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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 456 406
Rank change year-on-year +194 -50 +46
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 622 198 550
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.73% 0.48% 0.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.14% 2.97% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 570 171 480
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,556 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -12.95%
75th Percentile £74,985 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.12% +6.52% -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 7,637 6,665 14,976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.90% 16.18% 16.19%
Number of salaries quoted 5,196 4,445 11,256
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,500 £46,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.76% -10.77%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,751 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.73%

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 July 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 July 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 +88 148 £55,000 -21.43% 49
London -15 110 £80,000 +6.67% 59
North of England +37 109 £50,000 -13.04% 37
East of England +76 103 £60,000 +2.13% 19
Midlands +19 91 £55,000 +13.40% 16
West Midlands +16 58 £60,000 -5.88% 12
South West -13 54 £55,000 - 8
North West +30 49 £50,000 -11.11% 22
East Midlands -13 33 £50,000 +3.09% 4
North East -28 32 £52,500 -8.70% 7
Yorkshire -14 28 £55,000 -4.35% 8
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 28 (4.50%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.29%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (0.80%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.64%) IIS
6 3 (0.48%) CMS
6 3 (0.48%) DNN
6 3 (0.48%) EPiServer
6 3 (0.48%) Immediacy CMS
6 3 (0.48%) Kentico
6 3 (0.48%) nginx
6 3 (0.48%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.48%) Sitefinity
6 3 (0.48%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.16%) Apache
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 622 (100.00%) Azure
2 218 (35.05%) Azure DevOps
3 138 (22.19%) Azure AI
4 137 (22.03%) GitHub
5 120 (19.29%) GitHub Copilot
6 87 (13.99%) Power Platform
7 82 (13.18%) AWS
8 80 (12.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 79 (12.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 49 (7.88%) Azure Monitor
11 40 (6.43%) Serverless
12 37 (5.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 35 (5.63%) Azure Functions
14 34 (5.47%) PaaS
15 33 (5.31%) Azure Logic Apps
16 32 (5.14%) Azure Key Vault
17 31 (4.98%) PowerApps
18 30 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
19 28 (4.50%) Azure Service Bus
20 25 (4.02%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 49 (7.88%) Internet
2 17 (2.73%) VPN
3 11 (1.77%) Firewall
4 8 (1.29%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.80%) DNS
6 4 (0.64%) MQTT
7 2 (0.32%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.16%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.16%) HTTP
8 1 (0.16%) LAN
8 1 (0.16%) SSL
8 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 341 (54.82%) MongoDB
2 132 (21.22%) Elasticsearch
3 86 (13.83%) SQL Server
4 75 (12.06%) Power BI
5 32 (5.14%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (4.82%) Data Lake
7 13 (2.09%) Tableau
8 12 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (1.61%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.61%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.45%) Delta Lake
10 9 (1.45%) NonStop SQL
10 9 (1.45%) Spark SQL
10 9 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (1.29%) Metadata
11 8 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (1.29%) Star Schema
12 7 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.96%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.80%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 36 (5.79%) Git
2 6 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.64%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.64%) NUnit
4 2 (0.32%) JIRA
4 2 (0.32%) MSTest
4 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.16%) Postman
5 1 (0.16%) Selenium
5 1 (0.16%) Yeoman
General
1 101 (16.24%) Finance
2 61 (9.81%) Social Skills
3 49 (7.88%) Advertising
4 34 (5.47%) Games
5 33 (5.31%) Marketing
6 30 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (2.89%) Law
7 18 (2.89%) Retail
8 16 (2.57%) Banking
8 16 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.93%) Aerospace
9 12 (1.93%) Public Sector
10 10 (1.61%) Legal
11 9 (1.45%) Music Industry
12 5 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.32%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.32%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.32%) Police
15 1 (0.16%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 425 (68.33%) Developer
2 386 (62.06%) .NET Developer
3 75 (12.06%) Senior
4 48 (7.72%) Data Engineer
5 44 (7.07%) Azure Engineer
6 26 (4.18%) Senior Developer
7 25 (4.02%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 25 (4.02%) DevOps Engineer
8 21 (3.38%) Support Engineer
9 20 (3.22%) Platform Engineer
10 19 (3.05%) Architect
10 19 (3.05%) DBA
11 18 (2.89%) Analyst
12 13 (2.09%) Senior Data Engineer
13 12 (1.93%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 11 (1.77%) Applications Support
14 11 (1.77%) Data Architect
14 11 (1.77%) SQL DBA
15 10 (1.61%) Senior Support Engineer
15 10 (1.61%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 446 (71.70%) .NET
2 406 (65.27%) .NET Core
3 391 (62.86%) ASP.NET
4 384 (61.74%) ASP.NET Core
5 160 (25.72%) CSS
5 160 (25.72%) HTML
6 153 (24.60%) Entity Framework
7 137 (22.03%) ASP.NET Web API
8 132 (21.22%) Blazor
8 132 (21.22%) React
9 130 (20.90%) AngularJS
9 130 (20.90%) Node.js
10 129 (20.74%) RESTful
11 126 (20.26%) Vue
12 122 (19.61%) ML.NET
13 85 (13.67%) LINQ
14 50 (8.04%) .NET Framework
15 22 (3.54%) HTML5 Canvas
16 20 (3.22%) JSON
16 20 (3.22%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 68 (10.93%) Greenfield Project
2 41 (6.59%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (3.38%) Mobile App
4 20 (3.22%) Digital TV
5 18 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (2.73%) iPhone
7 16 (2.57%) Social Network
8 14 (2.25%) Security Posture
9 13 (2.09%) Replication
10 12 (1.93%) Podcast
10 12 (1.93%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.77%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.61%) BBC
12 10 (1.61%) Social Media
13 8 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
13 8 (1.29%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.29%) Product Ownership
14 6 (0.96%) Clustering
14 6 (0.96%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.59%) Windows
2 33 (5.31%) VMS
3 21 (3.38%) Android
4 16 (2.57%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.45%) Linux
6 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (63.02%) Full-Stack Development
2 332 (53.38%) Agile
3 234 (37.62%) CI/CD
4 231 (37.14%) DevOps
5 169 (27.17%) AI
6 155 (24.92%) Machine Learning
7 139 (22.35%) Microservices
8 119 (19.13%) Multithreading
9 105 (16.88%) Analytics
10 88 (14.15%) Business Intelligence
11 82 (13.18%) Scrum
12 67 (10.77%) TDD
13 62 (9.97%) BDD
14 60 (9.65%) OO
15 57 (9.16%) Infrastructure as Code
16 52 (8.36%) Kanban
16 52 (8.36%) Problem-Solving
17 50 (8.04%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
18 48 (7.72%) Performance Tuning
19 44 (7.07%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 621 (99.84%) SQL
2 441 (70.90%) C#
3 159 (25.56%) JavaScript
4 151 (24.28%) TypeScript
5 77 (12.38%) PowerShell
6 49 (7.88%) Python
7 21 (3.38%) Bicep
8 20 (3.22%) Kusto Query Language
9 17 (2.73%) Bash
10 16 (2.57%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.45%) Java
11 9 (1.45%) Scala
12 8 (1.29%) C++
13 6 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.32%) R
15 1 (0.16%) Delphi
15 1 (0.16%) Korn
15 1 (0.16%) Pascal
15 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (4.98%) Azure Certification
2 16 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (1.93%) Degree
4 9 (1.45%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.29%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.64%) Tableau Certification
7 3 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.02%) Data Quality
2 12 (1.93%) QA
3 8 (1.29%) GDPR
4 4 (0.64%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.48%) SLA
6 2 (0.32%) NCSC
7 1 (0.16%) HL7
7 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 141 (22.67%) Docker
2 24 (3.86%) Active Directory
3 21 (3.38%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.93%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (1.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 137 (22.03%) Kubernetes
2 49 (7.88%) Terraform
3 13 (2.09%) Grafana
4 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.96%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.80%) Kibana
7 3 (0.48%) Scalr
8 1 (0.16%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 490 (78.78%) Microsoft
2 48 (7.72%) Facebook
3 43 (6.91%) Databricks
4 40 (6.43%) Google
5 19 (3.05%) Adobe
5 19 (3.05%) YouTube
6 12 (1.93%) ScienceLogic
6 12 (1.93%) VMware
7 10 (1.61%) Apple
7 10 (1.61%) Sony
7 10 (1.61%) Yahoo!
8 8 (1.29%) Oracle
9 4 (0.64%) Informatica
9 4 (0.64%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.48%) Alterian
10 3 (0.48%) Optimizely
10 3 (0.48%) RedGate
10 3 (0.48%) SAP
10 3 (0.48%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.32%) Intapp