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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 43 39
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +13
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 10 18 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 2.23% 2.50% 5.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.73% 23.08% 20.41%
Number of salaries quoted 10 14 16
10th Percentile - £35,550 £37,500
25th Percentile £25,000 £39,063 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,750 £45,000 £51,498
Median % change year-on-year -42.78% -12.62% -1.91%
75th Percentile £32,125 £57,188 £60,625
90th Percentile £37,625 £61,250 £87,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £26,500 £45,000 £50,749
% change year-on-year -41.11% -11.33% +1.50%

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 78 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 9.80% 10.82% 27.45%
Number of salaries quoted 42 40 92
10th Percentile £25,075 £34,875 £27,600
25th Percentile £32,813 £42,188 £31,931
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,313 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £73,000 £78,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -1.10% +1.11%

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 (10.00%) CMS
1 1 (10.00%) IIS
1 1 (10.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (10.00%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) SaaS
3 2 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) DNS
1 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (10.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Developer
2 5 (50.00%) Graduate
2 5 (50.00%) Graduate Developer
2 5 (50.00%) IT Graduate
3 3 (30.00%) IT Support
4 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Applications Support
4 2 (20.00%) Applications Support Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support
4 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) IT Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) .NET
1 6 (60.00%) CSS
2 5 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 5 (50.00%) jQuery
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (10.00%) CSS3
3 1 (10.00%) HTML
3 1 (10.00%) HTML5
3 1 (10.00%) JSON
3 1 (10.00%) Node.js
3 1 (10.00%) React
3 1 (10.00%) RESTful
3 1 (10.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Android
3 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (60.00%) Agile
2 6 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (50.00%) MVC
3 5 (50.00%) OO
3 5 (50.00%) OOP
4 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
5 2 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (20.00%) CRM
5 2 (20.00%) Data Privacy
5 2 (20.00%) Exploratory Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
5 2 (20.00%) Migration
5 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
6 1 (10.00%) AI
6 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
6 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
6 1 (10.00%) UX Design
6 1 (10.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Java
2 5 (50.00%) C#
2 5 (50.00%) C++
2 5 (50.00%) PHP
3 3 (30.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) Zoho