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 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 41 14
Rank change year-on-year -5 -27 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 15 38 43
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 2.31% 3.77% 12.84%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.05% 24.52% 41.35%
Number of salaries quoted 15 32 40
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £30,875
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +15.79% -12.04%
75th Percentile £81,250 £63,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £68,750
East Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%

All Database and 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 88 155 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 13.56% 15.36% 31.04%
Number of salaries quoted 62 97 87
10th Percentile £37,500 - £32,500
25th Percentile £37,728 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £62,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
East Midlands median annual salary £48,000 £48,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -8.57% -3.92%

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 13 December 2025.

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 13 December 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
Nottingham -15 10 £76,750 +39.55% 12
Worksop +4 3 £40,000 -38.46%
Mansfield - 1 £75,000 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) Apache
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) SAP Business One
2 1 (6.67%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) AWS
1 6 (40.00%) SaaS
2 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) GCP
3 3 (20.00%) ChatGPT
4 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
5 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Power BI
2 1 (6.67%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (6.67%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (6.67%) EDRMS
2 1 (6.67%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (6.67%) GIS
2 1 (6.67%) MongoDB
2 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Git
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Law
3 3 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Games
3 3 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Developer
2 6 (40.00%) Architect
3 4 (26.67%) Product Architect
4 3 (20.00%) .NET Architect
4 3 (20.00%) C# Architect
4 3 (20.00%) C# Developer
4 3 (20.00%) PHP Developer
4 3 (20.00%) PHP Laravel Developer
4 3 (20.00%) SaaS Architect
4 3 (20.00%) Senior
4 3 (20.00%) Senior C# Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Senior Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Technical Architect
5 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (13.33%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 1 (6.67%) .NET Software Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Applications Support
6 1 (6.67%) Applications Support Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) Power Platform Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (73.33%) .NET
2 3 (20.00%) .NET Core
2 3 (20.00%) CSS
2 3 (20.00%) DirectX
2 3 (20.00%) HTML
2 3 (20.00%) jQuery
2 3 (20.00%) Laravel
2 3 (20.00%) OpenGL
2 3 (20.00%) RESTful
3 1 (6.67%) JSON
3 1 (6.67%) Vue
3 1 (6.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) 3D Graphics
1 3 (20.00%) Client/Server
1 3 (20.00%) Legacy Code
1 3 (20.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.67%) Low-Code
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
1 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 7 (46.67%) Agile
3 6 (40.00%) Event-Driven
3 6 (40.00%) Microservices
3 6 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (40.00%) Technical Debt
4 3 (20.00%) AI
4 3 (20.00%) API Integration
4 3 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
4 3 (20.00%) CAD
4 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (20.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 3 (20.00%) Migration
4 3 (20.00%) MVC
4 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Secure Coding
4 3 (20.00%) Software Delivery
4 3 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) C#
2 8 (53.33%) SQL
3 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
4 3 (20.00%) PHP
4 3 (20.00%) T-SQL
5 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) OpenAI
1 3 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) Capita
2 1 (6.67%) Civica
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) NEC
2 1 (6.67%) Salesforce