SQL Server Jobs in Hertfordshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 36 35
Rank change year-on-year -12 -1 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 41 92 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.44% 4.30% 7.01%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 26.80% 34.98% 32.30%
Number of salaries quoted 39 89 45
10th Percentile £39,550 £25,000 £37,150
25th Percentile £42,000 £28,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -19.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,500 £73,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -

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 153 263 291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 16.56% 12.29% 21.72%
Number of salaries quoted 110 231 164
10th Percentile £39,650 £25,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £43,188 £39,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Hertfordshire.

Salary trend for SQL Server in Hertfordshire

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 16 July 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 16 July 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 +33 9 £42,000 -23.64% 5
Watford -2 8 £44,000 -16.98% 5
Bishop's Stortford +4 4 £60,000 +20.00% 1
Hemel Hempstead +3 2 £50,000 -33.33% 9
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 15 (36.59%) IIS
2 12 (29.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (19.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 29 (70.73%) Azure
2 20 (48.78%) Power Platform
3 12 (29.27%) Azure Logic Apps
4 10 (24.39%) PowerApps
5 9 (21.95%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.88%) IaaS
6 2 (4.88%) PaaS
7 1 (2.44%) Boomi
7 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.44%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.95%) Firewall
2 7 (17.07%) FTP
3 1 (2.44%) Internet
3 1 (2.44%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (24.39%) Power BI
2 8 (19.51%) GIS
3 4 (9.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (7.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (4.88%) MySQL
5 2 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (2.44%) Big Data
6 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (17.07%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 12 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.07%) Finance
2 7 (17.07%) Local Government
3 6 (14.63%) Advertising
4 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Health Technology
4 2 (4.88%) Marketing
5 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Applications Support
2 12 (29.27%) Azure Engineer
2 12 (29.27%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (29.27%) Cloud Engineer
2 12 (29.27%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (29.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Applications Specialist
3 8 (19.51%) Applications Support Specialist
3 8 (19.51%) Support Specialist
4 7 (17.07%) Applications Engineer
4 7 (17.07%) Applications Support Engineer
4 7 (17.07%) Developer
4 7 (17.07%) Senior
4 7 (17.07%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 7 (17.07%) Senior Applications Support
4 7 (17.07%) Senior Support Engineer
4 7 (17.07%) Support Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Software Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.63%) .NET
1 6 (14.63%) CSS
2 5 (12.20%) ASP.NET
2 5 (12.20%) HTML
3 4 (9.76%) .NET Framework
3 4 (9.76%) AngularJS
4 3 (7.32%) .NET Core
4 3 (7.32%) HTML5
4 3 (7.32%) jQuery
4 3 (7.32%) React
5 2 (4.88%) Entity Framework
5 2 (4.88%) Node.js
6 1 (2.44%) Akka
6 1 (2.44%) CSS3
6 1 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (2.44%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.88%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.44%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.44%) Robotics
2 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (63.41%) Windows
2 19 (46.34%) Windows Server
3 7 (17.07%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (29.27%) Cloud Security
2 12 (29.27%) Cost Management
2 12 (29.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (29.27%) Performance Optimisation
3 10 (24.39%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (21.95%) ITIL
5 7 (17.07%) Agile
5 7 (17.07%) High Availability
5 7 (17.07%) Project Delivery
6 6 (14.63%) Asset Management
6 6 (14.63%) Project Planning
7 4 (9.76%) Computer Science
7 4 (9.76%) Full-Stack Development
7 4 (9.76%) MVC
7 4 (9.76%) Service Delivery
7 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (7.32%) Data Migration
8 3 (7.32%) IT Strategy
8 3 (7.32%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 12 (29.27%) SQL
2 7 (17.07%) PowerShell
2 7 (17.07%) T-SQL
3 6 (14.63%) C#
4 5 (12.20%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.88%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.44%) C++
6 1 (2.44%) Java
6 1 (2.44%) PHP
6 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (26.83%) Degree
2 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.44%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 26 (63.41%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.76%) Oracle
3 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.44%) Informatica
4 1 (2.44%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.44%) Talend