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 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 23 12
Rank change year-on-year -41 -11 +23
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 19 64 72
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 2.38% 6.60% 10.89%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.26% 42.95% 42.60%
Number of salaries quoted 9 19 65
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £77,500 £51,125 £61,123
90th Percentile £77,750 £62,500 £64,500
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% -5.00% -

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 155 149 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 19.42% 15.38% 25.57%
Number of salaries quoted 39 62 140
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,275 £34,875
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,496
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -11.90% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,500 £72,375 £67,750
Scotland median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -13.04% +4.55%

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 1 November 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 4 (21.05%) Apache Spark
2 1 (5.26%) Confluence
2 1 (5.26%) WebSphere
2 1 (5.26%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) Azure
2 7 (36.84%) AWS
3 6 (31.58%) Power Platform
4 5 (26.32%) Snowflake
5 4 (21.05%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (10.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (10.53%) GitHub
6 2 (10.53%) SaaS
7 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
7 1 (5.26%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) FTP
1 1 (5.26%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (36.84%) Relational Database
2 6 (31.58%) NoSQL
2 6 (31.58%) Power BI
3 4 (21.05%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (21.05%) Apache Cassandra
3 4 (21.05%) Apache Hive
3 4 (21.05%) Apache Iceberg
3 4 (21.05%) Big Data
3 4 (21.05%) DynamoDB
3 4 (21.05%) Impala
3 4 (21.05%) Redshift Spectrum
4 3 (15.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (15.79%) MySQL
5 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (10.53%) DB2
5 2 (10.53%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (5.26%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (5.26%) RDBMS
6 1 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
1 2 (10.53%) Maven
2 1 (5.26%) Bitbucket
2 1 (5.26%) Cucumber
2 1 (5.26%) Git
2 1 (5.26%) GitLab
2 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.26%) JUnit
2 1 (5.26%) Selenium
2 1 (5.26%) SonarQube
2 1 (5.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (68.42%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Banking
3 5 (26.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (26.32%) Investment Banking
3 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 4 (21.05%) Law
4 4 (21.05%) Publishing
5 3 (15.79%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (10.53%) Back Office
6 2 (10.53%) Games
6 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
7 1 (5.26%) Billing
7 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) Software Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Applications Support
3 4 (21.05%) Python Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Python Software Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Applications Support Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Insight Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Java Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Support Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Dynamics NAV Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Report Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) SaaS Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Application Support Team Leader
6 1 (5.26%) Commercial Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Lead
6 1 (5.26%) Senior
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) SQL Support Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (31.58%) Kafka
2 4 (21.05%) Spring
2 4 (21.05%) Spring Boot
3 3 (15.79%) HTML
3 3 (15.79%) REST
3 3 (15.79%) XML
4 2 (10.53%) CSS
4 2 (10.53%) JSON
5 1 (5.26%) .NET
5 1 (5.26%) Hibernate
5 1 (5.26%) J2EE
5 1 (5.26%) JPA
5 1 (5.26%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (5.26%) React
5 1 (5.26%) Redux
5 1 (5.26%) SOAP
5 1 (5.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (10.53%) NHS
2 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.26%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
1 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (42.11%) Analytics
2 8 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (36.84%) AI
4 6 (31.58%) Agile
4 6 (31.58%) Decision-Making
4 6 (31.58%) Machine Learning
5 5 (26.32%) Data Analytics
5 5 (26.32%) SDLC
5 5 (26.32%) Software Engineering
6 4 (21.05%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (21.05%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (21.05%) Complex ETL
6 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (21.05%) Data Design
6 4 (21.05%) DevOps
6 4 (21.05%) ETL
6 4 (21.05%) Operational Stability
6 4 (21.05%) Tech Ops
6 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) SQL
2 7 (36.84%) Java
3 4 (21.05%) Python
4 2 (10.53%) Bash
4 2 (10.53%) C
4 2 (10.53%) C#
4 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
4 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
5 1 (5.26%) Shell Script
5 1 (5.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) Data Quality
2 2 (10.53%) ISO 9001
2 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (10.53%) QA
3 1 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Oracle
2 4 (21.05%) Databricks
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) IBM
3 1 (5.26%) Solace