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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 65 24
Rank change year-on-year +28 -41 +12
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 17 29 91
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 3.43% 2.46% 8.51%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.48% 20.28% 35.97%
Number of salaries quoted 16 16 54
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 -
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,688 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,840 £59,125 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.12% +7.50% -15.38%
75th Percentile - £65,313 £106,875
90th Percentile - £78,125 £116,250
Berkshire median annual salary £57,500 £60,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -1.71%

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 83 143 253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 16.77% 12.14% 23.67%
Number of salaries quoted 44 60 140
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £50,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £60,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.05% -3.60% -3.85%
75th Percentile £70,818 £81,563 £78,750
90th Percentile £84,625 £98,000 £112,500
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -3.85%

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
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Reading over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Reading

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) CMS
2 2 (11.76%) IIS
3 1 (5.88%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 16 (94.12%) Azure
2 9 (52.94%) Microsoft Purview
2 9 (52.94%) Power Platform
3 2 (11.76%) AWS
3 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) DHCP
1 2 (11.76%) DNS
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
1 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
1 2 (11.76%) VPN
2 1 (5.88%) NAS
2 1 (5.88%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (52.94%) Power BI
2 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (5.88%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (5.88%) SAP HANA
General
1 12 (70.59%) Finance
2 9 (52.94%) Games
3 3 (17.65%) Humanities
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Law
4 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Lead
2 5 (29.41%) Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Integration Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Architect
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Architect
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Technical Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (29.41%) .NET
2 3 (17.65%) Web Services
3 1 (5.88%) Middleware
3 1 (5.88%) SAP Basis
3 1 (5.88%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (5.88%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Clustering
1 3 (17.65%) Replication
2 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Data Management
2 9 (52.94%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (52.94%) Data Governance
2 9 (52.94%) Data Governance Strategy
2 9 (52.94%) Data Lineage
2 9 (52.94%) Data Privacy
2 9 (52.94%) Data Security
2 9 (52.94%) Data Validation
2 9 (52.94%) Validation
3 6 (35.29%) Migration
4 3 (17.65%) CRM
4 3 (17.65%) High Availability
4 3 (17.65%) Integration Testing
4 3 (17.65%) User Experience
5 2 (11.76%) Data Migration
5 2 (11.76%) DevOps
6 1 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (5.88%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) C#
2 3 (17.65%) VB.NET
3 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.88%) SQL
4 1 (5.88%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (52.94%) Accessibility
1 9 (52.94%) Data Quality
2 3 (17.65%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
1 2 (11.76%) Docker
1 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) SAP
3 1 (5.88%) VMware