SQL Server Job Trends in Glasgow

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 15 43
Rank change year-on-year -31 +28 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 11 69 86
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.57% 9.15% 8.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.15% 45.39% 24.23%
Number of salaries quoted 5 21 67
10th Percentile £36,150 £36,000 -
25th Percentile £36,750 £38,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -11.00% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £61,123
90th Percentile £56,000 £62,500 £64,250
Scotland median annual salary £26,000 £45,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year -42.22% -12.20% +2.50%

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 52 152 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 7.43% 20.16% 35.39%
Number of salaries quoted 25 61 119
10th Percentile £35,300 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £64,000 £61,835
90th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £50,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.40% -11.74% +9.52%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Glasgow

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Glasgow over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Glasgow

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 2 (18.18%) WebSphere
1 2 (18.18%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) Power Platform
3 3 (27.27%) AWS
4 2 (18.18%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (18.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (18.18%) GitHub
4 2 (18.18%) SaaS
5 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
5 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
5 1 (9.09%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Power BI
2 3 (27.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (9.09%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (9.09%) Metadata
4 1 (9.09%) MySQL
4 1 (9.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Git
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Finance
3 4 (36.36%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (18.18%) Back Office
6 1 (9.09%) Billing
6 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Applications Support
2 4 (36.36%) Applications Support Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Support Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Dynamics NAV Developer
3 2 (18.18%) SaaS Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Application Support Team Leader
4 1 (9.09%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Commercial Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Compliance Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Insight Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Insight Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Applications Support
4 1 (9.09%) SQL Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) SQL Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) XML
2 2 (18.18%) .NET
2 2 (18.18%) REST
3 1 (9.09%) HTML
3 1 (9.09%) JSON
3 1 (9.09%) SOAP
3 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (18.18%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Data Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) ITIL
4 3 (27.27%) Data Integration
4 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
4 3 (27.27%) Visualisation
5 2 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (18.18%) Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) Clean Code
5 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Data Privacy
5 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 2 (18.18%) DevOps
5 2 (18.18%) Inventory Management
5 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
5 2 (18.18%) Visual Analytics
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) Java
3 2 (18.18%) Bash
3 2 (18.18%) C
3 2 (18.18%) C#
3 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 2 (18.18%) T-SQL
4 1 (9.09%) Python
4 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
1 2 (18.18%) ISO 9001
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Dataiku