Azure SQL Database Job Trends in Reading

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 90 98
Rank change year-on-year +26 +8 +29
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 1 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.19% 0.29% 0.53%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.97% 2.84% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £88,750 £58,750 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £62,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +56.00% -24.24% +6.45%
75th Percentile £106,250 £66,250 £90,000
90th Percentile - - £96,000
Berkshire median annual salary £97,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -7.14% -9.68%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 103 141 290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 19.69% 10.39% 25.44%
Number of salaries quoted 54 63 174
10th Percentile £43,250 £40,253 £36,075
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,604 £62,500 £68,875
Median % change year-on-year +8.17% -9.26% +5.96%
75th Percentile £81,875 £81,250 £79,688
90th Percentile £88,875 £85,000 £112,500
Berkshire median annual salary £65,184 £67,500 £66,500
% change year-on-year -3.43% +1.50% +6.40%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Azure SQL Database in Reading

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Azure SQL Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks