SQL Server Job Trends in Somerset

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 40 40
Rank change year-on-year -22 0 -17
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 16 9 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 1.40% 2.38% 2.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.79% 13.64% 29.03%
Number of salaries quoted 15 8 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,750 £34,500 £35,475
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% -6.67% -19.86%
75th Percentile £29,250 £75,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £44,685 - £58,500
South West median annual salary £47,500 £45,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.83% -16.82% +4.76%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 116 66 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 10.13% 17.46% 8.48%
Number of salaries quoted 59 35 39
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,750 £35,475
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -28.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £73,750
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +3.47%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Somerset

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Somerset

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

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Somerset

SQL Server
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 23 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Taunton - 14 £28,500 -
Yeovil - 1 - -
Portishead - 1 £54,498 -
SQL Server
South West

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Functions
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Storage
2 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) LAN
1 1 (6.25%) Network Security
1 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
1 1 (6.25%) Unified Communications
1 1 (6.25%) WAN
1 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (6.25%) Data Lake
2 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.25%) MariaDB
2 1 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) RDBMS
2 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
2 1 (6.25%) SQLite
General
1 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
1 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (6.25%) Finance
1 1 (6.25%) Fire and Rescue
1 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (6.25%) Military
1 1 (6.25%) Police
1 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
1 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Analyst
1 12 (75.00%) Support Analyst
2 9 (56.25%) Software Analyst
2 9 (56.25%) Software Support Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Applications Support
3 3 (18.75%) Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Administrator
4 1 (6.25%) Data Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) DBA
4 1 (6.25%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Principal Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (81.25%) .NET
1 13 (81.25%) XML
2 12 (75.00%) .NET Framework
2 12 (75.00%) CSS
2 12 (75.00%) HTML
2 12 (75.00%) Web Services
3 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
3 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET
3 1 (6.25%) JSON
3 1 (6.25%) React
3 1 (6.25%) SGML
3 1 (6.25%) XSL
3 1 (6.25%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (12.50%) Replication
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.25%) Distributed Architecture
2 1 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (81.25%) Windows
1 13 (81.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
1 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (12.50%) DevOps
1 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
1 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
1 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
2 1 (6.25%) Agile
2 1 (6.25%) Business Continuity
2 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (6.25%) Data Analysis
2 1 (6.25%) Data Modelling
2 1 (6.25%) ETL
2 1 (6.25%) Identity Management
2 1 (6.25%) ITIL
2 1 (6.25%) Logistics
2 1 (6.25%) Multithreading
2 1 (6.25%) Unit Testing
2 1 (6.25%) Validation
2 1 (6.25%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 15 (93.75%) SQL
2 13 (81.25%) C#
3 1 (6.25%) C++
3 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.25%) PL/SQL
3 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.25%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
1 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (6.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Oracle