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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 43 38
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 7 17 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 1.53% 2.60% 5.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 15.91% 23.29% 20.22%
Number of salaries quoted 7 13 15
10th Percentile - £35,250 £42,950
25th Percentile - £36,250 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% -18.18% -6.38%
75th Percentile £29,375 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £35,250 £62,250 £87,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £28,750 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -36.11% -25.00% +20.00%

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 44 73 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 9.59% 11.16% 27.38%
Number of salaries quoted 40 38 84
10th Percentile £25,000 £34,625 £27,600
25th Percentile £34,688 £41,563 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,000 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +3.95% -11.50%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,188 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,625 £73,250 £78,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £45,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.09% -4.21% -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend 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
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 1 (14.29%) CMS
1 1 (14.29%) IIS
1 1 (14.29%) Tomcat
1 1 (14.29%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 5 (71.43%) Graduate
2 5 (71.43%) Graduate Developer
2 5 (71.43%) IT Graduate
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Backend Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Graduate C# Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Graduate PHP Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Graduate SQL Developer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) PHP Developer
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) .NET
2 5 (71.43%) ASP.NET
2 5 (71.43%) CSS
2 5 (71.43%) jQuery
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Core
3 1 (14.29%) JSON
3 1 (14.29%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Computer Science
3 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (71.43%) MVC
3 5 (71.43%) OO
3 5 (71.43%) OOP
4 1 (14.29%) API Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Java
2 5 (71.43%) C#
2 5 (71.43%) C++
2 5 (71.43%) PHP
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) A+ Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification