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 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 49 69
Rank change year-on-year -69 +20 -10
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2 10 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.082% 1.83% 1.98%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.31% 34.48% 17.07%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 12
10th Percentile - - £52,500
25th Percentile - £47,500 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £63,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% +11.63%
75th Percentile - £80,000 £61,250
90th Percentile - £80,750 £70,625
South West median annual salary £47,500 £45,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.83% -16.82% +4.76%

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 153 29 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 6.28% 5.32% 11.60%
Number of salaries quoted 92 16 50
10th Percentile £35,000 - £28,000
25th Percentile £40,938 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £65,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +15.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £106,725 £86,250 £85,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +3.47%

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 23 September 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 -43 1 - - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Fibre Channel
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) Blazor
1 1 (50.00%) EDI
1 1 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
1 1 (50.00%) XenApp
1 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) NetApp
1 1 (50.00%) VMware