Azure SQL Database Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 232 255
Rank change year-on-year -51 +23 +103
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 36 31 134
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.21% 0.45% 0.81%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.57% 2.85% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 21 29 121
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -3.69%
75th Percentile £62,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +8.70% -17.86%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,399 1,086 2,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 7.98% 15.63% 17.68%
Number of salaries quoted 860 802 2,321
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £65,603
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,751 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £64,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +12.17% -11.54%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in the North of England

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Azure SQL Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in the North of England

Azure SQL Database
Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 20 April 2026. 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
North West -22 17 £56,500 -16.30% 21
Yorkshire -58 10 £43,750 -17.45% 12
North East -37 9 £45,000 -21.74% 8
Azure SQL Database
England

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.78%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 36 (100.00%) Azure
2 18 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 15 (41.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 15 (41.67%) Power Platform
4 7 (19.44%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (11.11%) Azure AI
5 4 (11.11%) Entra ID
6 3 (8.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 3 (8.33%) Azure Key Vault
6 3 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (5.56%) Azure Functions
7 2 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (5.56%) Figma
7 2 (5.56%) Serverless
8 1 (2.78%) Azure App Service
8 1 (2.78%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (2.78%) Azure Stack
8 1 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (2.78%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) DNS
1 2 (5.56%) Firewall
2 1 (2.78%) DHCP
2 1 (2.78%) Network Security
2 1 (2.78%) SAN
2 1 (2.78%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.78%) VLAN
2 1 (2.78%) VPN
2 1 (2.78%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (52.78%) SQL Server
2 15 (41.67%) Power BI
3 13 (36.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (22.22%) Data Lake
5 7 (19.44%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (11.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 4 (11.11%) Star Schema
7 3 (8.33%) MongoDB
7 3 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (8.33%) Tableau
8 2 (5.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (2.78%) Data Mining
9 1 (2.78%) InfluxDB
9 1 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (2.78%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) NUnit
2 1 (2.78%) Bitbucket
General
1 16 (44.44%) Finance
2 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
3 12 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (13.89%) Billing
4 5 (13.89%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.78%) Back Office
6 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Developer
2 7 (19.44%) .NET Developer
3 6 (16.67%) Data Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Analyst
4 5 (13.89%) Business Manager
4 5 (13.89%) Commercial Analyst
4 5 (13.89%) Insight Analyst
4 5 (13.89%) Insight Manager
4 5 (13.89%) Senior
5 4 (11.11%) DBA
5 4 (11.11%) SQL DBA
6 3 (8.33%) Administrator
6 3 (8.33%) Business Developer
6 3 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 2 (5.56%) Architect
7 2 (5.56%) Azure Architect
7 2 (5.56%) Senior Data Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Azure Developer
8 1 (2.78%) C# .NET Developer
8 1 (2.78%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (25.00%) .NET
2 8 (22.22%) RESTful
3 7 (19.44%) ASP.NET
3 7 (19.44%) ASP.NET Core
4 6 (16.67%) .NET Core
5 5 (13.89%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (11.11%) AngularJS
6 4 (11.11%) Entity Framework
6 4 (11.11%) React
7 3 (8.33%) .NET Framework
7 3 (8.33%) Blazor
7 3 (8.33%) ML.NET
8 2 (5.56%) Playwright
8 2 (5.56%) REST
8 2 (5.56%) Vitest
8 2 (5.56%) Vue
9 1 (2.78%) Google Maps API
9 1 (2.78%) iOS SDK
9 1 (2.78%) OAuth
9 1 (2.78%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 11 (30.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (13.89%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (8.33%) Mobile App
4 2 (5.56%) Social Network
5 1 (2.78%) BBC
5 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (2.78%) EPoS
5 1 (2.78%) IoT
5 1 (2.78%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.78%) Legacy Code
5 1 (2.78%) Lidar
5 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Android
1 2 (5.56%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) Analytics
1 19 (52.78%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (36.11%) Data Modelling
4 12 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 11 (30.56%) AI
5 11 (30.56%) Data Analysis
5 11 (30.56%) Visualisation
6 10 (27.78%) Actionable Insight
6 10 (27.78%) DevOps
6 10 (27.78%) Process Improvement
6 10 (27.78%) Visual Analytics
6 10 (27.78%) WFM
7 8 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (22.22%) Performance Tuning
8 7 (19.44%) Agile
8 7 (19.44%) Full-Stack Development
9 6 (16.67%) Data Analytics
9 6 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
9 6 (16.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (100.00%) SQL
2 10 (27.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 7 (19.44%) C#
3 7 (19.44%) Python
4 5 (13.89%) TypeScript
5 3 (8.33%) JavaScript
5 3 (8.33%) PowerShell
6 2 (5.56%) Bicep
6 2 (5.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) Degree
2 5 (13.89%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 3 (8.33%) Tableau Certification
4 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.78%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (19.44%) Data Quality
2 5 (13.89%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (8.33%) QA
4 1 (2.78%) GDPR
4 1 (2.78%) HL7
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Docker
2 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.78%) Firmware
2 1 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.78%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.78%) Grafana
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.67%) Databricks
3 2 (5.56%) DevExpress
3 2 (5.56%) Google
3 2 (5.56%) Oracle
4 1 (2.78%) Apple
4 1 (2.78%) Facebook
4 1 (2.78%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.78%) Foundry
4 1 (2.78%) Nimble Storage
4 1 (2.78%) OutSystems
4 1 (2.78%) Sony
4 1 (2.78%) Yahoo!