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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 51 56
Rank change year-on-year -49 +5 -24
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 26 32 66
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.93% 3.39% 3.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.12% 21.77% 25.88%
Number of salaries quoted 23 23 60
10th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £33,800
25th Percentile £43,750 £54,375 £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 £67,375 £63,750 £57,188
90th Percentile £72,500 £88,772 £65,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -

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 257 147 255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 9.15% 15.59% 13.16%
Number of salaries quoted 167 126 196
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,276 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +15.38% -5.45%
75th Percentile £79,218 £75,000 £65,603
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £80,625
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 31 July 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 (15.38%) IIS
2 3 (11.54%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (15.38%) AWS
2 4 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (11.54%) Algolia
3 3 (11.54%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (11.54%) Storyblok
4 2 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 2 (7.69%) IaaS
4 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.69%) PaaS
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.85%) Datadog
5 1 (3.85%) dbt
5 1 (3.85%) GCP
5 1 (3.85%) GitHub
5 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.85%) SaaS
5 1 (3.85%) Serverless
5 1 (3.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) LAN
1 3 (11.54%) WAN
2 2 (7.69%) DHCP
2 2 (7.69%) DNS
2 2 (7.69%) Firewall
2 2 (7.69%) VLAN
2 2 (7.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) Redis
2 1 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.85%) Metadata
2 1 (3.85%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Git
1 3 (11.54%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Legal
4 1 (3.85%) Local Government
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Developer
2 6 (23.08%) Architect
3 5 (19.23%) Software Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (15.38%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (11.54%) .NET Software Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Senior
5 3 (11.54%) SQL Developer
6 2 (7.69%) Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Applications Support
6 2 (7.69%) C# Developer
6 2 (7.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Applications Specialist
7 1 (3.85%) Azure Data Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Data Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Full-Stack Python Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Lead
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (65.38%) .NET
2 6 (23.08%) CSS
2 6 (23.08%) HTML
2 6 (23.08%) React
3 5 (19.23%) .NET Core
3 5 (19.23%) ASP.NET
4 4 (15.38%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (15.38%) Blazor
5 3 (11.54%) Entity Framework
5 3 (11.54%) Node.js
6 1 (3.85%) ARM Templates
6 1 (3.85%) Django
6 1 (3.85%) FHIR
6 1 (3.85%) Flask
6 1 (3.85%) REST
6 1 (3.85%) RESTful
6 1 (3.85%) SignalR
6 1 (3.85%) Vue
6 1 (3.85%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Learning Management System
2 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.85%) Educational Technology
2 1 (3.85%) e-Learning
2 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.85%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
1 3 (11.54%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Agile
2 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (26.92%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (23.08%) Decision-Making
3 6 (23.08%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (19.23%) Architectural Patterns
4 5 (19.23%) Architecture Governance
4 5 (19.23%) Code Quality
4 5 (19.23%) DevOps
4 5 (19.23%) Integration Patterns
4 5 (19.23%) Migration
4 5 (19.23%) Software Engineering
5 4 (15.38%) Scrum
6 3 (11.54%) E-Commerce
6 3 (11.54%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (11.54%) Task Automation
6 3 (11.54%) Unit Testing
6 3 (11.54%) Workflow
7 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (65.38%) C#
2 11 (42.31%) SQL
3 10 (38.46%) JavaScript
4 4 (15.38%) T-SQL
5 2 (7.69%) Python
6 1 (3.85%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 2 (7.69%) GDPR
1 2 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (7.69%) SLA
2 1 (3.85%) HL7
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (7.69%) Terraform
2 1 (3.85%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Dataiku
2 1 (3.85%) Google
2 1 (3.85%) Liquidlogic
2 1 (3.85%) OutSystems
2 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.85%) SolarWinds