SQL Server Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 45 29
Rank change year-on-year +5 -16 +19
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 40 56 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 4.10% 3.98% 5.83%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 38.10% 28.57% 35.59%
Number of salaries quoted 38 20 25
10th Percentile £40,500 £30,825 £33,850
25th Percentile £42,780 £40,000 £39,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £48,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.59% -11.36% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £65,550
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -13.64%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 105 196 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 10.77% 13.93% 16.37%
Number of salaries quoted 87 100 88
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,925 £37,825
25th Percentile £46,875 £47,188 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,320 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% -1.65% -2.17%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £46,750 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.95% -4.55% -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Hertfordshire

SQL Server
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 8 November 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
Stevenage +11 14 £51,000 -7.27% 11
Hemel Hempstead +14 9 £50,000 +8.11% 1
Bishop's Stortford +1 4 £55,000 +46.67%
Watford -7 2 £61,250 +22.50% 9
SQL Server
East of England

SQL Server
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (32.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (17.50%) Skype for Business
3 4 (10.00%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (10.00%) NEC Housing
2 1 (2.50%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Cloud Services
1 24 (60.00%) Azure
2 6 (15.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 5 (12.50%) AWS
3 5 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 3 (7.50%) Cohesity
4 3 (7.50%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.50%) Skype
2 3 (7.50%) Firewall
2 3 (7.50%) VSAN
3 2 (5.00%) FTP
3 2 (5.00%) SSL
4 1 (2.50%) iSCSI
4 1 (2.50%) Kerberos
4 1 (2.50%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (2.50%) SAN
4 1 (2.50%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.00%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (12.50%) MySQL
3 4 (10.00%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (10.00%) MS Access
3 4 (10.00%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (7.50%) Redis
4 3 (7.50%) Relational Database
4 3 (7.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (5.00%) Big Data
5 2 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (5.00%) Hadoop
5 2 (5.00%) MongoDB
5 2 (5.00%) Neo4j
5 2 (5.00%) NoSQL
5 2 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (2.50%) Cognos Connection
6 1 (2.50%) Cognos Event Studio
6 1 (2.50%) Cognos Framework Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Metadata
6 1 (2.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Toad
2 3 (7.50%) GitLab
3 1 (2.50%) Postman
3 1 (2.50%) SoapUI
General
1 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (10.00%) Finance
2 4 (10.00%) Health Technology
2 4 (10.00%) Local Government
2 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.00%) Retail
4 1 (2.50%) Advertising
4 1 (2.50%) Games
4 1 (2.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (27.50%) Developer
2 7 (17.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (15.00%) Applications Support
3 6 (15.00%) Azure Engineer
3 6 (15.00%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (15.00%) Senior
4 5 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
4 5 (12.50%) Senior Applications Support
4 5 (12.50%) Software Developer
4 5 (12.50%) Wintel Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Applications Support Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Business Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Senior Support Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (20.00%) .NET
2 6 (15.00%) CSS
3 5 (12.50%) ASP.NET
3 5 (12.50%) React
4 4 (10.00%) .NET Framework
4 4 (10.00%) AngularJS
4 4 (10.00%) HTML
4 4 (10.00%) jQuery
5 3 (7.50%) SignalR
5 3 (7.50%) Vue
6 2 (5.00%) .NET Core
6 2 (5.00%) EDI
6 2 (5.00%) Entity Framework
6 2 (5.00%) HTML5
6 2 (5.00%) Node.js
6 2 (5.00%) REST
6 2 (5.00%) SOAP
7 1 (2.50%) MDX
7 1 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Blackberry
1 3 (7.50%) PKI
1 3 (7.50%) RSA SecurID
2 1 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (42.50%) Windows
1 17 (42.50%) Windows Server
2 4 (10.00%) Unix
3 3 (7.50%) Linux
3 3 (7.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) Agile
2 9 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (20.00%) Migration
4 7 (17.50%) Full-Stack Development
4 7 (17.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (15.00%) Computer Science
5 6 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (12.50%) Cloud Security
6 5 (12.50%) Cost Management
6 5 (12.50%) DevOps
6 5 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
6 5 (12.50%) ITIL
6 5 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
6 5 (12.50%) SDLC
7 4 (10.00%) Business Strategy
7 4 (10.00%) Customer Experience
7 4 (10.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 4 (10.00%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 12 (30.00%) PowerShell
1 12 (30.00%) SQL
2 9 (22.50%) C#
3 4 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.00%) Shell Script
3 4 (10.00%) VB
4 2 (5.00%) C++
4 2 (5.00%) Java
4 2 (5.00%) PHP
4 2 (5.00%) Python
4 2 (5.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) Degree
2 8 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (7.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (7.50%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) SLA
2 1 (2.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (22.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.50%) vSphere
3 2 (5.00%) Docker
4 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) SCOM
1 7 (17.50%) WSUS
2 3 (7.50%) Ansible
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (47.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.00%) Oracle
3 5 (12.50%) Salesforce
4 4 (10.00%) NEC
4 4 (10.00%) SAP
4 4 (10.00%) VMware
5 3 (7.50%) HP
5 3 (7.50%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.50%) Cognos
6 1 (2.50%) IBM
6 1 (2.50%) OpenText
6 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow