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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 83 16
Rank change year-on-year +20 -67 +13
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 20 70 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 2.68% 3.74% 9.03%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.58% 14.26% 33.65%
Number of salaries quoted 13 34 64
10th Percentile £33,350 £36,550 £35,733
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £62,500 £71,875
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £49,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% -

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 159 491 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 21.29% 26.20% 26.84%
Number of salaries quoted 42 94 181
10th Percentile £36,300 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,938 £41,250 £44,796
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -13.04% +14.46%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,125 £71,138 £73,750
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +4.55%

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

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 18 September 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 (20.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) AWS
2 5 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (25.00%) Snowflake
3 4 (20.00%) Azure
4 3 (15.00%) SaaS
5 2 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (10.00%) GitHub
6 1 (5.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) FTP
1 1 (5.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (35.00%) Relational Database
2 6 (30.00%) NoSQL
3 5 (25.00%) Power BI
4 4 (20.00%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (20.00%) Apache Cassandra
4 4 (20.00%) Apache Hive
4 4 (20.00%) Apache Iceberg
4 4 (20.00%) Big Data
4 4 (20.00%) DynamoDB
4 4 (20.00%) Impala
4 4 (20.00%) MongoDB
4 4 (20.00%) Redshift Spectrum
5 3 (15.00%) MySQL
6 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (10.00%) DB2
6 2 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (5.00%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (5.00%) RDBMS
7 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Maven
2 1 (5.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (5.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (5.00%) GitLab
2 1 (5.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) JUnit
2 1 (5.00%) Selenium
2 1 (5.00%) SonarQube
2 1 (5.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (70.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Banking
2 6 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 4 (20.00%) Law
4 4 (20.00%) Publishing
5 2 (10.00%) Back Office
5 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Games
5 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Developer
2 7 (35.00%) Java Developer
3 5 (25.00%) Software Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) Python Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Python Software Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Applications Support
5 2 (10.00%) Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Dynamics NAV Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Insight Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Report Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) SaaS Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Senior
5 2 (10.00%) Support Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Support Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) SQL Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (50.00%) Kafka
2 5 (25.00%) React
3 4 (20.00%) Spring
3 4 (20.00%) Spring Boot
4 3 (15.00%) HTML
4 3 (15.00%) REST
4 3 (15.00%) XML
5 2 (10.00%) CSS
5 2 (10.00%) JSON
6 1 (5.00%) Hibernate
6 1 (5.00%) J2EE
6 1 (5.00%) JPA
6 1 (5.00%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (5.00%) Redux
6 1 (5.00%) SOAP
6 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) NHS
2 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (50.00%) Agile
3 6 (30.00%) Analytics
3 6 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (30.00%) Machine Learning
3 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (25.00%) SDLC
4 5 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (20.00%) Complex ETL
5 4 (20.00%) Data Analytics
5 4 (20.00%) Data Design
5 4 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (20.00%) DevOps
5 4 (20.00%) ETL
5 4 (20.00%) Investment Management
5 4 (20.00%) Operational Stability
5 4 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (20.00%) Tech Ops
5 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) Java
2 9 (45.00%) SQL
3 4 (20.00%) Python
3 4 (20.00%) TypeScript
4 2 (10.00%) C
4 2 (10.00%) C#
4 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.00%) Bash
5 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
5 1 (5.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (10.00%) ISO 9001
2 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Oracle
2 4 (20.00%) Databricks
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) IBM
3 1 (5.00%) Solace