Azure SQL Database Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 109 146
Rank change year-on-year -27 +37 +77
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 13 38 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.47% 1.16% 0.084%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.30% 7.82% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 2
10th Percentile £25,750 £38,750 £55,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £42,500 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% -21.74% +24.32%
75th Percentile £33,000 £51,250 £60,625
90th Percentile £50,750 £53,750 £61,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.14%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 302 486 510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.99% 14.85% 21.50%
Number of salaries quoted 107 219 432
10th Percentile £25,900 £33,750 £35,784
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £64,375 £64,875 £72,450
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £84,056
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -2.44%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in Scotland

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in Scotland over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in Scotland

Azure SQL Database
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Edinburgh -5 8 £27,500 -38.89% 6
Glasgow -22 3 £36,500 -14.12% 8
Fife - 1 £50,000 -
Azure SQL Database
UK

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (100.00%) Azure
2 9 (69.23%) Entra ID
3 8 (61.54%) SaaS
4 4 (30.77%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
6 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (15.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (7.69%) Azure AKS
7 1 (7.69%) Azure Functions
7 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (7.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (15.38%) Power BI
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (7.69%) Data Lake
3 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Billing
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Applications Support
2 8 (61.54%) Applications Engineer
2 8 (61.54%) Applications Support Engineer
2 8 (61.54%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Application Support Team Leader
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Business Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Commercial Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Data Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Insight Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Insight Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (7.69%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Client/Server
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.69%) IoT
3 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) DevOps
2 9 (69.23%) ITIL
3 8 (61.54%) Change Management
4 4 (30.77%) Analytics
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
6 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Visual Analytics
6 2 (15.38%) Visualisation
6 2 (15.38%) WFM
7 1 (7.69%) AI
7 1 (7.69%) Data Modelling
7 1 (7.69%) ETL
7 1 (7.69%) Six Sigma
7 1 (7.69%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (7.69%) Bash
3 1 (7.69%) Bicep
3 1 (7.69%) Java
3 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) VMware