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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 40 25
Rank change year-on-year -1 -15 +40
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 6 14 44
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 1.40% 3.06% 7.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.95% 21.54% 34.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 43
10th Percentile - £35,250 £35,700
25th Percentile £25,000 £39,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +4.55% +18.92%
75th Percentile £36,563 £62,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £66,875 £71,250
South Yorkshire median annual salary £33,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -41.30% +4.55% +10.00%

All Database & 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 43 65 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 10.02% 14.22% 21.36%
Number of salaries quoted 35 30 119
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £62,639 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.14% +25.28% +4.70%
75th Percentile £47,500 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £71,250
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £61,206 £50,000
% change year-on-year -34.65% +22.41% -

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
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Sheffield over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Sheffield

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 (16.67%) CMS
1 1 (16.67%) IIS
1 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
1 1 (16.67%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DMZ
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Graduate
2 3 (50.00%) Graduate Developer
2 3 (50.00%) IT Graduate
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Backend Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (50.00%) CSS
2 3 (50.00%) jQuery
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Core
3 1 (16.67%) JSON
3 1 (16.67%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) MVC
3 3 (50.00%) OO
3 3 (50.00%) OOP
4 1 (16.67%) API Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Data Encryption
4 1 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
4 1 (16.67%) Server Patching
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Optimisation
4 1 (16.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Java
2 3 (50.00%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) C++
2 3 (50.00%) PHP
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Citrix