SQL Server Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 26 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 53 57
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 -31
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 152 173 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.90% 5.87% 4.93%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.31% 28.41% 22.69%
Number of salaries quoted 54 143 190
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,723 £36,250 £33,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,750 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £64,750 £67,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 537 609 1,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.25% 20.66% 21.73%
Number of salaries quoted 217 442 585
10th Percentile £32,650 £36,250 £31,266
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +15.18%
75th Percentile £64,750 £72,483 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,548 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,580
% change year-on-year +8.33% -0.96% +5.36%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Scotland

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in Scotland

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 October 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Scotland

SQL Server
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 October 2024. 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 +51 67 £51,500 -17.60% 10
Glasgow -2 64 £44,500 -11.00% 17
Aberdeenshire - 5 - - 2
Renfrewshire - 4 £47,250 -
Dundee -1 2 £39,345 +8.56%
Stirling -14 2 £48,750 -
Lanarkshire - 2 £70,000 - 5
Dunbartonshire -2 1 - -
South Lanarkshire -4 1 £35,000 +20.69%
Aberdeen -4 1 £32,500 -35.00% 2
Falkirk -4 1 £50,000 -
Fife -27 1 £36,500 -18.89% 1
West Lothian -43 1 £47,500 +5.56%
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 10 (6.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.66%) Apache
2 1 (0.66%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.66%) IIS
2 1 (0.66%) SAS
2 1 (0.66%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.66%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.66%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (8.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.66%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 86 (56.58%) Azure
2 41 (26.97%) SaaS
3 39 (25.66%) Power Platform
4 22 (14.47%) AWS
5 17 (11.18%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (7.89%) Entra ID
7 8 (5.26%) Azure Cognitive Services
7 8 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (3.95%) Snowflake
9 5 (3.29%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (3.29%) Power Automate
9 5 (3.29%) PowerApps
10 4 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.97%) Azure AI
11 3 (1.97%) Azure Machine Learning
12 2 (1.32%) GCP
12 2 (1.32%) GitHub
13 1 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.95%) DNS
2 1 (0.66%) DHCP
2 1 (0.66%) Internet
2 1 (0.66%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.66%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (25.66%) Power BI
2 38 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 31 (20.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 20 (13.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 16 (10.53%) Relational Database
6 9 (5.92%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (3.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (3.95%) Tableau
8 5 (3.29%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.97%) MongoDB
10 3 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (1.32%) DTS
11 2 (1.32%) MySQL
11 2 (1.32%) NoSQL
11 2 (1.32%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.66%) Big Data
12 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.66%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 16 (10.53%) Git
2 4 (2.63%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.66%) Maven
3 1 (0.66%) Postman
3 1 (0.66%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.66%) Vite
3 1 (0.66%) webpack
General
1 78 (51.32%) Finance
2 44 (28.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 37 (24.34%) Social Skills
4 19 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.26%) Billing
5 8 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.29%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.63%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.32%) Back Office
9 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.66%) Law
9 1 (0.66%) Legal
Job Titles
1 70 (46.05%) Developer
2 29 (19.08%) SQL Developer
3 23 (15.13%) Senior
4 15 (9.87%) .NET Developer
5 14 (9.21%) Lead
6 13 (8.55%) Cloud Engineer
6 13 (8.55%) CloudOps Engineer
6 13 (8.55%) Operations Engineer
7 12 (7.89%) Junior
8 11 (7.24%) Consultant
9 10 (6.58%) Senior Developer
9 10 (6.58%) Software Engineer
10 9 (5.92%) Software Developer
11 8 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (5.26%) Junior Developer
11 8 (5.26%) Junior SQL Developer
11 8 (5.26%) Service Delivery Manager
11 8 (5.26%) Service Manager
12 6 (3.95%) C# .NET Developer
12 6 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (30.26%) .NET
2 33 (21.71%) .NET Core
3 31 (20.39%) .NET Framework
4 26 (17.11%) ASP.NET
5 25 (16.45%) AngularJS
6 23 (15.13%) CSS
7 20 (13.16%) HTML
8 19 (12.50%) Razor View Engine
9 17 (11.18%) React
10 15 (9.87%) Vue
11 14 (9.21%) HTML5
12 13 (8.55%) ASP.NET Web API
13 12 (7.89%) ASP.NET MVC
13 12 (7.89%) Entity Framework
14 10 (6.58%) ASP.NET Web Forms
15 7 (4.61%) REST
16 6 (3.95%) JSON
17 5 (3.29%) Kafka
17 5 (3.29%) YAML
18 4 (2.63%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
1 8 (5.26%) Private Cloud
2 7 (4.61%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.95%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.29%) e-Learning
4 5 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (3.29%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (1.97%) Legacy Code
6 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.32%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.32%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.66%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.66%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.66%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.66%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.66%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.66%) PMI
7 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.16%) Linux
2 19 (12.50%) Windows
3 14 (9.21%) Windows Server
4 8 (5.26%) CentOS
5 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (38.82%) Fintech
2 51 (33.55%) Data Management
2 51 (33.55%) Project Management
3 39 (25.66%) Business Intelligence
4 32 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (19.08%) DevOps
6 27 (17.76%) MVC
7 26 (17.11%) Cloud Operations
8 24 (15.79%) Agile
8 24 (15.79%) Performance Tuning
9 23 (15.13%) Change Control
10 20 (13.16%) Software Engineering
11 19 (12.50%) Platform Engineering
12 16 (10.53%) TDD
13 15 (9.87%) Full-Stack Development
13 15 (9.87%) ITIL
14 14 (9.21%) Defect Tracking
14 14 (9.21%) End-to-End Testing
14 14 (9.21%) Software Testing
15 13 (8.55%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 100 (65.79%) SQL
2 53 (34.87%) C#
3 35 (23.03%) JavaScript
4 21 (13.82%) PowerShell
5 17 (11.18%) Bash
5 17 (11.18%) TypeScript
6 14 (9.21%) T-SQL
7 9 (5.92%) PL/SQL
7 9 (5.92%) VB
8 6 (3.95%) Java
8 6 (3.95%) Python
9 1 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.66%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 43 (28.29%) Degree
2 5 (3.29%) ACCA
3 4 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (1.32%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.66%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.66%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.95%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 13 (8.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (10.53%) Terraform
2 6 (3.95%) Ansible
2 6 (3.95%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.66%) Netcool
3 1 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 64 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.21%) Oracle
3 4 (2.63%) SYSPRO
4 1 (0.66%) Alteryx
4 1 (0.66%) Google
4 1 (0.66%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.66%) VMware