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 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 94 41 44
Rank change year-on-year -53 +3 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 284 849 744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.87% 4.63% 5.81%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.88% 31.11% 31.57%
Number of salaries quoted 227 766 595
10th Percentile £25,750 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £37,375 £42,000 £45,164
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £95,000
England median annual salary £56,750 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +3.18% -0.90% +0.91%

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 1,241 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%

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 2 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 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
Thames Valley -31 118 £52,500 - 223
Hampshire -2 57 £55,000 -4.35% 87
Buckinghamshire +16 43 £52,500 - 52
Surrey -14 39 £57,500 +4.55% 72
Berkshire -31 38 £55,000 -12.00% 130
Oxfordshire -3 37 £37,500 -18.92% 41
East Sussex +4 30 £27,000 -41.30% 49
West Sussex -2 11 £60,500 +10.00% 47
Middlesex -10 11 - - 7
Kent -42 10 £62,500 +4.17% 30
Sussex +15 6 £42,500 -29.17% 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 31 (10.92%) SharePoint
2 21 (7.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (6.69%) IIS
4 18 (6.34%) Confluence
5 6 (2.11%) Apache
6 4 (1.41%) CMS
7 3 (1.06%) nginx
7 3 (1.06%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.35%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.35%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (1.76%) Trello
2 4 (1.41%) 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 (2.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.76%) SAP Business One
3 4 (1.41%) Sage 1000
4 2 (0.70%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 102 (35.92%) Azure
2 56 (19.72%) Power Platform
3 54 (19.01%) AWS
4 42 (14.79%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (11.62%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (5.28%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (4.93%) Cloudflare
8 12 (4.23%) Power Automate
9 11 (3.87%) PowerApps
10 10 (3.52%) GCP
11 8 (2.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 8 (2.82%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (2.11%) SaaS
14 5 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (1.76%) GitHub
14 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (1.76%) Serverless
15 4 (1.41%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.80%) Network Security
2 22 (7.75%) VoIP
3 19 (6.69%) DNS
3 19 (6.69%) LAN
3 19 (6.69%) WAN
4 16 (5.63%) Firewall
5 13 (4.58%) SAN
6 9 (3.17%) DHCP
7 6 (2.11%) iSCSI
7 6 (2.11%) NAS
7 6 (2.11%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (2.11%) SMTP
7 6 (2.11%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.76%) IP Telephony
8 5 (1.76%) SNMP
9 3 (1.06%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (1.06%) VLAN
9 3 (1.06%) VPN
9 3 (1.06%) VSAN
10 2 (0.70%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (14.79%) Power BI
2 30 (10.56%) MySQL
2 30 (10.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 21 (7.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 20 (7.04%) Relational Database
5 18 (6.34%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.28%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (3.87%) MongoDB
9 10 (3.52%) NoSQL
10 7 (2.46%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.76%) QlikView
12 4 (1.41%) Couchbase
12 4 (1.41%) Data Lake
13 3 (1.06%) 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%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 42 (14.79%) Git
2 32 (11.27%) JIRA
3 22 (7.75%) Visual Studio
4 14 (4.93%) MagicDraw
5 13 (4.58%) TeamCity
6 11 (3.87%) NUnit
7 10 (3.52%) Jasmine
8 9 (3.17%) Maven
9 8 (2.82%) Bitbucket
9 8 (2.82%) Cucumber
9 8 (2.82%) GitLab
9 8 (2.82%) Selenium
9 8 (2.82%) SonarQube
9 8 (2.82%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (2.46%) Jenkins
10 7 (2.46%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (2.11%) MSI
12 2 (0.70%) git-flow
12 2 (0.70%) Spock
13 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 95 (33.45%) Social Skills
2 44 (15.49%) Finance
3 32 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (9.15%) Retail
5 14 (4.93%) Games
6 13 (4.58%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.17%) Banking
9 8 (2.82%) Front Office
9 8 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.76%) Back Office
10 5 (1.76%) Local Government
10 5 (1.76%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.41%) Law
11 4 (1.41%) Social Housing
11 4 (1.41%) Swedish Language
11 4 (1.41%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.06%) Legal
12 3 (1.06%) Marketing
13 2 (0.70%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 115 (40.49%) Developer
2 62 (21.83%) Senior
3 45 (15.85%) Senior Developer
4 39 (13.73%) IT Support
5 33 (11.62%) Analyst
5 33 (11.62%) Full-Stack Developer
6 24 (8.45%) Software Engineer
7 23 (8.10%) .NET Developer
7 23 (8.10%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 21 (7.39%) C# Developer
9 20 (7.04%) Software Developer
10 16 (5.63%) Senior Software Developer
10 16 (5.63%) Support Analyst
11 15 (5.28%) IT Engineer
12 13 (4.58%) Lead
12 13 (4.58%) Portal Developer
13 11 (3.87%) DBA
13 11 (3.87%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 10 (3.52%) Architect
15 9 (3.17%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (41.20%) .NET
2 69 (24.30%) ASP.NET
3 65 (22.89%) React
4 40 (14.08%) AngularJS
5 38 (13.38%) .NET Core
6 36 (12.68%) CSS
7 34 (11.97%) HTML
8 32 (11.27%) XML
9 26 (9.15%) .NET Framework
10 25 (8.80%) RESTful
11 19 (6.69%) Node.js
11 19 (6.69%) Vue
12 17 (5.99%) JSON
13 15 (5.28%) Kafka
14 12 (4.23%) ASP.NET Core
14 12 (4.23%) ASP.NET MVC
14 12 (4.23%) CSS3
14 12 (4.23%) HTML5
15 11 (3.87%) Jest
15 11 (3.87%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.80%) Client/Server
2 22 (7.75%) Driving Licence
3 21 (7.39%) Onboarding
4 19 (6.69%) Mobile App
5 16 (5.63%) Cloud Native
6 15 (5.28%) Management Information System
7 12 (4.23%) Data Centre
7 12 (4.23%) Data Structures
7 12 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (4.23%) Product Ownership
8 11 (3.87%) Operational Technology
9 7 (2.46%) Clustering
9 7 (2.46%) Life Science
9 7 (2.46%) Online Games
9 7 (2.46%) SCADA
10 6 (2.11%) Algorithms
10 6 (2.11%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.76%) Blackberry
11 5 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 50 (17.61%) Windows
2 23 (8.10%) Linux
3 21 (7.39%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.46%) Unix
5 6 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.06%) Android
7 3 (1.06%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.06%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (31.34%) Agile
2 71 (25.00%) DevOps
2 71 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (18.31%) Full-Stack Development
4 43 (15.14%) Computer Science
5 42 (14.79%) CI/CD
5 42 (14.79%) MVC
6 39 (13.73%) Business Intelligence
7 34 (11.97%) Mentoring
8 32 (11.27%) Software Engineering
9 30 (10.56%) Project Management
10 29 (10.21%) Test Automation
11 28 (9.86%) E-Commerce
12 25 (8.80%) ITIL
13 23 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (8.10%) Microservices
14 22 (7.75%) Data Modelling
14 22 (7.75%) Web Development
15 20 (7.04%) SDLC
16 19 (6.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 172 (60.56%) SQL
2 118 (41.55%) C#
3 62 (21.83%) JavaScript
4 32 (11.27%) Python
5 30 (10.56%) PowerShell
6 23 (8.10%) TypeScript
7 18 (6.34%) Java
8 17 (5.99%) T-SQL
9 11 (3.87%) C++
10 10 (3.52%) PHP
11 9 (3.17%) Bash
12 6 (2.11%) Korn
12 6 (2.11%) R
12 6 (2.11%) VB.NET
13 4 (1.41%) Uniface
13 4 (1.41%) VBA
14 3 (1.06%) Bicep
14 3 (1.06%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.70%) Groovy
15 2 (0.70%) X++
Qualifications
1 66 (23.24%) Degree
2 20 (7.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (5.99%) Security Cleared
4 16 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (4.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (3.17%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.82%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.46%) MCSA
9 6 (2.11%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (1.76%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.76%) HND
11 4 (1.41%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.41%) MCSE
12 3 (1.06%) MCP
13 1 (0.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.23%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.17%) QA
3 7 (2.46%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.41%) GDPR
5 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.35%) SLA
5 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (12.32%) Docker
2 29 (10.21%) Active Directory
3 18 (6.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.87%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (3.52%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (2.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 31 (10.92%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.28%) Terraform
3 6 (2.11%) WMI
3 6 (2.11%) WSUS
4 5 (1.76%) Ansible
4 5 (1.76%) Grafana
4 5 (1.76%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.76%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 151 (53.17%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.45%) VMware
3 22 (7.75%) Oracle
4 13 (4.58%) Rollbar
5 8 (2.82%) Databricks
5 8 (2.82%) Solace
6 7 (2.46%) Citrix
6 7 (2.46%) Rockwell
6 7 (2.46%) Siemens
7 6 (2.11%) Dell
7 6 (2.11%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.11%) Sage
7 6 (2.11%) SAP
7 6 (2.11%) Splunk
8 5 (1.76%) IBM
8 5 (1.76%) McAfee
8 5 (1.76%) Veeam
9 4 (1.41%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.06%) Apple
10 3 (1.06%) SonicWALL