SQL Server Jobs in the South East

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 14 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 46 40
Rank change year-on-year -60 -6 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 287 743 723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.83% 4.29% 5.97%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.30% 28.60% 31.88%
Number of salaries quoted 231 664 586
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,650 £36,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,840 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £74,625 £95,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% -4.35% +4.55%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,287 2,598 2,268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.68% 14.99% 18.71%
Number of salaries quoted 708 1,898 1,603
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,800
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,250 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +8.33%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the South East

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in the South East

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the South East over the 6 months to 14 July 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the South East

SQL Server
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 SQL Server within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Thames Valley -33 118 £52,500 - 77
Hampshire +6 58 £55,500 -3.48% 39
Buckinghamshire +10 43 £52,500 +10.53% 17
Surrey -11 42 £57,500 +4.55% 33
Berkshire -30 40 £55,000 -12.00% 35
Oxfordshire -6 35 £43,750 -2.78% 27
East Sussex +6 30 £27,000 -40.00% 15
West Sussex +2 11 £60,500 +10.00% 17
Middlesex -8 10 - - 5
Kent -45 10 £62,500 -1.57% 24
Sussex +18 6 £42,500 -34.62% 13
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
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 28 (9.76%) SharePoint
2 23 (8.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (6.97%) IIS
4 17 (5.92%) Confluence
5 6 (2.09%) Apache
6 5 (1.74%) CMS
7 4 (1.39%) nginx
8 3 (1.05%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 1 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.35%) Sitefinity
9 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.35%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (1.74%) Trello
2 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.70%) S-PLUS
3 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.74%) SAP Business One
3 4 (1.39%) Sage 1000
4 2 (0.70%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 105 (36.59%) Azure
2 58 (20.21%) AWS
3 54 (18.82%) Power Platform
4 44 (15.33%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (11.85%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (5.23%) Cloudflare
6 15 (5.23%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (4.18%) Power Automate
8 11 (3.83%) PowerApps
9 10 (3.48%) GCP
10 9 (3.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 9 (3.14%) Azure Service Bus
11 7 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (2.09%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (2.09%) GitHub
12 6 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (2.09%) SaaS
13 5 (1.74%) Azure AKS
13 5 (1.74%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (1.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.71%) Network Security
2 22 (7.67%) VoIP
3 19 (6.62%) DNS
3 19 (6.62%) LAN
3 19 (6.62%) WAN
4 18 (6.27%) Firewall
5 15 (5.23%) SAN
6 9 (3.14%) DHCP
7 8 (2.79%) iSCSI
7 8 (2.79%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (2.09%) NAS
8 6 (2.09%) SMTP
8 6 (2.09%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.74%) IP Telephony
9 5 (1.74%) SNMP
10 3 (1.05%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (1.05%) VLAN
10 3 (1.05%) VPN
10 3 (1.05%) VSAN
11 2 (0.70%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (14.63%) Power BI
2 32 (11.15%) MySQL
3 28 (9.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 23 (8.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (7.67%) Relational Database
6 20 (6.97%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (5.23%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (4.18%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (3.83%) MongoDB
10 10 (3.48%) NoSQL
11 8 (2.79%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.39%) Couchbase
12 4 (1.39%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.39%) QlikView
13 3 (1.05%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.70%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.70%) Redis
14 2 (0.70%) SAP HANA
14 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 1 (0.35%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 43 (14.98%) Git
2 31 (10.80%) JIRA
3 20 (6.97%) Visual Studio
4 14 (4.88%) MagicDraw
5 13 (4.53%) TeamCity
6 11 (3.83%) NUnit
7 10 (3.48%) Jasmine
8 9 (3.14%) Maven
9 8 (2.79%) Bitbucket
9 8 (2.79%) Cucumber
9 8 (2.79%) GitLab
9 8 (2.79%) Octopus Deploy
9 8 (2.79%) Selenium
9 8 (2.79%) SonarQube
9 8 (2.79%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (2.44%) Jenkins
11 6 (2.09%) MSI
12 2 (0.70%) git-flow
12 2 (0.70%) Spock
13 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 95 (33.10%) Social Skills
2 45 (15.68%) Finance
3 33 (11.50%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.71%) Retail
5 15 (5.23%) Games
6 13 (4.53%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.14%) Banking
9 8 (2.79%) Front Office
10 5 (1.74%) Back Office
10 5 (1.74%) Local Government
10 5 (1.74%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.39%) Law
11 4 (1.39%) Social Housing
11 4 (1.39%) Swedish Language
12 3 (1.05%) Legal
12 3 (1.05%) Marketing
12 3 (1.05%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.70%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 115 (40.07%) Developer
2 67 (23.34%) Senior
3 48 (16.72%) Senior Developer
4 38 (13.24%) IT Support
5 33 (11.50%) Analyst
5 33 (11.50%) Full-Stack Developer
6 25 (8.71%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 24 (8.36%) Software Engineer
8 22 (7.67%) .NET Developer
9 19 (6.62%) C# Developer
10 18 (6.27%) Software Developer
11 16 (5.57%) Senior Software Developer
11 16 (5.57%) Support Analyst
12 15 (5.23%) IT Engineer
13 14 (4.88%) Lead
14 12 (4.18%) DBA
15 11 (3.83%) Portal Developer
16 10 (3.48%) Architect
17 9 (3.14%) Dynamics 365 Developer
17 9 (3.14%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (40.77%) .NET
2 71 (24.74%) ASP.NET
3 65 (22.65%) React
4 40 (13.94%) AngularJS
5 37 (12.89%) .NET Core
6 35 (12.20%) CSS
7 33 (11.50%) HTML
8 31 (10.80%) XML
9 28 (9.76%) RESTful
10 24 (8.36%) .NET Framework
11 21 (7.32%) Node.js
12 19 (6.62%) Vue
13 16 (5.57%) JSON
14 15 (5.23%) Kafka
15 12 (4.18%) ASP.NET Core
15 12 (4.18%) ASP.NET MVC
15 12 (4.18%) CSS3
15 12 (4.18%) HTML5
16 11 (3.83%) Jest
16 11 (3.83%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.71%) Client/Server
2 23 (8.01%) Onboarding
3 22 (7.67%) Driving Licence
4 18 (6.27%) Cloud Native
5 17 (5.92%) Management Information System
5 17 (5.92%) Mobile App
6 12 (4.18%) Data Centre
6 12 (4.18%) Data Structures
6 12 (4.18%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (4.18%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.83%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.44%) Clustering
8 7 (2.44%) Life Science
8 7 (2.44%) Online Games
8 7 (2.44%) SCADA
9 6 (2.09%) Algorithms
9 6 (2.09%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.74%) Blackberry
10 5 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 52 (18.12%) Windows
2 26 (9.06%) Linux
3 21 (7.32%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.79%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (2.44%) Unix
6 4 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.05%) Android
7 3 (1.05%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.05%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (30.31%) Agile
2 73 (25.44%) DevOps
3 70 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (18.12%) Full-Stack Development
5 44 (15.33%) MVC
6 43 (14.98%) CI/CD
7 42 (14.63%) Computer Science
8 40 (13.94%) Business Intelligence
9 34 (11.85%) Mentoring
10 32 (11.15%) Software Engineering
11 29 (10.10%) E-Commerce
11 29 (10.10%) Test Automation
12 28 (9.76%) Project Management
13 26 (9.06%) ITIL
14 25 (8.71%) Microservices
15 24 (8.36%) Continuous Improvement
16 23 (8.01%) Web Development
17 22 (7.67%) Data Modelling
18 20 (6.97%) User Experience
19 19 (6.62%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 168 (58.54%) SQL
2 120 (41.81%) C#
3 61 (21.25%) JavaScript
4 31 (10.80%) PowerShell
4 31 (10.80%) Python
5 23 (8.01%) TypeScript
6 18 (6.27%) Java
7 17 (5.92%) T-SQL
8 11 (3.83%) Bash
8 11 (3.83%) C++
9 9 (3.14%) PHP
10 8 (2.79%) Korn
11 7 (2.44%) VB.NET
12 5 (1.74%) R
13 4 (1.39%) Bicep
13 4 (1.39%) Uniface
13 4 (1.39%) VBA
14 3 (1.05%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.70%) Groovy
15 2 (0.70%) X++
Qualifications
1 68 (23.69%) Degree
2 20 (6.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (5.92%) Security Cleared
4 16 (5.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (3.14%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.79%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.44%) MCSA
9 6 (2.09%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (1.74%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.74%) HND
11 4 (1.39%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.39%) MCSE
12 3 (1.05%) MCP
13 1 (0.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.18%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.14%) QA
3 8 (2.79%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.39%) GDPR
5 2 (0.70%) SLA
6 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (13.24%) Docker
2 31 (10.80%) Active Directory
3 18 (6.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.18%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (3.48%) Hyper-V
6 8 (2.79%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 6 (2.09%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 34 (11.85%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.23%) Terraform
3 6 (2.09%) Grafana
3 6 (2.09%) Prometheus
3 6 (2.09%) WMI
3 6 (2.09%) WSUS
4 5 (1.74%) Ansible
4 5 (1.74%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 151 (52.61%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.36%) VMware
3 22 (7.67%) Oracle
4 13 (4.53%) Rollbar
5 8 (2.79%) Dell
5 8 (2.79%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.79%) Solace
5 8 (2.79%) Splunk
6 7 (2.44%) Citrix
6 7 (2.44%) Databricks
6 7 (2.44%) Rockwell
6 7 (2.44%) Siemens
7 6 (2.09%) Sage
7 6 (2.09%) SAP
8 5 (1.74%) McAfee
8 5 (1.74%) Veeam
9 4 (1.39%) IBM
9 4 (1.39%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.05%) Apple
10 3 (1.05%) SonicWALL