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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 44 23
Rank change year-on-year +10 -21 +25
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 47 53 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 5.67% 3.45% 7.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 37.90% 29.61% 38.79%
Number of salaries quoted 43 23 32
10th Percentile £39,750 £32,250 £34,225
25th Percentile £42,780 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -3.85% +0.97%
75th Percentile £65,625 £69,375 £60,625
90th Percentile £74,000 £95,000 £66,250
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%

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 124 179 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 14.96% 11.66% 19.03%
Number of salaries quoted 96 108 106
10th Percentile £39,750 £26,550 £41,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £50,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server 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 18 September 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 18 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
Stevenage +18 21 £43,085 -25.07% 7
Hemel Hempstead +9 6 £50,000 +5.26% 2
Bishop's Stortford -1 4 £60,000 +60.00% 3
Watford -8 2 £53,250 +15.14% 5
SQL Server
East of England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (36.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (17.02%) IIS
3 7 (14.89%) SharePoint
3 7 (14.89%) Skype for Business
4 4 (8.51%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (8.51%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 23 (48.94%) Azure
2 18 (38.30%) Power Platform
3 10 (21.28%) Azure Logic Apps
4 8 (17.02%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (14.89%) PowerApps
6 3 (6.38%) Cohesity
7 1 (2.13%) AWS
7 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (19.15%) FTP
2 7 (14.89%) Firewall
2 7 (14.89%) Skype
3 3 (6.38%) VSAN
4 2 (4.26%) SSL
5 1 (2.13%) iSCSI
5 1 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (2.13%) SAN
5 1 (2.13%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (21.28%) Power BI
2 4 (8.51%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (8.51%) MS Access
2 4 (8.51%) MySQL
2 4 (8.51%) SAP Data Services
2 4 (8.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (4.26%) Big Data
4 2 (4.26%) Hadoop
4 2 (4.26%) MongoDB
4 2 (4.26%) Neo4j
4 2 (4.26%) NoSQL
4 2 (4.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 4 (8.51%) Toad
3 3 (6.38%) GitLab
4 1 (2.13%) Postman
4 1 (2.13%) SoapUI
General
1 20 (42.55%) Social Skills
2 11 (23.40%) Local Government
3 4 (8.51%) Aerospace
3 4 (8.51%) Finance
3 4 (8.51%) Health Technology
3 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.26%) Advertising
4 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Marketing
4 2 (4.26%) Retail
5 1 (2.13%) Games
5 1 (2.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (29.79%) Applications Support
2 13 (27.66%) Senior
3 12 (25.53%) Senior Applications Support
4 11 (23.40%) Applications Engineer
4 11 (23.40%) Applications Support Engineer
4 11 (23.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (23.40%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 11 (23.40%) Senior Support Engineer
4 11 (23.40%) Support Engineer
5 10 (21.28%) Azure Engineer
5 10 (21.28%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (19.15%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (19.15%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (12.77%) Developer
8 5 (10.64%) Wintel Engineer
9 4 (8.51%) Analyst
9 4 (8.51%) Business Analyst
9 4 (8.51%) Software Developer
9 4 (8.51%) Technical Analyst
9 4 (8.51%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.64%) .NET
1 5 (10.64%) ASP.NET
1 5 (10.64%) CSS
2 4 (8.51%) .NET Framework
2 4 (8.51%) AngularJS
2 4 (8.51%) HTML
3 3 (6.38%) jQuery
4 2 (4.26%) .NET Core
4 2 (4.26%) EDI
4 2 (4.26%) Entity Framework
4 2 (4.26%) HTML5
4 2 (4.26%) Node.js
4 2 (4.26%) React
4 2 (4.26%) REST
4 2 (4.26%) SOAP
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Blackberry
1 3 (6.38%) PKI
1 3 (6.38%) RSA SecurID
2 2 (4.26%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (61.70%) Windows
2 22 (46.81%) Windows Server
3 7 (14.89%) Windows 10
4 4 (8.51%) Unix
5 3 (6.38%) Linux
5 3 (6.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (38.30%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (25.53%) Agile
2 12 (25.53%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (25.53%) ITIL
3 11 (23.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (19.15%) Cloud Security
4 9 (19.15%) Cost Management
4 9 (19.15%) Performance Optimisation
5 8 (17.02%) Migration
6 7 (14.89%) High Availability
7 6 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (10.64%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (10.64%) SDLC
9 4 (8.51%) Business Analysis
9 4 (8.51%) Computer Science
9 4 (8.51%) Data Migration
9 4 (8.51%) IT Governance
9 4 (8.51%) Logistics
9 4 (8.51%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 19 (40.43%) PowerShell
2 18 (38.30%) SQL
3 7 (14.89%) T-SQL
4 5 (10.64%) C#
5 4 (8.51%) JavaScript
5 4 (8.51%) Shell Script
5 4 (8.51%) VB
6 2 (4.26%) Python
6 2 (4.26%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.13%) C++
7 1 (2.13%) Java
7 1 (2.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (31.91%) Degree
2 8 (17.02%) Security Cleared
3 7 (14.89%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.38%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.13%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) SLA
2 1 (2.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (17.02%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.38%) vSphere
3 2 (4.26%) Docker
4 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (14.89%) SCOM
1 7 (14.89%) WSUS
2 3 (6.38%) Ansible
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (63.83%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.77%) Oracle
3 5 (10.64%) Salesforce
4 4 (8.51%) NEC
4 4 (8.51%) SAP
4 4 (8.51%) VMware
5 3 (6.38%) HP
5 3 (6.38%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.13%) OpenText
6 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow