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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 15 59
Rank change year-on-year -32 +44 -11
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 10 70 86
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.48% 9.86% 6.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.83% 47.30% 19.24%
Number of salaries quoted 5 22 63
10th Percentile £36,150 £32,850 -
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 £51,813 £61,123
90th Percentile £56,000 £61,850 £64,750
Scotland median annual salary £36,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.89% -14.29% +5.00%

All Database & 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 48 148 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 7.10% 20.85% 35.59%
Number of salaries quoted 23 59 112
10th Percentile £35,150 £37,450 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,250 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -0.99% -3.81%
75th Percentile £56,875 £63,125 £61,835
90th Percentile £64,000 £80,000 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £52,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -5.00% -

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 4 January 2026.

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 (20.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (30.00%) AWS
4 2 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (10.00%) GitHub
5 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
5 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
5 1 (10.00%) SaaS
5 1 (10.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) Power BI
2 3 (30.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (10.00%) Metadata
4 1 (10.00%) MySQL
4 1 (10.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Git
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Back Office
4 1 (10.00%) Billing
4 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Applications Support
2 4 (40.00%) Applications Support Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Commercial Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Compliance Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics NAV Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Insight Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Insight Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) .NET
1 2 (20.00%) REST
1 2 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
2 1 (10.00%) JSON
2 1 (10.00%) SOAP
2 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) NHS
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) ITIL
3 3 (30.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (20.00%) Data Management
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) ITSM
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 2 (20.00%) Visual Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) WFM
5 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) Java
3 2 (20.00%) Bash
3 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (20.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (10.00%) C
4 1 (10.00%) C#
4 1 (10.00%) Python
4 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Dataiku