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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 46 37
Rank change year-on-year -14 -9 +6
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 42 42 87
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 3.15% 3.95% 6.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.10% 27.27% 28.62%
Number of salaries quoted 28 39 73
10th Percentile £42,000 £30,625 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,175 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £45,445 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +70.54% -20.97% +15.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £56,875 £77,500
90th Percentile - £72,000 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £75,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +50.00% -13.04% +15.00%

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 232 154 304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 17.39% 14.50% 23.12%
Number of salaries quoted 155 116 214
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,938 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,875 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £70,313 £69,875
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% -

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 3 January 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 2 (4.76%) Confluence
1 2 (4.76%) IIS
1 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 30 (71.43%) AWS
2 18 (42.86%) Azure
3 16 (38.10%) SaaS
4 15 (35.71%) GitHub
4 15 (35.71%) Serverless
5 14 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (26.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 11 (26.19%) Amazon EventBridge
6 11 (26.19%) Amazon S3
6 11 (26.19%) Amazon SQS
6 11 (26.19%) AWS CloudFormation
6 11 (26.19%) AWS Lambda
6 11 (26.19%) AWS Step Functions
6 11 (26.19%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (9.52%) Power Platform
8 3 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (7.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (4.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (26.19%) DynamoDB
2 11 (26.19%) NoSQL
3 6 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (9.52%) Power BI
5 3 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (7.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (4.76%) Power Query
6 2 (4.76%) RDBMS
6 2 (4.76%) Relational Database
6 2 (4.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 13 (30.95%) Git
2 2 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 15 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.67%) Finance
3 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Back Office
6 1 (2.38%) Billing
6 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (42.86%) Developer
2 12 (28.57%) .NET Development Manager
2 12 (28.57%) Development Manager
2 12 (28.57%) Software Development Manager
2 12 (28.57%) Software Manager
3 10 (23.81%) .NET Developer
4 5 (11.90%) AWS Developer
5 4 (9.52%) Lead
5 4 (9.52%) Python Developer
6 3 (7.14%) AWS DevOps
6 3 (7.14%) DevOps Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Insight Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Serverless Developer
7 2 (4.76%) .NET Software Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Applications Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Data Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Lead Developer
7 2 (4.76%) Lead Python Developer
7 2 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (61.90%) .NET
2 15 (35.71%) React
3 13 (30.95%) .NET Core
3 13 (30.95%) Blazor
4 11 (26.19%) ASP.NET
4 11 (26.19%) ASP.NET Core
4 11 (26.19%) AWS CDK
4 11 (26.19%) RESTful
5 4 (9.52%) CSS
5 4 (9.52%) Django
5 4 (9.52%) FastAPI
5 4 (9.52%) Flask
5 4 (9.52%) HTML
5 4 (9.52%) Vue
6 1 (2.38%) PySpark
6 1 (2.38%) REST
6 1 (2.38%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.19%) Cloud Native
2 4 (9.52%) Data Structures
3 3 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.76%) Low-Code
5 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.38%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.38%) Legacy Code
5 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Windows
1 2 (4.76%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (69.05%) Agile
2 17 (40.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (38.10%) CI/CD
3 16 (38.10%) DevOps
3 16 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (38.10%) Software Engineering
4 15 (35.71%) Infrastructure as Code
5 14 (33.33%) SDLC
6 12 (28.57%) Product Vision
6 12 (28.57%) Resource Allocation
6 12 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
7 11 (26.19%) Application Security
7 11 (26.19%) Containerisation
7 11 (26.19%) Deployment Automation
7 11 (26.19%) Microservices
8 7 (16.67%) Visualisation
9 6 (14.29%) Data Analysis
9 6 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 5 (11.90%) Data Modelling
10 5 (11.90%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 21 (50.00%) SQL
2 15 (35.71%) C#
3 7 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 6 (14.29%) Python
5 4 (9.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (7.14%) T-SQL
7 2 (4.76%) PL/SQL
7 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
8 1 (2.38%) Delphi
8 1 (2.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (26.19%) AWS Certification
1 11 (26.19%) AWS Certified Developer
2 3 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.38%) MCITP
3 1 (2.38%) MCSE
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.38%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 16 (38.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (35.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle
3 1 (2.38%) Duck Creek
3 1 (2.38%) F5
3 1 (2.38%) VMware