SQL Server Jobs in England

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 34 55
Rank change year-on-year -57 +21 -9
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1,538 4,629 4,752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.19% 5.25% 5.45%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.02% 30.22% 25.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,102 4,068 3,770
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,925 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £70,188 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,198
% change year-on-year - -0.36% +0.36%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

SQL Server 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 6,681 15,320 18,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.85% 17.37% 21.61%
Number of salaries quoted 4,259 11,422 11,882
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £83,991
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in England.

Salary trend for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in England over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the England region over the 6 months to 27 May 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
North of England -52 435 £50,000 - 870
London -59 389 £72,500 +11.54% 632
North West -68 276 £50,000 - 451
Midlands -42 263 £51,500 +3.00% 729
South East -73 254 £50,500 -8.18% 1,086
West Midlands -40 141 £57,500 +9.52% 401
Yorkshire -18 127 £52,500 +5.00% 313
East Midlands -27 121 £49,000 +3.16% 282
East of England -54 118 £44,000 -7.37% 552
South West -55 70 £52,050 -0.86% 427
North East -5 36 £51,250 +7.89% 111
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 152 (9.88%) Confluence
2 99 (6.44%) IIS
3 96 (6.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 81 (5.27%) SharePoint
5 24 (1.56%) CMS
6 23 (1.50%) Umbraco
7 16 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
8 14 (0.91%) Tomcat
9 10 (0.65%) Apache
10 9 (0.59%) Apache Spark
11 6 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 5 (0.33%) Moodle
13 3 (0.20%) NServiceBus
13 3 (0.20%) SAS
14 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
14 2 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
14 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
14 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
14 2 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
15 1 (0.065%) WebLogic
Applications
1 65 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.65%) Trello
4 5 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.065%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.065%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.065%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.065%) Moqups
6 1 (0.065%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.065%) Sketch
6 1 (0.065%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.065%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 54 (3.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.52%) Fidessa
3 6 (0.39%) Infor M3
3 6 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.33%) Elite 3E
4 5 (0.33%) Endur
4 5 (0.33%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.26%) Infor CloudSuite
5 4 (0.26%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 3 (0.20%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.13%) Eikon
7 2 (0.13%) Odoo
7 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.13%) RMDS
7 2 (0.13%) Sage 1000
8 1 (0.065%) iTrent
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.065%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 871 (56.63%) Azure
2 382 (24.84%) AWS
3 287 (18.66%) Power Platform
4 147 (9.56%) Microsoft 365
5 141 (9.17%) GCP
6 124 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
7 93 (6.05%) SaaS
8 85 (5.53%) Dynamics 365
9 70 (4.55%) Power Automate
10 68 (4.42%) GitHub
11 67 (4.36%) Azure Data Factory
12 66 (4.29%) PowerApps
13 53 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
14 48 (3.12%) Entra ID
15 42 (2.73%) Serverless
16 28 (1.82%) IaaS
17 26 (1.69%) Azure Functions
18 25 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
19 20 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
20 19 (1.24%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 102 (6.63%) Firewall
2 70 (4.55%) DNS
3 53 (3.45%) DHCP
4 44 (2.86%) SAN
5 39 (2.54%) LAN
5 39 (2.54%) WAN
6 38 (2.47%) VPN
7 31 (2.02%) TCP/IP
8 26 (1.69%) Network Security
9 22 (1.43%) VoIP
10 20 (1.30%) HTTP
11 19 (1.24%) FTP
12 18 (1.17%) Intranet
13 16 (1.04%) NAS
14 10 (0.65%) SSL
14 10 (0.65%) VLAN
15 9 (0.59%) DMARC
15 9 (0.59%) Remote Desktop
15 9 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (0.52%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (13.52%) Power BI
2 164 (10.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 147 (9.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 112 (7.28%) Data Warehouse
5 103 (6.70%) MySQL
6 91 (5.92%) PostgreSQL
7 86 (5.59%) Relational Database
8 68 (4.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 66 (4.29%) MongoDB
10 57 (3.71%) NoSQL
11 48 (3.12%) Data Lake
12 40 (2.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 29 (1.89%) DB2
14 25 (1.63%) Data Hub
15 24 (1.56%) Metadata
15 24 (1.56%) Tableau
16 20 (1.30%) SQL CLR
17 19 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
17 19 (1.24%) RDBMS
18 14 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 287 (18.66%) JIRA
2 207 (13.46%) GitLab
2 207 (13.46%) Selenium
3 206 (13.39%) Bitbucket
4 202 (13.13%) SonarQube
5 200 (13.00%) Maven
5 200 (13.00%) Sonatype Nexus
6 198 (12.87%) Cucumber
7 150 (9.75%) Git
8 88 (5.72%) Visual Studio
9 37 (2.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 30 (1.95%) Jenkins
11 27 (1.76%) TeamCity
12 24 (1.56%) NUnit
13 20 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
14 15 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
15 14 (0.91%) MagicDraw
16 11 (0.72%) PowerBuilder
17 8 (0.52%) Postman
18 7 (0.46%) Cypress.io
General
1 508 (33.03%) Finance
2 437 (28.41%) Social Skills
3 258 (16.78%) Banking
4 247 (16.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 166 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
6 164 (10.66%) Retail
7 104 (6.76%) Investment Banking
8 90 (5.85%) Corporate Banking
9 50 (3.25%) Manufacturing
10 48 (3.12%) Law
11 38 (2.47%) Back Office
12 36 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
13 31 (2.02%) Public Sector
14 30 (1.95%) Marketing
15 27 (1.76%) Advertising
15 27 (1.76%) Legal
16 23 (1.50%) Front Office
17 21 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
18 19 (1.24%) Local Government
19 11 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 576 (37.45%) Developer
2 253 (16.45%) Software Engineer
3 212 (13.78%) Senior
4 142 (9.23%) Analyst
5 121 (7.87%) Senior Developer
6 118 (7.67%) .NET Developer
7 114 (7.41%) Software Developer
8 105 (6.83%) C# Developer
9 102 (6.63%) Lead
10 101 (6.57%) SQL Developer
11 87 (5.66%) Support Analyst
12 84 (5.46%) Full-Stack Developer
13 76 (4.94%) Applications Support
14 75 (4.88%) IT Support
15 61 (3.97%) Support Engineer
16 59 (3.84%) Data Engineer
17 55 (3.58%) Architect
18 49 (3.19%) Applications Support Analyst
18 49 (3.19%) IT Engineer
19 47 (3.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 504 (32.77%) .NET
2 366 (23.80%) CSS
3 362 (23.54%) HTML
4 351 (22.82%) React
5 236 (15.34%) Kafka
6 212 (13.78%) Spring Boot
7 209 (13.59%) Spring
8 206 (13.39%) Redux
9 203 (13.20%) ASP.NET
10 198 (12.87%) JPA
11 185 (12.03%) REST
12 160 (10.40%) .NET Core
12 160 (10.40%) .NET Framework
13 150 (9.75%) RESTful
14 146 (9.49%) HTML5
15 110 (7.15%) Hibernate
16 107 (6.96%) CSS3
16 107 (6.96%) XML
17 106 (6.89%) AngularJS
17 106 (6.89%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 237 (15.41%) Product Ownership
2 212 (13.78%) Enterprise Software
3 87 (5.66%) Management Information System
4 62 (4.03%) Mobile App
5 58 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.15%) Client/Server
6 33 (2.15%) Cloud Native
7 31 (2.02%) Driving Licence
7 31 (2.02%) Private Cloud
8 29 (1.89%) Replication
9 27 (1.76%) Clustering
9 27 (1.76%) Data Structures
9 27 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.69%) Data Centre
11 24 (1.56%) NHS
12 22 (1.43%) Onboarding
13 15 (0.98%) Hedge funds
13 15 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
14 14 (0.91%) Public Cloud
15 13 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 275 (17.88%) Windows
2 142 (9.23%) Windows Server
3 135 (8.78%) Linux
4 49 (3.19%) Unix
5 29 (1.89%) Android
6 28 (1.82%) Windows 10
7 24 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (0.39%) Apple iOS
12 5 (0.33%) CentOS
13 4 (0.26%) Mac OS
13 4 (0.26%) Rocky
13 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.20%) Solaris
15 2 (0.13%) Debian
15 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.065%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 583 (37.91%) Agile
2 453 (29.45%) DevOps
3 414 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
4 366 (23.80%) CI/CD
5 349 (22.69%) Software Engineering
6 323 (21.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 291 (18.92%) Microservices
8 287 (18.66%) SDLC
9 269 (17.49%) Containerisation
10 251 (16.32%) Performance Optimisation
11 250 (16.25%) Test Automation
12 242 (15.73%) Migration
13 228 (14.82%) Business Intelligence
14 213 (13.85%) Front End Development
15 204 (13.26%) Mentoring
16 201 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
17 180 (11.70%) Clean Code
18 167 (10.86%) Computer Science
19 165 (10.73%) TDD
20 147 (9.56%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 962 (62.55%) SQL
2 537 (34.92%) C#
3 445 (28.93%) JavaScript
4 330 (21.46%) Java
5 203 (13.20%) T-SQL
6 176 (11.44%) TypeScript
7 149 (9.69%) Python
8 143 (9.30%) PowerShell
9 56 (3.64%) PHP
10 44 (2.86%) VB.NET
11 42 (2.73%) C++
12 41 (2.67%) PL/SQL
13 24 (1.56%) Bash
14 15 (0.98%) VBA
15 14 (0.91%) VB
16 13 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 11 (0.72%) R
18 9 (0.59%) Bicep
19 8 (0.52%) C
19 8 (0.52%) X++
Qualifications
1 284 (18.47%) Degree
2 95 (6.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 54 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 52 (3.38%) DBS Check
5 51 (3.32%) Security Cleared
6 35 (2.28%) Azure Certification
7 31 (2.02%) SC Cleared
8 22 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
9 20 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (0.72%) MCSA
11 10 (0.65%) MCSE
12 9 (0.59%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.46%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.46%) MCP
14 6 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
14 6 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (0.26%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.26%) CISSP
15 4 (0.26%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 226 (14.69%) QA
2 125 (8.13%) Accessibility
3 41 (2.67%) Data Quality
4 38 (2.47%) GDPR
5 23 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.37%) SLA
7 20 (1.30%) WCAG
8 8 (0.52%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.39%) GxP
10 5 (0.33%) NCSC
10 5 (0.33%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.20%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.20%) NIST
11 3 (0.20%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.065%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.065%) ISO 15022
12 1 (0.065%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.065%) PMO
System Software
1 286 (18.60%) Docker
2 125 (8.13%) Active Directory
3 100 (6.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 55 (3.58%) Hyper-V
5 22 (1.43%) vSphere
6 20 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.39%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.33%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.13%) KVM
12 2 (0.13%) NFS
12 2 (0.13%) SRDF
12 2 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.13%) Xen
13 1 (0.065%) Apache Flume
13 1 (0.065%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.065%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.065%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 292 (18.99%) Kubernetes
2 70 (4.55%) Terraform
3 52 (3.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (2.34%) Ansible
5 31 (2.02%) SCCM
6 24 (1.56%) Failover Clustering
7 17 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (1.04%) Grafana
9 10 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 10 (0.65%) Prometheus
10 9 (0.59%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.52%) SCOM
12 6 (0.39%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.39%) WSUS
13 5 (0.33%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.20%) Control-M
14 3 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
14 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Clustering
14 3 (0.20%) Puppet
14 3 (0.20%) WMI
Vendors
1 692 (44.99%) Microsoft
2 198 (12.87%) Solace
3 181 (11.77%) Oracle
4 129 (8.39%) VMware
5 52 (3.38%) Databricks
6 45 (2.93%) Cisco
7 33 (2.15%) HP
8 26 (1.69%) Veeam
9 24 (1.56%) IBM
10 23 (1.50%) SAP
11 20 (1.30%) Zoho
12 18 (1.17%) Citrix
12 18 (1.17%) NetApp
12 18 (1.17%) ServiceNow
13 16 (1.04%) Dell
14 15 (0.98%) Google
15 13 (0.85%) Informatica
15 13 (0.85%) Red Hat
15 13 (0.85%) SolarWinds
16 12 (0.78%) Salesforce