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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 298 334
Rank change year-on-year +36 +36 +45
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 27 98 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.29% 0.58% 0.51%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.27% 3.70% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 24 95 75
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,999 £52,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £52,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,313 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 - £86,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% -14.81% -

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 1,192 2,652 2,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.97% 15.82% 17.62%
Number of salaries quoted 727 1,981 1,755
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,200
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £44,763
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,690
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -1.24% +1.25%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +59 20 £63,750 +6.25% 4
Kent +12 3 £82,500 +26.92% 4
Thames Valley +36 2 - - 4
Berkshire +27 2 - - 2
Hampshire +51 1 £101,500 +76.52% 3
East Sussex +26 1 - -
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 7 (25.93%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 27 (100.00%) Azure
2 14 (51.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 13 (48.15%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (40.74%) Azure Data Factory
4 11 (40.74%) Power Platform
5 8 (29.63%) GitHub
5 8 (29.63%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (22.22%) PowerApps
8 5 (18.52%) Azure API Management
9 1 (3.70%) Azure App Service
9 1 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (3.70%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
9 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
9 1 (3.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) DNS
1 4 (14.81%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (40.74%) Power BI
2 10 (37.04%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
4 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 6 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (14.81%) Data Lake
6 3 (11.11%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Automotive
3 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Finance
5 1 (3.70%) Legal
5 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Senior
2 7 (25.93%) Data Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Data Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Developer
4 4 (14.81%) DevOps Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 3 (11.11%) Development Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Software Development Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Software Engineering Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Software Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Data Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Data Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Data Warehouse Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Azure Data Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) .NET
1 5 (18.52%) XML
2 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.70%) HTML
3 1 (3.70%) jQuery
3 1 (3.70%) JSON
3 1 (3.70%) Middleware
3 1 (3.70%) REST
3 1 (3.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) Product Ownership
2 4 (14.81%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (14.81%) Cloud Native
3 3 (11.11%) AS400
4 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Linux
1 4 (14.81%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) DevOps
2 15 (55.56%) CI/CD
3 13 (48.15%) Agile
3 13 (48.15%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (44.44%) Data Engineering
5 11 (40.74%) Data Visualisation
5 11 (40.74%) Software Engineering
5 11 (40.74%) Visualisation
6 10 (37.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (33.33%) Analytics
8 7 (25.93%) Mentoring
8 7 (25.93%) Sprint Planning
8 7 (25.93%) Sprint Retrospective
9 6 (22.22%) API Management
9 6 (22.22%) Co-Creation
9 6 (22.22%) Data Analysis
9 6 (22.22%) Data Analytics
9 6 (22.22%) Data Modelling
9 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (22.22%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 27 (100.00%) SQL
2 12 (44.44%) C#
2 12 (44.44%) PowerShell
3 9 (33.33%) Python
4 6 (22.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (14.81%) T-SQL
6 2 (7.41%) Java
6 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.70%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) Azure Certification
2 11 (40.74%) Degree
3 4 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) Data Quality
2 3 (11.11%) QA
3 1 (3.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) Kubernetes
2 4 (14.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 15 (55.56%) Databricks
3 3 (11.11%) Atlassian
4 1 (3.70%) Citrix
4 1 (3.70%) VMware