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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 186 180
Rank change year-on-year +14 -6 +72
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 5 3 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.098% 0.072% 0.80%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.12% 0.43% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 36
10th Percentile £42,700 £40,100 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,375 £46,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +4.35% +22.34%
75th Percentile £75,375 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,900 £62,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -14.29%

All Database & 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 447 703 864
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.80% 16.95% 18.20%
Number of salaries quoted 263 341 664
10th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £35,150
25th Percentile £38,875 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,750 £81,250 £84,542
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -5.51%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend 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 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 2026. 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
Bristol +12 3 £77,500 +29.17% 3
Devon - 1 £69,000 - 4
Gloucestershire - 1 £37,500 - 2
Azure SQL Database
England

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Stack
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (40.00%) Data Lake
2 2 (40.00%) Metadata
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Billing
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Data Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Commercial Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Insight Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Insight Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (40.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (60.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (40.00%) Analytics
4 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
4 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (40.00%) DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (40.00%) Visual Analytics
4 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (40.00%) WFM
5 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
5 1 (20.00%) Customer Insight
5 1 (20.00%) Data Collection
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft