SQL Server Job Trends in Sheffield

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring SQL Server skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 40 44
Rank change year-on-year +12 +4 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 20 26 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 5.04% 3.03% 5.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 43.48% 24.76% 20.15%
Number of salaries quoted 20 16 17
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,875 £29,294
25th Percentile £25,563 £44,688 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £64,750 £61,875 £64,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -5.26% +11.76%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 46 105 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 11.59% 12.22% 27.97%
Number of salaries quoted 45 60 122
10th Percentile £25,300 £31,250 £27,600
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,188 £32,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £46,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -0.54% -7.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,313 £69,375
90th Percentile £75,750 £73,000 £70,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £54,000 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.39% -3.16% +11.76%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Sheffield

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

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

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Sheffield

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 15 (75.00%) Azure
2 5 (25.00%) AWS
3 3 (15.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Multicast
1 2 (10.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) MySQL
2 2 (10.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Developer
2 7 (35.00%) SQL Developer
3 5 (25.00%) Graduate
3 5 (25.00%) Graduate Developer
3 5 (25.00%) IT Graduate
3 5 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Database Developer
4 3 (15.00%) IT Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) IT Support
4 3 (15.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) SQL Database Developer
5 2 (10.00%) 1st Line Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Applications Support
5 2 (10.00%) Applications Support Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) C# Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (35.00%) .NET
1 7 (35.00%) CSS
2 5 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 5 (25.00%) jQuery
3 2 (10.00%) CSS3
3 2 (10.00%) HTML
3 2 (10.00%) HTML5
3 2 (10.00%) Node.js
3 2 (10.00%) React
3 2 (10.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (10.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (10.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Android
3 2 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (35.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (25.00%) MVC
3 5 (25.00%) OO
3 5 (25.00%) OOP
4 4 (20.00%) Product Management
4 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 3 (15.00%) Analytical Thinking
5 3 (15.00%) CRM
5 3 (15.00%) Customer Service
5 3 (15.00%) Data Privacy
5 3 (15.00%) Exploratory Testing
5 3 (15.00%) Mathematics
5 3 (15.00%) Migration
5 3 (15.00%) Software Testing
6 2 (10.00%) Conversational UI
6 2 (10.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) SQL
2 7 (35.00%) C#
3 6 (30.00%) T-SQL
4 5 (25.00%) C++
4 5 (25.00%) Java
4 5 (25.00%) PHP
5 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
2 6 (30.00%) DBS Check
3 5 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Zoho
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco
3 2 (10.00%) IBM