SQL Server Job Trends in Leeds

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 57 64
Rank change year-on-year -33 +7 -29
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 35 19 49
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 1.12% 2.04% 2.91%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 14.46% 15.08% 25.65%
Number of salaries quoted 28 17 45
10th Percentile £41,525 - £34,300
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +26.32% -9.52%
75th Percentile £72,500 £62,500 £55,250
90th Percentile - £65,500 £67,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +22.45% -4.85%

All Database & 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 242 126 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 7.76% 13.50% 11.36%
Number of salaries quoted 157 106 139
10th Percentile £38,772 £41,875 £31,450
25th Percentile £46,217 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £79,336 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +14.29% -3.23%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Leeds

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Leeds over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Leeds

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (8.57%) CMS
1 3 (8.57%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (48.57%) Azure
2 5 (14.29%) AWS
2 5 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (8.57%) Algolia
3 3 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (8.57%) SaaS
3 3 (8.57%) Storyblok
4 2 (5.71%) Alation
4 2 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (5.71%) dbt
4 2 (5.71%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.71%) GCP
4 2 (5.71%) IaaS
4 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.71%) PaaS
4 2 (5.71%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.86%) Datadog
5 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.57%) LAN
1 3 (8.57%) WAN
2 2 (5.71%) DHCP
2 2 (5.71%) DNS
2 2 (5.71%) Firewall
2 2 (5.71%) VLAN
2 2 (5.71%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.43%) Redis
2 3 (8.57%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (5.71%) Relational Database
3 2 (5.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (5.71%) Tableau
4 1 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (2.86%) Metadata
4 1 (2.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Git
1 3 (8.57%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 12 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Finance
3 3 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Legal
5 1 (2.86%) Local Government
5 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Architect
1 9 (25.71%) Developer
2 8 (22.86%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Senior
5 4 (11.43%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (8.57%) .NET Software Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) Data Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Lead
6 3 (8.57%) Lead Developer
6 3 (8.57%) SQL Developer
7 2 (5.71%) Azure Data Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Data Analyst
7 2 (5.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (5.71%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (62.86%) .NET
2 6 (17.14%) ASP.NET
3 5 (14.29%) .NET Core
3 5 (14.29%) ASP.NET Core
3 5 (14.29%) Blazor
3 5 (14.29%) CSS
3 5 (14.29%) HTML
3 5 (14.29%) React
4 3 (8.57%) Entity Framework
4 3 (8.57%) Node.js
5 2 (5.71%) REST
5 2 (5.71%) Terraform
6 1 (2.86%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.86%) ARM Templates
6 1 (2.86%) FHIR
6 1 (2.86%) React Native
6 1 (2.86%) RESTful
6 1 (2.86%) SignalR
6 1 (2.86%) WinForms
6 1 (2.86%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Learning Management System
2 1 (2.86%) Educational Technology
2 1 (2.86%) e-Learning
2 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.86%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.86%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Windows
1 3 (8.57%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Agile
2 10 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 10 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
3 9 (25.71%) Decision-Making
4 8 (22.86%) Architectural Patterns
4 8 (22.86%) Architecture Governance
4 8 (22.86%) Full-Stack Development
4 8 (22.86%) Integration Patterns
4 8 (22.86%) Migration
5 7 (20.00%) DevOps
5 7 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 5 (14.29%) Code Quality
6 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (11.43%) Data Governance
7 4 (11.43%) ETL
7 4 (11.43%) Scrum
8 3 (8.57%) Analytics
8 3 (8.57%) SDLC
8 3 (8.57%) Unit Testing
8 3 (8.57%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 20 (57.14%) C#
2 13 (37.14%) SQL
3 9 (25.71%) JavaScript
4 5 (14.29%) T-SQL
5 3 (8.57%) Python
6 2 (5.71%) Bicep
7 1 (2.86%) Delphi
7 1 (2.86%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.86%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (5.71%) Degree
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (5.71%) GDPR
2 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.86%) HL7
3 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.86%) SCOM
Vendors
1 22 (62.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.71%) Dataiku
2 2 (5.71%) Google
3 1 (2.86%) DevExpress
3 1 (2.86%) Liquidlogic
3 1 (2.86%) OutSystems
3 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds