SQL Server Jobs in Leeds

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 59 40
Rank change year-on-year +31 -19 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 51 81 186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 6.51% 3.57% 6.28%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.90% 20.66% 28.84%
Number of salaries quoted 40 76 154
10th Percentile £31,863 £31,579 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £66,449
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £47,750
% change year-on-year - +9.95% +0.53%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 155 392 645
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 19.80% 17.29% 21.79%
Number of salaries quoted 133 270 403
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.50% -3.74% -2.73%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £83,995
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Leeds

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in Leeds

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Leeds over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Leeds

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 4 (7.84%) Confluence
2 1 (1.96%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.96%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 40 (78.43%) Azure
2 12 (23.53%) Power Platform
3 8 (15.69%) AWS
3 8 (15.69%) Azure Data Factory
4 6 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (9.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 5 (9.80%) GCP
5 5 (9.80%) GitHub
6 4 (7.84%) Azure Functions
6 4 (7.84%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (7.84%) Azure Stack
6 4 (7.84%) Power Automate
6 4 (7.84%) Serverless
7 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.96%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.96%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.96%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.84%) Firewall
2 1 (1.96%) DNS
2 1 (1.96%) LAN
2 1 (1.96%) VPN
2 1 (1.96%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (25.49%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (23.53%) Power BI
3 11 (21.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (15.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 8 (15.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (13.73%) MySQL
6 5 (9.80%) MongoDB
6 5 (9.80%) NoSQL
6 5 (9.80%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (7.84%) Biml
7 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 4 (7.84%) Relational Database
8 2 (3.92%) Oracle Database
9 1 (1.96%) Big Data
9 1 (1.96%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 11 (21.57%) JIRA
2 10 (19.61%) Git
3 4 (7.84%) Visual Studio
4 2 (3.92%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (3.92%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.65%) Finance
3 4 (7.84%) Banking
4 3 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.92%) Legal
5 2 (3.92%) Local Government
5 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.96%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (33.33%) Developer
2 10 (19.61%) Senior
2 10 (19.61%) SQL Developer
3 9 (17.65%) .NET Software Engineer
3 9 (17.65%) Software Engineer
4 8 (15.69%) Data Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) Analyst
5 6 (11.76%) Applications Support
5 6 (11.76%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Node.js Developer
7 4 (7.84%) Applications Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Azure Data Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Applications Support Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Database Developer
8 3 (5.88%) Senior Developer
8 3 (5.88%) SQL Database Developer
8 3 (5.88%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.88%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (21.57%) .NET
2 6 (11.76%) .NET Framework
2 6 (11.76%) AngularJS
2 6 (11.76%) React
2 6 (11.76%) Vue
3 5 (9.80%) Node.js
4 4 (7.84%) REST
5 3 (5.88%) .NET Core
5 3 (5.88%) Blazor
5 3 (5.88%) WPF
6 2 (3.92%) Middleware
6 2 (3.92%) WinForms
7 1 (1.96%) ARM Templates
7 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET
7 1 (1.96%) CSS
7 1 (1.96%) jQuery
7 1 (1.96%) Laravel
7 1 (1.96%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.80%) Windows
2 4 (7.84%) Windows Server
2 4 (7.84%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.96%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (35.29%) Agile
2 14 (27.45%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (17.65%) CI/CD
3 9 (17.65%) DevOps
3 9 (17.65%) Software Engineering
4 8 (15.69%) ETL
5 7 (13.73%) Computer Science
5 7 (13.73%) Performance Tuning
6 6 (11.76%) Data Modelling
6 6 (11.76%) Data Pipeline
6 6 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 6 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (9.80%) Containerisation
7 5 (9.80%) CRM
7 5 (9.80%) Migration
7 5 (9.80%) Visualisation
8 4 (7.84%) Clean Code
8 4 (7.84%) Customer Service
8 4 (7.84%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 4 (7.84%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 37 (72.55%) SQL
2 18 (35.29%) T-SQL
3 11 (21.57%) C#
4 7 (13.73%) JavaScript
5 4 (7.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (7.84%) PowerShell
5 4 (7.84%) Python
5 4 (7.84%) TypeScript
6 2 (3.92%) PHP
6 2 (3.92%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.96%) C++
7 1 (1.96%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (21.57%) Degree
2 6 (11.76%) DBS Check
3 5 (9.80%) Azure Certification
4 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.88%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.92%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.92%) MCITP
5 2 (3.92%) MCSE
6 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) QA
2 3 (5.88%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.96%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (9.80%) Docker
2 4 (7.84%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (5.88%) vSphere
4 1 (1.96%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.96%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 5 (9.80%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.84%) Terraform
3 3 (5.88%) vCenter Server
4 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.96%) Ansible
5 1 (1.96%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.96%) SCOM
Vendors
1 24 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.84%) Databricks
2 4 (7.84%) VMware
3 3 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.92%) Intapp
4 2 (3.92%) Oracle
4 2 (3.92%) SAP
5 1 (1.96%) Commvault
5 1 (1.96%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.96%) Veeam