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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 65 33
Rank change year-on-year +9 -32 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 22 50 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 2.41% 2.90% 6.87%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.74% 25.64% 32.84%
Number of salaries quoted 17 47 100
10th Percentile - £35,650 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,500 £65,000 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £49,493 £51,500
% change year-on-year +21.23% -3.90% +3.00%

All Database and 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 124 195 338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 13.57% 11.29% 20.92%
Number of salaries quoted 103 149 267
10th Percentile £41,500 £33,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £74,375
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,500 £84,056
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server 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 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Leeds

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 19 (86.36%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) AWS
2 4 (18.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 4 (18.18%) Azure Stack
2 4 (18.18%) GCP
3 2 (9.09%) SaaS
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) MongoDB
1 4 (18.18%) MySQL
1 4 (18.18%) NoSQL
1 4 (18.18%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (9.09%) RDBMS
2 2 (9.09%) Relational Database
3 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 5 (22.73%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Financial Institution
2 3 (13.64%) Legal
2 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.09%) Back Office
4 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Developer
2 10 (45.45%) SQL Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Node.js Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Database Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (13.64%) SQL Database Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Data Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Lead
5 2 (9.09%) Platform Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
6 1 (4.55%) AWS Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Backend Developer
6 1 (4.55%) DevOps Developer
6 1 (4.55%) GCP Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Lead Data Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) React Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior DevOps
6 1 (4.55%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) AngularJS
1 4 (18.18%) Node.js
1 4 (18.18%) React
1 4 (18.18%) Vue
2 3 (13.64%) .NET
3 1 (4.55%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (13.64%) Cloud Native
3 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) DevOps
2 7 (31.82%) Visualisation
3 4 (18.18%) CI/CD
3 4 (18.18%) Containerisation
3 4 (18.18%) Database Optimisation
3 4 (18.18%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (18.18%) Migration
4 3 (13.64%) Agile
4 3 (13.64%) ArchiMate
4 3 (13.64%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (13.64%) Architecture Governance
4 3 (13.64%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (13.64%) Data Architecture
4 3 (13.64%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
4 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (13.64%) ITIL
4 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
4 3 (13.64%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 18 (81.82%) SQL
2 10 (45.45%) T-SQL
3 4 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 3 (13.64%) C#
4 3 (13.64%) TypeScript
5 2 (9.09%) PL/SQL
5 2 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) DBS Check
2 5 (22.73%) Degree
3 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
4 2 (9.09%) AWS Certification
4 2 (9.09%) Azure Certification
5 1 (4.55%) MCITP
5 1 (4.55%) MCSE
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (13.64%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) SAP