SQL Server Job Trends in Surrey

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 50 72
Rank change year-on-year +6 +22 -38
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 83 49 60
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 3.65% 4.18% 2.92%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 41.71% 28.82% 24.49%
Number of salaries quoted 73 41 42
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £31,425
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £35,013
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £59,375
90th Percentile £94,250 £90,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 199 170 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 8.75% 14.52% 11.91%
Number of salaries quoted 153 111 183
10th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £38,915
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,375 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £90,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -6.09%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Surrey

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Surrey over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Surrey

SQL Server
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Guildford -10 17 £87,500 -5.41% 5
Staines +1 11 £72,500 +3.57%
Sunbury-on-Thames - 10 £65,000 - 1
Egham - 8 £55,000 -
Woking -13 6 £51,250 -39.71%
Camberley - 6 £51,875 -
Godalming - 5 - - 1
Redhill +11 2 £63,625 +59.06% 1
Epsom -4 2 £65,000 +73.33%
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 5 (6.02%) IIS
1 5 (6.02%) nginx
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.20%) Confluence
3 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.82%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 34 (40.96%) Azure
2 20 (24.10%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (19.28%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (16.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 14 (16.87%) Azure Monitor
4 14 (16.87%) Azure Service Bus
5 12 (14.46%) SaaS
6 10 (12.05%) AWS
7 9 (10.84%) Azure Key Vault
8 8 (9.64%) Power Platform
9 7 (8.43%) Snowflake
10 5 (6.02%) Azure AKS
10 5 (6.02%) Azure Pipelines
10 5 (6.02%) Cloudflare
11 4 (4.82%) Entra ID
12 2 (2.41%) GCP
12 2 (2.41%) PowerApps
13 1 (1.20%) GitHub
13 1 (1.20%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.64%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (1.20%) Firewall
2 1 (1.20%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.25%) MySQL
2 9 (10.84%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (10.84%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (9.64%) Redis
4 7 (8.43%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (7.23%) Power BI
6 5 (6.02%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (6.02%) Relational Database
6 5 (6.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (4.82%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (4.82%) Data Lake
8 2 (2.41%) MS Access
8 2 (2.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (1.20%) MongoDB
9 1 (1.20%) Spatial Data
9 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (18.07%) Git
2 5 (6.02%) JIRA
2 5 (6.02%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (1.20%) Postman
General
1 26 (31.33%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (13.25%) Finance
4 10 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.64%) Manufacturing
6 7 (8.43%) Law
7 5 (6.02%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.41%) Legal
9 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (37.35%) Developer
2 19 (22.89%) .NET Developer
3 17 (20.48%) Lead
3 17 (20.48%) Lead Developer
4 11 (13.25%) Full-Stack Developer
4 11 (13.25%) Support Engineer
5 10 (12.05%) DBA
5 10 (12.05%) Software Developer
5 10 (12.05%) SQL DBA
5 10 (12.05%) SQL Server DBA
6 9 (10.84%) Lead .NET Developer
7 8 (9.64%) Azure Engineer
7 8 (9.64%) IT Engineer
7 8 (9.64%) IT Support
7 8 (9.64%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (9.64%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
7 8 (9.64%) Senior
8 7 (8.43%) Data Engineer
8 7 (8.43%) Lead Software Developer
9 6 (7.23%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (48.19%) .NET
2 22 (26.51%) .NET Core
3 21 (25.30%) ASP.NET
4 16 (19.28%) .NET Framework
5 14 (16.87%) AngularJS
6 12 (14.46%) Entity Framework
6 12 (14.46%) REST
7 11 (13.25%) HTML
8 10 (12.05%) CSS
9 9 (10.84%) Blazor
9 9 (10.84%) gRPC
9 9 (10.84%) Node.js
10 8 (9.64%) Vue
11 7 (8.43%) React
12 5 (6.02%) ARM Templates
12 5 (6.02%) Loki
13 4 (4.82%) JSON
13 4 (4.82%) WPF
13 4 (4.82%) XML
14 3 (3.61%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.82%) Onboarding
2 3 (3.61%) Data Structures
2 3 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.20%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.20%) CMDB
4 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.69%) Windows
2 15 (18.07%) Linux
3 4 (4.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.71%) Microservices
2 22 (26.51%) DevOps
3 16 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (18.07%) Mentoring
5 14 (16.87%) Agile
5 14 (16.87%) CI/CD
5 14 (16.87%) Full-Stack Development
5 14 (16.87%) MVC
5 14 (16.87%) Performance Optimisation
6 13 (15.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (14.46%) Clean Code
7 12 (14.46%) Computer Science
7 12 (14.46%) Continuous Deployment
8 10 (12.05%) AI
8 10 (12.05%) Software Engineering
8 10 (12.05%) SQL Optimisation
8 10 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (10.84%) Event-Driven
9 9 (10.84%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 9 (10.84%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (48.19%) SQL
2 38 (45.78%) C#
3 26 (31.33%) JavaScript
4 17 (20.48%) TypeScript
5 12 (14.46%) T-SQL
6 8 (9.64%) Ruby
7 7 (8.43%) PowerShell
8 5 (6.02%) Bicep
9 4 (4.82%) Kotlin
9 4 (4.82%) VBA
9 4 (4.82%) VBScript
10 2 (2.41%) PHP
11 1 (1.20%) C++
11 1 (1.20%) Java
11 1 (1.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (19.28%) Degree
2 8 (9.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (6.02%) Master's Degree
3 5 (6.02%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.02%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.61%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (18.07%) QA
2 8 (9.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (4.82%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.61%) SLA
5 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (16.87%) Docker
2 5 (6.02%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (4.82%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (6.02%) Grafana
1 5 (6.02%) Kubernetes
1 5 (6.02%) Prometheus
2 2 (2.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (36.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.84%) Cisco
3 4 (4.82%) Databricks
3 4 (4.82%) SYSPRO
4 3 (3.61%) Google
4 3 (3.61%) Oracle
5 2 (2.41%) JD Edwards
5 2 (2.41%) RedGate
6 1 (1.20%) Juniper
6 1 (1.20%) Veeam