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 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 47 55
Rank change year-on-year -49 +8 -25
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 28 35 63
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.97% 3.66% 3.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.89% 23.49% 26.36%
Number of salaries quoted 24 26 58
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,875 £34,525
25th Percentile £44,375 £52,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £48,507
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +23.69% -5.81%
75th Percentile £72,500 £64,375 £56,250
90th Percentile - £81,264 £63,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -2.44%

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 257 149 239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 8.89% 15.60% 12.72%
Number of salaries quoted 167 127 185
10th Percentile £38,100 £43,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,276 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,805 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.34% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £79,668 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,000 £88,500 £82,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +16.50% -6.36%

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 7 August 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 4 (14.29%) IIS
2 3 (10.71%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 14 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (14.29%) AWS
2 4 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (10.71%) Algolia
3 3 (10.71%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (10.71%) Storyblok
4 2 (7.14%) Alation
4 2 (7.14%) dbt
4 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 2 (7.14%) GCP
4 2 (7.14%) IaaS
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.14%) PaaS
4 2 (7.14%) Snowflake
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.57%) Datadog
5 1 (3.57%) GitHub
5 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.57%) SaaS
5 1 (3.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) LAN
1 3 (10.71%) WAN
2 2 (7.14%) DHCP
2 2 (7.14%) DNS
2 2 (7.14%) Firewall
2 2 (7.14%) VLAN
2 2 (7.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) Redis
2 2 (7.14%) Tableau
3 1 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (3.57%) Metadata
3 1 (3.57%) Power BI
3 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Git
1 3 (10.71%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (10.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Legal
5 1 (3.57%) Local Government
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Developer
2 7 (25.00%) Architect
3 6 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (17.86%) Software Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (14.29%) Senior
6 3 (10.71%) .NET Software Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) SQL Developer
7 2 (7.14%) Applications Support
7 2 (7.14%) C# Developer
7 2 (7.14%) Data Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Governance Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (3.57%) Azure Data Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Full-Stack Python Developer
8 1 (3.57%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (64.29%) .NET
2 6 (21.43%) CSS
2 6 (21.43%) HTML
2 6 (21.43%) React
3 5 (17.86%) .NET Core
3 5 (17.86%) ASP.NET
4 4 (14.29%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (14.29%) Blazor
5 3 (10.71%) Entity Framework
5 3 (10.71%) Node.js
6 1 (3.57%) ARM Templates
6 1 (3.57%) Django
6 1 (3.57%) FHIR
6 1 (3.57%) Flask
6 1 (3.57%) REST
6 1 (3.57%) RESTful
6 1 (3.57%) SignalR
6 1 (3.57%) Vue
6 1 (3.57%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Learning Management System
2 1 (3.57%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.57%) Educational Technology
2 1 (3.57%) e-Learning
2 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.57%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Windows
1 3 (10.71%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Agile
2 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 8 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
3 7 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 6 (21.43%) Architectural Patterns
4 6 (21.43%) Architecture Governance
4 6 (21.43%) Full-Stack Development
4 6 (21.43%) Integration Patterns
4 6 (21.43%) Migration
5 5 (17.86%) Code Quality
5 5 (17.86%) DevOps
5 5 (17.86%) Software Engineering
6 4 (14.29%) Scrum
7 3 (10.71%) Analytics
7 3 (10.71%) Data Governance
7 3 (10.71%) E-Commerce
7 3 (10.71%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (10.71%) Task Automation
7 3 (10.71%) Unit Testing
7 3 (10.71%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 18 (64.29%) C#
2 11 (39.29%) SQL
3 10 (35.71%) JavaScript
4 4 (14.29%) T-SQL
5 2 (7.14%) Python
6 1 (3.57%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Data Quality
2 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (7.14%) GDPR
2 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.14%) SLA
3 1 (3.57%) HL7
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (7.14%) Terraform
2 1 (3.57%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) Dataiku
2 2 (7.14%) Google
3 1 (3.57%) Liquidlogic
3 1 (3.57%) OutSystems
3 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.57%) SolarWinds