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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 228 198
Rank change year-on-year +19 -30 +24
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 29 11 93
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.27% 0.24% 0.90%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.90% 1.52% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 27 9 92
10th Percentile £41,500 £33,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £44,375 £41,250 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,985 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -13.24%

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 744 725 1,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.80% 15.69% 16.39%
Number of salaries quoted 569 393 1,247
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,350 £32,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,101 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.87% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,777 £66,250
90th Percentile £84,200 £86,800 £84,964
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 12 £49,500 -20.80% 19
Lancashire - 10 £52,500 - 14
Cheshire -4 3 £65,000 +15.56%
Merseyside - 3 £60,000 - 1
Cumbria - 1 £47,500 - 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 (10.34%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 29 (100.00%) Azure
2 15 (51.72%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (20.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 5 (17.24%) Azure AI
5 4 (13.79%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (10.34%) Entra ID
6 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
7 2 (6.90%) AWS
7 2 (6.90%) Azure Functions
7 2 (6.90%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (6.90%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (6.90%) Figma
7 2 (6.90%) GitHub
7 2 (6.90%) GitHub Copilot
7 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (6.90%) Serverless
8 1 (3.45%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (3.45%) Power Automate
8 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) DHCP
1 1 (3.45%) DNS
1 1 (3.45%) Firewall
1 1 (3.45%) Network Security
1 1 (3.45%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.45%) VLAN
1 1 (3.45%) VPN
1 1 (3.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (41.38%) MongoDB
2 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
3 3 (10.34%) Data Lake
3 3 (10.34%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (6.90%) Power BI
5 1 (3.45%) OLAP
5 1 (3.45%) OLTP
5 1 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) NUnit
2 3 (10.34%) Git
3 2 (6.90%) MSTest
4 1 (3.45%) Bitbucket
4 1 (3.45%) Postman
General
1 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Games
2 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.90%) Advertising
3 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Billing
4 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (65.52%) Developer
2 16 (55.17%) .NET Developer
3 5 (17.24%) Senior
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Administrator
5 2 (6.90%) C# Developer
5 2 (6.90%) DBA
5 2 (6.90%) Software Developer
5 2 (6.90%) SQL DBA
6 1 (3.45%) Architect
6 1 (3.45%) C# Software Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Database Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Lead Developer
6 1 (3.45%) QA Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Software Developer
6 1 (3.45%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (75.86%) .NET
2 16 (55.17%) ASP.NET
3 15 (51.72%) ASP.NET Core
4 14 (48.28%) .NET Core
5 9 (31.03%) Entity Framework
6 8 (27.59%) CSS
6 8 (27.59%) HTML
7 7 (24.14%) RESTful
8 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET Web API
8 5 (17.24%) ML.NET
9 4 (13.79%) AngularJS
9 4 (13.79%) Blazor
9 4 (13.79%) React
10 3 (10.34%) Node.js
11 2 (6.90%) LINQ
11 2 (6.90%) Ninject
11 2 (6.90%) REST
11 2 (6.90%) Spring.NET
11 2 (6.90%) Unity DI Container
11 2 (6.90%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (17.24%) Social Network
3 4 (13.79%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (10.34%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (10.34%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (6.90%) Mobile App
5 2 (6.90%) Product Ownership
6 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
6 1 (3.45%) Lidar
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Android
1 2 (6.90%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Full-Stack Development
2 17 (58.62%) Agile
2 17 (58.62%) DevOps
3 13 (44.83%) CI/CD
4 7 (24.14%) AI
5 5 (17.24%) Machine Learning
5 5 (17.24%) Mentoring
5 5 (17.24%) Multithreading
5 5 (17.24%) OO
6 4 (13.79%) Analytics
6 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (13.79%) Software Engineering
6 4 (13.79%) TDD
7 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (10.34%) Data Analytics
7 3 (10.34%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (10.34%) Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (10.34%) Refactoring
7 3 (10.34%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 29 (100.00%) SQL
2 20 (68.97%) C#
3 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
4 4 (13.79%) TypeScript
5 3 (10.34%) C++
5 3 (10.34%) Java
6 2 (6.90%) Bicep
7 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
7 1 (3.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
1 1 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Docker
2 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Firmware
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.45%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (68.97%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) DevExpress
2 2 (6.90%) Facebook
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle
3 1 (3.45%) Databricks
3 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.45%) Google