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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 456 391
Rank change year-on-year +176 -65 +58
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 606 197 553
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.71% 0.48% 0.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.99% 2.97% 3.68%
Number of salaries quoted 555 170 482
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £38,850
25th Percentile £46,862 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +6.52% -12.95%
75th Percentile £74,985 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,500 £87,500
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 7,584 6,634 15,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.93% 16.21% 16.24%
Number of salaries quoted 5,153 4,430 11,325
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,500 £46,250 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.76% -10.77%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £79,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.73%

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 28 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 28 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 +82 142 £55,000 -21.43% 46
North of England +25 108 £50,000 -13.04% 36
London -7 108 £80,000 +6.67% 62
East of England +78 101 £60,000 +2.13% 18
Midlands +23 89 £55,000 +13.40% 19
West Midlands +22 55 £60,000 -5.88% 15
South West -24 51 £53,750 -2.27% 8
North West +33 48 £50,000 -11.11% 22
East Midlands -6 33 £50,000 +3.09% 4
North East -22 32 £52,500 -8.70% 7
Yorkshire -16 28 £55,000 -4.35% 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 28 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.32%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.66%) IIS
6 3 (0.50%) nginx
7 2 (0.33%) CMS
7 2 (0.33%) DNN
7 2 (0.33%) EPiServer
7 2 (0.33%) Immediacy CMS
7 2 (0.33%) Kentico
7 2 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.33%) Sitefinity
7 2 (0.33%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.17%) Apache
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 606 (100.00%) Azure
2 212 (34.98%) Azure DevOps
3 131 (21.62%) Azure AI
3 131 (21.62%) GitHub
4 114 (18.81%) GitHub Copilot
5 87 (14.36%) Power Platform
6 81 (13.37%) AWS
7 79 (13.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 79 (13.04%) Azure Data Factory
8 49 (8.09%) Azure Monitor
9 40 (6.60%) Serverless
10 38 (6.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 35 (5.78%) Azure Functions
12 33 (5.45%) PaaS
13 32 (5.28%) Azure Logic Apps
14 31 (5.12%) Azure Key Vault
14 31 (5.12%) PowerApps
15 30 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
16 28 (4.62%) Azure Service Bus
17 25 (4.13%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 46 (7.59%) Internet
2 17 (2.81%) VPN
3 11 (1.82%) Firewall
4 8 (1.32%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.83%) DNS
6 4 (0.66%) MQTT
7 2 (0.33%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.17%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.17%) HTTP
8 1 (0.17%) LAN
8 1 (0.17%) SSL
8 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 326 (53.80%) MongoDB
2 128 (21.12%) Elasticsearch
3 84 (13.86%) SQL Server
4 75 (12.38%) Power BI
5 31 (5.12%) Data Lake
5 31 (5.12%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (2.15%) Tableau
7 12 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (1.65%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.65%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.49%) Delta Lake
9 9 (1.49%) NonStop SQL
9 9 (1.49%) Spark SQL
9 9 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (1.49%) Star Schema
10 8 (1.32%) Metadata
11 7 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.83%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 37 (6.11%) Git
2 6 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.66%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.66%) NUnit
4 2 (0.33%) JIRA
4 2 (0.33%) MSTest
4 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.17%) Postman
5 1 (0.17%) Selenium
5 1 (0.17%) Yeoman
General
1 102 (16.83%) Finance
2 62 (10.23%) Social Skills
3 47 (7.76%) Advertising
4 33 (5.45%) Marketing
5 32 (5.28%) Games
6 30 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (2.97%) Law
7 18 (2.97%) Retail
8 16 (2.64%) Banking
8 16 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.98%) Public Sector
10 11 (1.82%) Aerospace
11 10 (1.65%) Legal
12 9 (1.49%) Music Industry
13 5 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.33%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.33%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.33%) Police
16 1 (0.17%) Billing
Job Titles
1 409 (67.49%) Developer
2 370 (61.06%) .NET Developer
3 74 (12.21%) Senior
4 47 (7.76%) Data Engineer
5 44 (7.26%) Azure Engineer
6 26 (4.29%) Senior Developer
7 25 (4.13%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 25 (4.13%) DevOps Engineer
8 21 (3.47%) Support Engineer
9 20 (3.30%) Platform Engineer
10 19 (3.14%) Architect
10 19 (3.14%) DBA
11 18 (2.97%) Analyst
12 12 (1.98%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 12 (1.98%) Senior Data Engineer
13 11 (1.82%) Applications Support
13 11 (1.82%) Data Architect
13 11 (1.82%) SQL DBA
14 10 (1.65%) Administrator
14 10 (1.65%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 431 (71.12%) .NET
2 390 (64.36%) .NET Core
3 375 (61.88%) ASP.NET
4 368 (60.73%) ASP.NET Core
5 153 (25.25%) CSS
5 153 (25.25%) HTML
6 148 (24.42%) Entity Framework
7 133 (21.95%) ASP.NET Web API
8 128 (21.12%) Blazor
8 128 (21.12%) React
9 126 (20.79%) Node.js
10 125 (20.63%) AngularJS
11 124 (20.46%) RESTful
12 121 (19.97%) Vue
13 115 (18.98%) ML.NET
14 83 (13.70%) LINQ
15 50 (8.25%) .NET Framework
16 22 (3.63%) HTML5 Canvas
17 20 (3.30%) JSON
17 20 (3.30%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 64 (10.56%) Greenfield Project
2 40 (6.60%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (3.14%) Digital TV
3 19 (3.14%) Mobile App
4 18 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.48%) iPhone
5 15 (2.48%) Social Network
6 14 (2.31%) Security Posture
7 13 (2.15%) Replication
8 12 (1.98%) Podcast
8 12 (1.98%) Public Cloud
9 11 (1.82%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.65%) BBC
10 10 (1.65%) Social Media
11 8 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (1.32%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.32%) Product Ownership
12 6 (0.99%) Clustering
12 6 (0.99%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.77%) Windows
2 33 (5.45%) VMS
3 19 (3.14%) Android
4 16 (2.64%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.49%) Linux
6 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (62.21%) Full-Stack Development
2 320 (52.81%) Agile
3 227 (37.46%) CI/CD
4 225 (37.13%) DevOps
5 162 (26.73%) AI
6 148 (24.42%) Machine Learning
7 135 (22.28%) Microservices
8 114 (18.81%) Multithreading
9 103 (17.00%) Analytics
10 88 (14.52%) Business Intelligence
11 80 (13.20%) Scrum
12 64 (10.56%) TDD
13 59 (9.74%) BDD
14 57 (9.41%) Infrastructure as Code
14 57 (9.41%) OO
15 52 (8.58%) Problem-Solving
16 50 (8.25%) Kanban
17 49 (8.09%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
18 48 (7.92%) Performance Tuning
19 44 (7.26%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 605 (99.83%) SQL
2 426 (70.30%) C#
3 155 (25.58%) JavaScript
4 146 (24.09%) TypeScript
5 77 (12.71%) PowerShell
6 49 (8.09%) Python
7 21 (3.47%) Bicep
8 20 (3.30%) Kusto Query Language
9 17 (2.81%) Bash
10 16 (2.64%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.49%) Java
11 9 (1.49%) Scala
12 8 (1.32%) C++
13 7 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.33%) R
15 1 (0.17%) Delphi
15 1 (0.17%) Korn
15 1 (0.17%) Pascal
15 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (5.12%) Azure Certification
2 17 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (1.98%) Degree
4 9 (1.49%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.32%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.66%) Tableau Certification
7 3 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.96%) Data Quality
2 11 (1.82%) QA
3 8 (1.32%) GDPR
4 4 (0.66%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.50%) SLA
6 2 (0.33%) NCSC
7 1 (0.17%) HL7
7 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 135 (22.28%) Docker
2 24 (3.96%) Active Directory
3 21 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.98%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 132 (21.78%) Kubernetes
2 49 (8.09%) Terraform
3 13 (2.15%) Grafana
4 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.99%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.83%) Kibana
7 3 (0.50%) Scalr
8 1 (0.17%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 474 (78.22%) Microsoft
2 47 (7.76%) Facebook
3 43 (7.10%) Databricks
4 37 (6.11%) Google
5 19 (3.14%) Adobe
6 18 (2.97%) YouTube
7 12 (1.98%) ScienceLogic
7 12 (1.98%) VMware
8 10 (1.65%) Apple
8 10 (1.65%) Sony
8 10 (1.65%) Yahoo!
9 7 (1.16%) Oracle
10 4 (0.66%) Informatica
10 4 (0.66%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.50%) RedGate
11 3 (0.50%) SAP
12 2 (0.33%) Alterian
12 2 (0.33%) Intapp
12 2 (0.33%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.33%) Sitecore