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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 52 80
Rank change year-on-year -38 +28 -28
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 4 9 46
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.26% 1.86% 2.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.45% 10.23% 21.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 38
10th Percentile - - £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £60,938
90th Percentile - £67,500 £63,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +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 116 88 212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 7.44% 18.14% 12.05%
Number of salaries quoted 56 22 134
10th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £31,975
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,125 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £79,063 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £95,625 £93,750 £74,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,952
% change year-on-year - +3.87% +0.48%

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 25 June 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 - 4 £42,500 - 2
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:

Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (100.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (100.00%) Magento
1 4 (100.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Applications Support
1 4 (100.00%) Applications Support Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Middleware
1 4 (100.00%) REST
1 4 (100.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) API Integration
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) CRM
1 4 (100.00%) Data Management
1 4 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 4 (100.00%) ERP
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) ConnectWise
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 4 (100.00%) WooCommerce