Azure SQL Database Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Azure SQL Database over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 298 309
Rank change year-on-year +16 +11 +104
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 23 96 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.52% 0.49%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.85% 3.52% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 20 88 62
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £51,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £68,750 £100,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £66,056
% change year-on-year +8.70% -12.95% -2.14%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South East

Azure SQL Database 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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,241 2,729 2,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.55% 14.87% 18.40%
Number of salaries quoted 704 2,021 1,611
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £58,457 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.92% -10.07% +8.33%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Azure SQL Database in the South East

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure SQL Database in the South East.

Salary trend for Azure SQL Database in the South East

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in the South East over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in the South East

Azure SQL Database
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 July 2025. 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
Surrey +57 17 £70,000 +16.67% 18
Kent +25 3 £82,500 +26.92% 15
Thames Valley +31 2 £75,000 +30.43% 24
Buckinghamshire +31 1 £52,500 -19.23% 5
Berkshire +24 1 £97,500 +81.40% 15
East Sussex +19 1 - - 5
Azure SQL Database
England

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) IIS
1 3 (13.04%) nginx
1 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 23 (100.00%) Azure
2 13 (56.52%) Azure Data Factory
2 13 (56.52%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (47.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 8 (34.78%) Power Platform
5 6 (26.09%) GitHub
5 6 (26.09%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (21.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 4 (17.39%) Azure API Management
8 3 (13.04%) Azure AKS
8 3 (13.04%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (13.04%) Azure Pipelines
8 3 (13.04%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (13.04%) Cloudflare
8 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (8.70%) PowerApps
10 1 (4.35%) Azure App Service
10 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
10 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) DNS
1 1 (4.35%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (34.78%) Power BI
2 7 (30.43%) SQL Server
3 4 (17.39%) Data Lake
3 4 (17.39%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (17.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (17.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (13.04%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Git
1 3 (13.04%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Automotive
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Senior
2 5 (21.74%) Data Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Azure Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Developer
3 4 (17.39%) DevOps Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Senior Data Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Data Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Development Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Engineering Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Software Development Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Software Engineering Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Software Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) DBA
6 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) SQL Server DBA
6 1 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (43.48%) .NET
2 4 (17.39%) XML
3 3 (13.04%) ARM Templates
3 3 (13.04%) ASP.NET
3 3 (13.04%) Loki
3 3 (13.04%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (4.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (17.39%) Product Ownership
2 3 (13.04%) AS400
3 2 (8.70%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.35%) Clustering
4 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.35%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Linux
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) DevOps
2 10 (43.48%) Agile
2 10 (43.48%) CI/CD
3 9 (39.13%) Data Engineering
3 9 (39.13%) Software Engineering
4 8 (34.78%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (30.43%) API Management
5 7 (30.43%) Data Visualisation
5 7 (30.43%) Visualisation
6 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (26.09%) Data Modelling
6 6 (26.09%) Mentoring
7 5 (21.74%) Sprint Planning
7 5 (21.74%) Sprint Retrospective
8 4 (17.39%) Actionable Insight
8 4 (17.39%) Analytics
8 4 (17.39%) Data Governance
8 4 (17.39%) Data Science
8 4 (17.39%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 23 (100.00%) SQL
2 13 (56.52%) C#
3 6 (26.09%) PowerShell
3 6 (26.09%) Python
4 5 (21.74%) T-SQL
5 3 (13.04%) Bicep
6 2 (8.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (8.70%) Java
7 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) Azure Certification
2 7 (30.43%) Degree
3 4 (17.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) QA
2 2 (8.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Docker
2 3 (13.04%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Kubernetes
2 3 (13.04%) Grafana
2 3 (13.04%) Prometheus
3 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (56.52%) Databricks
2 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.04%) Atlassian
4 2 (8.70%) Informatica
5 1 (4.35%) Citrix
5 1 (4.35%) VMware