Azure SQL Database Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Azure SQL Database over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 207 282 277
Rank change year-on-year +75 -5 -23
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 44 36 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.63% 0.31% 0.52%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.78% 1.88% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 43 32 48
10th Percentile £39,250 £36,250 £46,509
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,250 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -3.76% -7.39%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,313 £61,875
90th Percentile £81,250 £61,250 £70,375
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -17.86% +3.70%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Midlands

Azure SQL Database 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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 761 1,911 1,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.87% 16.35% 19.45%
Number of salaries quoted 539 1,440 1,131
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,450 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +1.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £72,625 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,779 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.18% -11.54% +8.33%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Azure SQL Database in the Midlands

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure SQL Database in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Azure SQL Database in the Midlands

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in the Midlands

Azure SQL Database
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +57 24 £67,500 +22.73% 19
East Midlands +51 20 £48,500 +2.11% 5
Azure SQL Database
England

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (4.55%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 44 (100.00%) Azure
2 18 (40.91%) Power Platform
3 10 (22.73%) Azure Logic Apps
4 9 (20.45%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (20.45%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (18.18%) Serverless
6 7 (15.91%) AWS
6 7 (15.91%) Azure Functions
6 7 (15.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (9.09%) Snowflake
8 3 (6.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (4.55%) Azure API Management
9 2 (4.55%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (4.55%) PowerApps
9 2 (4.55%) SaaS
10 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (2.27%) IaaS
10 1 (2.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.09%) DNS
2 3 (6.82%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (54.55%) Data Lake
2 23 (52.27%) SQL Server
3 16 (36.36%) Power BI
3 16 (36.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (29.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (22.73%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (9.09%) Tableau
7 3 (6.82%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (6.82%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (6.82%) NoSQL
7 3 (6.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (4.55%) HDInsight
9 1 (2.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (20.45%) Visual Studio
2 3 (6.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (4.55%) JIRA
4 1 (2.27%) ERwin
4 1 (2.27%) Git
4 1 (2.27%) kappa
4 1 (2.27%) NUnit
General
1 18 (40.91%) Law
2 17 (38.64%) Finance
3 12 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.55%) Automotive
5 2 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.27%) Local Government
6 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.27%) Retail
6 1 (2.27%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (27.27%) Developer
2 10 (22.73%) DBA
3 9 (20.45%) Data Engineer
4 8 (18.18%) Administrator
4 8 (18.18%) SQL DBA
5 7 (15.91%) Architect
5 7 (15.91%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 6 (13.64%) Data Architect
7 4 (9.09%) Software Engineer
8 3 (6.82%) Analyst
8 3 (6.82%) Azure Architect
8 3 (6.82%) Azure Data Architect
8 3 (6.82%) SQL Analyst
9 2 (4.55%) Azure Data Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Lead
9 2 (4.55%) Lead Software Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Senior
9 2 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.64%) .NET
2 4 (9.09%) React
3 3 (6.82%) REST
3 3 (6.82%) Web Services
4 2 (4.55%) .NET Core
4 2 (4.55%) AngularJS
4 2 (4.55%) ASP.NET
4 2 (4.55%) Blazor
4 2 (4.55%) EDI
4 2 (4.55%) RESTful
4 2 (4.55%) Vue
4 2 (4.55%) WPF
5 1 (2.27%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.27%) JWT
5 1 (2.27%) Node.js
5 1 (2.27%) OAuth
5 1 (2.27%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.00%) Data Structures
2 4 (9.09%) IoT
3 3 (6.82%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (4.55%) Legacy Code
4 2 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (54.55%) Analytics
2 15 (34.09%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (31.82%) DevOps
3 14 (31.82%) ETL
4 10 (22.73%) Reverse Engineering
5 8 (18.18%) Data Analysis
5 8 (18.18%) Data Architecture
5 8 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (15.91%) Data Engineering
6 7 (15.91%) Data Pipeline
7 6 (13.64%) Agile
7 6 (13.64%) CI/CD
8 5 (11.36%) Containerisation
8 5 (11.36%) End-to-End Testing
8 5 (11.36%) Visualisation
9 4 (9.09%) Data Modelling
9 4 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
9 4 (9.09%) Mentoring
9 4 (9.09%) Software Engineering
10 3 (6.82%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 44 (100.00%) SQL
2 12 (27.27%) C#
2 12 (27.27%) T-SQL
3 6 (13.64%) Python
4 4 (9.09%) X++
5 1 (2.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 3 (6.82%) SC Cleared
1 3 (6.82%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.55%) DBS Check
2 2 (4.55%) Degree
3 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.27%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.27%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.27%) QA
System Software
1 6 (13.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (15.91%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (59.09%) Microsoft
2 16 (36.36%) Databricks
3 4 (9.09%) SAP
4 1 (2.27%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.27%) Salesforce