Azure SQL Database Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 85 64
Rank change year-on-year -3 -21 +59
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 2 15 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.12% 1.25% 1.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.27% 6.67% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £50,500 - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £42,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -32.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £63,750 £43,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £64,500 - -
East of England median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.05% -20.83% +9.09%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Hertfordshire

Azure SQL Database 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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 88 225 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 5.20% 18.72% 16.87%
Number of salaries quoted 75 120 112
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £76,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,500 £78,750 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% -3.64% -4.35%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Azure SQL Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Broxbourne - 1 £60,000 - 1
Hatfield - 1 £55,000 - 1
Azure SQL Database
East of England

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure AI
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Google Play
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MongoDB
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET Core
1 2 (100.00%) ML.NET
2 1 (50.00%) Blazor
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Digital TV
1 1 (50.00%) iPhone
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Google