SQL Server Job Trends in Reading

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 41 68
Rank change year-on-year -35 +27 -42
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 9 17 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.55% 3.25% 1.99%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.23% 18.28% 17.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5 16 13
10th Percentile - £42,500 £48,738
25th Percentile £57,500 £48,750 £53,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,840 £59,125
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% +18.12% +2.83%
75th Percentile £72,500 - £66,250
90th Percentile - - £81,500
Berkshire median annual salary £85,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +47.83% -11.54% +0.39%

All Database & 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 88 93 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 5.37% 17.78% 11.62%
Number of salaries quoted 42 50 60
10th Percentile £44,750 £42,500 £39,850
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,604 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.17% -6.72%
75th Percentile £80,938 £75,625 £81,250
90th Percentile £99,375 £86,875 £87,875
Berkshire median annual salary £62,500 £69,840 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.51% -0.23% +7.69%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Reading

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (33.33%) PaaS
4 1 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Databricks
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) GCP
4 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (11.11%) Data Lake
2 1 (11.11%) Data Vault
2 1 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) Power Query
2 1 (11.11%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) C# Software Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Data Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) .NET Software Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Software Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Data Migration Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) .NET
2 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
3 1 (11.11%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 3 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) Software Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) Clean Code
3 3 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 3 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
3 3 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Data Transformation
4 2 (22.22%) ETL
4 2 (22.22%) ETL Development
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Validation
5 1 (11.11%) AI
5 1 (11.11%) Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
5 1 (11.11%) Lakehouse
5 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) CREST Certified
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (11.11%) IASME
2 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 3 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (11.11%) Databricks