SQL Server Jobs in Essex

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 26 29
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 24 57 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 4.91% 6.41% 8.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.00% 41.61% 47.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24 57 52
10th Percentile - £31,250 -
25th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £55,750 £73,750 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £44,000 £47,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.37% -12.04% +13.68%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 80 137 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 16.36% 15.41% 18.67%
Number of salaries quoted 45 113 102
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,100 £38,875
25th Percentile £26,500 £41,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £47,500 £44,642
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +6.40% -10.72%
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £79,750
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +9.52%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Essex

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in Essex

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Essex over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Essex

SQL Server
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Essex region over the 6 months to 28 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
Basildon +19 6 £47,500 - 37
Waltham Abbey - 2 £57,500 -
Chelmsford 0 1 £40,000 -15.79% 45
SQL Server
East of England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (54.17%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) FTP
2 1 (4.17%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (79.17%) MySQL
2 2 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.17%) Power BI
3 1 (4.17%) Power Query
3 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Git
General
1 11 (45.83%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Developer
2 11 (45.83%) Analyst
3 10 (41.67%) Graduate
3 10 (41.67%) Graduate Developer
3 10 (41.67%) IT Graduate
3 10 (41.67%) Support Analyst
4 8 (33.33%) Applications Support
4 8 (33.33%) Applications Support Analyst
5 5 (20.83%) SQL Analyst
5 5 (20.83%) SQL Support Analyst
6 2 (8.33%) .NET Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Agile C# Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Agile Developer
6 2 (8.33%) C# Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Graduate C# Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Graduate PHP Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 2 (8.33%) PHP Developer
6 2 (8.33%) SQL Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (50.00%) .NET
1 12 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 12 (50.00%) jQuery
1 12 (50.00%) REST
1 12 (50.00%) Web Services
2 10 (41.67%) CSS
2 10 (41.67%) HTML
2 10 (41.67%) JSON
2 10 (41.67%) SOAP
2 10 (41.67%) XML
3 2 (8.33%) .NET Framework
3 2 (8.33%) AngularJS
3 2 (8.33%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (8.33%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (8.33%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (8.33%) Entity Framework
3 2 (8.33%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Agile
1 12 (50.00%) MVC
2 10 (41.67%) Computer Science
2 10 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (41.67%) OO
3 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (25.00%) OOP
5 2 (8.33%) API Integration
5 2 (8.33%) B2B
5 2 (8.33%) CI/CD
5 2 (8.33%) Database Optimisation
5 2 (8.33%) DevOps
5 2 (8.33%) Microservices
5 2 (8.33%) Software Testing
5 2 (8.33%) Structured Programming
6 1 (4.17%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (4.17%) Change Management
6 1 (4.17%) Data Visualisation
6 1 (4.17%) ITSM
6 1 (4.17%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) SQL
2 12 (50.00%) C#
3 10 (41.67%) C++
3 10 (41.67%) Java
3 10 (41.67%) PHP
4 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 10 (41.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Docker
2 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (58.33%) Microsoft