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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 20 19
Rank change year-on-year -31 -1 +65
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 3 19 76
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.52% 7.20% 7.82%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.56% 33.33% 40.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 73
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -38.10% +32.91%
75th Percentile £43,750 £38,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £47,500 £68,500 £71,250
South Yorkshire median annual salary £35,000 £34,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.45% -34.29% +16.67%

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 54 57 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 9.31% 21.59% 19.44%
Number of salaries quoted 36 44 161
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,750 £31,125
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £58,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% +17.50% +4.70%
75th Percentile £55,972 £72,188 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,424 £75,000 £68,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £48,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.10% -3.50% -

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 25 March 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 (33.33%) CMS
1 1 (33.33%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DMZ
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Backend Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Graduate
2 1 (33.33%) Graduate C# Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Graduate C# Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Graduate Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Graduate Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Graduate SQL Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) API Integration
1 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Data Encryption
1 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) MVC
1 1 (33.33%) OO
1 1 (33.33%) OOP
1 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Server Patching
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Optimisation
1 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft