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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 466 427
Rank change year-on-year +209 -39 -26
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 724 171 335
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.71% 0.40% 0.50%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.09% 2.70% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 641 153 232
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,750 £47,500
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 £85,000 £93,750
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 7,968 6,341 10,514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.78% 14.82% 15.54%
Number of salaries quoted 5,582 4,118 6,359
10th Percentile £36,500 £33,925 £37,750
25th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +2.93%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £64,244
% change year-on-year - -6.61% +2.79%

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 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 22 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 +108 186 £57,500 -11.54% 62
London -3 153 £80,000 +14.29% 98
North of England +36 127 £50,321 -12.49% 54
East of England +64 99 £60,000 +9.09% 18
Midlands +25 98 £55,000 +17.65% 33
West Midlands +7 66 £60,000 +26.32% 25
North West +7 57 £50,000 -9.09% 29
South West -28 56 £55,000 - 15
North East -25 41 £55,000 +4.27% 10
East Midlands -14 32 £50,000 +6.95% 8
Yorkshire -23 29 £55,000 -8.33% 15
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 32 (4.42%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.35%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.10%) SharePoint Server
5 7 (0.97%) Apache
6 6 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.83%) IIS
7 5 (0.69%) nginx
8 3 (0.41%) CMS
8 3 (0.41%) DNN
8 3 (0.41%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.41%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (0.41%) Kentico
8 3 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.41%) Sitefinity
8 3 (0.41%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.28%) Luigi
9 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 4 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 724 (100.00%) Azure
2 260 (35.91%) Azure DevOps
3 157 (21.69%) GitHub
4 150 (20.72%) Azure AI
5 135 (18.65%) GitHub Copilot
6 120 (16.57%) Power Platform
7 96 (13.26%) AWS
7 96 (13.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 91 (12.57%) Azure Data Factory
9 55 (7.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 47 (6.49%) PaaS
10 47 (6.49%) Serverless
11 46 (6.35%) Azure Key Vault
12 41 (5.66%) Azure Monitor
12 41 (5.66%) Azure Service Bus
13 39 (5.39%) Azure Functions
14 35 (4.83%) Entra ID
15 33 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
16 32 (4.42%) Azure Logic Apps
17 29 (4.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 53 (7.32%) Internet
2 24 (3.31%) VPN
3 20 (2.76%) Firewall
4 9 (1.24%) DNS
5 6 (0.83%) Hyperconnected
6 4 (0.55%) MQTT
7 3 (0.41%) SSL
7 3 (0.41%) WAN
8 2 (0.28%) Network Security
9 1 (0.14%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.14%) DHCP
9 1 (0.14%) HTTP
9 1 (0.14%) LAN
9 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 377 (52.07%) MongoDB
2 146 (20.17%) Elasticsearch
3 134 (18.51%) SQL Server
4 106 (14.64%) Power BI
5 71 (9.81%) Data Warehouse
6 37 (5.11%) Data Lake
7 30 (4.14%) NoSQL
8 25 (3.45%) Metadata
9 24 (3.31%) Relational Database
10 21 (2.90%) Tableau
11 17 (2.35%) Star Schema
12 15 (2.07%) DynamoDB
12 15 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 14 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (1.52%) NonStop SQL
15 10 (1.38%) Delta Lake
15 10 (1.38%) Snowflake Schema
16 9 (1.24%) Amazon QuickSight
16 9 (1.24%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 51 (7.04%) Git
2 11 (1.52%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.55%) JIRA
5 3 (0.41%) 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%) Selenium
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 111 (15.33%) Finance
2 94 (12.98%) Social Skills
3 53 (7.32%) Advertising
4 38 (5.25%) Marketing
5 37 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (4.97%) Games
7 23 (3.18%) Retail
8 21 (2.90%) Law
9 17 (2.35%) Banking
9 17 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.35%) Public Sector
10 14 (1.93%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.52%) Legal
11 11 (1.52%) Music Industry
12 5 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.69%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.41%) Police
14 2 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 455 (62.85%) Developer
2 416 (57.46%) .NET Developer
3 98 (13.54%) Senior
4 77 (10.64%) Data Engineer
5 75 (10.36%) Azure Engineer
6 30 (4.14%) Lead
7 29 (4.01%) Architect
7 29 (4.01%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 29 (4.01%) DevOps Engineer
8 27 (3.73%) Platform Engineer
9 25 (3.45%) Senior Data Engineer
10 22 (3.04%) Azure Data Engineer
10 22 (3.04%) Senior Developer
11 18 (2.49%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 18 (2.49%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 18 (2.49%) DBA
12 16 (2.21%) Analyst
13 15 (2.07%) Data Architect
14 13 (1.80%) Administrator
14 13 (1.80%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 475 (65.61%) .NET
2 427 (58.98%) .NET Core
3 421 (58.15%) ASP.NET
4 413 (57.04%) ASP.NET Core
5 167 (23.07%) CSS
5 167 (23.07%) HTML
6 163 (22.51%) Entity Framework
7 150 (20.72%) ASP.NET Web API
8 143 (19.75%) React
9 141 (19.48%) AngularJS
10 140 (19.34%) Blazor
10 140 (19.34%) RESTful
11 139 (19.20%) Node.js
12 138 (19.06%) Vue
13 126 (17.40%) ML.NET
14 96 (13.26%) LINQ
15 63 (8.70%) Terraform
16 60 (8.29%) .NET Framework
17 19 (2.62%) HTML5 Canvas
17 19 (2.62%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 75 (10.36%) Greenfield Project
2 60 (8.29%) Enterprise Software
3 28 (3.87%) Cloud Native
4 22 (3.04%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.90%) Mobile App
6 20 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.62%) Digital TV
8 17 (2.35%) iPhone
8 17 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.07%) Security Posture
10 14 (1.93%) Replication
11 13 (1.80%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.66%) Podcast
12 12 (1.66%) Social Network
13 11 (1.52%) Social Media
14 10 (1.38%) BBC
15 9 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
16 7 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
17 6 (0.83%) AI Agents
17 6 (0.83%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 52 (7.18%) Windows
2 28 (3.87%) VMS
3 21 (2.90%) Android
4 19 (2.62%) Windows Server
5 14 (1.93%) Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (58.43%) Full-Stack Development
2 390 (53.87%) Agile
3 283 (39.09%) CI/CD
4 281 (38.81%) DevOps
5 191 (26.38%) AI
6 159 (21.96%) Microservices
7 158 (21.82%) Machine Learning
8 129 (17.82%) Analytics
9 124 (17.13%) Multithreading
10 120 (16.57%) Business Intelligence
11 104 (14.36%) Scrum
12 76 (10.50%) Data Modelling
12 76 (10.50%) TDD
13 70 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
14 69 (9.53%) BDD
14 69 (9.53%) Data Engineering
15 67 (9.25%) Infrastructure as Code
16 62 (8.56%) Data Pipeline
17 61 (8.43%) OO
18 58 (8.01%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 720 (99.45%) SQL
2 482 (66.57%) C#
3 169 (23.34%) JavaScript
4 160 (22.10%) TypeScript
5 84 (11.60%) PowerShell
6 80 (11.05%) Python
7 32 (4.42%) Bicep
8 18 (2.49%) Bash
9 15 (2.07%) T-SQL
10 14 (1.93%) Kusto Query Language
10 14 (1.93%) Scala
11 9 (1.24%) Java
12 8 (1.10%) C++
13 7 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.83%) R
15 3 (0.41%) VBA
16 1 (0.14%) Delphi
16 1 (0.14%) Pascal
16 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 47 (6.49%) Azure Certification
2 24 (3.31%) Degree
3 20 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (2.62%) Security Cleared
5 18 (2.49%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.41%) Tableau Certification
8 3 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.28%) CISSP
9 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (7.18%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.90%) QA
3 19 (2.62%) GDPR
4 9 (1.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (0.69%) 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
1 182 (25.14%) Docker
2 31 (4.28%) Active Directory
3 28 (3.87%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 173 (23.90%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (1.80%) Grafana
4 9 (1.24%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.41%) 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
1 583 (80.52%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.29%) Databricks
3 52 (7.18%) Facebook
4 39 (5.39%) Google
5 22 (3.04%) YouTube
6 15 (2.07%) Informatica
7 14 (1.93%) Adobe
7 14 (1.93%) VMware
8 12 (1.66%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (1.52%) Oracle
10 10 (1.38%) Apple
10 10 (1.38%) Sony
10 10 (1.38%) Yahoo!
11 9 (1.24%) Talend
12 6 (0.83%) SAP
13 4 (0.55%) RedGate
13 4 (0.55%) SolarWinds
14 3 (0.41%) Alterian
14 3 (0.41%) Optimizely
14 3 (0.41%) Sitecore