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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 444 384
Rank change year-on-year +57 -60 +96
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 329 200 566
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 0.51% 0.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.64% 2.99% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 295 176 498
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -14.81%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,875 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -11.54%

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 7,097 6,693 14,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.79% 17.23% 17.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4,455 4,572 11,383
10th Percentile £35,250 £37,275 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £97,500
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 14 May 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 14 May 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 -14 85 £82,500 +10.00% 60
East of England +37 61 £67,500 +42.11% 22
South East +16 58 £57,500 -14.81% 42
Midlands -20 55 £57,500 +9.52% 19
North of England -2 50 £50,000 -14.89% 46
West Midlands -13 32 £63,500 -5.93% 11
North West +14 23 £50,000 -20.00% 28
East Midlands -24 21 £50,000 +3.09% 8
South West -37 16 £52,500 - 9
Yorkshire -56 15 £51,250 -6.82% 12
North East -31 12 £50,000 -13.04% 6
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 24 (7.29%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.82%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (0.91%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.30%) Apache
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 329 (100.00%) Azure
2 114 (34.65%) Azure DevOps
3 78 (23.71%) Azure Data Factory
4 71 (21.58%) Power Platform
5 56 (17.02%) Azure AI
6 53 (16.11%) GitHub
7 42 (12.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 39 (11.85%) GitHub Copilot
9 38 (11.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 37 (11.25%) Azure Monitor
11 31 (9.42%) PowerApps
12 28 (8.51%) AWS
13 27 (8.21%) Azure Logic Apps
13 27 (8.21%) Serverless
14 26 (7.90%) Power Automate
15 24 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
16 23 (6.99%) Azure Functions
17 20 (6.08%) OneDrive
18 19 (5.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 15 (4.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.56%) Internet
2 13 (3.95%) Firewall
3 9 (2.74%) VPN
4 8 (2.43%) DNS
5 5 (1.52%) WAN
6 4 (1.22%) MQTT
6 4 (1.22%) Network Security
7 3 (0.91%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.61%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.61%) WinSCP
9 1 (0.30%) DHCP
9 1 (0.30%) LAN
9 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (38.30%) MongoDB
2 73 (22.19%) SQL Server
3 62 (18.84%) Power BI
4 42 (12.77%) Elasticsearch
5 37 (11.25%) Data Lake
6 27 (8.21%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (5.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (3.04%) Delta Lake
9 9 (2.74%) Star Schema
10 8 (2.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 8 (2.43%) Tableau
11 7 (2.13%) Power Query
11 7 (2.13%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (1.52%) Spark SQL
14 4 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (1.22%) NonStop SQL
14 4 (1.22%) NoSQL
15 3 (0.91%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 32 (9.73%) Git
2 4 (1.22%) NUnit
3 3 (0.91%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.61%) MSTest
4 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.30%) JIRA
5 1 (0.30%) Postman
5 1 (0.30%) Selenium
5 1 (0.30%) Yeoman
General
1 80 (24.32%) Finance
2 45 (13.68%) Social Skills
3 21 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.86%) Advertising
5 15 (4.56%) Games
6 13 (3.95%) Banking
7 11 (3.34%) Legal
8 8 (2.43%) Marketing
9 7 (2.13%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.82%) Law
10 6 (1.82%) Retail
11 5 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.22%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.91%) Music Industry
14 2 (0.61%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.30%) Back Office
15 1 (0.30%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.30%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.30%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 174 (52.89%) Developer
2 142 (43.16%) .NET Developer
3 58 (17.63%) Senior
4 40 (12.16%) Data Engineer
5 23 (6.99%) Azure Engineer
6 22 (6.69%) DBA
7 20 (6.08%) Senior Developer
7 20 (6.08%) Support Engineer
8 18 (5.47%) SQL DBA
9 13 (3.95%) Applications Support
9 13 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
10 12 (3.65%) Architect
11 11 (3.34%) Applications Engineer
11 11 (3.34%) Applications Support Engineer
11 11 (3.34%) Azure Architect
11 11 (3.34%) Senior Data Engineer
12 10 (3.04%) Administrator
12 10 (3.04%) Head of Finance
12 10 (3.04%) Senior Support Engineer
12 10 (3.04%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (60.18%) .NET
2 165 (50.15%) .NET Core
3 144 (43.77%) ASP.NET
4 138 (41.95%) ASP.NET Core
5 73 (22.19%) CSS
5 73 (22.19%) HTML
6 66 (20.06%) Entity Framework
7 52 (15.81%) RESTful
8 51 (15.50%) ASP.NET Web API
9 47 (14.29%) AngularJS
9 47 (14.29%) React
10 45 (13.68%) Vue
11 44 (13.37%) Blazor
11 44 (13.37%) ML.NET
12 42 (12.77%) Node.js
13 33 (10.03%) LINQ
14 23 (6.99%) .NET Framework
15 22 (6.69%) HTML5 Canvas
16 20 (6.08%) Microsoft Graph
17 19 (5.78%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.29%) Greenfield Project
2 19 (5.78%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (3.65%) Mobile App
5 11 (3.34%) Replication
6 9 (2.74%) Digital TV
6 9 (2.74%) Social Network
7 7 (2.13%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.13%) Clustering
7 7 (2.13%) iPhone
7 7 (2.13%) Legacy Applications
7 7 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.82%) IoT
9 5 (1.52%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.52%) Legacy Code
9 5 (1.52%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.22%) BBC
10 4 (1.22%) Social Media
11 3 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.61%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.38%) Windows
2 20 (6.08%) VMS
3 11 (3.34%) Android
4 10 (3.04%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.13%) Linux
6 2 (0.61%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (44.38%) Full-Stack Development
2 125 (37.99%) Agile
2 125 (37.99%) DevOps
3 120 (36.47%) CI/CD
4 79 (24.01%) Machine Learning
5 73 (22.19%) Analytics
6 69 (20.97%) AI
7 66 (20.06%) Business Intelligence
8 47 (14.29%) Multithreading
9 46 (13.98%) Data Modelling
9 46 (13.98%) Microservices
10 39 (11.85%) ETL
11 38 (11.55%) Infrastructure as Code
11 38 (11.55%) Migration
12 35 (10.64%) Data Governance
13 34 (10.33%) Data Pipeline
13 34 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
14 32 (9.73%) Log Analytics
15 31 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (9.42%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 329 (100.00%) SQL
2 192 (58.36%) C#
3 72 (21.88%) JavaScript
4 66 (20.06%) TypeScript
5 51 (15.50%) PowerShell
6 49 (14.89%) Python
7 22 (6.69%) T-SQL
8 14 (4.26%) Scala
9 11 (3.34%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (2.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (2.13%) Java
12 6 (1.82%) C++
13 5 (1.52%) Bicep
14 4 (1.22%) Bash
15 1 (0.30%) ANSI SQL
15 1 (0.30%) Korn
15 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (3.65%) Azure Certification
2 11 (3.34%) Degree
3 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (1.52%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.22%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.91%) Tableau Certification
6 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.30%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.60%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.04%) GDPR
3 5 (1.52%) QA
4 4 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.91%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.91%) SLA
5 3 (0.91%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.30%) HL7
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 54 (16.41%) Docker
2 16 (4.86%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.52%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.30%) Firmware
4 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.30%) vCloud
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 53 (16.11%) Kubernetes
2 32 (9.73%) Terraform
3 12 (3.65%) Grafana
4 7 (2.13%) Kibana
5 5 (1.52%) Ansible
6 3 (0.91%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.91%) Scalr
7 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.30%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 227 (69.00%) Microsoft
2 45 (13.68%) Databricks
3 19 (5.78%) Adobe
4 17 (5.17%) Google
5 16 (4.86%) Facebook
6 6 (1.82%) Oracle
6 6 (1.82%) YouTube
7 4 (1.22%) Apple
7 4 (1.22%) SolarWinds
7 4 (1.22%) Sony
7 4 (1.22%) Yahoo!
8 3 (0.91%) Palo Alto
8 3 (0.91%) RedGate
8 3 (0.91%) Zscaler
9 2 (0.61%) DevExpress
9 2 (0.61%) iManage
9 2 (0.61%) Intapp
9 2 (0.61%) SAP
9 2 (0.61%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.30%) Fortinet