Azure SQL Database Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 236 226
Rank change year-on-year +76 -10 +59
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 6 6 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.17% 0.080% 0.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.44% 0.70% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile - - £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +17.02%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £63,500 £63,850 £102,847
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South West

Azure SQL Database 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 417 857 924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 11.89% 11.38% 19.59%
Number of salaries quoted 284 464 735
10th Percentile £31,625 £36,250 £36,319
25th Percentile £37,288 £44,688 £44,192
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £55,148
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.27% +10.30%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £83,746 £83,512 £84,750
England median annual salary £60,500 £65,000 £64,500
% change year-on-year -6.92% +0.78% +7.50%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Azure SQL Database in the South West

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Azure SQL Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in the South West over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in the South West

Azure SQL Database
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Wiltshire - 5 £50,000 - 1
Devon - 1 £69,000 - 4
Azure SQL Database
England

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Stack
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (16.67%) Data Lake
2 1 (16.67%) Metadata
2 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
1 5 (83.33%) Lead
1 5 (83.33%) Lead Developer
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Data Security
1 5 (83.33%) Database Security
1 5 (83.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (83.33%) Mentoring
1 5 (83.33%) Performance Tuning
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (83.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Data Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility