Azure SQL Database Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 233 203
Rank change year-on-year +41 -30 -18
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 55 14 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.47% 0.27% 0.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.31% 1.93% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 50 12 50
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,500 £41,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,563 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,250 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -0.44% -1.74%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £74,985 £69,375 £71,375
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 871 724 1,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.48% 13.99% 15.20%
Number of salaries quoted 668 432 757
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,800 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,071 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,250 £88,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in the North West

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in the North West over the 6 months to 3 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in the North West

Azure SQL Database
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Manchester -17 19 £49,000 -10.91% 21
Lancashire - 19 £50,000 - 16
Merseyside - 8 £60,000 - 1
Cumbria - 5 £47,500 - 2
Cheshire +13 4 £57,500 -17.86% 2
Azure SQL Database
England

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (5.45%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 55 (100.00%) Azure
2 23 (41.82%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (23.64%) Azure AI
3 13 (23.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 6 (10.91%) AWS
4 6 (10.91%) GitHub
4 6 (10.91%) GitHub Copilot
5 5 (9.09%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (5.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (3.64%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (3.64%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.64%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.64%) Figma
8 1 (1.82%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.82%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.82%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.82%) dbt
8 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.82%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (50.91%) MongoDB
2 11 (20.00%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (16.36%) SQL Server
4 5 (9.09%) Data Lake
5 4 (7.27%) Power BI
5 4 (7.27%) Relational Database
6 2 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (3.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.82%) OLAP
7 1 (1.82%) OLTP
7 1 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.27%) NUnit
2 3 (5.45%) Git
3 2 (3.64%) MSTest
4 1 (1.82%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.82%) Postman
General
1 6 (10.91%) Advertising
1 6 (10.91%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.09%) Games
2 5 (9.09%) Retail
3 3 (5.45%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.64%) Finance
4 2 (3.64%) Music Industry
5 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Billing
5 1 (1.82%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 43 (78.18%) Developer
2 38 (69.09%) .NET Developer
3 5 (9.09%) Administrator
3 5 (9.09%) DBA
4 4 (7.27%) Senior
5 3 (5.45%) Junior
5 3 (5.45%) Junior DBA
5 3 (5.45%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) Software Engineer
6 2 (3.64%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 2 (3.64%) Software Developer
6 2 (3.64%) SQL DBA
7 1 (1.82%) Architect
7 1 (1.82%) C# Developer
7 1 (1.82%) Data Architect
7 1 (1.82%) Database Engineer
7 1 (1.82%) Lead Developer
7 1 (1.82%) QA Engineer
7 1 (1.82%) Senior Developer
7 1 (1.82%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (80.00%) .NET
2 39 (70.91%) ASP.NET
3 38 (69.09%) ASP.NET Core
4 36 (65.45%) .NET Core
5 20 (36.36%) Entity Framework
6 18 (32.73%) CSS
6 18 (32.73%) HTML
7 16 (29.09%) RESTful
8 14 (25.45%) ASP.NET Web API
9 13 (23.64%) ML.NET
10 12 (21.82%) Blazor
10 12 (21.82%) React
11 11 (20.00%) Node.js
12 9 (16.36%) AngularJS
13 7 (12.73%) LINQ
13 7 (12.73%) Vue
14 2 (3.64%) .NET Framework
14 2 (3.64%) Playwright
14 2 (3.64%) Vitest
14 2 (3.64%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (29.09%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (12.73%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (12.73%) Social Network
3 3 (5.45%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (5.45%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.45%) SystemC
4 2 (3.64%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.64%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.82%) BBC
5 1 (1.82%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.82%) Lidar
5 1 (1.82%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.64%) Android
1 2 (3.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (78.18%) Agile
2 41 (74.55%) Full-Stack Development
3 25 (45.45%) DevOps
4 23 (41.82%) CI/CD
5 15 (27.27%) AI
6 14 (25.45%) Multithreading
7 13 (23.64%) Machine Learning
8 12 (21.82%) OO
9 8 (14.55%) Analytics
9 8 (14.55%) TDD
10 7 (12.73%) Mentoring
11 6 (10.91%) BDD
11 6 (10.91%) Performance Tuning
12 5 (9.09%) Data Analytics
12 5 (9.09%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
12 5 (9.09%) Microservices
12 5 (9.09%) SDLC
13 4 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
13 4 (7.27%) Collaborative Culture
13 4 (7.27%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 55 (100.00%) SQL
2 42 (76.36%) C#
3 16 (29.09%) JavaScript
4 9 (16.36%) TypeScript
5 3 (5.45%) C++
5 3 (5.45%) Java
6 2 (3.64%) Bicep
7 1 (1.82%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) QA
2 1 (1.82%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (10.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (10.91%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 47 (85.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.45%) Facebook
3 2 (3.64%) DevExpress
3 2 (3.64%) Google
3 2 (3.64%) Oracle
4 1 (1.82%) Apple
4 1 (1.82%) Databricks
4 1 (1.82%) Sony
4 1 (1.82%) Yahoo!