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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 24 50
Rank change year-on-year -28 +26 -28
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 35 125 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.24% 6.08% 5.18%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.31% 43.40% 23.32%
Number of salaries quoted 33 121 42
10th Percentile £39,750 £25,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £50,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% -11.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,188
90th Percentile - £72,500 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £44,000 £47,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.37% -12.04% +13.68%

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 144 288 386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 17.43% 14.01% 22.20%
Number of salaries quoted 102 263 195
10th Percentile £40,150 £26,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.00% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,875 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +9.52%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +29 8 £42,000 -16.00% 41
Watford -3 8 £44,000 -12.00% 47
Bishop's Stortford +7 4 £57,500 +15.00%
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £55,000 - 2
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 (42.86%) IIS
2 10 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (22.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (65.71%) Azure
2 18 (51.43%) Power Platform
3 10 (28.57%) Azure Logic Apps
4 9 (25.71%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (25.71%) PowerApps
5 3 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (5.71%) IaaS
6 2 (5.71%) PaaS
7 1 (2.86%) Boomi
7 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.86%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.71%) Firewall
2 7 (20.00%) FTP
3 1 (2.86%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (25.71%) Power BI
2 8 (22.86%) GIS
3 2 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (5.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.86%) Big Data
4 1 (2.86%) MySQL
4 1 (2.86%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (20.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (5.71%) Git
3 1 (2.86%) Moq
3 1 (2.86%) MSTest
3 1 (2.86%) NUnit
3 1 (2.86%) xUnit.net
General
1 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Finance
2 7 (20.00%) Local Government
3 6 (17.14%) Advertising
4 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Marketing
5 1 (2.86%) Back Office
5 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Applications Support
2 10 (28.57%) Azure Engineer
2 10 (28.57%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (28.57%) Cloud Engineer
2 10 (28.57%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (22.86%) Applications Specialist
3 8 (22.86%) Applications Support Specialist
3 8 (22.86%) Support Specialist
4 7 (20.00%) Applications Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Applications Support Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Senior
4 7 (20.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Senior Applications Support
4 7 (20.00%) Senior Support Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Support Engineer
5 5 (14.29%) Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Software Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.14%) .NET
2 5 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET
4 3 (8.57%) CSS
4 3 (8.57%) Entity Framework
4 3 (8.57%) HTML
4 3 (8.57%) HTML5
5 2 (5.71%) .NET Core
5 2 (5.71%) AngularJS
5 2 (5.71%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (5.71%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (5.71%) LINQ
5 2 (5.71%) REST
5 2 (5.71%) Web Services
6 1 (2.86%) Akka
6 1 (2.86%) CSS3
6 1 (2.86%) NHibernate
6 1 (2.86%) Ninject
6 1 (2.86%) React
6 1 (2.86%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.86%) Robotics
2 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (68.57%) Windows
2 17 (48.57%) Windows Server
3 7 (20.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (28.57%) Cloud Security
2 10 (28.57%) Cost Management
2 10 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (28.57%) Performance Optimisation
3 9 (25.71%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (20.00%) High Availability
4 7 (20.00%) ITIL
4 7 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 6 (17.14%) Agile
5 6 (17.14%) Asset Management
5 6 (17.14%) Project Planning
6 5 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 4 (11.43%) Service Delivery
8 3 (8.57%) Data Management
8 3 (8.57%) DevOps
8 3 (8.57%) MVC
8 3 (8.57%) Project Management
9 2 (5.71%) API Integration
9 2 (5.71%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 13 (37.14%) SQL
2 8 (22.86%) T-SQL
3 7 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 6 (17.14%) C#
5 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
6 2 (5.71%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Docker
2 1 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) Oracle
3 1 (2.86%) Informatica
3 1 (2.86%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.86%) Talend