SQL Server Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 55 36
Rank change year-on-year -11 -19 -19
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 22 13 44
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 1.29% 2.04% 3.87%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.95% 16.67% 27.85%
Number of salaries quoted 21 13 35
10th Percentile £24,000 £37,500 -
25th Percentile £29,250 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +30.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £50,000 £81,250 £79,375
90th Percentile £63,750 £82,250 £101,000
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -9.52%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 105 78 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 6.18% 12.26% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 79 55 76
10th Percentile £31,850 £35,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,625 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% - -15.89%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £85,625
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -13.64%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Nottinghamshire

SQL Server
Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Nottingham -17 15 £40,000 -38.46% 10
Mansfield - 5 £30,500 - 1
Worksop -7 1 - -
SQL Server
East Midlands

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) SAP Business One
2 1 (4.55%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) AWS
3 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (9.09%) GitHub
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (4.55%) GCP
4 1 (4.55%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.55%) SaaS
4 1 (4.55%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) MySQL
2 1 (4.55%) DTS
2 1 (4.55%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
2 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) NUnit
1 1 (4.55%) Postman
General
1 10 (45.45%) Manufacturing
2 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Advertising
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Developer
2 5 (22.73%) .NET Developer
3 4 (18.18%) ERP Support
3 4 (18.18%) Graduate
3 4 (18.18%) IT Support
3 4 (18.18%) SAP Support
3 4 (18.18%) Software Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) C# Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Senior
4 3 (13.64%) Software Developer
5 2 (9.09%) .NET Web Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Azure Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Graduate C# Software Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Graduate Software Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Graduate SQL Developer
5 2 (9.09%) PHP Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Developer
5 2 (9.09%) SQL Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (59.09%) .NET
2 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET
2 3 (13.64%) CSS
2 3 (13.64%) JSON
2 3 (13.64%) XML
3 2 (9.09%) .NET Core
3 2 (9.09%) .NET Framework
3 2 (9.09%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (9.09%) Classic ASP
3 2 (9.09%) Entity Framework
3 2 (9.09%) Google Maps API
3 2 (9.09%) HTML
4 1 (4.55%) HTML5
4 1 (4.55%) jQuery
4 1 (4.55%) Model Context Protocol
4 1 (4.55%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (4.55%) React
4 1 (4.55%) React Native
4 1 (4.55%) REST
4 1 (4.55%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.55%) AI Agents
2 1 (4.55%) e-Learning
2 1 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.55%) Replication
2 1 (4.55%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) ERP
1 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (22.73%) Agile
2 5 (22.73%) AI
2 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (18.18%) DevOps
3 4 (18.18%) Project Management
3 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
3 4 (18.18%) Web Development
4 3 (13.64%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (13.64%) MVC
5 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 2 (9.09%) Data Management
5 2 (9.09%) E-Commerce
5 2 (9.09%) LLM
5 2 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (4.55%) Kanban
6 1 (4.55%) Refactoring
6 1 (4.55%) Unit Testing
6 1 (4.55%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) C#
2 10 (45.45%) SQL
3 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
4 4 (18.18%) PHP
5 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
5 2 (9.09%) T-SQL
5 2 (9.09%) VB.NET
6 1 (4.55%) C++
6 1 (4.55%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) SAP
3 2 (9.09%) Google
4 1 (4.55%) DevExpress
4 1 (4.55%) OpenAI
4 1 (4.55%) Sage