SQL Server Developer Jobs in the South East

SQL Server Developer
England > South East

The median SQL Server Developer salary in the South East is £40,600 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 400 374
Rank change year-on-year +91 -26 +109
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server Developer 2 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.021% 0.011% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.011% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £57,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,600 £60,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.33% +71.43% -41.67%
75th Percentile - £62,500 £47,500
90th Percentile - - £56,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £51,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.20% +2.50% -3.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 8,483 17,867 11,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.48% 94.35% 89.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,542 12,615 7,746
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £69,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,300
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.94% +0.50%

SQL Server Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured SQL Server Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Developer in the South East

SQL Server Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for SQL Server Developer in the South East

SQL Server Developer
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 Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Hampshire - 2 £40,600 - 1
SQL Server Developer
England

SQL Server Developer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 June 2025, SQL Server Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring SQL Server Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience

SQL Server Developer Skill Set
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 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft