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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 72 56
Rank change year-on-year +23 -16 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 10 21 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 1.84% 1.92% 4.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 34.48% 16.54% 22.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8 12 31
10th Percentile - £52,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £58,125 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,750 £70,625 £71,250
South West median annual salary £45,750 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.82% +4.76% +7.69%

All Database and 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 29 127 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 5.34% 11.60% 20.93%
Number of salaries quoted 16 53 108
10th Percentile - £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - +17.02%
75th Percentile £80,625 £65,000 £71,175
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,500 £79,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +2.68% +12.00%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server 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
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Gloucestershire

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 September 2025. 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 +26 4 £75,000 +1.69% 2
Gloucester +18 2 - - 1
Lydney - 2 £50,000 -
SQL Server
South West

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Infor CloudSuite
1 4 (40.00%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (10.00%) GCP
2 1 (10.00%) GitHub
2 1 (10.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (10.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Crystal Reports
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (30.00%) Power BI
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Aviation
2 2 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (20.00%) Military
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Senior
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Administrator
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
4 1 (10.00%) ERP Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) .NET
2 4 (40.00%) Web Services
3 2 (20.00%) Middleware
4 1 (10.00%) .NET Core
4 1 (10.00%) AngularJS
4 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (10.00%) Blazor
4 1 (10.00%) Razor View Engine
4 1 (10.00%) React
4 1 (10.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) ERP
2 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (20.00%) CRM
4 2 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Migration
4 2 (20.00%) PLM
4 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
5 1 (10.00%) DevOps
5 1 (10.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) C#
2 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (10.00%) VBA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Infor
3 2 (20.00%) Citrix
3 2 (20.00%) NetApp
3 2 (20.00%) Salesforce
3 2 (20.00%) VMware