SQL Server Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 68 33
Rank change year-on-year +37 -35 -13
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 974 853 1,377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.64% 4.86% 7.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.21% 23.20% 35.18%
Number of salaries quoted 895 676 1,031
10th Percentile £31,747 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £56,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% +8.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North of England

SQL Server is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,121 3,677 3,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 18.08% 20.93% 21.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,337 1,835 2,632
10th Percentile £31,579 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,740
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,603 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the North of England

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the North of England.

Salary trend for SQL Server in the North of England

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the North of England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the North of England

SQL Server
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 SQL Server within the North of England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 +42 555 £50,000 - 103
Yorkshire +28 305 £52,500 +5.00% 64
North East +42 114 £47,500 +11.76% 25
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 40 (4.11%) IIS
2 36 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.95%) Umbraco
5 13 (1.33%) ArcGIS
6 11 (1.13%) CMS
7 7 (0.72%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.62%) Apache
8 6 (0.62%) BizTalk Server
8 6 (0.62%) Confluence
9 2 (0.21%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.21%) Drupal
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.21%) SAS
9 2 (0.21%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.21%) WordPress
10 1 (0.10%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.10%) Kentico
10 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 34 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.54%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.33%) Epicor Tropos
3 7 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.62%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.31%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.21%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.10%) Magento
7 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 591 (60.68%) Azure
2 141 (14.48%) Power Platform
3 120 (12.32%) Azure DevOps
4 119 (12.22%) AWS
5 61 (6.26%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (3.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 38 (3.90%) GCP
7 35 (3.59%) Azure Data Factory
7 35 (3.59%) SaaS
8 24 (2.46%) Snowflake
9 22 (2.26%) Matillion
9 22 (2.26%) Serverless
10 15 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (1.54%) Google Play
10 15 (1.54%) OCI
11 14 (1.44%) Azure Service Bus
12 13 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 13 (1.33%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.33%) PowerApps
13 12 (1.23%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 50 (5.13%) DNS
1 50 (5.13%) SAN
2 46 (4.72%) Firewall
3 37 (3.80%) Internet
4 33 (3.39%) DHCP
5 28 (2.87%) Broadband
5 28 (2.87%) LAN
6 25 (2.57%) WAN
7 24 (2.46%) VPN
8 19 (1.95%) NAS
9 18 (1.85%) SSL
10 15 (1.54%) TCP/IP
11 11 (1.13%) VLAN
12 10 (1.03%) VoIP
13 9 (0.92%) Multicast
14 8 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (0.72%) Intranet
15 7 (0.72%) Mobile Broadband
16 6 (0.62%) HTTP
16 6 (0.62%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (12.94%) Power BI
2 98 (10.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 95 (9.75%) Data Warehouse
4 91 (9.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 88 (9.03%) MySQL
6 82 (8.42%) Relational Database
7 77 (7.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 59 (6.06%) MongoDB
9 57 (5.85%) PostgreSQL
10 54 (5.54%) Elasticsearch
11 43 (4.41%) Data Lake
12 34 (3.49%) Data Vault
13 27 (2.77%) DB2
14 26 (2.67%) Delta Lake
15 25 (2.57%) NoSQL
16 24 (2.46%) Tableau
17 22 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
18 18 (1.85%) Star Schema
19 17 (1.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
20 16 (1.64%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 81 (8.32%) Git
2 76 (7.80%) JIRA
3 33 (3.39%) GitLab
4 19 (1.95%) Visual Studio
5 16 (1.64%) Jasmine
5 16 (1.64%) Karma Test Runner
6 10 (1.03%) NUnit
7 9 (0.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (0.62%) Dreamweaver
8 6 (0.62%) MSTest
9 5 (0.51%) InstallShield
10 4 (0.41%) Jenkins
10 4 (0.41%) Postman
11 3 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.21%) Maven
12 2 (0.21%) Moq
12 2 (0.21%) Selenium
12 2 (0.21%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.21%) WebDriver
General
1 233 (23.92%) Social Skills
2 112 (11.50%) Finance
3 103 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (7.08%) Retail
5 51 (5.24%) Law
6 47 (4.83%) Public Sector
7 40 (4.11%) Legal
8 37 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (3.29%) Manufacturing
10 31 (3.18%) Games
11 26 (2.67%) Marketing
12 24 (2.46%) Advertising
13 12 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.03%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.92%) Music Industry
16 8 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (0.72%) Health Technology
17 7 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
18 6 (0.62%) Aerospace
18 6 (0.62%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 441 (45.28%) Developer
2 235 (24.13%) .NET Developer
3 116 (11.91%) C# Developer
4 93 (9.55%) Senior
5 90 (9.24%) Data Engineer
6 82 (8.42%) C# .NET Developer
7 70 (7.19%) DBA
8 69 (7.08%) Lead
9 65 (6.67%) Analyst
10 59 (6.06%) Support Engineer
11 53 (5.44%) Software Engineer
12 49 (5.03%) SQL DBA
13 47 (4.83%) IT Engineer
13 47 (4.83%) Software Developer
14 44 (4.52%) IT Support
15 35 (3.59%) IT Support Engineer
16 34 (3.49%) Administrator
17 32 (3.29%) SQL Developer
18 31 (3.18%) Architect
19 28 (2.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 434 (44.56%) .NET
2 259 (26.59%) ASP.NET
3 248 (25.46%) .NET Core
4 207 (21.25%) AngularJS
5 197 (20.23%) HTML
6 177 (18.17%) ASP.NET MVC
7 170 (17.45%) ASP.NET Web API
8 162 (16.63%) Entity Framework
9 149 (15.30%) .NET Framework
10 142 (14.58%) CSS
11 115 (11.81%) React
12 109 (11.19%) HTML5
13 94 (9.65%) Node.js
14 77 (7.91%) Vue
15 72 (7.39%) RESTful
16 71 (7.29%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 61 (6.26%) XML
18 58 (5.95%) JSON
19 57 (5.85%) Blazor
20 47 (4.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 66 (6.78%) Public Cloud
2 54 (5.54%) Data Structures
3 52 (5.34%) Greenfield Project
4 48 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (4.21%) Reinsurance
6 29 (2.98%) Management Information System
7 26 (2.67%) Driving Licence
7 26 (2.67%) Replication
8 23 (2.36%) Enterprise Storage
9 22 (2.26%) Mobile App
9 22 (2.26%) NHS
10 19 (1.95%) Cloud Native
11 17 (1.75%) Social Media
12 16 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.54%) iPhone
14 14 (1.44%) BBC
15 13 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
15 13 (1.33%) Life Science
16 12 (1.23%) Data Centre
17 10 (1.03%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 171 (17.56%) Windows
2 90 (9.24%) Windows Server
3 78 (8.01%) Linux
4 28 (2.87%) VMS
5 27 (2.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 22 (2.26%) Windows 10
6 22 (2.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 19 (1.95%) Unix
7 19 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (1.54%) Android
9 6 (0.62%) AIX
10 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (36.55%) Agile
2 221 (22.69%) Full Stack Development
2 221 (22.69%) MVC
3 208 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
4 166 (17.04%) Microservices
5 156 (16.02%) DevOps
6 133 (13.66%) Business Intelligence
7 131 (13.45%) ETL
8 102 (10.47%) Scrum
9 99 (10.16%) TDD
10 89 (9.14%) OO
11 85 (8.73%) Data Modelling
11 85 (8.73%) Roadmaps
12 78 (8.01%) Mentoring
13 76 (7.80%) Software Engineering
14 73 (7.49%) BDD
15 72 (7.39%) Analytics
15 72 (7.39%) Migration
16 68 (6.98%) ERP
17 65 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 520 (53.39%) SQL
2 451 (46.30%) C#
3 304 (31.21%) JavaScript
4 156 (16.02%) T-SQL
5 106 (10.88%) Python
6 77 (7.91%) TypeScript
7 76 (7.80%) PowerShell
8 43 (4.41%) VB.NET
9 39 (4.00%) VB
10 28 (2.87%) Java
11 16 (1.64%) VB6
12 15 (1.54%) VBScript
13 13 (1.33%) PHP
14 12 (1.23%) Ruby
15 11 (1.13%) Delphi
15 11 (1.13%) VBA
16 10 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (0.92%) PL/SQL
18 8 (0.82%) Perl
19 7 (0.72%) C++
Qualifications
1 135 (13.86%) Degree
2 56 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 48 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (2.57%) Azure Certification
5 16 (1.64%) Security Cleared
6 12 (1.23%) DBS Check
7 11 (1.13%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
8 10 (1.03%) SC Cleared
9 8 (0.82%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.82%) MCSE
9 8 (0.82%) OCP
10 7 (0.72%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.62%) CCNA
11 6 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.51%) HND
12 5 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (0.41%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.41%) MCSA
13 4 (0.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (6.57%) Data Quality
2 45 (4.62%) QA
3 21 (2.16%) GDPR
4 14 (1.44%) SLA
5 9 (0.92%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.31%) WCAG
7 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.10%) PMO
System Software
1 88 (9.03%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.80%) Hyper-V
3 33 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
4 32 (3.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (1.64%) Docker
7 13 (1.33%) vSphere
8 4 (0.41%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.21%) Firmware
9 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.21%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.10%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 29 (2.98%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.44%) Terraform
3 12 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.72%) WSUS
5 6 (0.62%) Ansible
5 6 (0.62%) SCCM
6 3 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (0.31%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.21%) CSIRT
7 2 (0.21%) Nessus
7 2 (0.21%) vRealize
8 1 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.10%) Grafana
8 1 (0.10%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 542 (55.65%) Microsoft
2 126 (12.94%) Oracle
3 60 (6.16%) VMware
4 49 (5.03%) Google
5 42 (4.31%) Databricks
6 40 (4.11%) Informatica
7 32 (3.29%) Facebook
8 30 (3.08%) IBM
9 28 (2.87%) Cisco
10 20 (2.05%) Apple
11 15 (1.54%) Commvault
12 14 (1.44%) Sony
12 14 (1.44%) Yahoo!
13 13 (1.33%) Epicor
14 12 (1.23%) SAP
15 10 (1.03%) Citrix
16 9 (0.92%) Veeam
17 8 (0.82%) Sophos
17 8 (0.82%) Zoho
18 7 (0.72%) ESRI