Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 46 | - | 42 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +58 |
| Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland | 1.45% | - | 1.17% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 15.79% | - | 5.33% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | - | £67,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | - | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £52,500 | - | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median annual salary | £62,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | -7.14% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Northern Ireland
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 Northern Ireland.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 38 | 45 | 75 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 9.18% | 9.30% | 21.93% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 17 | 65 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,400 | £27,600 | £33,300 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,688 | £37,500 | £38,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,250 | £50,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.50% | -13.04% | +19.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £78,790 | £71,250 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £79,903 | £81,987 | £81,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +8.33% | -2.44% |
Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Azure SQL Database.
Azure SQL Database
Job Locations in Northern Ireland
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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 3 November 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Antrim | - | 3 | £50,000 | - | 1 |
| Newry | - | 2 | - | - | |
| County Down | - | 2 | - | - | |
| County Londonderry | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Azure SQL Database UK |
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Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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: