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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 401 341
Rank change year-on-year -45 -60 +152
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 186 276 542
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.31% 0.63% 0.81%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.07% 3.43% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 146 194 497
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,250 £44,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +13.04% -17.86%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% -14.81%

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 6,062 8,042 12,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.98% 18.43% 19.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,875 4,657 10,436
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 +60 102 £77,500 -8.82% 54
Midlands -4 30 £60,000 +14.29% 21
North of England -41 22 £55,000 -12.00% 38
East Midlands -26 16 £50,000 -4.76% 8
West Midlands -2 12 £64,250 +11.74% 13
North West -15 11 £58,000 -14.07% 21
South East -78 10 £65,000 - 50
East of England -12 9 £60,000 +26.32% 16
South West -8 6 £53,250 -11.25% 10
North East -13 6 - - 6
Yorkshire -33 5 £45,000 -16.67% 12
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 5 (2.69%) Apache Spark
2 4 (2.15%) Confluence
3 1 (0.54%) IIS
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (13.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (1.61%) Trello
3 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 186 (100.00%) Azure
2 77 (41.40%) Azure Data Factory
3 71 (38.17%) Power Platform
4 62 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
5 48 (25.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 31 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
7 25 (13.44%) GitHub
8 23 (12.37%) Serverless
9 22 (11.83%) Azure Functions
9 22 (11.83%) SaaS
10 20 (10.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 15 (8.06%) Azure Storage
12 12 (6.45%) AWS
13 10 (5.38%) PaaS
14 9 (4.84%) Azure AKS
14 9 (4.84%) Entra ID
15 8 (4.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 8 (4.30%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (4.30%) PowerApps
16 7 (3.76%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.76%) Firewall
2 6 (3.23%) VPN
2 6 (3.23%) WAN
3 5 (2.69%) DNS
3 5 (2.69%) Network Security
4 2 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.08%) WinSCP
5 1 (0.54%) DHCP
5 1 (0.54%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.54%) Internet
5 1 (0.54%) LAN
5 1 (0.54%) SAN
5 1 (0.54%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.54%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (35.48%) SQL Server
2 62 (33.33%) Power BI
3 59 (31.72%) Data Lake
4 44 (23.66%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (13.44%) MongoDB
5 25 (13.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 18 (9.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (6.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 12 (6.45%) Power Query
9 11 (5.91%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (5.38%) Data Vault
10 10 (5.38%) Delta Lake
11 9 (4.84%) Data Mining
12 7 (3.76%) Metadata
13 6 (3.23%) Star Schema
14 4 (2.15%) GIS
14 4 (2.15%) MySQL
14 4 (2.15%) Relational Database
14 4 (2.15%) Tableau
15 3 (1.61%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 28 (15.05%) Git
2 5 (2.69%) JIRA
2 5 (2.69%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.54%) CA Release Automation
4 1 (0.54%) JMeter
4 1 (0.54%) Postman
4 1 (0.54%) Selenium
4 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 66 (35.48%) Finance
2 45 (24.19%) Social Skills
3 32 (17.20%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.91%) Retail
5 7 (3.76%) Billing
5 7 (3.76%) Law
5 7 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.15%) Advertising
6 4 (2.15%) Marketing
6 4 (2.15%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.61%) Legal
7 3 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.08%) Banking
8 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.54%) Automotive
9 1 (0.54%) Back Office
9 1 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (24.19%) Data Engineer
2 42 (22.58%) Developer
3 35 (18.82%) Senior
4 28 (15.05%) .NET Developer
5 18 (9.68%) Architect
6 16 (8.60%) Data Architect
7 15 (8.06%) Analyst
7 15 (8.06%) Azure Engineer
7 15 (8.06%) DBA
8 14 (7.53%) Azure Architect
8 14 (7.53%) Platform Engineer
8 14 (7.53%) Support Engineer
9 13 (6.99%) Azure Data Architect
9 13 (6.99%) Senior Data Engineer
9 13 (6.99%) SQL DBA
10 12 (6.45%) Applications Support
11 9 (4.84%) Senior Architect
12 8 (4.30%) Senior Data Architect
13 7 (3.76%) Applications Engineer
13 7 (3.76%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (28.49%) .NET
2 31 (16.67%) .NET Core
3 28 (15.05%) ASP.NET
4 20 (10.75%) React
5 19 (10.22%) ASP.NET MVC
5 19 (10.22%) Entity Framework
6 18 (9.68%) ASP.NET Web API
7 16 (8.60%) .NET Framework
7 16 (8.60%) PySpark
8 15 (8.06%) AngularJS
9 12 (6.45%) HTML
9 12 (6.45%) Node.js
9 12 (6.45%) RESTful
10 10 (5.38%) Vue
11 9 (4.84%) HTML5
12 8 (4.30%) WPF
13 7 (3.76%) Blazor
13 7 (3.76%) REST
13 7 (3.76%) YAML
14 6 (3.23%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.68%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (5.91%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (5.38%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.30%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.15%) Clustering
7 4 (2.15%) Digital TV
8 3 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.61%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.61%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.61%) Social Media
9 2 (1.08%) Legacy Code
9 2 (1.08%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.08%) N-Tier
9 2 (1.08%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.08%) Social Network
10 1 (0.54%) EPoS
10 1 (0.54%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.91%) VMS
1 11 (5.91%) Windows
2 3 (1.61%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.08%) Android
3 2 (1.08%) Linux
4 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (45.16%) Analytics
2 77 (41.40%) DevOps
3 61 (32.80%) Business Intelligence
4 59 (31.72%) CI/CD
5 54 (29.03%) Data Modelling
6 51 (27.42%) Agile
7 49 (26.34%) ETL
8 45 (24.19%) Data Pipeline
9 41 (22.04%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (18.82%) Decision-Making
11 30 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 29 (15.59%) Visualisation
13 28 (15.05%) Full-Stack Development
13 28 (15.05%) Log Analytics
13 28 (15.05%) Microservices
14 27 (14.52%) Migration
15 24 (12.90%) Infrastructure as Code
15 24 (12.90%) MVC
16 22 (11.83%) Data Governance
17 20 (10.75%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 186 (100.00%) SQL
2 50 (26.88%) C#
3 39 (20.97%) Python
4 27 (14.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 27 (14.52%) JavaScript
5 19 (10.22%) T-SQL
6 16 (8.60%) Scala
7 15 (8.06%) PowerShell
8 11 (5.91%) TypeScript
9 10 (5.38%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.61%) Bicep
11 2 (1.08%) C
12 1 (0.54%) ANSI SQL
12 1 (0.54%) Bash
12 1 (0.54%) Java
12 1 (0.54%) Korn
12 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (8.60%) Degree
2 15 (8.06%) Azure Certification
3 12 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (4.30%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.30%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.76%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 5 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.08%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.54%) ACCA
9 1 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.54%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (20.43%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.45%) GDPR
3 7 (3.76%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (3.76%) QA
4 4 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.15%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.61%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.08%) SLA
7 1 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (7.53%) Docker
2 7 (3.76%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (3.23%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.54%) Firmware
4 1 (0.54%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.54%) vCloud
4 1 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (12.37%) Terraform
2 21 (11.29%) Kubernetes
3 8 (4.30%) Grafana
4 7 (3.76%) Kibana
5 6 (3.23%) Ansible
6 1 (0.54%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.54%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 84 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 46 (24.73%) Databricks
3 4 (2.15%) Google
3 4 (2.15%) Palo Alto
3 4 (2.15%) Zscaler
4 3 (1.61%) Facebook
4 3 (1.61%) YouTube
5 1 (0.54%) Delphix
5 1 (0.54%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.54%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.54%) Foundry
5 1 (0.54%) IBM
5 1 (0.54%) Intel
5 1 (0.54%) NetApp
5 1 (0.54%) Nimble Storage
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle
5 1 (0.54%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.54%) SAP
5 1 (0.54%) Sybase
5 1 (0.54%) VMware