SQL Server Jobs in Glasgow

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 132 73
Rank change year-on-year +71 -59 -45
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 23 90 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 3.10% 2.52% 3.51%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.37% 7.52% 17.69%
Number of salaries quoted 18 77 44
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,250 £35,733
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +5.26% +21.02%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £58,313
90th Percentile £77,875 £65,000 £73,750
Scotland median annual salary £50,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.81% +10.53% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 172 1,197 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 23.15% 33.49% 19.85%
Number of salaries quoted 42 181 182
10th Percentile £36,325 £36,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £42,500 £44,847
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £57,577
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -7.95% +15.15%
75th Percentile £73,750 £61,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £98,425 £73,750 £74,875
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -10.26% +6.36%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Glasgow

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in Glasgow

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Glasgow over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Glasgow

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 4 (17.39%) Apache Spark
2 1 (4.35%) Confluence
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Azure
1 7 (30.43%) Power Platform
2 6 (26.09%) AWS
3 4 (17.39%) Snowflake
4 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (8.70%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (8.70%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (8.70%) Power Automate
5 2 (8.70%) PowerApps
6 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (4.35%) GCP
6 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
6 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
1 1 (4.35%) HTTP
1 1 (4.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (30.43%) Power BI
1 7 (30.43%) Relational Database
2 6 (26.09%) NoSQL
3 4 (17.39%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (17.39%) Apache Cassandra
3 4 (17.39%) Apache Hive
3 4 (17.39%) Apache Iceberg
3 4 (17.39%) Big Data
3 4 (17.39%) DynamoDB
3 4 (17.39%) Impala
3 4 (17.39%) MongoDB
3 4 (17.39%) Redshift Spectrum
4 3 (13.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (8.70%) DB2
5 2 (8.70%) MySQL
5 2 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (8.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (8.70%) Tableau
6 1 (4.35%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
1 2 (8.70%) Maven
2 1 (4.35%) Bitbucket
2 1 (4.35%) Cucumber
2 1 (4.35%) GitLab
2 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.35%) JUnit
2 1 (4.35%) Selenium
2 1 (4.35%) SonarQube
2 1 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (60.87%) Finance
2 6 (26.09%) Banking
2 6 (26.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (21.74%) Investment Banking
4 4 (17.39%) Law
4 4 (17.39%) Publishing
5 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
6 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (8.70%) Games
6 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Developer
2 7 (30.43%) Java Developer
3 5 (21.74%) Software Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Python Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Python Software Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Applications Support
5 2 (8.70%) Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) CRM Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Database Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Insight Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Report Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Senior
5 2 (8.70%) Software Developer
5 2 (8.70%) SQL Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) SQL Support Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (43.48%) Kafka
2 7 (30.43%) React
3 5 (21.74%) Spring
3 5 (21.74%) Spring Boot
4 4 (17.39%) CSS
4 4 (17.39%) HTML
5 3 (13.04%) JSON
6 2 (8.70%) .NET
6 2 (8.70%) Hibernate
6 2 (8.70%) Redux
7 1 (4.35%) .NET Core
7 1 (4.35%) .NET Framework
7 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (4.35%) Entity Framework
7 1 (4.35%) HTML5
7 1 (4.35%) J2EE
7 1 (4.35%) JPA
7 1 (4.35%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Agile
1 11 (47.83%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (26.09%) Analytics
3 6 (26.09%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (26.09%) Machine Learning
3 6 (26.09%) SDLC
3 6 (26.09%) Software Engineering
4 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (17.39%) Complex ETL
4 4 (17.39%) Data Analytics
4 4 (17.39%) Data Design
4 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
4 4 (17.39%) DevOps
4 4 (17.39%) ETL
4 4 (17.39%) Investment Management
4 4 (17.39%) Operational Stability
4 4 (17.39%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (17.39%) Tech Ops
5 3 (13.04%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (47.83%) SQL
2 9 (39.13%) Java
3 5 (21.74%) TypeScript
4 4 (17.39%) C#
4 4 (17.39%) JavaScript
4 4 (17.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) ACCA
2 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Docker
2 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Oracle
2 4 (17.39%) Databricks
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) IBM
3 1 (4.35%) Solace
3 1 (4.35%) SonicWALL