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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 470 429
Rank change year-on-year +206 -41 -47
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 716 173 341
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.69% 0.40% 0.51%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.09% 2.75% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 630 155 230
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £74,985 £77,500 £77,688
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +3.55%

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 7,875 6,299 10,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.59% 14.60% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 5,547 4,071 6,138
10th Percentile £36,750 £33,750 £38,059
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £117,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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 October 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 October 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 +95 183 £57,500 -11.54% 64
London +4 157 £80,000 +14.29% 116
North of England +30 123 £55,000 -4.35% 53
Midlands +23 97 £55,000 +15.79% 40
East of England +60 96 £60,000 +9.09% 21
West Midlands +7 64 £60,000 +20.00% 28
North West +16 56 £50,000 -11.11% 26
South West -28 55 £55,000 - 16
North East -28 39 £55,000 +14.58% 11
East Midlands -19 33 £50,000 +8.11% 12
Yorkshire -13 28 £55,000 -8.33% 18
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 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.37%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.12%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (0.84%) Apache
5 6 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.84%) IIS
6 5 (0.70%) nginx
7 3 (0.42%) CMS
7 3 (0.42%) DNN
7 3 (0.42%) EPiServer
7 3 (0.42%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (0.42%) Kentico
7 3 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.42%) Sitefinity
7 3 (0.42%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.28%) Luigi
8 2 (0.28%) Tornado
Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 716 (100.00%) Azure
2 265 (37.01%) Azure DevOps
3 157 (21.93%) GitHub
4 146 (20.39%) Azure AI
5 135 (18.85%) GitHub Copilot
6 120 (16.76%) Power Platform
7 98 (13.69%) AWS
8 95 (13.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 93 (12.99%) Azure Data Factory
10 53 (7.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 51 (7.12%) Serverless
12 50 (6.98%) Azure Key Vault
13 47 (6.56%) PaaS
14 41 (5.73%) Azure Service Bus
15 40 (5.59%) Azure Monitor
16 39 (5.45%) Azure Functions
17 38 (5.31%) Entra ID
18 31 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
19 30 (4.19%) Azure AKS
19 30 (4.19%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 53 (7.40%) Internet
2 24 (3.35%) VPN
3 22 (3.07%) Firewall
4 12 (1.68%) DNS
5 6 (0.84%) Hyperconnected
6 4 (0.56%) MQTT
7 3 (0.42%) SSL
7 3 (0.42%) WAN
8 2 (0.28%) DHCP
8 2 (0.28%) Network Security
9 1 (0.14%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.14%) HTTP
9 1 (0.14%) LAN
9 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 376 (52.51%) MongoDB
2 146 (20.39%) Elasticsearch
3 126 (17.60%) SQL Server
4 107 (14.94%) Power BI
5 71 (9.92%) Data Warehouse
6 37 (5.17%) Data Lake
7 29 (4.05%) NoSQL
8 25 (3.49%) Metadata
9 23 (3.21%) Relational Database
10 18 (2.51%) Tableau
11 15 (2.09%) DynamoDB
11 15 (2.09%) Star Schema
12 14 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
13 13 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 11 (1.54%) NonStop SQL
16 10 (1.40%) Delta Lake
17 9 (1.26%) Amazon QuickSight
17 9 (1.26%) Big Data
17 9 (1.26%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 50 (6.98%) Git
2 11 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.56%) JIRA
5 3 (0.42%) NUnit
6 2 (0.28%) MSTest
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) kappa
7 1 (0.14%) Postman
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 107 (14.94%) Finance
2 91 (12.71%) Social Skills
3 53 (7.40%) Advertising
4 38 (5.31%) Marketing
5 36 (5.03%) Games
6 35 (4.89%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (3.21%) Retail
8 20 (2.79%) Law
9 17 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.37%) Public Sector
10 14 (1.96%) Aerospace
11 13 (1.82%) Banking
12 11 (1.54%) Music Industry
13 9 (1.26%) Legal
14 6 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.70%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.42%) Police
17 2 (0.28%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 448 (62.57%) Developer
2 414 (57.82%) .NET Developer
3 98 (13.69%) Senior
4 79 (11.03%) Azure Engineer
5 78 (10.89%) Data Engineer
6 33 (4.61%) Lead
7 29 (4.05%) Architect
7 29 (4.05%) Platform Engineer
8 28 (3.91%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 28 (3.91%) DevOps Engineer
9 26 (3.63%) Senior Data Engineer
10 24 (3.35%) Azure Data Engineer
11 20 (2.79%) Senior Developer
12 19 (2.65%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 19 (2.65%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 16 (2.23%) Analyst
14 14 (1.96%) Data Architect
14 14 (1.96%) DBA
15 13 (1.82%) Software Engineer
16 12 (1.68%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 469 (65.50%) .NET
2 423 (59.08%) .NET Core
3 419 (58.52%) ASP.NET
4 412 (57.54%) ASP.NET Core
5 164 (22.91%) CSS
5 164 (22.91%) HTML
6 161 (22.49%) Entity Framework
7 149 (20.81%) ASP.NET Web API
8 143 (19.97%) React
9 140 (19.55%) AngularJS
9 140 (19.55%) Blazor
10 139 (19.41%) Node.js
10 139 (19.41%) RESTful
11 137 (19.13%) Vue
12 126 (17.60%) ML.NET
13 96 (13.41%) LINQ
14 66 (9.22%) Terraform
15 59 (8.24%) .NET Framework
16 19 (2.65%) PySpark
17 17 (2.37%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 75 (10.47%) Greenfield Project
2 59 (8.24%) Enterprise Software
3 31 (4.33%) Cloud Native
4 22 (3.07%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.93%) Mobile App
6 19 (2.65%) Digital TV
6 19 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (2.37%) iPhone
8 16 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.96%) Public Cloud
9 14 (1.96%) Security Posture
10 12 (1.68%) Podcast
10 12 (1.68%) Social Network
11 11 (1.54%) Replication
11 11 (1.54%) Social Media
12 10 (1.40%) BBC
13 9 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
14 8 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (0.84%) AI Agents
15 6 (0.84%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 54 (7.54%) Windows
2 27 (3.77%) VMS
3 21 (2.93%) Android
4 20 (2.79%) Windows Server
5 15 (2.09%) Linux
6 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (58.80%) Full-Stack Development
2 385 (53.77%) Agile
3 288 (40.22%) CI/CD
4 285 (39.80%) DevOps
5 189 (26.40%) AI
6 159 (22.21%) Microservices
7 152 (21.23%) Machine Learning
8 128 (17.88%) Analytics
9 123 (17.18%) Multithreading
10 119 (16.62%) Business Intelligence
11 104 (14.53%) Scrum
12 76 (10.61%) Data Modelling
13 75 (10.47%) TDD
14 71 (9.92%) Problem-Solving
15 70 (9.78%) Infrastructure as Code
16 69 (9.64%) BDD
17 65 (9.08%) Data Engineering
18 64 (8.94%) Data Pipeline
19 61 (8.52%) OO
20 58 (8.10%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 712 (99.44%) SQL
2 477 (66.62%) C#
3 166 (23.18%) JavaScript
4 157 (21.93%) TypeScript
5 84 (11.73%) PowerShell
6 78 (10.89%) Python
7 36 (5.03%) Bicep
8 18 (2.51%) Bash
9 14 (1.96%) Kusto Query Language
9 14 (1.96%) Scala
10 12 (1.68%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.26%) Java
12 8 (1.12%) C++
13 7 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.84%) R
15 3 (0.42%) VBA
16 1 (0.14%) Delphi
16 1 (0.14%) Pascal
16 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (6.42%) Azure Certification
2 23 (3.21%) Degree
3 20 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (2.51%) Security Cleared
5 17 (2.37%) SC Cleared
6 7 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.56%) CISSP
8 3 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.28%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.14%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.40%) Data Quality
2 20 (2.79%) QA
3 19 (2.65%) GDPR
4 9 (1.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (0.70%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.28%) NCSC
7 1 (0.14%) HL7
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 183 (25.56%) Docker
2 34 (4.75%) Active Directory
3 25 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 175 (24.44%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (1.82%) Grafana
4 9 (1.26%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.42%) Ansible
7 2 (0.28%) Argo
7 2 (0.28%) Bosun
8 1 (0.14%) Scalr
8 1 (0.14%) SCOM
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 582 (81.28%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.54%) Databricks
3 52 (7.26%) Facebook
4 38 (5.31%) Google
5 22 (3.07%) YouTube
6 15 (2.09%) Informatica
6 15 (2.09%) VMware
7 12 (1.68%) Adobe
7 12 (1.68%) ScienceLogic
8 10 (1.40%) Apple
8 10 (1.40%) Sony
8 10 (1.40%) Yahoo!
9 9 (1.26%) Oracle
9 9 (1.26%) Talend
10 8 (1.12%) SAP
11 3 (0.42%) Alterian
11 3 (0.42%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.42%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.28%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.28%) OpenAI