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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 466 446
Rank change year-on-year +209 -20 -42
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 722 179 330
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.73% 0.41% 0.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.05% 2.77% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 659 159 242
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,200 £93,625
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% -

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 7,979 6,457 10,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.09% 14.91% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 5,575 4,212 6,893
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,182 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% -5.87% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,313 £87,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £110,000 £117,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -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 6 September 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 6 September 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 +111 191 £57,500 -11.54% 31
London -25 135 £80,000 +10.34% 82
North of England +40 132 £50,000 -13.04% 27
East of England +64 107 £60,000 +9.09% 9
Midlands +33 94 £55,000 +15.79% 20
West Midlands +17 60 £58,750 +23.68% 11
North West +25 59 £50,000 -11.11% 15
South West -20 58 £55,000 +10.00% 11
North East -27 42 £55,000 -4.35% 5
East Midlands -14 34 £51,250 +7.89% 9
Yorkshire -23 31 £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 35 (4.85%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.94%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.11%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (0.83%) IIS
6 5 (0.69%) Apache
6 5 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.69%) 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 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 722 (100.00%) Azure
2 255 (35.32%) Azure DevOps
3 157 (21.75%) Azure AI
4 155 (21.47%) GitHub
5 141 (19.53%) GitHub Copilot
6 114 (15.79%) Power Platform
7 96 (13.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 94 (13.02%) AWS
9 79 (10.94%) Azure Data Factory
10 45 (6.23%) Serverless
11 44 (6.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 42 (5.82%) Azure Key Vault
13 41 (5.68%) Azure Monitor
13 41 (5.68%) PaaS
14 39 (5.40%) Azure Service Bus
15 37 (5.12%) Azure Functions
16 36 (4.99%) Azure Logic Apps
16 36 (4.99%) Microsoft 365
17 33 (4.57%) PowerApps
18 29 (4.02%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 54 (7.48%) Internet
2 21 (2.91%) VPN
3 14 (1.94%) Firewall
4 7 (0.97%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.69%) DNS
6 4 (0.55%) MQTT
7 2 (0.28%) SSL
7 2 (0.28%) WAN
8 1 (0.14%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.14%) HTTP
8 1 (0.14%) LAN
8 1 (0.14%) Network Security
8 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 387 (53.60%) MongoDB
2 147 (20.36%) Elasticsearch
3 123 (17.04%) SQL Server
4 100 (13.85%) Power BI
5 61 (8.45%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (4.71%) Data Lake
7 23 (3.19%) NoSQL
8 19 (2.63%) Relational Database
8 19 (2.63%) Tableau
9 18 (2.49%) Metadata
10 15 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (2.08%) Star Schema
11 14 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (1.80%) DynamoDB
13 12 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (1.52%) NonStop SQL
15 8 (1.11%) Snowflake Schema
15 8 (1.11%) Spark SQL
16 7 (0.97%) Amazon QuickSight
16 7 (0.97%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 46 (6.37%) Git
2 8 (1.11%) Jenkins
2 8 (1.11%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.55%) NUnit
4 2 (0.28%) JIRA
4 2 (0.28%) MSTest
5 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.14%) kappa
5 1 (0.14%) Postman
5 1 (0.14%) Selenium
5 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 102 (14.13%) Finance
2 83 (11.50%) Social Skills
3 56 (7.76%) Advertising
4 41 (5.68%) Marketing
5 38 (5.26%) Games
6 33 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (3.05%) Law
8 21 (2.91%) Retail
9 17 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (2.22%) Banking
11 15 (2.08%) Public Sector
12 14 (1.94%) Aerospace
12 14 (1.94%) Legal
13 11 (1.52%) Music Industry
14 5 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.55%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.28%) Investment Banking
17 2 (0.28%) Police
Job Titles
1 475 (65.79%) Developer
2 431 (59.70%) .NET Developer
3 96 (13.30%) Senior
4 68 (9.42%) Azure Engineer
5 67 (9.28%) Data Engineer
6 29 (4.02%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 29 (4.02%) DevOps Engineer
7 28 (3.88%) Lead
8 27 (3.74%) Senior Developer
9 24 (3.32%) Architect
10 22 (3.05%) Platform Engineer
11 21 (2.91%) Senior Data Engineer
12 19 (2.63%) DBA
13 18 (2.49%) Azure Data Engineer
14 15 (2.08%) Analyst
15 14 (1.94%) Azure Platform Engineer
15 14 (1.94%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 14 (1.94%) Support Engineer
16 13 (1.80%) Administrator
16 13 (1.80%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 497 (68.84%) .NET
2 449 (62.19%) .NET Core
3 439 (60.80%) ASP.NET
4 430 (59.56%) ASP.NET Core
5 178 (24.65%) CSS
5 178 (24.65%) HTML
6 171 (23.68%) Entity Framework
7 154 (21.33%) ASP.NET Web API
8 148 (20.50%) React
9 147 (20.36%) Blazor
9 147 (20.36%) RESTful
10 146 (20.22%) AngularJS
11 144 (19.94%) Node.js
12 142 (19.67%) Vue
13 134 (18.56%) ML.NET
14 97 (13.43%) LINQ
15 63 (8.73%) .NET Framework
16 53 (7.34%) Terraform
17 23 (3.19%) HTML5 Canvas
18 22 (3.05%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 77 (10.66%) Greenfield Project
2 59 (8.17%) Enterprise Software
3 26 (3.60%) Cloud Native
4 21 (2.91%) Mobile App
5 20 (2.77%) Digital TV
6 19 (2.63%) Product Ownership
6 19 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (2.35%) iPhone
9 14 (1.94%) Replication
9 14 (1.94%) Security Posture
9 14 (1.94%) Social Network
10 12 (1.66%) Podcast
10 12 (1.66%) Public Cloud
10 12 (1.66%) Social Media
11 11 (1.52%) BBC
12 8 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (0.83%) AI Agents
13 6 (0.83%) IoT
13 6 (0.83%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.23%) Windows
2 30 (4.16%) VMS
3 21 (2.91%) Android
4 16 (2.22%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.52%) Linux
6 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (60.80%) Full-Stack Development
2 388 (53.74%) Agile
3 275 (38.09%) CI/CD
4 271 (37.53%) DevOps
5 196 (27.15%) AI
6 171 (23.68%) Machine Learning
7 161 (22.30%) Microservices
8 129 (17.87%) Multithreading
9 123 (17.04%) Analytics
10 113 (15.65%) Business Intelligence
11 101 (13.99%) Scrum
12 77 (10.66%) TDD
13 71 (9.83%) BDD
14 66 (9.14%) OO
15 64 (8.86%) Data Engineering
16 62 (8.59%) Problem-Solving
17 61 (8.45%) Data Modelling
18 60 (8.31%) Infrastructure as Code
19 59 (8.17%) Kanban
20 58 (8.03%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
Programming Languages
1 720 (99.72%) SQL
2 500 (69.25%) C#
3 176 (24.38%) JavaScript
4 169 (23.41%) TypeScript
5 84 (11.63%) PowerShell
6 71 (9.83%) Python
7 26 (3.60%) Bicep
8 17 (2.35%) Bash
9 16 (2.22%) Kusto Query Language
10 15 (2.08%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.52%) Scala
12 9 (1.25%) Java
13 8 (1.11%) C++
14 5 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.55%) R
16 3 (0.42%) VBA
17 1 (0.14%) Delphi
17 1 (0.14%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 36 (4.99%) Azure Certification
2 21 (2.91%) Degree
3 19 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (1.80%) Security Cleared
5 12 (1.66%) SC Cleared
6 7 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.55%) Tableau Certification
8 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.68%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.91%) QA
3 18 (2.49%) GDPR
4 7 (0.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (0.55%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.28%) NCSC
7 1 (0.14%) HL7
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 181 (25.07%) Docker
2 28 (3.88%) Active Directory
3 25 (3.46%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 170 (23.55%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.39%) Grafana
4 8 (1.11%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.42%) Scalr
6 2 (0.28%) Argo
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
7 1 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 587 (81.30%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.62%) Facebook
3 54 (7.48%) Databricks
4 42 (5.82%) Google
5 21 (2.91%) YouTube
6 18 (2.49%) Adobe
7 13 (1.80%) Informatica
7 13 (1.80%) VMware
8 12 (1.66%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (1.52%) Apple
9 11 (1.52%) Sony
9 11 (1.52%) Yahoo!
10 9 (1.25%) Oracle
11 7 (0.97%) Talend
12 4 (0.55%) Intapp
12 4 (0.55%) SolarWinds
13 3 (0.42%) iManage
13 3 (0.42%) Optimizely
13 3 (0.42%) RedGate
13 3 (0.42%) SAP