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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 460 402 339
Rank change year-on-year -58 -63 +161
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 188 255 556
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.62% 0.80%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.10% 3.34% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 146 184 506
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,250 £43,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £63,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% +10.87% -17.86%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £101,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £68,250 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.20% +8.70% -14.81%

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 6,057 7,643 13,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.71% 18.65% 18.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,872 4,560 10,660
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

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 3 March 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 3 March 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 +55 103 £77,500 -13.89% 55
Midlands -24 29 £60,000 +14.29% 29
North of England -45 22 £55,000 -12.00% 56
East Midlands -29 16 £50,000 -4.76% 14
West Midlands +9 11 £65,000 +10.64% 15
North West -5 11 £58,000 -14.07% 31
East of England -19 10 £60,000 +26.32% 26
South East -69 10 £65,000 -3.70% 56
South West -18 7 £53,250 -11.25% 15
North East -15 6 - - 9
Yorkshire -40 5 £45,000 -16.67% 17
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 5 (2.66%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.60%) Confluence
3 1 (0.53%) IIS
3 1 (0.53%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (13.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.60%) Trello
3 2 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 188 (100.00%) Azure
2 79 (42.02%) Azure Data Factory
3 70 (37.23%) Power Platform
4 62 (32.98%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (26.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 31 (16.49%) Azure Monitor
7 24 (12.77%) GitHub
7 24 (12.77%) Serverless
8 23 (12.23%) Azure Functions
9 22 (11.70%) SaaS
10 19 (10.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 15 (7.98%) Azure Storage
12 12 (6.38%) AWS
13 10 (5.32%) PaaS
14 9 (4.79%) Azure AKS
14 9 (4.79%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (4.79%) Entra ID
15 8 (4.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 7 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
16 7 (3.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.72%) Firewall
2 6 (3.19%) VPN
2 6 (3.19%) WAN
3 5 (2.66%) DNS
3 5 (2.66%) Network Security
4 2 (1.06%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.06%) WinSCP
5 1 (0.53%) DHCP
5 1 (0.53%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.53%) Internet
5 1 (0.53%) LAN
5 1 (0.53%) SAN
5 1 (0.53%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.53%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (35.64%) SQL Server
2 62 (32.98%) Power BI
3 59 (31.38%) Data Lake
4 42 (22.34%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (13.30%) MongoDB
5 25 (13.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 19 (10.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (6.38%) Power Query
8 11 (5.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 11 (5.85%) Delta Lake
8 11 (5.85%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (4.79%) Data Vault
10 8 (4.26%) Data Mining
11 7 (3.72%) Metadata
11 7 (3.72%) Star Schema
12 5 (2.66%) Relational Database
13 4 (2.13%) GIS
13 4 (2.13%) MySQL
13 4 (2.13%) Spark SQL
13 4 (2.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (14.89%) Git
2 4 (2.13%) JIRA
2 4 (2.13%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.60%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.53%) CA Release Automation
General
1 67 (35.64%) Finance
2 45 (23.94%) Social Skills
3 31 (16.49%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (4.79%) Retail
5 7 (3.72%) Billing
5 7 (3.72%) Law
5 7 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.13%) Advertising
6 4 (2.13%) Marketing
6 4 (2.13%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.60%) Legal
7 3 (1.60%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.06%) Banking
8 2 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.53%) Automotive
9 1 (0.53%) Back Office
9 1 (0.53%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (25.00%) Data Engineer
2 40 (21.28%) Developer
3 33 (17.55%) Senior
4 27 (14.36%) .NET Developer
5 17 (9.04%) Architect
6 16 (8.51%) Analyst
6 16 (8.51%) Azure Engineer
7 15 (7.98%) Data Architect
7 15 (7.98%) DBA
7 15 (7.98%) Support Engineer
8 14 (7.45%) Platform Engineer
9 13 (6.91%) Azure Architect
9 13 (6.91%) Senior Data Engineer
9 13 (6.91%) SQL DBA
10 12 (6.38%) Applications Support
10 12 (6.38%) Azure Data Architect
11 8 (4.26%) Senior Architect
12 7 (3.72%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (3.72%) Insight Analyst
12 7 (3.72%) Senior Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (28.72%) .NET
2 32 (17.02%) .NET Core
3 29 (15.43%) ASP.NET
4 20 (10.64%) ASP.NET MVC
4 20 (10.64%) Entity Framework
5 19 (10.11%) ASP.NET Web API
5 19 (10.11%) React
6 17 (9.04%) .NET Framework
6 17 (9.04%) PySpark
7 15 (7.98%) AngularJS
8 11 (5.85%) HTML
8 11 (5.85%) Node.js
8 11 (5.85%) RESTful
9 9 (4.79%) HTML5
9 9 (4.79%) Vue
10 8 (4.26%) WPF
11 7 (3.72%) Blazor
11 7 (3.72%) REST
11 7 (3.72%) YAML
12 6 (3.19%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.04%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (5.85%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.79%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.26%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.13%) Clustering
7 4 (2.13%) Digital TV
8 3 (1.60%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.60%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.60%) Social Media
9 2 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.06%) Legacy Code
9 2 (1.06%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.06%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.06%) N-Tier
9 2 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.06%) Social Network
10 1 (0.53%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.38%) VMS
2 11 (5.85%) Windows
3 3 (1.60%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.06%) Android
4 2 (1.06%) Linux
5 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (45.21%) Analytics
2 76 (40.43%) DevOps
3 62 (32.98%) Business Intelligence
4 61 (32.45%) CI/CD
5 55 (29.26%) Data Modelling
6 50 (26.60%) Agile
6 50 (26.60%) ETL
7 45 (23.94%) Data Pipeline
8 41 (21.81%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (18.09%) Decision-Making
10 31 (16.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (15.43%) Log Analytics
12 28 (14.89%) Visualisation
13 27 (14.36%) Full-Stack Development
13 27 (14.36%) Microservices
13 27 (14.36%) Migration
14 26 (13.83%) MVC
15 24 (12.77%) Infrastructure as Code
16 21 (11.17%) Data Governance
17 20 (10.64%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 188 (100.00%) SQL
2 50 (26.60%) C#
3 40 (21.28%) Python
4 27 (14.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 26 (13.83%) JavaScript
6 21 (11.17%) T-SQL
7 16 (8.51%) PowerShell
7 16 (8.51%) Scala
8 11 (5.85%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (5.32%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.60%) Bicep
11 2 (1.06%) C
12 1 (0.53%) ANSI SQL
12 1 (0.53%) Bash
12 1 (0.53%) Java
12 1 (0.53%) Korn
12 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (8.51%) Degree
2 14 (7.45%) Azure Certification
3 11 (5.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.26%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.72%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 5 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.06%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.53%) ACCA
9 1 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.53%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (20.21%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.38%) GDPR
3 7 (3.72%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (3.72%) QA
4 4 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.13%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.06%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.06%) SLA
6 1 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 14 (7.45%) Docker
2 7 (3.72%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (3.19%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.53%) Firmware
4 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.53%) vCloud
4 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (12.23%) Terraform
2 21 (11.17%) Kubernetes
3 8 (4.26%) Grafana
4 7 (3.72%) Kibana
5 6 (3.19%) Ansible
6 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 83 (44.15%) Microsoft
2 46 (24.47%) Databricks
3 4 (2.13%) Google
3 4 (2.13%) Palo Alto
3 4 (2.13%) Zscaler
4 3 (1.60%) Facebook
4 3 (1.60%) YouTube
5 1 (0.53%) Delphix
5 1 (0.53%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.53%) Foundry
5 1 (0.53%) IBM
5 1 (0.53%) Intel
5 1 (0.53%) NetApp
5 1 (0.53%) Nimble Storage
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle
5 1 (0.53%) Pure Storage
5 1 (0.53%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.53%) SAP
5 1 (0.53%) Sybase
5 1 (0.53%) VMware