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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 451 398
Rank change year-on-year +168 -53 +50
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 544 199 574
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 0.50% 0.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.31% 3.01% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 496 173 502
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -14.81%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 7,443 6,622 15,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.85% 16.55% 16.07%
Number of salaries quoted 5,017 4,419 11,600
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,064 £46,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.16%

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 22 June 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 22 June 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 +72 124 £55,000 -21.43% 40
London -8 107 £80,000 +6.67% 55
East of England +68 92 £62,500 +6.38% 18
North of England +26 91 £52,500 -7.08% 36
Midlands +18 82 £55,000 +13.40% 20
West Midlands +19 50 £60,000 -11.11% 16
South West -29 43 £55,000 - 8
North West +30 40 £50,000 -9.09% 22
East Midlands -14 30 £50,000 +3.09% 4
North East -32 27 £50,000 -13.04% 6
Yorkshire -15 24 £55,000 - 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 (5.15%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.47%) SharePoint Server
3 5 (0.92%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.55%) IIS
5 2 (0.37%) CMS
5 2 (0.37%) DNN
5 2 (0.37%) EPiServer
5 2 (0.37%) Immediacy CMS
5 2 (0.37%) Kentico
5 2 (0.37%) nginx
5 2 (0.37%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (0.37%) Sitefinity
5 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 544 (100.00%) Azure
2 191 (35.11%) Azure DevOps
3 115 (21.14%) Azure AI
4 113 (20.77%) GitHub
5 98 (18.01%) GitHub Copilot
6 82 (15.07%) Power Platform
7 80 (14.71%) Azure Data Factory
8 72 (13.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 67 (12.32%) AWS
10 46 (8.46%) Azure Monitor
11 37 (6.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 35 (6.43%) Serverless
13 31 (5.70%) Azure Functions
13 31 (5.70%) Azure Logic Apps
13 31 (5.70%) PowerApps
14 29 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
15 28 (5.15%) PaaS
16 27 (4.96%) Azure Key Vault
17 25 (4.60%) Azure Service Bus
17 25 (4.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 43 (7.90%) Internet
2 13 (2.39%) VPN
3 11 (2.02%) Firewall
4 8 (1.47%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.92%) DNS
6 4 (0.74%) MQTT
7 2 (0.37%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.18%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.18%) HTTP
8 1 (0.18%) LAN
8 1 (0.18%) SSL
8 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 280 (51.47%) MongoDB
2 109 (20.04%) Elasticsearch
3 77 (14.15%) SQL Server
4 71 (13.05%) Power BI
5 30 (5.51%) Data Lake
6 28 (5.15%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.39%) Tableau
8 10 (1.84%) Delta Lake
8 10 (1.84%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.84%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (1.84%) Star Schema
9 9 (1.65%) Spark SQL
10 8 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.29%) Metadata
11 7 (1.29%) NonStop SQL
11 7 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.10%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 35 (6.43%) Git
2 5 (0.92%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.74%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.74%) NUnit
4 2 (0.37%) JIRA
4 2 (0.37%) MSTest
4 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.18%) Postman
5 1 (0.18%) Selenium
5 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 98 (18.01%) Finance
2 57 (10.48%) Social Skills
3 40 (7.35%) Advertising
4 29 (5.33%) Games
5 28 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.96%) Marketing
7 16 (2.94%) Banking
8 14 (2.57%) Law
8 14 (2.57%) Retail
9 12 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.84%) Aerospace
10 10 (1.84%) Legal
10 10 (1.84%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.29%) Music Industry
12 5 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.37%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.37%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.18%) Billing
15 1 (0.18%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 355 (65.26%) Developer
2 318 (58.46%) .NET Developer
3 70 (12.87%) Senior
4 45 (8.27%) Data Engineer
5 44 (8.09%) Azure Engineer
6 25 (4.60%) Senior Developer
7 24 (4.41%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 24 (4.41%) DevOps Engineer
8 21 (3.86%) Support Engineer
9 19 (3.49%) Platform Engineer
10 18 (3.31%) Architect
10 18 (3.31%) DBA
11 14 (2.57%) Analyst
12 12 (2.21%) Applications Support
12 12 (2.21%) Senior Data Engineer
13 11 (2.02%) Software Engineer
13 11 (2.02%) SQL DBA
14 10 (1.84%) Applications Support Engineer
14 10 (1.84%) Data Architect
14 10 (1.84%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 379 (69.67%) .NET
2 340 (62.50%) .NET Core
3 324 (59.56%) ASP.NET
4 317 (58.27%) ASP.NET Core
5 137 (25.18%) CSS
5 137 (25.18%) HTML
6 131 (24.08%) Entity Framework
7 113 (20.77%) ASP.NET Web API
8 109 (20.04%) React
9 108 (19.85%) AngularJS
9 108 (19.85%) Blazor
9 108 (19.85%) Node.js
10 107 (19.67%) RESTful
11 104 (19.12%) Vue
12 100 (18.38%) ML.NET
13 69 (12.68%) LINQ
14 43 (7.90%) .NET Framework
15 22 (4.04%) HTML5 Canvas
16 20 (3.68%) JSON
16 20 (3.68%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.48%) Greenfield Project
2 34 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (3.31%) Mobile App
4 16 (2.94%) Digital TV
5 15 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.57%) iPhone
6 14 (2.57%) Social Network
7 13 (2.39%) Replication
8 11 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.84%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.84%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.47%) BBC
10 8 (1.47%) Legacy Applications
10 8 (1.47%) Podcast
10 8 (1.47%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.47%) Social Media
11 7 (1.29%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.29%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.10%) Clustering
12 6 (1.10%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.62%) Windows
2 29 (5.33%) VMS
3 18 (3.31%) Android
4 15 (2.76%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.47%) Linux
6 2 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (60.11%) Full-Stack Development
2 275 (50.55%) Agile
3 206 (37.87%) CI/CD
4 204 (37.50%) DevOps
5 142 (26.10%) AI
6 133 (24.45%) Machine Learning
7 114 (20.96%) Microservices
8 99 (18.20%) Multithreading
9 96 (17.65%) Analytics
10 82 (15.07%) Business Intelligence
11 64 (11.76%) Scrum
12 54 (9.93%) TDD
13 52 (9.56%) Infrastructure as Code
14 51 (9.38%) OO
15 50 (9.19%) BDD
15 50 (9.19%) Problem-Solving
16 44 (8.09%) Data Modelling
17 42 (7.72%) Kanban
18 41 (7.54%) Data Engineering
19 40 (7.35%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 543 (99.82%) SQL
2 374 (68.75%) C#
3 138 (25.37%) JavaScript
4 128 (23.53%) TypeScript
5 70 (12.87%) PowerShell
6 50 (9.19%) Python
7 16 (2.94%) Bicep
7 16 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
7 16 (2.94%) T-SQL
8 13 (2.39%) Bash
9 10 (1.84%) Scala
10 9 (1.65%) Java
11 8 (1.47%) C++
11 8 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.37%) R
13 1 (0.18%) Delphi
13 1 (0.18%) Korn
13 1 (0.18%) Pascal
13 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (4.96%) Azure Certification
2 13 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (2.21%) Degree
4 8 (1.47%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.29%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.74%) Tableau Certification
7 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.18%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.41%) Data Quality
2 10 (1.84%) QA
3 7 (1.29%) GDPR
4 4 (0.74%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.55%) SLA
6 2 (0.37%) NCSC
7 1 (0.18%) HL7
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 117 (21.51%) Docker
2 19 (3.49%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 115 (21.14%) Kubernetes
2 43 (7.90%) Terraform
3 13 (2.39%) Grafana
4 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.10%) Kibana
6 5 (0.92%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.55%) Scalr
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 415 (76.29%) Microsoft
2 44 (8.09%) Databricks
3 39 (7.17%) Facebook
4 33 (6.07%) Google
5 19 (3.49%) Adobe
6 15 (2.76%) YouTube
7 8 (1.47%) Apple
7 8 (1.47%) ScienceLogic
7 8 (1.47%) Sony
7 8 (1.47%) VMware
7 8 (1.47%) Yahoo!
8 7 (1.29%) Oracle
9 4 (0.74%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.55%) Informatica
10 3 (0.55%) RedGate
10 3 (0.55%) SAP
11 2 (0.37%) Alterian
11 2 (0.37%) DevExpress
11 2 (0.37%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.37%) Xamarin