 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.45%) Grafana
5 8 (1.16%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.44%) Scalr
7 1 (0.15%) Argo
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 555 (80.55%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.98%) Facebook
3 48 (6.97%) Databricks
4 42 (6.10%) Google
5 21 (3.05%) YouTube
6 19 (2.76%) Adobe
7 12 (1.74%) ScienceLogic
7 12 (1.74%) VMware
8 11 (1.60%) Apple
8 11 (1.60%) Sony
8 11 (1.60%) Yahoo!
9 7 (1.02%) Oracle
10 4 (0.58%) Informatica
10 4 (0.58%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.44%) Alterian
11 3 (0.44%) iManage
11 3 (0.44%) Intapp
11 3 (0.44%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.44%) SAP
11 3 (0.44%) Sitecore