Azure SQL Database Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 195 193
Rank change year-on-year +41 -2 -7
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 37 3 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.56% 0.083% 0.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.92% 0.48% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 37 3 8
10th Percentile £42,500 £53,500 £53,375
25th Percentile £45,000 £56,875 £58,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £66,250 £86,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £98,500 £73,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +13.04%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 467 624 757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.06% 17.35% 14.47%
Number of salaries quoted 338 299 490
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +11.11% -13.60%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £87,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,250
% change year-on-year - +1.38% -5.65%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure SQL Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in the Thames Valley

Azure SQL Database
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 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
Berkshire +32 19 £50,000 -48.72% 8
Oxfordshire - 18 £57,500 - 7
Azure SQL Database
South East

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (8.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 37 (100.00%) Azure
2 16 (43.24%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (29.73%) AWS
4 9 (24.32%) Azure AI
4 9 (24.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 9 (24.32%) GitHub
4 9 (24.32%) GitHub Copilot
5 3 (8.11%) Azure Key Vault
5 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (5.41%) Entra ID
6 2 (5.41%) PaaS
6 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.51%) Internet
2 3 (8.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (56.76%) MongoDB
2 12 (32.43%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (18.92%) SQL Server
4 2 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (5.41%) Power BI
4 2 (5.41%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (2.70%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (2.70%) DynamoDB
5 1 (2.70%) Metadata
5 1 (2.70%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.70%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Git
General
1 7 (18.92%) Advertising
1 7 (18.92%) Finance
2 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (83.78%) Developer
2 29 (78.38%) .NET Developer
3 4 (10.81%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Senior
5 2 (5.41%) Azure Platform Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Database Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) DBA
5 2 (5.41%) Platform Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Developer
6 1 (2.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (2.70%) Power BI Developer
6 1 (2.70%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (2.70%) Senior Mobile Developer
6 1 (2.70%) Senior Software Developer
6 1 (2.70%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (81.08%) .NET
1 30 (81.08%) ASP.NET
1 30 (81.08%) ASP.NET Core
2 28 (75.68%) .NET Core
3 13 (35.14%) CSS
3 13 (35.14%) HTML
4 12 (32.43%) Node.js
5 11 (29.73%) Blazor
5 11 (29.73%) React
6 10 (27.03%) Entity Framework
7 9 (24.32%) .NET Framework
7 9 (24.32%) ML.NET
8 7 (18.92%) ASP.NET Web API
8 7 (18.92%) LINQ
9 6 (16.22%) RESTful
10 4 (10.81%) AngularJS
10 4 (10.81%) Vue
11 1 (2.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (10.81%) Social Network
3 2 (5.41%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Android
2 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (75.68%) Full-Stack Development
2 26 (70.27%) Agile
3 16 (43.24%) CI/CD
3 16 (43.24%) DevOps
4 12 (32.43%) Scrum
5 11 (29.73%) Microservices
6 10 (27.03%) AI
7 9 (24.32%) Machine Learning
8 7 (18.92%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
8 7 (18.92%) Video Advertising
9 6 (16.22%) SDLC
10 5 (13.51%) OO
11 4 (10.81%) BDD
11 4 (10.81%) Kanban
11 4 (10.81%) Multithreading
11 4 (10.81%) TDD
12 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure as Code
12 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 3 (8.11%) Performance Tuning
13 2 (5.41%) Collaborative Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (97.30%) SQL
2 31 (83.78%) C#
3 11 (29.73%) JavaScript
4 4 (10.81%) TypeScript
5 3 (8.11%) Bicep
5 3 (8.11%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (2.70%) Python
6 1 (2.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
1 1 (2.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (24.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (24.32%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (94.59%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.92%) Facebook
2 7 (18.92%) YouTube
3 2 (5.41%) Oracle
3 2 (5.41%) Xamarin
4 1 (2.70%) Informatica
4 1 (2.70%) Talend