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 15 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 252 286
Rank change year-on-year +42 +34 -51
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 39 47 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.59% 0.47% 0.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.74% 2.73% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 36 43 52
10th Percentile £38,125 £37,500 £46,325
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £54,125
Median % change year-on-year - -3.00% -1.59%
75th Percentile £70,625 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £63,500 £76,875
England median annual salary £63,750 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.87% -17.86% +7.69%

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 822 1,723 2,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.33% 17.21% 20.85%
Number of salaries quoted 535 1,394 1,249
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,357
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £75,875
England median annual salary £63,900 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.13% -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 15 March 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 15 March 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 +16 23 £63,750 +15.91% 14
East Midlands +26 16 £52,500 +10.53% 4
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 3 (7.69%) Confluence
2 2 (5.13%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 39 (100.00%) Azure
2 20 (51.28%) Power Platform
3 11 (28.21%) Azure Data Factory
4 10 (25.64%) Azure Logic Apps
5 8 (20.51%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (20.51%) Serverless
6 7 (17.95%) Azure Functions
6 7 (17.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (15.38%) PowerApps
8 4 (10.26%) AWS
8 4 (10.26%) Snowflake
9 3 (7.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (5.13%) Azure API Management
10 2 (5.13%) GitHub
10 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (5.13%) Power Automate
10 2 (5.13%) SaaS
11 1 (2.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (48.72%) Data Lake
2 15 (38.46%) Power BI
3 14 (35.90%) SQL Server
4 9 (23.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (10.26%) NoSQL
7 3 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (5.13%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (5.13%) GIS
8 2 (5.13%) HDInsight
8 2 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (5.13%) Spatial Data
8 2 (5.13%) Tableau
9 1 (2.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (28.21%) Visual Studio
2 3 (7.69%) JIRA
3 1 (2.56%) ERwin
3 1 (2.56%) kappa
General
1 12 (30.77%) Law
2 10 (25.64%) Finance
3 4 (10.26%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.13%) Automotive
5 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Social Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.56%) Local Government
6 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Developer
2 12 (30.77%) Data Engineer
3 7 (17.95%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 6 (15.38%) Architect
5 5 (12.82%) Data Architect
5 5 (12.82%) Software Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Software Developer
7 3 (7.69%) Azure Architect
7 3 (7.69%) Azure Data Architect
7 3 (7.69%) Azure Data Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) C# Developer
7 3 (7.69%) C# Software Developer
7 3 (7.69%) Senior
8 2 (5.13%) .NET Developer
8 2 (5.13%) DBA
8 2 (5.13%) Geospatial Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Lead
8 2 (5.13%) Lead Software Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (25.64%) .NET
2 5 (12.82%) ASP.NET
2 5 (12.82%) REST
3 4 (10.26%) React
3 4 (10.26%) WPF
4 3 (7.69%) Blazor
5 2 (5.13%) .NET Core
5 2 (5.13%) AngularJS
5 2 (5.13%) EDI
5 2 (5.13%) GeoPandas
5 2 (5.13%) NumPy
5 2 (5.13%) PostGIS
5 2 (5.13%) PyTorch
5 2 (5.13%) RESTful
5 2 (5.13%) Vue
6 1 (2.56%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 1 (2.56%) GraphQL
6 1 (2.56%) Middleware
6 1 (2.56%) Node.js
6 1 (2.56%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (10.26%) Cloud Native
2 4 (10.26%) IoT
2 4 (10.26%) Legacy Code
2 4 (10.26%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (7.69%) Data Structures
4 2 (5.13%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.56%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (2.56%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Analytics
2 13 (33.33%) DevOps
3 12 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (25.64%) ETL
5 9 (23.08%) Data Architecture
5 9 (23.08%) Data Engineering
6 8 (20.51%) Agile
7 6 (15.38%) CI/CD
7 6 (15.38%) Data Pipeline
7 6 (15.38%) SDLC
8 5 (12.82%) API Integration
8 5 (12.82%) Containerisation
8 5 (12.82%) End-to-End Testing
8 5 (12.82%) Mentoring
8 5 (12.82%) Software Engineering
9 4 (10.26%) Data Management
9 4 (10.26%) Data Science
9 4 (10.26%) Process Improvement
9 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (10.26%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 39 (100.00%) SQL
2 14 (35.90%) C#
3 9 (23.08%) Python
4 8 (20.51%) T-SQL
5 4 (10.26%) X++
6 2 (5.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (2.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) Degree
2 3 (7.69%) Master's Degree
2 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.13%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.56%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.13%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.13%) QA
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (20.51%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (58.97%) Microsoft
2 18 (46.15%) Databricks
3 2 (5.13%) Atlassian
3 2 (5.13%) ESRI
4 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.56%) SAP