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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 419 393 363
Rank change year-on-year -26 -30 +124
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 195 346 344
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.40% 0.61% 0.77%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.23% 3.56% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 152 238 292
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,347 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,563 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% -6.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £99,875 £95,000 £97,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -7.14%

All Database and 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 6,033 9,727 9,591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.41% 17.29% 21.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,013 5,642 7,590
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,008 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +5.69% -1.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025. 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 +62 111 £73,500 -6.67% 54
North of England +10 28 £56,250 -6.25% 37
Midlands +27 24 £50,000 +5.26% 28
South East -49 19 £65,000 - 44
East Midlands +16 17 £48,500 -3.00% 16
North West +10 14 £57,750 -3.75% 20
West Midlands +30 7 £60,000 +29.73% 12
North East +16 7 £48,000 -16.52% 4
Yorkshire +1 7 £45,000 -23.73% 13
South West +30 4 £73,250 +51.81% 10
East of England -13 2 £58,250 +22.63% 18
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 6 (3.08%) Confluence
2 5 (2.56%) IIS
3 4 (2.05%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.05%) nginx
4 2 (1.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (11.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.54%) Trello
3 2 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 195 (100.00%) Azure
2 71 (36.41%) Power Platform
3 66 (33.85%) Azure Data Factory
4 50 (25.64%) Azure DevOps
5 48 (24.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 29 (14.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 28 (14.36%) AWS
8 26 (13.33%) GitHub
9 24 (12.31%) SaaS
10 23 (11.79%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (7.18%) Serverless
12 13 (6.67%) Azure Functions
13 12 (6.15%) Azure AKS
13 12 (6.15%) Azure Service Bus
13 12 (6.15%) GCP
13 12 (6.15%) PaaS
14 11 (5.64%) Entra ID
14 11 (5.64%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (4.62%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (4.10%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.08%) Firewall
2 5 (2.56%) VPN
3 4 (2.05%) Network Security
3 4 (2.05%) WAN
4 3 (1.54%) DNS
5 1 (0.51%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (34.87%) SQL Server
2 63 (32.31%) Power BI
3 53 (27.18%) Data Lake
4 42 (21.54%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (21.54%) MongoDB
5 26 (13.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (10.77%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (7.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (6.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 10 (5.13%) Data Vault
9 10 (5.13%) NoSQL
10 9 (4.62%) Data Mining
11 7 (3.59%) Metadata
11 7 (3.59%) NonStop SQL
11 7 (3.59%) Power Query
12 5 (2.56%) BigQuery
13 4 (2.05%) Delta Lake
13 4 (2.05%) MySQL
13 4 (2.05%) Relational Database
13 4 (2.05%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (12.82%) Git
2 7 (3.59%) JIRA
3 6 (3.08%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.05%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (1.54%) JMeter
5 3 (1.54%) Postman
5 3 (1.54%) Selenium
5 3 (1.54%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (1.03%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.51%) CA Release Automation
General
1 53 (27.18%) Finance
2 43 (22.05%) Social Skills
3 23 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (11.28%) Retail
5 12 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (4.10%) Advertising
7 7 (3.59%) Billing
8 5 (2.56%) Law
9 4 (2.05%) Marketing
9 4 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.05%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.54%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Automotive
12 1 (0.51%) Back Office
12 1 (0.51%) Legal
Job Titles
1 67 (34.36%) Developer
2 48 (24.62%) .NET Developer
3 39 (20.00%) Senior
4 36 (18.46%) Data Engineer
5 22 (11.28%) Architect
6 19 (9.74%) Data Architect
7 17 (8.72%) Azure Architect
8 16 (8.21%) Azure Data Architect
8 16 (8.21%) Azure Engineer
8 16 (8.21%) Senior Data Engineer
9 15 (7.69%) DBA
10 14 (7.18%) SQL DBA
11 11 (5.64%) Analyst
11 11 (5.64%) Software Engineer
12 10 (5.13%) Platform Engineer
13 9 (4.62%) Senior Architect
13 9 (4.62%) SQL Developer
14 8 (4.10%) Administrator
14 8 (4.10%) Senior Data Architect
15 7 (3.59%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (36.41%) .NET
2 48 (24.62%) .NET Core
3 45 (23.08%) ASP.NET
4 43 (22.05%) ASP.NET MVC
5 37 (18.97%) ASP.NET Web API
6 36 (18.46%) AngularJS
6 36 (18.46%) Entity Framework
7 30 (15.38%) .NET Framework
8 28 (14.36%) React
9 25 (12.82%) Vue
10 24 (12.31%) HTML
10 24 (12.31%) Node.js
11 21 (10.77%) HTML5
11 21 (10.77%) RESTful
12 14 (7.18%) LINQ
13 10 (5.13%) CSS
14 9 (4.62%) Blazor
15 7 (3.59%) CSS3
15 7 (3.59%) YAML
16 6 (3.08%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.21%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (6.15%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.59%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.59%) Digital TV
6 6 (3.08%) Mobile App
6 6 (3.08%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.54%) Social Media
10 2 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.03%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (1.03%) N-Tier
10 2 (1.03%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.51%) IoT
11 1 (0.51%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.08%) VMS
2 5 (2.56%) Linux
2 5 (2.56%) Windows
3 3 (1.54%) Android
4 2 (1.03%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (41.54%) Agile
2 72 (36.92%) DevOps
3 68 (34.87%) Analytics
4 66 (33.85%) Business Intelligence
5 48 (24.62%) Microservices
6 47 (24.10%) CI/CD
6 47 (24.10%) Data Modelling
6 47 (24.10%) Full-Stack Development
7 45 (23.08%) MVC
8 39 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
9 38 (19.49%) ETL
10 37 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (18.46%) Scrum
12 35 (17.95%) Visualisation
13 31 (15.90%) TDD
14 30 (15.38%) Kanban
15 29 (14.87%) Decision-Making
16 28 (14.36%) BDD
17 24 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
18 22 (11.28%) AI
Programming Languages
1 194 (99.49%) SQL
2 69 (35.38%) C#
3 46 (23.59%) JavaScript
4 36 (18.46%) Python
5 27 (13.85%) T-SQL
6 25 (12.82%) TypeScript
7 22 (11.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (8.21%) PowerShell
9 8 (4.10%) Scala
10 7 (3.59%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (3.08%) Bicep
12 2 (1.03%) C
13 1 (0.51%) ANSI SQL
13 1 (0.51%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (8.21%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (7.69%) Azure Certification
3 14 (7.18%) Degree
4 7 (3.59%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.59%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 5 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.03%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.51%) ACCA
8 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.51%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.85%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.15%) GDPR
3 11 (5.64%) QA
4 7 (3.59%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (2.56%) Accessibility
6 4 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.05%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.54%) WCAG
8 1 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 19 (9.74%) Docker
2 9 (4.62%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (4.10%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.51%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.51%) vCloud
4 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (10.77%) Kubernetes
2 11 (5.64%) Terraform
3 6 (3.08%) Ansible
4 5 (2.56%) Grafana
4 5 (2.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 110 (56.41%) Microsoft
2 50 (25.64%) Databricks
3 8 (4.10%) Palo Alto
4 7 (3.59%) Facebook
4 7 (3.59%) YouTube
5 4 (2.05%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (2.05%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.05%) Zscaler
6 3 (1.54%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.54%) Google
7 2 (1.03%) Informatica
7 2 (1.03%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.51%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.51%) Foundry
8 1 (0.51%) IBM
8 1 (0.51%) NetApp
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle
8 1 (0.51%) SAP
8 1 (0.51%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.51%) VMware