SQL Server Jobs in the South East

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 48 31
Rank change year-on-year +12 -17 -13
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 869 879 1,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.26% 5.77% 8.42%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.05% 32.64% 33.58%
Number of salaries quoted 808 716 1,237
10th Percentile £35,500 £34,236 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,875 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £87,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% +8.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South East

SQL Server is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,629 2,693 4,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.91% 17.69% 25.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,981 1,804 3,144
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 2024. 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 +2 296 £55,000 -3.51% 51
Hampshire +5 163 £57,500 +9.52% 25
Kent +52 131 £60,000 +20.00% 18
Berkshire -18 130 £62,500 -3.85% 21
Surrey +9 122 £55,000 +10.00% 20
Oxfordshire +36 97 £50,000 +11.11% 14
East Sussex -10 74 £50,000 -9.09% 10
Buckinghamshire -2 69 £52,500 - 16
West Sussex +16 55 £55,000 -8.33% 13
Sussex - 11 £60,000 -
Middlesex -17 6 £44,658 -42.38%
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 65 (7.48%) SharePoint
2 36 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (4.03%) IIS
4 12 (1.38%) Apache
5 10 (1.15%) CMS
6 7 (0.81%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.69%) Kentico
7 6 (0.69%) WordPress
8 5 (0.58%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.58%) JBoss
9 4 (0.46%) ColdFusion
9 4 (0.46%) TWiki
10 3 (0.35%) Confluence
10 3 (0.35%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.23%) Drupal
11 2 (0.23%) IBM Domino
12 1 (0.12%) DNN
12 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 34 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.58%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.23%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.23%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.46%) SDL Web 8
4 3 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.23%) Magento
5 2 (0.23%) nopCommerce
5 2 (0.23%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.23%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.23%) Shopify
5 2 (0.23%) SystmOne
5 2 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.12%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 477 (54.89%) Azure
2 155 (17.84%) AWS
3 102 (11.74%) Power Platform
4 86 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
5 62 (7.13%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (5.52%) SaaS
7 29 (3.34%) PaaS
8 25 (2.88%) OneDrive
9 24 (2.76%) Entra ID
10 23 (2.65%) IaaS
11 16 (1.84%) PowerApps
12 15 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.61%) Power Automate
13 14 (1.61%) Serverless
14 12 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
15 11 (1.27%) GCP
15 11 (1.27%) Google Play
16 10 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (1.15%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 69 (7.94%) Firewall
2 45 (5.18%) Internet
3 26 (2.99%) DNS
3 26 (2.99%) VoIP
4 17 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (1.84%) Broadband
6 14 (1.61%) VPN
7 13 (1.50%) SAN
8 12 (1.38%) TCP/IP
9 11 (1.27%) DHCP
10 10 (1.15%) HTTP
11 8 (0.92%) Network Security
11 8 (0.92%) SSL
11 8 (0.92%) WAN
12 6 (0.69%) iSCSI
12 6 (0.69%) Wireless
13 5 (0.58%) Hyperconnected
13 5 (0.58%) LAN
14 4 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (0.46%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (10.59%) Power BI
2 83 (9.55%) Elasticsearch
3 81 (9.32%) MongoDB
4 72 (8.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 70 (8.06%) Azure SQL Database
6 50 (5.75%) Data Warehouse
7 47 (5.41%) Relational Database
8 42 (4.83%) NoSQL
9 40 (4.60%) MySQL
10 37 (4.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 19 (2.19%) Data Lake
11 19 (2.19%) Oracle Database
12 16 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (1.27%) MariaDB
14 9 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (0.92%) Crystal Reports
15 8 (0.92%) DynamoDB
16 7 (0.81%) Redis
16 7 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 5 (0.58%) DB2
Development Applications
1 80 (9.21%) Git
2 48 (5.52%) Visual Studio
3 38 (4.37%) JIRA
4 28 (3.22%) NUnit
5 13 (1.50%) TeamCity
6 12 (1.38%) Postman
6 12 (1.38%) Selenium
6 12 (1.38%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (1.04%) Jenkins
8 8 (0.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 8 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
9 7 (0.81%) Jasmine
10 5 (0.58%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.58%) MSTest
10 5 (0.58%) Subversion
11 4 (0.46%) eggPlant
11 4 (0.46%) GitLab
11 4 (0.46%) Moq
12 2 (0.23%) Burp Suite
12 2 (0.23%) Chocolatey
General
1 185 (21.29%) Social Skills
2 132 (15.19%) Finance
3 54 (6.21%) Retail
4 42 (4.83%) Documentation Skills
5 40 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (4.37%) Public Sector
7 28 (3.22%) Marketing
8 27 (3.11%) Games
9 23 (2.65%) Law
9 23 (2.65%) Manufacturing
10 14 (1.61%) Advertising
11 11 (1.27%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.15%) Back Office
12 10 (1.15%) Banking
13 9 (1.04%) Automotive
13 9 (1.04%) Telecoms
14 8 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.81%) Legal
Job Titles
1 546 (62.83%) Developer
2 316 (36.36%) .NET Developer
3 152 (17.49%) C# Developer
4 118 (13.58%) C# .NET Developer
5 96 (11.05%) Senior
6 91 (10.47%) Software Developer
7 74 (8.52%) Senior Developer
8 64 (7.36%) Support Engineer
9 52 (5.98%) Lead
10 49 (5.64%) Full Stack Developer
11 43 (4.95%) IT Support
12 41 (4.72%) IT Engineer
13 39 (4.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 38 (4.37%) DBA
15 36 (4.14%) IT Support Engineer
16 35 (4.03%) Consultant
17 34 (3.91%) 3rd Line Support
17 34 (3.91%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
18 31 (3.57%) Azure Developer
19 30 (3.45%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 549 (63.18%) .NET
2 338 (38.90%) ASP.NET
3 285 (32.80%) .NET Core
4 265 (30.49%) AngularJS
5 239 (27.50%) ASP.NET MVC
6 219 (25.20%) Entity Framework
7 212 (24.40%) React
8 209 (24.05%) ASP.NET Web API
9 208 (23.94%) .NET Framework
10 187 (21.52%) HTML
11 152 (17.49%) CSS
12 149 (17.15%) Vue
13 119 (13.69%) HTML5
14 86 (9.90%) Node.js
15 80 (9.21%) RESTful
16 63 (7.25%) LINQ
17 61 (7.02%) CSS3
17 61 (7.02%) jQuery
17 61 (7.02%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 60 (6.90%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 69 (7.94%) Greenfield Project
2 32 (3.68%) Management Information System
2 32 (3.68%) Replication
3 24 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (2.53%) Mobile App
5 21 (2.42%) Algorithms
6 13 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.38%) N-Tier
8 11 (1.27%) iPhone
9 10 (1.15%) BBC
9 10 (1.15%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
9 10 (1.15%) Social Media
10 9 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (0.92%) Digital TV
12 7 (0.81%) Data Centre
12 7 (0.81%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.69%) Clustering
13 6 (0.69%) Driving Licence
13 6 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 128 (14.73%) Windows
2 62 (7.13%) Windows Server
3 33 (3.80%) Linux
4 29 (3.34%) VMS
5 18 (2.07%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (1.96%) Android
7 11 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.69%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (0.58%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.46%) AIX
10 4 (0.46%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.46%) CentOS
11 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.35%) Rocky
12 2 (0.23%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.12%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (43.84%) Agile
2 300 (34.52%) Full Stack Development
3 293 (33.72%) MVC
4 216 (24.86%) Microservices
5 153 (17.61%) TDD
6 124 (14.27%) BDD
7 112 (12.89%) DevOps
8 109 (12.54%) Computer Science
8 109 (12.54%) Scrum
9 108 (12.43%) Problem-Solving
10 105 (12.08%) Business Intelligence
11 80 (9.21%) Artificial Intelligence
12 78 (8.98%) Kanban
13 71 (8.17%) OO
14 65 (7.48%) CI/CD
14 65 (7.48%) ETL
15 57 (6.56%) Unit Testing
16 52 (5.98%) Migration
17 50 (5.75%) Mentoring
18 49 (5.64%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 565 (65.02%) C#
2 386 (44.42%) JavaScript
3 353 (40.62%) SQL
4 169 (19.45%) TypeScript
5 90 (10.36%) T-SQL
6 63 (7.25%) Java
7 35 (4.03%) Python
8 34 (3.91%) PHP
9 26 (2.99%) PowerShell
10 25 (2.88%) C++
11 22 (2.53%) VB.NET
12 11 (1.27%) Bicep
12 11 (1.27%) R
13 10 (1.15%) C
14 8 (0.92%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.81%) Objective-C
16 6 (0.69%) VB
17 4 (0.46%) CFML
17 4 (0.46%) Swift
17 4 (0.46%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 161 (18.53%) Degree
2 75 (8.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 44 (5.06%) Security Cleared
4 34 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (2.76%) SC Cleared
6 20 (2.30%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.15%) Azure Certification
7 10 (1.15%) PhD
8 8 (0.92%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.81%) CTC Cleared
10 5 (0.58%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.58%) HNC
10 5 (0.58%) HND
11 4 (0.46%) CCNA
11 4 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.46%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.35%) MCSA
12 3 (0.35%) MCSE
13 2 (0.23%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (0.23%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.29%) QA
2 15 (1.73%) GDPR
3 10 (1.15%) HIPAA
4 7 (0.81%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.58%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.58%) SLA
6 4 (0.46%) COBIT
7 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 79 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 63 (7.25%) Docker
3 58 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.96%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.50%) vSphere
7 5 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 57 (6.56%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.76%) Terraform
3 9 (1.04%) SCCM
4 8 (0.92%) MIIS
5 7 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.46%) Ansible
7 4 (0.46%) Nagios
7 4 (0.46%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.35%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.23%) SCOM
10 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.12%) EMC VPLEX
10 1 (0.12%) Kibana
10 1 (0.12%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.12%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.12%) vRealize
Vendors
1 473 (54.43%) Microsoft
2 77 (8.86%) VMware
3 52 (5.98%) Veeam
4 50 (5.75%) Oracle
5 41 (4.72%) Citrix
6 36 (4.14%) Google
7 17 (1.96%) Facebook
8 14 (1.61%) Apple
9 10 (1.15%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.15%) Sony
9 10 (1.15%) Yahoo!
10 9 (1.04%) Adobe
10 9 (1.04%) Cisco
11 8 (0.92%) EMC
11 8 (0.92%) Palo Alto
11 8 (0.92%) Zerto
12 7 (0.81%) Aruba
13 6 (0.69%) SAP
14 5 (0.58%) Nimble Storage
14 5 (0.58%) Red Hat