SQL Server Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 17 78
Rank change year-on-year -36 +61 -38
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 11 103 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 1.36% 18.46% 3.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.58% 50.24% 25.26%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 44
10th Percentile - - £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £37,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +15.79% -8.65%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile - - £61,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +5.00%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 81 205 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 9.99% 36.74% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 49 30 114
10th Percentile - £46,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,625 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,813 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,750 £95,250 £65,000
South West median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.00%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 21 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheltenham - 10 £42,500 -
SQL Server
South West

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (81.82%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (81.82%) Dynamics NAV
1 9 (81.82%) Magento
1 9 (81.82%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (81.82%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 9 (81.82%) Back Office
2 1 (9.09%) Military
2 1 (9.09%) Retail
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Analyst
2 8 (72.73%) Support Analyst
3 5 (45.45%) Software Analyst
4 4 (36.36%) Applications Support
4 4 (36.36%) Applications Support Analyst
4 4 (36.36%) Senior
4 4 (36.36%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (36.36%) Senior Support Analyst
4 4 (36.36%) Software Support Analyst
5 2 (18.18%) Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Graduate
6 1 (9.09%) Graduate Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Graduate Software Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Software Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (81.82%) Middleware
1 9 (81.82%) REST
1 9 (81.82%) SOAP
2 1 (9.09%) .NET
2 1 (9.09%) .NET Framework
2 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET
2 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (9.09%) Blazor
2 1 (9.09%) CSS
2 1 (9.09%) CSS3
2 1 (9.09%) Entity Framework
2 1 (9.09%) HTML
2 1 (9.09%) HTML5
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) API Integration
1 9 (81.82%) Change Management
1 9 (81.82%) Continuous Improvement
1 9 (81.82%) CRM
1 9 (81.82%) Data Management
1 9 (81.82%) E-Commerce
1 9 (81.82%) ERP
1 9 (81.82%) ITSM
1 9 (81.82%) Service Management
1 9 (81.82%) User Experience
2 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) B2C
3 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.09%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Data Mapping
3 1 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (9.09%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
2 9 (81.82%) T-SQL
3 1 (9.09%) C#
3 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 9 (81.82%) ConnectWise
2 9 (81.82%) ServiceNow
2 9 (81.82%) WooCommerce