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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 71 33
Rank change year-on-year +40 -38 -14
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 968 837 1,362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.53% 4.87% 7.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.31% 23.71% 35.37%
Number of salaries quoted 887 670 1,009
10th Percentile £31,831 £32,725 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,063 £56,300
90th Percentile £78,500 £76,375 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,857
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.82% +9.71%

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 3,092 3,530 3,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 17.67% 20.53% 21.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,305 1,807 2,531
10th Percentile £31,579 £34,889 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,603 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £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 10 May 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 10 May 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 +33 552 £50,000 - 104
Yorkshire +33 301 £51,498 +3.00% 59
North East +42 115 £47,500 +11.76% 21
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 38 (3.93%) IIS
2 35 (3.62%) SharePoint
3 26 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.96%) Umbraco
5 13 (1.34%) ArcGIS
6 11 (1.14%) CMS
7 8 (0.83%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.62%) Apache
8 6 (0.62%) BizTalk Server
9 5 (0.52%) Confluence
10 2 (0.21%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.21%) Drupal
10 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.21%) SAS
10 2 (0.21%) WordPress
11 1 (0.10%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.10%) Kentico
11 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 34 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.55%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.34%) Epicor Tropos
3 7 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.62%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (0.62%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.31%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.10%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 587 (60.64%) Azure
2 138 (14.26%) Power Platform
3 120 (12.40%) Azure DevOps
4 118 (12.19%) AWS
5 59 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (3.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 34 (3.51%) GCP
8 33 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 31 (3.20%) SaaS
10 25 (2.58%) Snowflake
11 22 (2.27%) Matillion
12 20 (2.07%) Serverless
13 16 (1.65%) Google Play
14 15 (1.55%) OCI
15 14 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
15 14 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (1.45%) GitHub
16 13 (1.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 13 (1.34%) Power Automate
17 12 (1.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 48 (4.96%) DNS
2 46 (4.75%) SAN
3 41 (4.24%) Firewall
4 37 (3.82%) Internet
5 33 (3.41%) DHCP
6 29 (3.00%) Broadband
7 25 (2.58%) LAN
8 23 (2.38%) VPN
9 22 (2.27%) WAN
10 16 (1.65%) SSL
11 15 (1.55%) NAS
12 13 (1.34%) TCP/IP
13 11 (1.14%) VLAN
14 9 (0.93%) Multicast
15 8 (0.83%) Mobile Broadband
15 8 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (0.72%) Intranet
17 6 (0.62%) HTTP
17 6 (0.62%) VoIP
18 5 (0.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (12.81%) Power BI
2 100 (10.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 94 (9.71%) Data Warehouse
4 86 (8.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 82 (8.47%) MySQL
5 82 (8.47%) Relational Database
6 74 (7.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 64 (6.61%) MongoDB
8 59 (6.10%) PostgreSQL
9 57 (5.89%) Elasticsearch
10 43 (4.44%) Data Lake
11 34 (3.51%) Data Vault
12 27 (2.79%) DB2
13 26 (2.69%) Delta Lake
14 25 (2.58%) NoSQL
14 25 (2.58%) Tableau
15 22 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
16 20 (2.07%) Oracle Database
17 18 (1.86%) Star Schema
18 16 (1.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 78 (8.06%) Git
2 72 (7.44%) JIRA
3 33 (3.41%) GitLab
4 19 (1.96%) Visual Studio
5 16 (1.65%) Jasmine
5 16 (1.65%) Karma Test Runner
6 10 (1.03%) NUnit
6 10 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (0.62%) Dreamweaver
7 6 (0.62%) MSTest
8 5 (0.52%) InstallShield
9 4 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.31%) Jenkins
11 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.21%) IBM UrbanCode
11 2 (0.21%) Postman
11 2 (0.21%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.21%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.21%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.21%) webpack
General
1 232 (23.97%) Social Skills
2 110 (11.36%) Finance
3 102 (10.54%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (7.13%) Retail
5 52 (5.37%) Public Sector
6 50 (5.17%) Law
7 43 (4.44%) Legal
8 37 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (3.31%) Games
10 30 (3.10%) Manufacturing
11 26 (2.69%) Advertising
11 26 (2.69%) Marketing
12 12 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.14%) Telecoms
14 9 (0.93%) Back Office
14 9 (0.93%) Music Industry
15 8 (0.83%) Local Government
15 8 (0.83%) Police
16 7 (0.72%) Health Technology
16 7 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 446 (46.07%) Developer
2 242 (25.00%) .NET Developer
3 116 (11.98%) C# Developer
4 90 (9.30%) Data Engineer
4 90 (9.30%) Senior
5 85 (8.78%) C# .NET Developer
6 73 (7.54%) DBA
7 67 (6.92%) Lead
8 65 (6.71%) Analyst
9 57 (5.89%) Support Engineer
10 54 (5.58%) Software Engineer
11 48 (4.96%) SQL DBA
12 47 (4.86%) IT Engineer
12 47 (4.86%) Software Developer
13 45 (4.65%) IT Support
14 38 (3.93%) Administrator
15 35 (3.62%) IT Support Engineer
16 34 (3.51%) SQL Developer
17 28 (2.89%) Architect
18 26 (2.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 435 (44.94%) .NET
2 263 (27.17%) ASP.NET
3 252 (26.03%) .NET Core
4 212 (21.90%) AngularJS
5 200 (20.66%) HTML
6 183 (18.90%) ASP.NET MVC
7 174 (17.98%) ASP.NET Web API
8 169 (17.46%) Entity Framework
9 154 (15.91%) .NET Framework
10 145 (14.98%) CSS
11 117 (12.09%) React
12 111 (11.47%) HTML5
13 96 (9.92%) Node.js
14 80 (8.26%) Vue
15 73 (7.54%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 72 (7.44%) RESTful
17 61 (6.30%) XML
18 58 (5.99%) Blazor
18 58 (5.99%) JSON
19 47 (4.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 63 (6.51%) Public Cloud
2 55 (5.68%) Greenfield Project
3 54 (5.58%) Data Structures
4 52 (5.37%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (4.03%) Reinsurance
6 30 (3.10%) Driving Licence
7 26 (2.69%) Replication
8 23 (2.38%) Enterprise Storage
8 23 (2.38%) Management Information System
9 22 (2.27%) Mobile App
9 22 (2.27%) NHS
10 18 (1.86%) Cloud Native
11 17 (1.76%) Social Media
12 16 (1.65%) iPhone
13 15 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.45%) BBC
15 13 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
16 12 (1.24%) Product Ownership
17 11 (1.14%) Data Centre
17 11 (1.14%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 165 (17.05%) Windows
2 84 (8.68%) Windows Server
3 77 (7.95%) Linux
4 28 (2.89%) VMS
5 24 (2.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (2.17%) Unix
7 20 (2.07%) Windows 10
8 17 (1.76%) Android
8 17 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (1.65%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.62%) AIX
11 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (37.09%) Agile
2 227 (23.45%) Full Stack Development
3 226 (23.35%) MVC
4 200 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
5 169 (17.46%) Microservices
6 151 (15.60%) DevOps
7 135 (13.95%) Business Intelligence
8 129 (13.33%) ETL
9 107 (11.05%) Scrum
10 105 (10.85%) TDD
11 90 (9.30%) OO
12 85 (8.78%) Data Modelling
13 82 (8.47%) Roadmaps
14 78 (8.06%) BDD
15 76 (7.85%) Software Engineering
16 74 (7.64%) Mentoring
17 73 (7.54%) Analytics
18 71 (7.33%) Migration
19 69 (7.13%) ERP
20 65 (6.71%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 514 (53.10%) SQL
2 453 (46.80%) C#
3 309 (31.92%) JavaScript
4 155 (16.01%) T-SQL
5 107 (11.05%) Python
6 81 (8.37%) TypeScript
7 75 (7.75%) PowerShell
8 43 (4.44%) VB.NET
9 39 (4.03%) VB
10 29 (3.00%) Java
11 16 (1.65%) VB6
12 15 (1.55%) VBScript
13 13 (1.34%) PHP
14 12 (1.24%) Ruby
15 11 (1.14%) Delphi
15 11 (1.14%) VBA
16 10 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (0.93%) PL/SQL
18 8 (0.83%) Perl
19 7 (0.72%) C++
Qualifications
1 130 (13.43%) Degree
2 56 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 44 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (2.48%) Azure Certification
5 21 (2.17%) Security Cleared
6 14 (1.45%) Oracle Certification
7 12 (1.24%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.14%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.14%) SC Cleared
9 8 (0.83%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.83%) MCSE
9 8 (0.83%) OCP
10 7 (0.72%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.62%) CCNA
11 6 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.52%) HND
12 5 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (0.41%) HNC
13 4 (0.41%) MCP
13 4 (0.41%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (6.61%) Data Quality
2 45 (4.65%) QA
3 20 (2.07%) GDPR
4 13 (1.34%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.03%) SLA
6 9 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 81 (8.37%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.82%) Hyper-V
3 33 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (1.65%) Docker
7 11 (1.14%) vSphere
8 4 (0.41%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.21%) Firmware
9 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.21%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.10%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 30 (3.10%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.55%) Terraform
3 12 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.72%) WSUS
5 6 (0.62%) SCCM
6 5 (0.52%) Ansible
7 3 (0.31%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.21%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.21%) vRealize
9 1 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.10%) Grafana
9 1 (0.10%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Identity Management
9 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 541 (55.89%) Microsoft
2 132 (13.64%) Oracle
3 52 (5.37%) VMware
4 51 (5.27%) Google
5 39 (4.03%) Databricks
5 39 (4.03%) Informatica
6 32 (3.31%) Facebook
7 30 (3.10%) IBM
8 28 (2.89%) Cisco
9 20 (2.07%) Apple
10 15 (1.55%) Commvault
11 14 (1.45%) SAP
11 14 (1.45%) Sony
11 14 (1.45%) Yahoo!
12 13 (1.34%) Epicor
13 10 (1.03%) Citrix
14 8 (0.83%) Veeam
14 8 (0.83%) Zoho
15 7 (0.72%) ESRI
15 7 (0.72%) F5