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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 47 18
Rank change year-on-year -12 -29 +40
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 31 56 68
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 1.86% 4.64% 8.33%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 34.44% 24.78% 48.23%
Number of salaries quoted 29 20 57
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,780 £44,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £64,500 £95,000 £70,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%

All Database & 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 90 226 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 5.39% 18.71% 17.28%
Number of salaries quoted 77 121 116
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,938
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 £76,000 £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%

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 10 January 2026.

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 10 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
Stevenage -3 15 £51,500 +3.00% 5
Hemel Hempstead +14 9 £42,500 -5.56%
Bishop's Stortford +1 3 £50,000 +5.26% 1
Watford -4 2 £61,250 +32.43% 2
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 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (22.58%) Skype for Business
3 4 (12.90%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) NEC Housing
2 1 (3.23%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Cloud Services
1 14 (45.16%) Azure
2 7 (22.58%) AWS
3 3 (9.68%) Cohesity
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.23%) Boomi
4 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.23%) Matillion
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (22.58%) Skype
2 3 (9.68%) VSAN
3 2 (6.45%) FTP
3 2 (6.45%) SSL
4 1 (3.23%) Firewall
4 1 (3.23%) iSCSI
4 1 (3.23%) Kerberos
4 1 (3.23%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (3.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (19.35%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (16.13%) MySQL
3 4 (12.90%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (12.90%) MS Access
3 4 (12.90%) Redis
3 4 (12.90%) Relational Database
3 4 (12.90%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (9.68%) NoSQL
5 2 (6.45%) Big Data
5 2 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (6.45%) Hadoop
5 2 (6.45%) MongoDB
5 2 (6.45%) Neo4j
5 2 (6.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (3.23%) Cognos Framework Manager
6 1 (3.23%) OLAP
6 1 (3.23%) Pentaho
6 1 (3.23%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Toad
2 3 (9.68%) GitLab
3 1 (3.23%) Postman
3 1 (3.23%) SoapUI
General
1 10 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Aerospace
2 4 (12.90%) Finance
2 4 (12.90%) Local Government
2 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
3 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Health Technology
4 2 (6.45%) Law
4 2 (6.45%) Retail
5 1 (3.23%) Advertising
5 1 (3.23%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Developer
2 6 (19.35%) Applications Support
2 6 (19.35%) Senior
3 5 (16.13%) Senior Applications Support
3 5 (16.13%) Wintel Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Applications Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Applications Support Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Full-Stack Developer
4 4 (12.90%) Junior
4 4 (12.90%) Junior Developer
4 4 (12.90%) Junior Full-Stack Developer
4 4 (12.90%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Senior Support Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Support Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Business Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Data Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Technical Business Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.13%) .NET
1 5 (16.13%) React
2 4 (12.90%) SignalR
2 4 (12.90%) Vue
3 2 (6.45%) CSS
3 2 (6.45%) EDI
3 2 (6.45%) jQuery
3 2 (6.45%) REST
3 2 (6.45%) SOAP
4 1 (3.23%) .NET Core
4 1 (3.23%) .NET Framework
4 1 (3.23%) AngularJS
4 1 (3.23%) ASP.NET
4 1 (3.23%) Entity Framework
4 1 (3.23%) HTML
4 1 (3.23%) MDX
4 1 (3.23%) Node.js
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (3.23%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Blackberry
1 3 (9.68%) PKI
1 3 (9.68%) RSA SecurID
2 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (38.71%) Windows
1 12 (38.71%) Windows Server
2 4 (12.90%) Unix
3 3 (9.68%) Linux
3 3 (9.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Agile
2 8 (25.81%) Migration
3 6 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (16.13%) Computer Science
4 5 (16.13%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.90%) Customer Experience
5 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (12.90%) Data Migration
5 4 (12.90%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 4 (12.90%) Decision-Making
5 4 (12.90%) DevOps
5 4 (12.90%) Digital Strategy
5 4 (12.90%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (12.90%) ETL
5 4 (12.90%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (12.90%) ITIL
5 4 (12.90%) SDLC
5 4 (12.90%) Workflow
6 3 (9.68%) UML
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) PowerShell
2 9 (29.03%) SQL
3 6 (19.35%) C#
4 4 (12.90%) Shell Script
4 4 (12.90%) VB
5 3 (9.68%) Python
6 1 (3.23%) C++
6 1 (3.23%) Java
6 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Degree
1 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
2 7 (22.58%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.68%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) SLA
2 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (29.03%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.68%) vSphere
3 2 (6.45%) Docker
4 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (22.58%) SCOM
1 7 (22.58%) WSUS
2 3 (9.68%) Ansible
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) Oracle
3 4 (12.90%) NEC
3 4 (12.90%) Salesforce
3 4 (12.90%) SAP
3 4 (12.90%) VMware
4 3 (9.68%) HP
4 3 (9.68%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.23%) Cognos
5 1 (3.23%) IBM
5 1 (3.23%) Informatica
5 1 (3.23%) MuleSoft
5 1 (3.23%) OpenText
5 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.23%) Talend