SQL Server Jobs in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 41 62
Rank change year-on-year -46 +21 -34
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 434 805 733
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.29% 4.28% 5.16%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.94% 27.52% 25.43%
Number of salaries quoted 285 717 633
10th Percentile £25,850 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £57,443
% change year-on-year +1.82% -4.25% +4.44%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,175 2,925 2,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.91% 15.55% 20.29%
Number of salaries quoted 797 1,999 1,783
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,620 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -7.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +8.33%

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 12 July 2025.

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 12 July 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
North West -45 271 £50,000 -2.91% 132
Yorkshire -42 116 £53,500 +12.63% 57
North East +7 47 £44,250 -11.50% 17
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 50 (11.52%) Confluence
2 23 (5.30%) IIS
3 13 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (2.76%) CMS
4 12 (2.76%) Umbraco
5 5 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.15%) SAS
6 3 (0.69%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.69%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.46%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.46%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.46%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.23%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 14 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (2.53%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.23%) Magento
4 1 (0.23%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 279 (64.29%) Azure
2 179 (41.24%) AWS
3 59 (13.59%) GCP
4 36 (8.29%) SaaS
5 34 (7.83%) Power Platform
6 25 (5.76%) GitHub
7 16 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (1.61%) Azure Service Bus
10 6 (1.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (0.92%) Azure Functions
11 4 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (0.92%) Azure Stack
11 4 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (0.92%) Firebase
11 4 (0.92%) IaaS
11 4 (0.92%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.92%) Serverless
12 3 (0.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.07%) SAN
2 14 (3.23%) DNS
2 14 (3.23%) Firewall
3 11 (2.53%) DHCP
3 11 (2.53%) Intranet
4 9 (2.07%) NAS
5 8 (1.84%) Multicast
6 7 (1.61%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.61%) VLAN
7 5 (1.15%) VPN
7 5 (1.15%) WAN
8 4 (0.92%) LAN
8 4 (0.92%) VoIP
8 4 (0.92%) VSAN
9 3 (0.69%) DMZ
9 3 (0.69%) PuTTY
10 2 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.46%) FCoE
10 2 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (0.46%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.45%) MongoDB
2 34 (7.83%) Power BI
3 33 (7.60%) MySQL
4 31 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (5.30%) NoSQL
6 22 (5.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (4.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 17 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (3.23%) Relational Database
10 12 (2.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 8 (1.84%) Big Data
12 7 (1.61%) DB2
13 6 (1.38%) Data Hub
13 6 (1.38%) Metadata
13 6 (1.38%) RDBMS
13 6 (1.38%) SQL CLR
14 5 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (0.92%) Hadoop
15 4 (0.92%) QlikView
15 4 (0.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 128 (29.49%) JIRA
2 121 (27.88%) Bitbucket
3 119 (27.42%) Selenium
4 116 (26.73%) SonarQube
5 115 (26.50%) GitLab
5 115 (26.50%) Sonatype Nexus
6 114 (26.27%) Maven
7 113 (26.04%) Cucumber
8 36 (8.29%) Git
9 9 (2.07%) Visual Studio
10 7 (1.61%) TeamCity
11 6 (1.38%) Cypress.io
12 5 (1.15%) NUnit
12 5 (1.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.92%) Jenkins
13 4 (0.92%) Octopus Deploy
13 4 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
14 3 (0.69%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.69%) JMeter
15 2 (0.46%) SpecFlow
General
1 168 (38.71%) Finance
2 120 (27.65%) Banking
3 112 (25.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 102 (23.50%) Social Skills
5 95 (21.89%) Retail
6 72 (16.59%) Corporate Banking
6 72 (16.59%) Investment Banking
7 31 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (3.46%) Back Office
10 14 (3.23%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.07%) Law
12 8 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.61%) Legal
14 6 (1.38%) Advertising
14 6 (1.38%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.15%) Marketing
16 3 (0.69%) Financial Institution
17 2 (0.46%) Local Government
18 1 (0.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 164 (37.79%) Developer
2 126 (29.03%) Software Engineer
3 50 (11.52%) Senior
4 48 (11.06%) SQL Developer
5 45 (10.37%) .NET Developer
6 28 (6.45%) IT Support
6 28 (6.45%) Support Engineer
7 26 (5.99%) Database Developer
8 24 (5.53%) Senior Developer
9 22 (5.07%) SQL Database Developer
10 19 (4.38%) IT Engineer
11 18 (4.15%) IT Support Engineer
11 18 (4.15%) Lead
12 17 (3.92%) C# Developer
12 17 (3.92%) Data Engineer
12 17 (3.92%) Software Developer
13 16 (3.69%) Analyst
13 16 (3.69%) Software Support Engineer
14 14 (3.23%) Cloud Engineer
15 13 (3.00%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (38.94%) CSS
2 156 (35.94%) HTML
3 141 (32.49%) React
4 129 (29.72%) Kafka
5 116 (26.73%) .NET
6 114 (26.27%) Spring Boot
7 113 (26.04%) JPA
7 113 (26.04%) Redux
8 112 (25.81%) Spring
9 91 (20.97%) HTML5
10 89 (20.51%) RESTful
11 83 (19.12%) REST
12 80 (18.43%) CSS3
13 77 (17.74%) Jest
13 77 (17.74%) Sass
14 48 (11.06%) .NET Core
15 46 (10.60%) ASP.NET
16 41 (9.45%) Hibernate
17 30 (6.91%) .NET Framework
18 27 (6.22%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 117 (26.96%) Product Ownership
2 112 (25.81%) Enterprise Software
3 29 (6.68%) Mobile App
4 20 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.46%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.23%) Clustering
7 13 (3.00%) NHS
8 8 (1.84%) Replication
9 7 (1.61%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.38%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.38%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.15%) Enterprise Storage
11 5 (1.15%) EPoS
11 5 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.92%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (0.69%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 67 (15.44%) Windows
2 29 (6.68%) Linux
3 24 (5.53%) Windows Server
4 18 (4.15%) Android
5 12 (2.76%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (1.61%) Unix
7 7 (1.61%) Windows 10
7 7 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.46%) Debian
8 2 (0.46%) Solaris
9 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (46.77%) Agile
2 165 (38.02%) DevOps
3 160 (36.87%) CI/CD
4 148 (34.10%) Software Engineering
5 142 (32.72%) Microservices
5 142 (32.72%) Performance Optimisation
6 138 (31.80%) Containerisation
7 135 (31.11%) Full-Stack Development
8 130 (29.95%) SDLC
9 127 (29.26%) Test Automation
10 119 (27.42%) Front End Development
11 108 (24.88%) Migration
12 107 (24.65%) Problem-Solving
13 104 (23.96%) Mentoring
14 86 (19.82%) User Experience
15 75 (17.28%) Responsive Web Design
16 74 (17.05%) Clean Code
17 72 (16.59%) Continuous Improvement
17 72 (16.59%) Strategic Thinking
18 52 (11.98%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 297 (68.43%) SQL
2 165 (38.02%) JavaScript
3 148 (34.10%) Java
4 122 (28.11%) C#
5 92 (21.20%) TypeScript
6 64 (14.75%) T-SQL
7 36 (8.29%) Python
8 18 (4.15%) PHP
9 16 (3.69%) PowerShell
10 14 (3.23%) C++
11 7 (1.61%) Bash
12 5 (1.15%) Bicep
12 5 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.92%) R
13 4 (0.92%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.69%) PROC SQL
14 3 (0.69%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.46%) C
15 2 (0.46%) VBScript
16 1 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 55 (12.67%) Degree
2 39 (8.99%) DBS Check
3 20 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (3.23%) Azure Certification
5 10 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.15%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.69%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.69%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.46%) CISM
9 2 (0.46%) CISSP
9 2 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.46%) MCITP
9 2 (0.46%) MCSE
9 2 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.23%) PMP
10 1 (0.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (29.03%) QA
2 84 (19.35%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.23%) GDPR
4 11 (2.53%) WCAG
5 9 (2.07%) ISO 9001
6 8 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.15%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.69%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.46%) NCSC
9 2 (0.46%) NIST
System Software
1 136 (31.34%) Docker
2 26 (5.99%) Active Directory
3 21 (4.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.07%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.38%) vSphere
6 4 (0.92%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.69%) Apache Flume
7 3 (0.69%) HDFS
7 3 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.46%) KVM
8 2 (0.46%) NFS
8 2 (0.46%) SRDF
8 2 (0.46%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 2 (0.46%) Xen
9 1 (0.23%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.23%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 130 (29.95%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.69%) Terraform
3 10 (2.30%) Ansible
4 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.15%) Grafana
6 4 (0.92%) Docker Swarm
6 4 (0.92%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.69%) Control-M
7 3 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.69%) Kibana
7 3 (0.69%) logstash
7 3 (0.69%) Oozie
7 3 (0.69%) SCCM
7 3 (0.69%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.46%) Puppet
9 1 (0.23%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 154 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 112 (25.81%) Solace
3 28 (6.45%) VMware
4 18 (4.15%) Zoho
5 14 (3.23%) Oracle
6 13 (3.00%) Cisco
7 11 (2.53%) HP
8 10 (2.30%) Splunk
9 9 (2.07%) Google
10 8 (1.84%) IBM
10 8 (1.84%) Informatica
11 7 (1.61%) Veeam
12 6 (1.38%) SAP
12 6 (1.38%) Talend
13 5 (1.15%) MobileIron
14 4 (0.92%) RedGate
15 3 (0.69%) Atlassian
15 3 (0.69%) MicroStrategy
15 3 (0.69%) NetApp
15 3 (0.69%) Sophos