SQL Server Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 45 32
Rank change year-on-year -5 -13 +28
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 8 13 37
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 1.32% 2.28% 6.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.90% 16.67% 29.84%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 32
10th Percentile - £35,250 £42,625
25th Percentile £25,000 £44,500 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.30% -4.17% +11.63%
75th Percentile £42,500 £61,875 £66,563
90th Percentile £61,250 £66,000 £71,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £49,493 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.02% -10.01% -

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 62 78 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 10.23% 13.71% 21.49%
Number of salaries quoted 43 36 115
10th Percentile £27,125 £34,625 £31,125
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,625 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £52,250 £72,188 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £71,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% -13.04%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

SQL Server
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in South Yorkshire

SQL Server
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Sheffield +3 6 £28,750 -50.00% 22
Doncaster -11 1 £40,000 -33.33% 5
SQL Server
Yorkshire

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 1 (12.50%) CMS
1 1 (12.50%) IIS
1 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
1 1 (12.50%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure AI
2 1 (12.50%) Azure App Service
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Firebase
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) DMZ
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) MySQL
2 1 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Back Office
3 1 (12.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Graduate
2 3 (37.50%) Graduate Developer
2 3 (37.50%) IT Graduate
3 2 (25.00%) Web Developer
4 1 (12.50%) .NET Developer
4 1 (12.50%) .NET Web Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Applications Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Backend Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) IT Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
4 1 (12.50%) IT Support
4 1 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (62.50%) .NET
2 3 (37.50%) ASP.NET
2 3 (37.50%) CSS
2 3 (37.50%) jQuery
3 1 (12.50%) .NET Core
3 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
3 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 1 (12.50%) JSON
3 1 (12.50%) OAuth
3 1 (12.50%) OAuth2
3 1 (12.50%) OpenID
3 1 (12.50%) React
3 1 (12.50%) React Native
3 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Code
1 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 1 (12.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) MVC
3 3 (37.50%) OO
3 3 (37.50%) OOP
4 2 (25.00%) CRM
4 2 (25.00%) Web Development
5 1 (12.50%) AI
5 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Dependency Injection
5 1 (12.50%) DevOps
5 1 (12.50%) ERP
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) Patch Management
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C#
1 4 (50.00%) Java
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) C++
2 3 (37.50%) PHP
3 2 (25.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) A+ Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (12.50%) Foundry