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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 452 434
Rank change year-on-year +189 -18 -34
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 708 194 344
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.74% 0.44% 0.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.77% 2.90% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 648 171 265
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% -1.52%
75th Percentile £74,988 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,750 £92,500
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 8,076 6,686 11,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.46% 15.31% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 5,574 4,382 7,629
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £37,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

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 August 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 August 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 +113 184 £57,500 -11.54% 52
North of England +51 132 £50,000 -13.04% 36
London -20 127 £80,000 +10.34% 72
East of England +67 108 £60,000 +2.13% 22
Midlands +23 93 £55,000 +13.40% 17
North West +34 59 £50,000 -13.04% 23
West Midlands +22 59 £58,750 +17.50% 11
South West -18 59 £55,000 +10.00% 11
North East -13 42 £55,000 -2.22% 6
East Midlands -9 34 £51,250 +6.77% 6
Yorkshire -12 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 33 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.69%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.13%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (0.85%) IIS
6 5 (0.71%) Apache
6 5 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.71%) 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
9 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 708 (100.00%) Azure
2 243 (34.32%) Azure DevOps
3 155 (21.89%) GitHub
4 154 (21.75%) Azure AI
5 141 (19.92%) GitHub Copilot
6 104 (14.69%) Power Platform
7 95 (13.42%) AWS
8 92 (12.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 74 (10.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 45 (6.36%) Serverless
11 43 (6.07%) Azure Key Vault
12 41 (5.79%) Azure Monitor
12 41 (5.79%) PaaS
13 40 (5.65%) Azure Service Bus
14 38 (5.37%) Azure Functions
14 38 (5.37%) Azure Logic Apps
14 38 (5.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 37 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
16 30 (4.24%) PowerApps
17 27 (3.81%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 54 (7.63%) Internet
2 20 (2.82%) VPN
3 13 (1.84%) Firewall
4 7 (0.99%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.71%) DNS
6 4 (0.56%) MQTT
7 2 (0.28%) SSL
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
8 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 383 (54.10%) MongoDB
2 147 (20.76%) Elasticsearch
3 114 (16.10%) SQL Server
4 89 (12.57%) Power BI
5 53 (7.49%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (4.80%) Data Lake
7 18 (2.54%) Relational Database
8 17 (2.40%) NoSQL
8 17 (2.40%) Tableau
9 15 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (1.84%) Metadata
11 12 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (1.55%) NonStop SQL
12 11 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (1.55%) Star Schema
13 9 (1.27%) DynamoDB
14 8 (1.13%) Spark SQL
15 7 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.85%) Delta Lake
16 6 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 40 (5.65%) Git
2 8 (1.13%) Octopus Deploy
3 6 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.56%) NUnit
5 2 (0.28%) JIRA
5 2 (0.28%) MSTest
6 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.14%) Postman
6 1 (0.14%) Selenium
6 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 100 (14.12%) Finance
2 78 (11.02%) Social Skills
3 57 (8.05%) Advertising
4 41 (5.79%) Marketing
5 38 (5.37%) Games
6 33 (4.66%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (2.97%) Law
7 21 (2.97%) Retail
8 17 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.12%) Banking
10 14 (1.98%) Aerospace
10 14 (1.98%) Public Sector
11 13 (1.84%) Legal
12 11 (1.55%) Music Industry
13 4 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.28%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.28%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.28%) Police
16 1 (0.14%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 473 (66.81%) Developer
2 430 (60.73%) .NET Developer
3 88 (12.43%) Senior
4 64 (9.04%) Data Engineer
5 62 (8.76%) Azure Engineer
6 29 (4.10%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 29 (4.10%) DevOps Engineer
7 28 (3.95%) Senior Developer
8 24 (3.39%) Architect
9 23 (3.25%) Lead
10 20 (2.82%) DBA
11 19 (2.68%) Platform Engineer
12 18 (2.54%) Senior Data Engineer
13 16 (2.26%) Azure Data Engineer
14 15 (2.12%) Analyst
14 15 (2.12%) Support Engineer
15 14 (1.98%) Data Architect
16 13 (1.84%) Administrator
17 12 (1.69%) Infrastructure Analyst
17 12 (1.69%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 497 (70.20%) .NET
2 448 (63.28%) .NET Core
3 437 (61.72%) ASP.NET
4 430 (60.73%) ASP.NET Core
5 176 (24.86%) CSS
5 176 (24.86%) HTML
6 171 (24.15%) Entity Framework
7 155 (21.89%) ASP.NET Web API
8 148 (20.90%) React
9 147 (20.76%) Blazor
10 146 (20.62%) AngularJS
11 144 (20.34%) Node.js
12 143 (20.20%) RESTful
13 142 (20.06%) Vue
14 134 (18.93%) ML.NET
15 97 (13.70%) LINQ
16 60 (8.47%) .NET Framework
17 49 (6.92%) Terraform
18 22 (3.11%) HTML5 Canvas
19 20 (2.82%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.73%) Greenfield Project
2 54 (7.63%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (3.11%) Cloud Native
4 21 (2.97%) Mobile App
5 20 (2.82%) Digital TV
6 19 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (2.40%) iPhone
8 15 (2.12%) Replication
9 14 (1.98%) Product Ownership
9 14 (1.98%) Security Posture
9 14 (1.98%) Social Network
10 13 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.69%) Podcast
11 12 (1.69%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.69%) Social Media
12 11 (1.55%) BBC
13 8 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
14 6 (0.85%) AI Agents
14 6 (0.85%) IoT
14 6 (0.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.79%) Windows
2 31 (4.38%) VMS
3 21 (2.97%) Android
4 16 (2.26%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.55%) Linux
6 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (62.01%) Full-Stack Development
2 381 (53.81%) Agile
3 266 (37.57%) CI/CD
4 258 (36.44%) DevOps
5 190 (26.84%) AI
6 171 (24.15%) Machine Learning
7 161 (22.74%) Microservices
8 129 (18.22%) Multithreading
9 118 (16.67%) Analytics
10 103 (14.55%) Business Intelligence
11 96 (13.56%) Scrum
12 77 (10.88%) TDD
13 71 (10.03%) BDD
14 66 (9.32%) OO
15 59 (8.33%) Kanban
16 58 (8.19%) Data Engineering
16 58 (8.19%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
16 58 (8.19%) Performance Tuning
16 58 (8.19%) Problem-Solving
17 55 (7.77%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 707 (99.86%) SQL
2 494 (69.77%) C#
3 173 (24.44%) JavaScript
4 170 (24.01%) TypeScript
5 82 (11.58%) PowerShell
6 62 (8.76%) Python
7 26 (3.67%) Bicep
8 17 (2.40%) Bash
8 17 (2.40%) Kusto Query Language
8 17 (2.40%) T-SQL
9 9 (1.27%) Java
9 9 (1.27%) Scala
10 8 (1.13%) C++
11 4 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.42%) R
13 1 (0.14%) Delphi
13 1 (0.14%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 32 (4.52%) Azure Certification
2 18 (2.54%) Degree
3 17 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (1.41%) Security Cleared
5 9 (1.27%) SC Cleared
6 7 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.56%) Tableau Certification
8 3 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.52%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.97%) QA
3 14 (1.98%) GDPR
4 4 (0.56%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
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
1 176 (24.86%) Docker
2 28 (3.95%) Active Directory
3 25 (3.53%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 165 (23.31%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.41%) Grafana
4 8 (1.13%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.42%) Scalr
6 2 (0.28%) Argo
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
7 1 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 575 (81.21%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.77%) Facebook
3 52 (7.34%) Databricks
4 42 (5.93%) Google
5 21 (2.97%) YouTube
6 19 (2.68%) Adobe
7 13 (1.84%) VMware
8 12 (1.69%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (1.55%) Apple
9 11 (1.55%) Sony
9 11 (1.55%) Yahoo!
10 9 (1.27%) Informatica
10 9 (1.27%) Oracle
11 4 (0.56%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.42%) Alterian
12 3 (0.42%) Intapp
12 3 (0.42%) RedGate
12 3 (0.42%) SAP
12 3 (0.42%) Sitecore
12 3 (0.42%) Talend