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 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 44 33
Rank change year-on-year -1 -11 +16
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 37 57 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 4.06% 4.07% 5.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 37.37% 29.08% 34.15%
Number of salaries quoted 35 21 26
10th Percentile £41,862 £31,250 £33,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £39,363
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £63,125 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £65,375
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 99 196 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 10.87% 13.99% 16.47%
Number of salaries quoted 84 100 92
10th Percentile £34,500 £30,975 £38,517
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,320 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% -3.79% -
75th Percentile £62,813 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,750 £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 28 October 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 28 October 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% 7
Hemel Hempstead +11 7 £50,000 +8.11% 2
Bishop's Stortford 0 3 £60,000 +60.00% 2
Watford -11 2 £61,250 +22.50% 4
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 14 (37.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (18.92%) Skype for Business
3 4 (10.81%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) NEC Housing
2 1 (2.70%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Cloud Services
1 21 (56.76%) Azure
2 7 (18.92%) Azure Logic Apps
3 6 (16.22%) Power Platform
4 4 (10.81%) PowerApps
5 3 (8.11%) Cohesity
6 2 (5.41%) AWS
7 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.92%) Skype
2 4 (10.81%) Firewall
3 3 (8.11%) VSAN
4 2 (5.41%) FTP
4 2 (5.41%) SSL
5 1 (2.70%) iSCSI
5 1 (2.70%) Kerberos
5 1 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (2.70%) SAN
5 1 (2.70%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (10.81%) MS Access
1 4 (10.81%) MySQL
1 4 (10.81%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (10.81%) SAP Data Services
2 3 (8.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (5.41%) Big Data
3 2 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.41%) Hadoop
3 2 (5.41%) MongoDB
3 2 (5.41%) Neo4j
3 2 (5.41%) NoSQL
3 2 (5.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.70%) Cognos Connection
4 1 (2.70%) Cognos Event Studio
4 1 (2.70%) Cognos Framework Manager
4 1 (2.70%) Metadata
4 1 (2.70%) OLAP
4 1 (2.70%) Power BI
4 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Toad
2 3 (8.11%) GitLab
3 1 (2.70%) Postman
3 1 (2.70%) SoapUI
General
1 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Aerospace
2 4 (10.81%) Health Technology
2 4 (10.81%) Local Government
2 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.11%) Finance
4 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Retail
5 1 (2.70%) Advertising
5 1 (2.70%) Games
5 1 (2.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Developer
1 8 (21.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (18.92%) Azure Engineer
2 7 (18.92%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Applications Support
3 6 (16.22%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Senior
4 5 (13.51%) Senior Applications Support
4 5 (13.51%) Wintel Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Applications Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Applications Support Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Business Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Applications Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Support Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Software Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Support Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) .NET
2 5 (13.51%) ASP.NET
2 5 (13.51%) CSS
3 4 (10.81%) .NET Framework
3 4 (10.81%) AngularJS
3 4 (10.81%) HTML
4 3 (8.11%) jQuery
4 3 (8.11%) React
5 2 (5.41%) .NET Core
5 2 (5.41%) EDI
5 2 (5.41%) Entity Framework
5 2 (5.41%) HTML5
5 2 (5.41%) Node.js
5 2 (5.41%) REST
5 2 (5.41%) SOAP
6 1 (2.70%) MDX
6 1 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (2.70%) SignalR
6 1 (2.70%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Blackberry
1 3 (8.11%) PKI
1 3 (8.11%) RSA SecurID
2 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (48.65%) Windows
1 18 (48.65%) Windows Server
2 4 (10.81%) Unix
3 3 (8.11%) Linux
3 3 (8.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Agile
2 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (21.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (21.62%) Migration
4 6 (16.22%) Cloud Security
4 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (16.22%) Cost Management
4 6 (16.22%) Performance Optimisation
5 5 (13.51%) Computer Science
5 5 (13.51%) DevOps
5 5 (13.51%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (13.51%) Full-Stack Development
5 5 (13.51%) GAP Analysis
5 5 (13.51%) ITIL
5 5 (13.51%) SDLC
6 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (10.81%) ETL
6 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (10.81%) UML
6 4 (10.81%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (32.43%) PowerShell
2 11 (29.73%) SQL
3 6 (16.22%) C#
4 4 (10.81%) JavaScript
4 4 (10.81%) Shell Script
4 4 (10.81%) VB
5 2 (5.41%) Python
5 2 (5.41%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.70%) C++
6 1 (2.70%) Java
6 1 (2.70%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) Degree
2 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
3 7 (18.92%) SC Cleared
4 3 (8.11%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) SLA
2 1 (2.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (24.32%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.11%) vSphere
3 2 (5.41%) Docker
4 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (18.92%) SCOM
1 7 (18.92%) WSUS
2 3 (8.11%) Ansible
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (54.05%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.22%) Oracle
3 5 (13.51%) Salesforce
4 4 (10.81%) NEC
4 4 (10.81%) SAP
4 4 (10.81%) VMware
5 3 (8.11%) HP
5 3 (8.11%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.70%) Cognos
6 1 (2.70%) IBM
6 1 (2.70%) OpenText
6 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow