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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 20 19
Rank change year-on-year -40 -1 +29
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 12 69 78
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.52% 7.68% 11.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.50% 44.23% 41.71%
Number of salaries quoted 5 21 70
10th Percentile £36,150 £37,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £38,750 £35,733
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 £67,250 £62,500 £63,875
Scotland median annual salary £26,000 £45,000 £52,250
% change year-on-year -42.22% -13.88% +4.50%

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 96 156 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 12.17% 17.37% 27.22%
Number of salaries quoted 29 62 129
10th Percentile £35,600 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,750 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,625 £61,835
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,000 £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 2 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 (16.67%) Apache Spark
2 1 (8.33%) WebSphere
2 1 (8.33%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 4 (33.33%) AWS
2 4 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 3 (25.00%) Snowflake
4 2 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (16.67%) GitHub
4 2 (16.67%) SaaS
5 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) FTP
1 1 (8.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Power BI
2 3 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (25.00%) Relational Database
3 2 (16.67%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (16.67%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (16.67%) Apache Hive
3 2 (16.67%) Apache Iceberg
3 2 (16.67%) Big Data
3 2 (16.67%) DynamoDB
3 2 (16.67%) Impala
3 2 (16.67%) NoSQL
3 2 (16.67%) Redshift Spectrum
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (8.33%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (8.33%) MySQL
4 1 (8.33%) RDBMS
4 1 (8.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Git
1 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
1 1 (8.33%) JUnit
1 1 (8.33%) Maven
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Banking
3 3 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Back Office
4 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (16.67%) Law
4 2 (16.67%) Publishing
5 1 (8.33%) Billing
5 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) Applications Support
2 3 (25.00%) Applications Support Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Python Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Python Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) SaaS Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Application Support Team Leader
4 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Support Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Data Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Insight Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Applications Support
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) Kafka
1 3 (25.00%) REST
1 3 (25.00%) XML
2 2 (16.67%) HTML
2 2 (16.67%) JSON
3 1 (8.33%) .NET
3 1 (8.33%) CSS
3 1 (8.33%) J2EE
3 1 (8.33%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (8.33%) SOAP
3 1 (8.33%) Spring
3 1 (8.33%) Spring Boot
3 1 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (16.67%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) Analytics
3 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) AI
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 3 (25.00%) Data Analytics
4 3 (25.00%) DevOps
4 3 (25.00%) ITIL
4 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (16.67%) ETL
5 2 (16.67%) OOP
5 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Quality Management
5 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 2 (16.67%) Visualisation
5 2 (16.67%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) SQL
2 4 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (16.67%) Bash
3 2 (16.67%) C
3 2 (16.67%) C#
3 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 2 (16.67%) Python
4 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
4 1 (8.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (16.67%) ISO 9001
2 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (16.67%) Databricks
4 1 (8.33%) IBM