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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 446 394
Rank change year-on-year +155 -52 +52
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 552 199 577
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 0.50% 0.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.36% 3.00% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 500 172 505
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,688 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -14.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £87,000
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 7,504 6,626 15,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.89% 16.50% 16.29%
Number of salaries quoted 5,080 4,432 11,528
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,025 £35,450
25th Percentile £45,500 £46,750 £43,000
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 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £114,925 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.16%

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 25 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 25 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 +68 125 £55,000 -21.43% 43
London -26 106 £80,000 +6.67% 58
East of England +70 94 £62,500 +6.38% 18
North of England +23 93 £50,000 -11.50% 35
Midlands +25 81 £55,000 +13.40% 21
West Midlands +20 50 £60,000 -5.88% 17
South West -19 47 £55,000 - 9
North West +26 42 £50,000 -9.09% 22
East Midlands -23 30 £50,000 +3.09% 4
North East -28 27 £50,000 -13.04% 6
Yorkshire -16 24 £55,000 - 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 (5.07%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.45%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.54%) IIS
6 2 (0.36%) CMS
6 2 (0.36%) DNN
6 2 (0.36%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.36%) Immediacy CMS
6 2 (0.36%) Kentico
6 2 (0.36%) nginx
6 2 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.36%) Sitefinity
6 2 (0.36%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 552 (100.00%) Azure
2 196 (35.51%) Azure DevOps
3 118 (21.38%) Azure AI
4 117 (21.20%) GitHub
5 99 (17.93%) GitHub Copilot
6 85 (15.40%) Power Platform
7 79 (14.31%) Azure Data Factory
8 73 (13.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 67 (12.14%) AWS
10 48 (8.70%) Azure Monitor
11 39 (7.07%) Serverless
12 37 (6.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 35 (6.34%) Azure Functions
14 33 (5.98%) PaaS
15 32 (5.80%) Azure Logic Apps
16 31 (5.62%) Azure Key Vault
16 31 (5.62%) PowerApps
17 29 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
18 26 (4.71%) Azure Service Bus
19 25 (4.53%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 43 (7.79%) Internet
2 17 (3.08%) VPN
3 11 (1.99%) Firewall
4 8 (1.45%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.91%) DNS
6 4 (0.72%) MQTT
7 2 (0.36%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.18%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.18%) HTTP
8 1 (0.18%) LAN
8 1 (0.18%) SSL
8 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 283 (51.27%) MongoDB
2 109 (19.75%) Elasticsearch
3 79 (14.31%) SQL Server
4 73 (13.22%) Power BI
5 30 (5.43%) Data Lake
6 29 (5.25%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.36%) Tableau
8 11 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (1.81%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.81%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.63%) Delta Lake
10 9 (1.63%) Spark SQL
10 9 (1.63%) Star Schema
11 8 (1.45%) Metadata
11 8 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (1.27%) NonStop SQL
12 7 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.09%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.91%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 37 (6.70%) Git
2 5 (0.91%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.72%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.72%) NUnit
4 2 (0.36%) JIRA
4 2 (0.36%) MSTest
4 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.18%) Postman
5 1 (0.18%) Selenium
5 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 94 (17.03%) Finance
2 60 (10.87%) Social Skills
3 41 (7.43%) Advertising
4 29 (5.25%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.25%) Games
5 27 (4.89%) Marketing
6 18 (3.26%) Law
7 16 (2.90%) Banking
7 16 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (2.54%) Retail
9 11 (1.99%) Public Sector
10 10 (1.81%) Aerospace
10 10 (1.81%) Legal
11 7 (1.27%) Music Industry
12 5 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.36%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.36%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.36%) Police
15 1 (0.18%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 359 (65.04%) Developer
2 321 (58.15%) .NET Developer
3 72 (13.04%) Senior
4 46 (8.33%) Data Engineer
5 44 (7.97%) Azure Engineer
6 25 (4.53%) Senior Developer
7 24 (4.35%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 24 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
8 20 (3.62%) Support Engineer
9 19 (3.44%) Architect
9 19 (3.44%) Platform Engineer
10 18 (3.26%) Analyst
10 18 (3.26%) DBA
11 12 (2.17%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 12 (2.17%) Senior Data Engineer
12 11 (1.99%) Applications Support
12 11 (1.99%) Data Architect
12 11 (1.99%) Software Engineer
12 11 (1.99%) SQL DBA
13 10 (1.81%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 381 (69.02%) .NET
2 343 (62.14%) .NET Core
3 327 (59.24%) ASP.NET
4 320 (57.97%) ASP.NET Core
5 139 (25.18%) CSS
5 139 (25.18%) HTML
6 131 (23.73%) Entity Framework
7 113 (20.47%) ASP.NET Web API
8 109 (19.75%) Blazor
8 109 (19.75%) React
9 108 (19.57%) AngularJS
9 108 (19.57%) Node.js
9 108 (19.57%) RESTful
10 104 (18.84%) Vue
11 102 (18.48%) ML.NET
12 70 (12.68%) LINQ
13 42 (7.61%) .NET Framework
14 22 (3.99%) HTML5 Canvas
15 20 (3.62%) JSON
15 20 (3.62%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.33%) Greenfield Project
2 35 (6.34%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (3.26%) Mobile App
4 17 (3.08%) Digital TV
4 17 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.72%) Social Network
6 14 (2.54%) iPhone
6 14 (2.54%) Security Posture
7 13 (2.36%) Replication
8 12 (2.17%) Podcast
8 12 (2.17%) Public Cloud
9 11 (1.99%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.45%) BBC
10 8 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
10 8 (1.45%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.45%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.45%) Social Media
11 6 (1.09%) Clustering
11 6 (1.09%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 39 (7.07%) Windows
2 33 (5.98%) VMS
3 18 (3.26%) Android
4 15 (2.72%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.45%) Linux
6 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (59.60%) Full-Stack Development
2 282 (51.09%) Agile
3 211 (38.22%) CI/CD
4 209 (37.86%) DevOps
5 148 (26.81%) AI
6 135 (24.46%) Machine Learning
7 114 (20.65%) Microservices
8 100 (18.12%) Multithreading
9 99 (17.93%) Analytics
10 84 (15.22%) Business Intelligence
11 68 (12.32%) Scrum
12 55 (9.96%) Infrastructure as Code
13 54 (9.78%) TDD
14 52 (9.42%) OO
15 51 (9.24%) Problem-Solving
16 50 (9.06%) BDD
17 45 (8.15%) Performance Tuning
18 42 (7.61%) Data Engineering
18 42 (7.61%) Data Modelling
18 42 (7.61%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 551 (99.82%) SQL
2 376 (68.12%) C#
3 138 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 128 (23.19%) TypeScript
5 75 (13.59%) PowerShell
6 50 (9.06%) Python
7 20 (3.62%) Bicep
7 20 (3.62%) Kusto Query Language
8 17 (3.08%) Bash
9 16 (2.90%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.63%) Java
10 9 (1.63%) Scala
11 8 (1.45%) C++
12 7 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.36%) R
14 1 (0.18%) Delphi
14 1 (0.18%) Korn
14 1 (0.18%) Pascal
14 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (5.62%) Azure Certification
2 17 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (2.17%) Degree
4 9 (1.63%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.45%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.72%) Tableau Certification
7 3 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.18%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 10 (1.81%) QA
3 7 (1.27%) GDPR
4 4 (0.72%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.54%) SLA
6 2 (0.36%) NCSC
7 1 (0.18%) HL7
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 119 (21.56%) Docker
2 23 (4.17%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.44%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 116 (21.01%) Kubernetes
2 47 (8.51%) Terraform
3 12 (2.17%) Grafana
4 7 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.91%) Kibana
5 5 (0.91%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.54%) Scalr
7 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 424 (76.81%) Microsoft
2 44 (7.97%) Databricks
3 40 (7.25%) Facebook
4 33 (5.98%) Google
5 19 (3.44%) Adobe
6 16 (2.90%) YouTube
7 12 (2.17%) ScienceLogic
7 12 (2.17%) VMware
8 8 (1.45%) Apple
8 8 (1.45%) Sony
8 8 (1.45%) Yahoo!
9 7 (1.27%) Oracle
10 4 (0.72%) Informatica
10 4 (0.72%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.54%) RedGate
11 3 (0.54%) SAP
12 2 (0.36%) Alterian
12 2 (0.36%) DevExpress
12 2 (0.36%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.36%) Xamarin