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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 31 68
Rank change year-on-year -48 +37 -35
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 439 968 850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.91% 5.59% 4.86%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.61% 31.27% 23.75%
Number of salaries quoted 318 888 678
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,579 £32,925
25th Percentile £37,625 £39,938 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

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 1,199 3,096 3,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.67% 17.86% 20.46%
Number of salaries quoted 841 2,320 1,836
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £34,723
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £40,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -8.90% +9.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,603 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,751 £82,500 £80,750
England median annual salary £62,779 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.18% -11.54% +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 7 May 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 7 May 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 -56 264 £50,000 - 173
Yorkshire -5 146 £52,500 +1.95% 60
North East -9 33 £55,000 +15.79% 15
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 49 (11.16%) Confluence
2 21 (4.78%) CMS
2 21 (4.78%) Umbraco
3 18 (4.10%) IIS
4 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.68%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.46%) Apache
6 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.46%) SAS
6 2 (0.46%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.46%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.46%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.23%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.23%) iTrent
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.23%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.23%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 254 (57.86%) Azure
2 146 (33.26%) AWS
3 57 (12.98%) GCP
4 40 (9.11%) SaaS
5 36 (8.20%) Power Platform
6 28 (6.38%) GitHub
7 17 (3.87%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (2.51%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (1.82%) Serverless
11 7 (1.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 7 (1.59%) Azure Functions
11 7 (1.59%) Azure Service Bus
11 7 (1.59%) IaaS
11 7 (1.59%) PaaS
12 4 (0.91%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (0.91%) Azure Stack
12 4 (0.91%) Entra ID
12 4 (0.91%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.68%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.78%) Intranet
2 20 (4.56%) SAN
3 15 (3.42%) DNS
4 12 (2.73%) Firewall
5 9 (2.05%) DHCP
6 8 (1.82%) Multicast
7 7 (1.59%) NAS
7 7 (1.59%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.59%) VPN
8 5 (1.14%) VSAN
9 3 (0.68%) LAN
9 3 (0.68%) WAN
10 2 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.46%) DMZ
10 2 (0.46%) FCoE
10 2 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (0.46%) IP Telephony
10 2 (0.46%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.46%) Wireless
11 1 (0.23%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.20%) Power BI
2 29 (6.61%) MongoDB
2 29 (6.61%) MySQL
3 26 (5.92%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (5.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 19 (4.33%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (4.33%) NoSQL
6 14 (3.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (2.51%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 7 (1.59%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.59%) DB2
9 6 (1.37%) Oracle Database
10 5 (1.14%) Big Data
11 4 (0.91%) Biml
11 4 (0.91%) Data Hub
11 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 4 (0.91%) SQL CLR
12 3 (0.68%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 98 (22.32%) JIRA
2 87 (19.82%) Selenium
3 85 (19.36%) Bitbucket
4 84 (19.13%) GitLab
4 84 (19.13%) SonarQube
4 84 (19.13%) Sonatype Nexus
5 83 (18.91%) Maven
6 82 (18.68%) Cucumber
7 33 (7.52%) Git
8 12 (2.73%) TeamCity
8 12 (2.73%) Visual Studio
9 11 (2.51%) Octopus Deploy
10 8 (1.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 5 (1.14%) Jenkins
11 5 (1.14%) NUnit
11 5 (1.14%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.68%) JMeter
13 2 (0.46%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.46%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 131 (29.84%) Finance
2 106 (24.15%) Social Skills
3 91 (20.73%) Banking
4 82 (18.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 66 (15.03%) Retail
6 42 (9.57%) Corporate Banking
6 42 (9.57%) Investment Banking
7 27 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (4.33%) Manufacturing
9 17 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.05%) Back Office
10 9 (2.05%) Law
11 8 (1.82%) Advertising
12 6 (1.37%) Marketing
12 6 (1.37%) Public Sector
13 5 (1.14%) Legal
14 4 (0.91%) Automotive
14 4 (0.91%) Local Government
15 3 (0.68%) Electronics
16 1 (0.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 200 (45.56%) Developer
2 114 (25.97%) Software Engineer
3 61 (13.90%) Senior
4 49 (11.16%) Software Developer
5 47 (10.71%) SQL Developer
6 37 (8.43%) .NET Developer
7 30 (6.83%) Senior Developer
8 27 (6.15%) Support Engineer
9 26 (5.92%) Database Developer
10 23 (5.24%) C# Developer
11 22 (5.01%) IT Engineer
11 22 (5.01%) SQL Database Developer
12 21 (4.78%) Umbraco Developer
13 18 (4.10%) IT Support
13 18 (4.10%) IT Support Engineer
14 17 (3.87%) Analyst
15 16 (3.64%) Software Support Engineer
16 15 (3.42%) C# .NET Developer
16 15 (3.42%) Senior Software Engineer
17 14 (3.19%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (33.03%) CSS
2 138 (31.44%) HTML
3 126 (28.70%) React
4 124 (28.25%) .NET
5 91 (20.73%) Kafka
6 83 (18.91%) Spring Boot
7 82 (18.68%) JPA
7 82 (18.68%) Redux
7 82 (18.68%) Spring
8 69 (15.72%) HTML5
9 59 (13.44%) RESTful
10 53 (12.07%) .NET Core
11 52 (11.85%) REST
12 48 (10.93%) CSS3
12 48 (10.93%) Sass
13 47 (10.71%) ASP.NET
14 42 (9.57%) Jest
15 40 (9.11%) Hibernate
16 38 (8.66%) .NET Framework
17 34 (7.74%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 87 (19.82%) Product Ownership
2 85 (19.36%) Enterprise Software
3 31 (7.06%) Management Information System
4 28 (6.38%) Mobile App
5 24 (5.47%) NHS
6 18 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.82%) Replication
8 7 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 5 (1.14%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (0.91%) Clustering
11 4 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.91%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.91%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.68%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
12 3 (0.68%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (12.98%) Windows
2 27 (6.15%) Linux
3 21 (4.78%) Android
4 12 (2.73%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.28%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.14%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.91%) Unix
10 3 (0.68%) Solaris
10 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.46%) Debian
12 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (47.84%) Agile
2 160 (36.45%) Software Engineering
3 138 (31.44%) Problem-Solving
4 135 (30.75%) DevOps
5 126 (28.70%) CI/CD
6 110 (25.06%) Containerisation
7 109 (24.83%) Full-Stack Development
8 107 (24.37%) Performance Optimisation
9 101 (23.01%) Microservices
10 100 (22.78%) SDLC
11 92 (20.96%) Test Automation
12 85 (19.36%) Front End Development
13 81 (18.45%) Clean Code
14 77 (17.54%) Migration
15 74 (16.86%) Mentoring
16 66 (15.03%) Continuous Improvement
17 58 (13.21%) TDD
18 56 (12.76%) OOP
19 55 (12.53%) User Experience
20 49 (11.16%) OO
Programming Languages
1 274 (62.41%) SQL
2 165 (37.59%) C#
3 141 (32.12%) JavaScript
4 137 (31.21%) Java
5 62 (14.12%) T-SQL
6 58 (13.21%) TypeScript
7 28 (6.38%) Python
8 23 (5.24%) PHP
9 17 (3.87%) PowerShell
10 9 (2.05%) C++
11 8 (1.82%) Bicep
12 5 (1.14%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.91%) Bash
13 4 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.91%) VB
14 3 (0.68%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.46%) VBScript
16 1 (0.23%) ActionScript
16 1 (0.23%) C
16 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 97 (22.10%) Degree
2 37 (8.43%) DBS Check
3 18 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (2.96%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.59%) Security Cleared
7 6 (1.37%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (0.68%) HND
8 3 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.46%) AWS Certification
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%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (22.10%) QA
2 64 (14.58%) Accessibility
3 24 (5.47%) GDPR
4 21 (4.78%) WCAG
5 6 (1.37%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.37%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.68%) SLA
7 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.46%) NCSC
7 2 (0.46%) NIST
System Software
1 103 (23.46%) Docker
2 16 (3.64%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.73%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.37%) vSphere
6 5 (1.14%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.46%) KVM
9 2 (0.46%) NFS
9 2 (0.46%) SRDF
9 2 (0.46%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.46%) Xen
10 1 (0.23%) Firmware
10 1 (0.23%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 103 (23.46%) Kubernetes
2 22 (5.01%) Terraform
3 10 (2.28%) Ansible
4 7 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.14%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.91%) Grafana
7 3 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.68%) SCCM
7 3 (0.68%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.46%) Puppet
9 1 (0.23%) Control-M
9 1 (0.23%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 146 (33.26%) Microsoft
2 82 (18.68%) Solace
3 49 (11.16%) Oracle
4 23 (5.24%) HP
5 22 (5.01%) VMware
6 16 (3.64%) Zoho
7 10 (2.28%) Cisco
8 8 (1.82%) Google
8 8 (1.82%) IBM
9 6 (1.37%) Databricks
10 5 (1.14%) EMC
10 5 (1.14%) SAP
10 5 (1.14%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.14%) Splunk
11 4 (0.91%) Nimble Storage
11 4 (0.91%) Sage
11 4 (0.91%) Veeam
12 2 (0.46%) Avaya
12 2 (0.46%) Intapp
12 2 (0.46%) NetApp