SQL Server Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 82 43
Rank change year-on-year -31 -39 +11
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 98 76 415
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.27% 2.80% 4.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.96% 16.24% 32.65%
Number of salaries quoted 97 63 374
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,784 £44,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,625 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £72,078
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -3.51%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
South West

SQL Server 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 578 468 1,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.46% 17.26% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 295 315 973
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,544 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,358 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,650 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in the South West

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the South West over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the South West

SQL Server
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 SQL Server within the South West region over the 6 months to 19 May 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 +1 39 £60,000 +6.67% 7
Devon 0 21 £47,500 -13.64% 4
Dorset -25 10 £66,250 +32.50% 3
Wiltshire -22 9 £56,250 +2.27% 3
Gloucestershire -29 9 £42,500 -19.05% 1
Somerset -22 8 £45,392 -24.35% 7
Cornwall - 2 £49,623 - 1
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.06%) NServiceBus
3 2 (2.04%) Apache
4 1 (1.02%) Confluence
4 1 (1.02%) Drupal
4 1 (1.02%) IIS
4 1 (1.02%) nginx
4 1 (1.02%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (6.12%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (10.20%) Magento
2 9 (9.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (9.18%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (9.18%) Shopify
3 1 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 36 (36.73%) Azure
2 17 (17.35%) SaaS
3 15 (15.31%) Power Platform
4 11 (11.22%) Azure AKS
5 9 (9.18%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (6.12%) Serverless
7 5 (5.10%) AWS
7 5 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (5.10%) Entra ID
8 4 (4.08%) Power Automate
8 4 (4.08%) PowerApps
9 3 (3.06%) Azure Functions
9 3 (3.06%) GitHub
9 3 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (2.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (2.04%) GCP
10 2 (2.04%) IaaS
10 2 (2.04%) PaaS
10 2 (2.04%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.06%) Firewall
1 3 (3.06%) SD-WAN
1 3 (3.06%) WAN
1 3 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (2.04%) DHCP
2 2 (2.04%) DNS
2 2 (2.04%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.04%) VLAN
3 1 (1.02%) LAN
3 1 (1.02%) Network Security
3 1 (1.02%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (14.29%) Power BI
2 9 (9.18%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (7.14%) MySQL
4 6 (6.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (5.10%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (5.10%) Oracle Database
5 5 (5.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (3.06%) DB2
6 3 (3.06%) MongoDB
7 2 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (2.04%) Relational Database
8 1 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (1.02%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.02%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (1.02%) NoSQL
8 1 (1.02%) RDBMS
8 1 (1.02%) Redis
8 1 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (1.02%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (12.24%) JIRA
2 5 (5.10%) Git
3 1 (1.02%) Gatling
3 1 (1.02%) JMeter
3 1 (1.02%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.02%) Vagrant
General
1 9 (9.18%) Back Office
2 8 (8.16%) Social Skills
3 6 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.12%) Finance
4 2 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (2.04%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.02%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.02%) Police
Job Titles
1 39 (39.80%) Developer
2 22 (22.45%) Senior
3 15 (15.31%) Analyst
4 12 (12.24%) Support Analyst
5 11 (11.22%) .NET Software Engineer
5 11 (11.22%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
5 11 (11.22%) Senior Software Engineer
5 11 (11.22%) Software Developer
5 11 (11.22%) Software Engineer
6 8 (8.16%) Data Scientist
7 7 (7.14%) .NET Developer
7 7 (7.14%) Software Analyst
7 7 (7.14%) SQL Developer
7 7 (7.14%) SQL Server Developer
8 6 (6.12%) DBA
8 6 (6.12%) Software Support Analyst
9 5 (5.10%) Architect
9 5 (5.10%) Data Architect
9 5 (5.10%) Data Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (43.88%) .NET
2 29 (29.59%) REST
3 22 (22.45%) .NET Framework
4 21 (21.43%) Entity Framework
5 18 (18.37%) ASP.NET
5 18 (18.37%) CSS
6 17 (17.35%) HTML
7 16 (16.33%) .NET Core
8 11 (11.22%) Dapper ORM
9 10 (10.20%) AngularJS
9 10 (10.20%) Middleware
10 9 (9.18%) SOAP
11 8 (8.16%) React
12 6 (6.12%) ASP.NET Core
13 5 (5.10%) jQuery
13 5 (5.10%) RESTful
14 2 (2.04%) CSS3
14 2 (2.04%) Web Services
14 2 (2.04%) WPF
14 2 (2.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.12%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (5.10%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (4.08%) Replication
4 3 (3.06%) AS400
4 3 (3.06%) iSeries
4 3 (3.06%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.06%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.04%) BYOD
5 2 (2.04%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.04%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.02%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.02%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.02%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.02%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.24%) Windows
2 11 (11.22%) Windows Server
3 7 (7.14%) Linux
4 3 (3.06%) CentOS
4 3 (3.06%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (3.06%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (26.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 24 (24.49%) Agile
3 21 (21.43%) Analytics
4 19 (19.39%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (16.33%) Software Engineering
6 14 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 12 (12.24%) Performance Optimisation
7 12 (12.24%) User Experience
8 11 (11.22%) Containerisation
8 11 (11.22%) Data Pipeline
8 11 (11.22%) Decision-Making
9 10 (10.20%) Full-Stack Development
9 10 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (10.20%) Service Management
10 9 (9.18%) AI
10 9 (9.18%) Change Management
10 9 (9.18%) CRM
10 9 (9.18%) Data Management
10 9 (9.18%) E-Commerce
10 9 (9.18%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 52 (53.06%) SQL
2 43 (43.88%) C#
3 20 (20.41%) JavaScript
4 14 (14.29%) TypeScript
5 12 (12.24%) Python
5 12 (12.24%) T-SQL
6 8 (8.16%) R
7 7 (7.14%) PHP
8 4 (4.08%) PowerShell
9 3 (3.06%) Bash
9 3 (3.06%) COBOL
9 3 (3.06%) RPG
9 3 (3.06%) VB.NET
9 3 (3.06%) VBA
10 2 (2.04%) Java
10 2 (2.04%) PL/SQL
10 2 (2.04%) VB
11 1 (1.02%) Go
Qualifications
1 6 (6.12%) Degree
2 4 (4.08%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.06%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.02%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.02%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.02%) Postgraduate
5 1 (1.02%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.12%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.08%) QA
3 2 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.02%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (15.31%) Docker
2 6 (6.12%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.04%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (12.24%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.08%) Ansible
2 4 (4.08%) Progress Chef
2 4 (4.08%) Puppet
3 3 (3.06%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (2.04%) Data Guard
4 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (2.04%) Terraform
5 1 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.02%) Consul
5 1 (1.02%) Packer
5 1 (1.02%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (34.69%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.18%) ConnectWise
2 9 (9.18%) ServiceNow
2 9 (9.18%) WooCommerce
3 8 (8.16%) Oracle
4 5 (5.10%) Databricks
5 3 (3.06%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.04%) Aruba
6 2 (2.04%) HP
6 2 (2.04%) Veeam
7 1 (1.02%) Google
7 1 (1.02%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.02%) TOWER Software