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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 40 51
Rank change year-on-year -69 +11 -13
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 21 38 86
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.79% 4.70% 3.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.02% 25.85% 24.78%
Number of salaries quoted 19 29 79
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,250 £31,579
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +26.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £62,500 £61,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £73,756 £66,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £56,250 £60,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year -6.25% +17.07% +2.50%

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 262 147 347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 9.88% 18.19% 14.56%
Number of salaries quoted 162 126 274
10th Percentile £37,600 £39,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,655 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.09% +20.00% -7.81%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £94,500 £86,250 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -4.76%

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 19 June 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 (9.52%) IIS
2 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) Azure
2 5 (23.81%) AWS
2 5 (23.81%) SaaS
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
4 2 (9.52%) IaaS
4 2 (9.52%) PaaS
4 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Storage
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (4.76%) GitHub
5 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
5 1 (4.76%) PowerApps
5 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Firewall
2 2 (9.52%) DHCP
2 2 (9.52%) DNS
2 2 (9.52%) LAN
2 2 (9.52%) VLAN
2 2 (9.52%) VPN
2 2 (9.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (4.76%) Metadata
2 1 (4.76%) Power Query
2 1 (4.76%) Redis
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Developer
2 4 (19.05%) Architect
3 3 (14.29%) .NET Development Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Development Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Senior
3 3 (14.29%) Software Development Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Software Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (14.29%) SQL Developer
4 2 (9.52%) C# Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Applications Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) Applications Support Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) C# Software Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Data Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (61.90%) .NET
2 3 (14.29%) .NET Core
2 3 (14.29%) CSS
2 3 (14.29%) HTML
2 3 (14.29%) React
3 2 (9.52%) ASP.NET
3 2 (9.52%) Blazor
4 1 (4.76%) ARM Templates
4 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (4.76%) Django
4 1 (4.76%) FHIR
4 1 (4.76%) Flask
4 1 (4.76%) REST
4 1 (4.76%) RESTful
4 1 (4.76%) SignalR
4 1 (4.76%) Vue
4 1 (4.76%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (9.52%) Learning Management System
2 1 (4.76%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.76%) Educational Technology
2 1 (4.76%) e-Learning
2 1 (4.76%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
1 3 (14.29%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Agile
2 6 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (23.81%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (19.05%) Decision-Making
4 4 (19.05%) Resource Allocation
4 4 (19.05%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (19.05%) SDLC
5 3 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (14.29%) Architecture Governance
5 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 3 (14.29%) Data Architecture
5 3 (14.29%) DevOps
5 3 (14.29%) E-Commerce
5 3 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
5 3 (14.29%) Migration
5 3 (14.29%) Product Vision
6 2 (9.52%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 13 (61.90%) C#
2 8 (38.10%) SQL
3 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
4 4 (19.05%) T-SQL
5 2 (9.52%) Python
6 1 (4.76%) Bicep
6 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
1 2 (9.52%) GDPR
1 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.76%) HL7
2 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
1 2 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (9.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Duck Creek
2 1 (4.76%) F5
2 1 (4.76%) OutSystems
2 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.76%) VMware