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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 32 46
Rank change year-on-year -67 +14 -6
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 30 45 82
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 1.14% 5.85% 3.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.49% 30.20% 24.85%
Number of salaries quoted 21 35 78
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,300 £31,579
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £48,507
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +8.23% -2.99%
75th Percentile £100,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile - £64,000 £66,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,250 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.64% +4.76% +5.00%

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 286 149 330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 10.91% 19.38% 15.22%
Number of salaries quoted 168 127 265
10th Percentile £35,875 £37,300 £35,500
25th Percentile £48,091 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £80,313 £76,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +15.38% -2.35%

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 27 May 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 (6.67%) IIS
1 2 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (53.33%) AWS
2 13 (43.33%) Azure
3 10 (33.33%) SaaS
4 8 (26.67%) GitHub
4 8 (26.67%) Serverless
5 7 (23.33%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (20.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 6 (20.00%) Amazon EventBridge
6 6 (20.00%) Amazon S3
6 6 (20.00%) Amazon SQS
6 6 (20.00%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (20.00%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (20.00%) AWS Step Functions
6 6 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (10.00%) Power Platform
9 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (6.67%) Power Automate
9 2 (6.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Firewall
2 2 (6.67%) DHCP
2 2 (6.67%) DNS
2 2 (6.67%) LAN
2 2 (6.67%) VLAN
2 2 (6.67%) VPN
2 2 (6.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) DynamoDB
1 6 (20.00%) NoSQL
1 6 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (10.00%) Power BI
3 2 (6.67%) Power Query
3 2 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (3.33%) Metadata
4 1 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Git
General
1 8 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Developer
2 8 (26.67%) .NET Development Manager
2 8 (26.67%) Development Manager
2 8 (26.67%) Software Development Manager
2 8 (26.67%) Software Manager
3 6 (20.00%) .NET Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Senior
4 3 (10.00%) SQL Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Architect
5 2 (6.67%) C# Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Data Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Insight Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Python Developer
6 1 (3.33%) AWS Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Azure Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (66.67%) .NET
2 9 (30.00%) React
3 8 (26.67%) ASP.NET
4 7 (23.33%) .NET Core
4 7 (23.33%) ASP.NET Core
4 7 (23.33%) Blazor
4 7 (23.33%) RESTful
5 6 (20.00%) AWS CDK
6 4 (13.33%) CSS
6 4 (13.33%) HTML
7 2 (6.67%) Django
7 2 (6.67%) Flask
7 2 (6.67%) Vue
8 1 (3.33%) ARM Templates
8 1 (3.33%) FastAPI
8 1 (3.33%) FHIR
8 1 (3.33%) REST
8 1 (3.33%) SignalR
8 1 (3.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.67%) Data Structures
2 2 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.67%) Low-Code
3 1 (3.33%) Educational Technology
3 1 (3.33%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.33%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
1 3 (10.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Agile
2 11 (36.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 10 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 9 (30.00%) DevOps
4 9 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 9 (30.00%) Resource Allocation
4 9 (30.00%) SDLC
4 9 (30.00%) Software Engineering
5 8 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (26.67%) Product Vision
6 6 (20.00%) Application Security
6 6 (20.00%) Containerisation
6 6 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
6 6 (20.00%) Microservices
7 4 (13.33%) Data Architecture
8 3 (10.00%) Data Governance
8 3 (10.00%) Data Integration
8 3 (10.00%) Mentoring
8 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 15 (50.00%) SQL
2 14 (46.67%) C#
3 5 (16.67%) T-SQL
4 4 (13.33%) JavaScript
5 3 (10.00%) Python
6 2 (6.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (3.33%) Bicep
7 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) AWS Certification
1 6 (20.00%) AWS Certified Developer
2 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (6.67%) GDPR
2 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.33%) HL7
3 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (26.67%) Docker
2 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (30.00%) Terraform
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Duck Creek
2 1 (3.33%) F5
2 1 (3.33%) OutSystems
2 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.33%) VMware