SQL Server Job Trends in Newport

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newport requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 14 16
Rank change year-on-year -17 +2 +11
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 0.56% 3.17% 8.20%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.17% 40.00% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £38,875 -
25th Percentile £39,000 £40,938 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.35% -7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £43,000 £50,938 £67,500
90th Percentile - £52,625 £70,500
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year +22.22% -16.28% +19.44%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 24 5 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 13.48% 7.94% 16.39%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 10
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,200 £42,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £52,500 £56,520
Median % change year-on-year -8.10% -7.11% +25.60%
75th Percentile £58,125 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £61,884 £94,150 £74,931
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £44,330 £55,000
% change year-on-year +24.07% -19.40% +13.40%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Newport.

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Newport

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript