SQL Server Jobs in Leeds

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 55 46
Rank change year-on-year +21 -9 -9
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 45 82 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 5.82% 3.49% 6.30%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.41% 20.97% 29.19%
Number of salaries quoted 35 78 152
10th Percentile £39,300 £31,579 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,507 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% -2.99% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £64,000 £66,250 £67,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 148 391 620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 19.15% 16.63% 21.59%
Number of salaries quoted 126 265 387
10th Percentile £37,125 £35,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £76,875 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £84,056
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -0.94% +0.95%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Leeds.

Salary trend for SQL Server in Leeds

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Leeds over the 6 months to 28 May 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 4 (8.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (80.00%) Azure
2 10 (22.22%) Power Platform
3 8 (17.78%) AWS
3 8 (17.78%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (11.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 5 (11.11%) GCP
5 4 (8.89%) Azure Functions
5 4 (8.89%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (8.89%) Azure Stack
5 4 (8.89%) GitHub
5 4 (8.89%) Power Automate
5 4 (8.89%) Serverless
6 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.22%) Nutanix
7 1 (2.22%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.44%) Firewall
2 1 (2.22%) DNS
2 1 (2.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (26.67%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (22.22%) Power BI
2 10 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (17.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 8 (17.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (13.33%) MySQL
5 5 (11.11%) MongoDB
5 5 (11.11%) NoSQL
5 5 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (8.89%) Biml
6 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 4 (8.89%) Relational Database
7 1 (2.22%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 11 (24.44%) JIRA
2 10 (22.22%) Git
3 4 (8.89%) Visual Studio
4 2 (4.44%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (4.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (22.22%) Finance
1 10 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.89%) Banking
3 3 (6.67%) Legal
4 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.22%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.22%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (35.56%) Developer
2 10 (22.22%) SQL Developer
3 9 (20.00%) .NET Software Engineer
3 9 (20.00%) Senior
3 9 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 8 (17.78%) Data Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) Applications Support
5 6 (13.33%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (11.11%) Node.js Developer
7 4 (8.89%) Azure Data Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (6.67%) Applications Engineer
8 3 (6.67%) Applications Support Analyst
8 3 (6.67%) Applications Support Engineer
8 3 (6.67%) Database Developer
8 3 (6.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 3 (6.67%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 3 (6.67%) SQL Database Developer
8 3 (6.67%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (24.44%) .NET
2 6 (13.33%) .NET Framework
3 5 (11.11%) AngularJS
3 5 (11.11%) Node.js
3 5 (11.11%) React
3 5 (11.11%) Vue
4 4 (8.89%) REST
5 3 (6.67%) .NET Core
5 3 (6.67%) Blazor
6 2 (4.44%) WinForms
6 2 (4.44%) WPF
7 1 (2.22%) ARM Templates
7 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET
7 1 (2.22%) CSS
7 1 (2.22%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.67%) Windows
2 2 (4.44%) Windows Server
2 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (2.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (35.56%) Agile
2 13 (28.89%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 9 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 8 (17.78%) DevOps
4 8 (17.78%) ETL
5 7 (15.56%) Computer Science
5 7 (15.56%) Performance Tuning
6 6 (13.33%) Data Modelling
6 6 (13.33%) Data Pipeline
6 6 (13.33%) Mentoring
7 5 (11.11%) Containerisation
7 5 (11.11%) Migration
7 5 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (8.89%) Coaching
8 4 (8.89%) Data Strategy
8 4 (8.89%) Database Optimisation
8 4 (8.89%) Fintech
8 4 (8.89%) Line Management
8 4 (8.89%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 34 (75.56%) SQL
2 18 (40.00%) T-SQL
3 11 (24.44%) C#
4 7 (15.56%) JavaScript
5 4 (8.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (8.89%) PowerShell
5 4 (8.89%) Python
5 4 (8.89%) TypeScript
6 2 (4.44%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.22%) C++
7 1 (2.22%) Java
7 1 (2.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (22.22%) Degree
2 6 (13.33%) DBS Check
3 5 (11.11%) Azure Certification
4 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.67%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.44%) AWS Certification
5 2 (4.44%) MCITP
5 2 (4.44%) MCSE
6 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) QA
2 2 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (11.11%) Docker
2 4 (8.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (6.67%) vSphere
4 2 (4.44%) Active Directory
5 1 (2.22%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.22%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 5 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 4 (8.89%) Terraform
3 3 (6.67%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.22%) Ansible
4 1 (2.22%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 22 (48.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.89%) Databricks
2 4 (8.89%) VMware
3 2 (4.44%) SAP
3 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.22%) Commvault
4 1 (2.22%) Intapp
4 1 (2.22%) Veeam