Azure SQL Database Job Trends in Northern Ireland

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 job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Azure SQL Database.

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

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (83.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (66.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Power BI
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (16.67%) MySQL
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Billing
3 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Business Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Commercial Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Insight Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Insight Manager
2 1 (16.67%) DBA
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (16.67%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (83.33%) Visualisation
3 4 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (66.67%) Analytics
3 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
3 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
3 4 (66.67%) Process Improvement
3 4 (66.67%) Visual Analytics
3 4 (66.67%) WFM
4 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (33.33%) AI
5 2 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (33.33%) Customer Insight
5 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
5 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
5 2 (33.33%) Migration
5 2 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
5 2 (33.33%) Six Sigma
5 2 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 1 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (16.67%) PHP
4 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Databricks
2 1 (16.67%) RedGate