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 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 30 38 27
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 -11
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 514 1,152 1,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.65% 6.70% 8.94%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.53% 34.52% 35.59%
Number of salaries quoted 433 904 1,271
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% +6.50% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £74,500
England median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +0.87% +11.65% +3.00%

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 1,630 3,337 4,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 21.09% 19.41% 25.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,134 2,213 3,144
10th Percentile £36,000 £36,125 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £69,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £61,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.40% +4.17% +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 6 December 2023.

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 6 December 2023. 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 -3 186 £55,000 - 55
Hampshire -1 117 £47,500 -9.52% 48
Berkshire -12 111 £52,500 -16.00% 19
East Sussex +16 92 £60,000 +9.09% 23
Surrey +21 63 £55,000 +12.24% 29
Oxfordshire +32 41 £55,000 +4.76% 20
Buckinghamshire -7 34 £55,000 - 16
West Sussex +8 32 £67,500 +28.57% 20
Kent -1 29 £52,500 +5.00% 30
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 45 (8.75%) IIS
2 29 (5.64%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.53%) Apache
4 10 (1.95%) MS Exchange
4 10 (1.95%) WebSphere
5 9 (1.75%) CMS
6 5 (0.97%) ColdFusion
6 5 (0.97%) Headless CMS
7 4 (0.78%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.78%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.78%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.58%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.39%) Confluence
9 2 (0.39%) EPiServer
9 2 (0.39%) Kentico
9 2 (0.39%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.19%) nginx
10 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 27 (5.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.75%) AutoCAD
3 9 (1.75%) PTC Creo
3 9 (1.75%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.39%) LibreOffice
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (0.78%) Front Arena
1 4 (0.78%) Unit4 Business World
2 3 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.39%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.19%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 180 (35.02%) Azure
2 57 (11.09%) Power Platform
2 57 (11.09%) SaaS
3 53 (10.31%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (7.59%) AWS
5 33 (6.42%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (5.45%) Entra ID
7 24 (4.67%) IaaS
8 17 (3.31%) PaaS
9 16 (3.11%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (2.72%) Cloud Computing
11 12 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (2.14%) Snowflake
13 10 (1.95%) GitHub
14 9 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
16 7 (1.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 7 (1.36%) GCP
17 6 (1.17%) Azure Functions
17 6 (1.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.64%) Firewall
2 20 (3.89%) DNS
3 18 (3.50%) VoIP
4 16 (3.11%) TCP/IP
5 15 (2.92%) Internet
6 14 (2.72%) SAN
6 14 (2.72%) VPN
7 11 (2.14%) DHCP
8 5 (0.97%) VSAN
8 5 (0.97%) Wireless
9 4 (0.78%) iSCSI
9 4 (0.78%) Skype
9 4 (0.78%) WAN
10 3 (0.58%) HTTP
10 3 (0.58%) IP Telephony
10 3 (0.58%) LAN
11 2 (0.39%) FTP
11 2 (0.39%) SMTP
11 2 (0.39%) SSH
12 1 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (10.12%) Power BI
2 50 (9.73%) MySQL
3 47 (9.14%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (7.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 36 (7.00%) Relational Database
6 24 (4.67%) NoSQL
7 23 (4.47%) Oracle Database
8 20 (3.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (2.92%) MariaDB
10 15 (2.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 13 (2.53%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 13 (2.53%) MongoDB
12 11 (2.14%) Oracle Database 10g
12 11 (2.14%) Oracle Database 11g
12 11 (2.14%) Oracle Database 12c
13 10 (1.95%) SQLite
14 9 (1.75%) SAP HANA
15 8 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 60 (11.67%) Git
2 30 (5.84%) JIRA
3 26 (5.06%) Jenkins
4 19 (3.70%) Visual Studio
5 16 (3.11%) Subversion
6 12 (2.33%) NUnit
7 9 (1.75%) Chocolatey
7 9 (1.75%) Postman
7 9 (1.75%) TeamCity
8 8 (1.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 7 (1.36%) JetBrains Rider
9 7 (1.36%) Selenium
9 7 (1.36%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (1.17%) git-flow
10 6 (1.17%) Visual Studio Team System
11 5 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
12 4 (0.78%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.58%) GitLab
13 3 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
14 2 (0.39%) gulp
General
1 114 (22.18%) Social Skills
2 76 (14.79%) Finance
3 37 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.28%) Public Sector
5 17 (3.31%) Automotive
6 14 (2.72%) Telecoms
7 13 (2.53%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.95%) Legal
8 10 (1.95%) Marketing
9 9 (1.75%) Banking
9 9 (1.75%) Financial Institution
10 8 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.17%) Retail
13 4 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.58%) Back Office
15 2 (0.39%) Electronics
15 2 (0.39%) Law
15 2 (0.39%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 236 (45.91%) Developer
2 86 (16.73%) Software Developer
3 73 (14.20%) .NET Developer
4 72 (14.01%) Senior
5 49 (9.53%) C# Developer
6 47 (9.14%) Senior Developer
7 42 (8.17%) Analyst
8 39 (7.59%) DBA
9 38 (7.39%) Administrator
10 30 (5.84%) Full Stack Developer
11 28 (5.45%) Support Engineer
12 27 (5.25%) C# .NET Developer
12 27 (5.25%) Support Analyst
13 26 (5.06%) Software Engineer
14 25 (4.86%) Applications Support
14 25 (4.86%) Lead
15 21 (4.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (4.09%) Lead Developer
16 20 (3.89%) C# Software Developer
16 20 (3.89%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 246 (47.86%) .NET
2 112 (21.79%) HTML
3 109 (21.21%) CSS
4 108 (21.01%) ASP.NET
5 98 (19.07%) .NET Core
6 85 (16.54%) React
7 73 (14.20%) AngularJS
8 52 (10.12%) .NET Framework
9 47 (9.14%) ASP.NET MVC
10 44 (8.56%) Vue
11 41 (7.98%) Web Services
12 40 (7.78%) jQuery
13 38 (7.39%) REST
13 38 (7.39%) XML
14 31 (6.03%) SOAP
15 27 (5.25%) ASP.NET Web API
16 24 (4.67%) Entity Framework
17 22 (4.28%) JSON
18 21 (4.09%) Blazor
19 20 (3.89%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
2 19 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 16 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (3.11%) Management Information System
3 16 (3.11%) Public Cloud
3 16 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (2.92%) Replication
5 10 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (1.75%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.56%) Clustering
8 7 (1.36%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.17%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.97%) NHS
11 4 (0.78%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.78%) IoT
11 4 (0.78%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.58%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.58%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 125 (24.32%) Windows
2 49 (9.53%) Windows Server
3 20 (3.89%) Linux
4 14 (2.72%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (2.33%) Android
6 7 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.97%) CentOS
8 5 (0.97%) Data ONTAP
8 5 (0.97%) Unix
8 5 (0.97%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.58%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.39%) Debian
10 2 (0.39%) VMS
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (25.29%) Agile
2 94 (18.29%) DevOps
3 85 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (16.15%) MVC
5 61 (11.87%) Business Intelligence
6 59 (11.48%) Computer Science
7 57 (11.09%) CI/CD
7 57 (11.09%) Full Stack Development
8 54 (10.51%) Migration
9 53 (10.31%) Unit Testing
10 44 (8.56%) ETL
11 43 (8.37%) OOP
12 42 (8.17%) Customer Service
12 42 (8.17%) Software Engineering
13 41 (7.98%) Mentoring
14 40 (7.78%) Design Patterns
15 37 (7.20%) TDD
16 36 (7.00%) OO
17 35 (6.81%) SOLID
18 33 (6.42%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 267 (51.95%) SQL
2 239 (46.50%) C#
3 171 (33.27%) JavaScript
4 68 (13.23%) T-SQL
5 67 (13.04%) PowerShell
6 36 (7.00%) Python
7 35 (6.81%) PHP
8 34 (6.61%) TypeScript
9 29 (5.64%) VB.NET
10 17 (3.31%) Java
11 13 (2.53%) Bash
12 9 (1.75%) MATLAB
12 9 (1.75%) VBA
13 7 (1.36%) Delphi
14 6 (1.17%) C++
14 6 (1.17%) R
15 5 (0.97%) XPath
16 4 (0.78%) VBScript
17 3 (0.58%) C
17 3 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 75 (14.59%) Degree
2 62 (12.06%) Security Cleared
3 41 (7.98%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (4.67%) Azure Certification
6 22 (4.28%) DV Cleared
7 21 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.95%) MCSA
8 10 (1.95%) MCSE
9 9 (1.75%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.97%) A+ Certification
11 5 (0.97%) Citrix Certification
12 3 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.39%) CCNA
13 2 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.47%) SLA
2 13 (2.53%) QA
3 11 (2.14%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.36%) GDPR
5 6 (1.17%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 81 (15.76%) Active Directory
2 29 (5.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (4.09%) Docker
4 20 (3.89%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.97%) vSphere
7 4 (0.78%) XenApp
8 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 18 (3.50%) Kubernetes
1 18 (3.50%) Terraform
2 15 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (2.33%) SCCM
4 10 (1.95%) Ansible
5 9 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 9 (1.75%) SCOM
6 6 (1.17%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.97%) McAfee ePO
7 5 (0.97%) vRealize
8 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Clustering
8 4 (0.78%) NetBackup
8 4 (0.78%) WSUS
9 3 (0.58%) AirWatch
9 3 (0.58%) OpenSSO
9 3 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.39%) Nagios
11 1 (0.19%) Backup Exec
11 1 (0.19%) Grafana
11 1 (0.19%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 214 (41.63%) Microsoft
2 66 (12.84%) Oracle
3 40 (7.78%) VMware
4 25 (4.86%) Xamarin
5 22 (4.28%) SAP
6 20 (3.89%) Citrix
7 13 (2.53%) Red Hat
8 11 (2.14%) IBM
9 9 (1.75%) MathWorks
9 9 (1.75%) McAfee
9 9 (1.75%) PTC
9 9 (1.75%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.75%) TOWER Software
10 8 (1.56%) Cisco
10 8 (1.56%) NetApp
10 8 (1.56%) Veeam
11 7 (1.36%) Rollbar
11 7 (1.36%) Sitecore
11 7 (1.36%) Talend
12 6 (1.17%) Databricks