SQL Server Jobs in Reading

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 94 32
Rank change year-on-year +42 -62 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 17 32 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 3.11% 1.65% 8.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 15.18% 13.22% 30.96%
Number of salaries quoted 15 26 63
10th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,840 £62,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.74% -30.56% +38.46%
75th Percentile - £70,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £83,500 £74,375 £116,250
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £73,750
% change year-on-year -12.00% -15.25% +34.09%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 112 242 394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 20.51% 12.51% 26.14%
Number of salaries quoted 55 96 208
10th Percentile £49,250 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,840 £61,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.56% -12.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £84,063
90th Percentile £91,500 £82,500 £112,500
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -3.70% +12.50%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Reading

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Reading

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Reading.

Salary trend for SQL Server in Reading

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Reading over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Reading

SQL Server
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Apache
2 1 (5.88%) CMS
2 1 (5.88%) IIS
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (5.88%) Sitefinity
2 1 (5.88%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.88%) Umbraco
2 1 (5.88%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 15 (88.24%) Azure
2 8 (47.06%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (35.29%) Power Platform
4 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (23.53%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (11.76%) AWS
6 2 (11.76%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 2 (11.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (11.76%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (11.76%) SaaS
7 1 (5.88%) GCP
7 1 (5.88%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) HTTP
1 1 (5.88%) NAS
1 1 (5.88%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) Power BI
2 3 (17.65%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (11.76%) MongoDB
3 2 (11.76%) NoSQL
4 1 (5.88%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (5.88%) DB2
4 1 (5.88%) MySQL
4 1 (5.88%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.88%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 6 (35.29%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Games
3 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Law
3 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Retail
5 1 (5.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Developer
2 6 (35.29%) Lead
3 4 (23.53%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 3 (17.65%) .NET Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Technical Architect
5 2 (11.76%) .NET Architect
5 2 (11.76%) .NET Technical Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Azure Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Software Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Technical Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Angular Developer
6 1 (5.88%) AWS Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Azure Architect
6 1 (5.88%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Node.js Developer
6 1 (5.88%) NoSQL Developer
6 1 (5.88%) SAP Architect
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (47.06%) .NET
2 4 (23.53%) React
3 2 (11.76%) AngularJS
3 2 (11.76%) ASP.NET
3 2 (11.76%) Middleware
4 1 (5.88%) .NET Core
4 1 (5.88%) .NET Framework
4 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (5.88%) CSS
4 1 (5.88%) CSS3
4 1 (5.88%) Entity Framework
4 1 (5.88%) HTML
4 1 (5.88%) HTML5
4 1 (5.88%) Node.js
4 1 (5.88%) REST
4 1 (5.88%) SAP Basis
4 1 (5.88%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (5.88%) SAP XI
4 1 (5.88%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Cloud Native
1 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.88%) Clustering
2 1 (5.88%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) DevOps
2 5 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (29.41%) CI/CD
2 5 (29.41%) Data Governance
2 5 (29.41%) Data Governance Strategy
2 5 (29.41%) Data Lineage
2 5 (29.41%) Data Management
2 5 (29.41%) Data Privacy
2 5 (29.41%) Data Security
2 5 (29.41%) Data Validation
2 5 (29.41%) Migration
2 5 (29.41%) Validation
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) Data Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
5 2 (11.76%) Architectural Design
5 2 (11.76%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (11.76%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) C#
2 3 (17.65%) SQL
3 2 (11.76%) X++
4 1 (5.88%) Java
4 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
4 1 (5.88%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) Accessibility
1 5 (29.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe
2 1 (5.88%) IBM
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) VMware