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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 17 29
Rank change year-on-year -44 +12 +41
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 3 31 81
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.33% 9.57% 6.21%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.30% 52.54% 40.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3 25 72
10th Percentile £28,400 £25,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £26,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £32,500 £51,999
Median % change year-on-year +35.38% -37.50% +9.47%
75th Percentile £46,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile - £67,000 £67,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £38,250 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% -5.26% +5.56%

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 91 59 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 9.99% 18.21% 15.17%
Number of salaries quoted 72 48 156
10th Percentile £38,772 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,802 £48,250 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% +4.89% -3.67%
75th Percentile £74,987 £65,313 £60,313
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £70,625
South Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £48,750 £46,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +5.98% -3.16%

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 June 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 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (66.67%) Power Automate
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) PowerApps
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
1 2 (66.67%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform Developer
3 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
3 1 (33.33%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Graduate
3 1 (33.33%) Graduate C# Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Graduate C# Software Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Graduate Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Graduate Software Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Graduate SQL Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) HTML5 Canvas
2 2 (66.67%) JSON
3 1 (33.33%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Kanban
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) PHP
3 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft