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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 437 381
Rank change year-on-year +50 -56 +88
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 333 201 567
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 0.51% 0.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.69% 3.06% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 296 176 498
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,313 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -14.81%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £104,375 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 7,100 6,579 14,746
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.64% 16.70% 17.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,494 4,506 11,399
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -7 91 £80,000 +6.67% 62
East of England +36 61 £67,500 +22.73% 19
South East +12 56 £57,500 -17.86% 41
Midlands -18 55 £60,000 +14.29% 21
North of England -13 51 £50,000 -14.89% 43
West Midlands -21 33 £64,250 -4.81% 14
North West +15 23 £50,000 -20.00% 27
East Midlands -30 20 £50,000 +3.09% 7
South West -54 16 £52,500 - 9
Yorkshire -40 15 £51,250 -6.82% 11
North East -34 13 £50,000 -13.04% 5
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 24 (7.21%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.10%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (1.80%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.30%) Apache
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 333 (100.00%) Azure
2 117 (35.14%) Azure DevOps
3 83 (24.92%) Azure Data Factory
4 74 (22.22%) Power Platform
5 56 (16.82%) Azure AI
6 52 (15.62%) GitHub
7 42 (12.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 41 (12.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 39 (11.71%) GitHub Copilot
10 37 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
11 31 (9.31%) PowerApps
12 29 (8.71%) AWS
13 27 (8.11%) Azure Logic Apps
14 26 (7.81%) Power Automate
14 26 (7.81%) Serverless
15 24 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
16 22 (6.61%) Azure Functions
17 20 (6.01%) OneDrive
18 19 (5.71%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 16 (4.80%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.50%) Internet
2 12 (3.60%) Firewall
3 7 (2.10%) DNS
3 7 (2.10%) VPN
4 4 (1.20%) MQTT
4 4 (1.20%) WAN
5 3 (0.90%) Hyperconnected
5 3 (0.90%) Network Security
6 2 (0.60%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.60%) WinSCP
7 1 (0.30%) DHCP
7 1 (0.30%) LAN
7 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (38.14%) MongoDB
2 70 (21.02%) SQL Server
3 65 (19.52%) Power BI
4 42 (12.61%) Elasticsearch
5 36 (10.81%) Data Lake
6 28 (8.41%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (4.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (3.60%) Delta Lake
9 11 (3.30%) Relational Database
9 11 (3.30%) Tableau
10 9 (2.70%) Star Schema
11 8 (2.40%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 8 (2.40%) NoSQL
12 7 (2.10%) Power Query
12 7 (2.10%) Spark SQL
13 6 (1.80%) Metadata
13 6 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
14 5 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 4 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (1.20%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 34 (10.21%) Git
2 5 (1.50%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.20%) NUnit
4 3 (0.90%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.60%) MSTest
5 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.30%) JIRA
6 1 (0.30%) Postman
6 1 (0.30%) Selenium
6 1 (0.30%) Yeoman
General
1 83 (24.92%) Finance
2 46 (13.81%) Social Skills
3 21 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.80%) Advertising
5 15 (4.50%) Games
6 13 (3.90%) Banking
7 11 (3.30%) Legal
8 8 (2.40%) Marketing
8 8 (2.40%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.80%) Retail
10 5 (1.50%) Law
11 4 (1.20%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.90%) Music Industry
13 2 (0.60%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.30%) Back Office
14 1 (0.30%) Billing
14 1 (0.30%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.30%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 174 (52.25%) Developer
2 142 (42.64%) .NET Developer
3 61 (18.32%) Senior
4 45 (13.51%) Data Engineer
5 28 (8.41%) Azure Engineer
6 20 (6.01%) DBA
6 20 (6.01%) Senior Developer
7 19 (5.71%) Support Engineer
8 16 (4.80%) SQL DBA
9 14 (4.20%) Senior Data Engineer
10 13 (3.90%) Applications Support
11 11 (3.30%) Applications Engineer
11 11 (3.30%) Applications Support Engineer
11 11 (3.30%) Architect
11 11 (3.30%) Platform Engineer
11 11 (3.30%) Software Engineer
12 10 (3.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 10 (3.00%) DevOps Engineer
12 10 (3.00%) Head of Finance
12 10 (3.00%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (59.76%) .NET
2 165 (49.55%) .NET Core
3 144 (43.24%) ASP.NET
4 138 (41.44%) ASP.NET Core
5 73 (21.92%) CSS
5 73 (21.92%) HTML
6 66 (19.82%) Entity Framework
7 52 (15.62%) RESTful
8 51 (15.32%) ASP.NET Web API
9 48 (14.41%) AngularJS
10 47 (14.11%) React
11 45 (13.51%) Vue
12 44 (13.21%) Blazor
12 44 (13.21%) ML.NET
13 42 (12.61%) Node.js
14 33 (9.91%) LINQ
15 23 (6.91%) .NET Framework
16 22 (6.61%) HTML5 Canvas
16 22 (6.61%) PySpark
17 20 (6.01%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.21%) Greenfield Project
2 19 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (3.60%) Mobile App
5 11 (3.30%) Replication
6 9 (2.70%) Digital TV
6 9 (2.70%) Social Network
7 8 (2.40%) Legacy Applications
8 7 (2.10%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.10%) Clustering
8 7 (2.10%) iPhone
9 6 (1.80%) IoT
9 6 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.50%) Legacy Code
10 5 (1.50%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.20%) BBC
11 4 (1.20%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.20%) Social Media
12 3 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.31%) VMS
2 20 (6.01%) Windows
3 11 (3.30%) Android
4 10 (3.00%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.80%) Linux
6 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (44.44%) Full-Stack Development
2 128 (38.44%) CI/CD
2 128 (38.44%) DevOps
3 127 (38.14%) Agile
4 79 (23.72%) Machine Learning
5 73 (21.92%) Analytics
6 71 (21.32%) AI
7 70 (21.02%) Business Intelligence
8 49 (14.71%) Data Modelling
9 47 (14.11%) Microservices
9 47 (14.11%) Multithreading
10 39 (11.71%) ETL
11 38 (11.41%) Data Governance
11 38 (11.41%) Infrastructure as Code
11 38 (11.41%) Migration
12 37 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
13 35 (10.51%) Problem-Solving
14 32 (9.61%) Data Engineering
14 32 (9.61%) Log Analytics
15 30 (9.01%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 333 (100.00%) SQL
2 193 (57.96%) C#
3 75 (22.52%) JavaScript
4 67 (20.12%) TypeScript
5 54 (16.22%) Python
6 51 (15.32%) PowerShell
7 22 (6.61%) T-SQL
8 17 (5.11%) Scala
9 10 (3.00%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (2.70%) Java
11 7 (2.10%) C++
12 4 (1.20%) Bash
12 4 (1.20%) Bicep
13 1 (0.30%) ANSI SQL
13 1 (0.30%) Korn
13 1 (0.30%) R
13 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (4.80%) Azure Certification
2 11 (3.30%) Degree
3 7 (2.10%) Security Cleared
4 6 (1.80%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.90%) Tableau Certification
8 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.30%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.11%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.70%) GDPR
3 5 (1.50%) QA
4 3 (0.90%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.90%) SLA
5 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.30%) HL7
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 57 (17.12%) Docker
2 15 (4.50%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.50%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.30%) Firmware
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 55 (16.52%) Kubernetes
2 30 (9.01%) Terraform
3 12 (3.60%) Grafana
4 7 (2.10%) Kibana
5 3 (0.90%) Ansible
5 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.90%) Scalr
6 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.30%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 223 (66.97%) Microsoft
2 49 (14.71%) Databricks
3 19 (5.71%) Adobe
4 17 (5.11%) Google
5 16 (4.80%) Facebook
6 6 (1.80%) Oracle
6 6 (1.80%) YouTube
7 4 (1.20%) Apple
7 4 (1.20%) SolarWinds
7 4 (1.20%) Sony
7 4 (1.20%) Yahoo!
8 3 (0.90%) RedGate
9 2 (0.60%) DevExpress
9 2 (0.60%) iManage
9 2 (0.60%) Intapp
9 2 (0.60%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.60%) SAP
9 2 (0.60%) Xamarin
9 2 (0.60%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.30%) Sybase