Azure SQL Database Jobs in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Azure SQL Database over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 225 213
Rank change year-on-year +46 -12 +27
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 4 30 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.12% 0.40% 0.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.69% 2.71% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2 24 36
10th Percentile £55,000 £41,625 £53,000
25th Percentile £60,625 £45,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -17.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £93,125 £67,813 £72,813
90th Percentile £101,000 £68,750 £100,000
South East median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% -11.54% +8.33%

All Database and 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 582 1,107 1,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 17.07% 14.75% 19.23%
Number of salaries quoted 293 751 665
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,435
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,500 £45,100
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £97,500
South East median annual salary £55,565 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.03% -4.35% +4.55%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Azure SQL Database in the Thames Valley

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure SQL Database in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Azure SQL Database in the Thames Valley

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 17 June 2025.

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 17 June 2025. 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 +28 3 £97,500 +69.57% 54
Buckinghamshire +32 1 £52,500 -19.23% 22
Azure SQL Database
South East

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Data Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (25.00%) DBA
2 1 (25.00%) Production DBA
2 1 (25.00%) SQL DBA
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server DBA
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Production DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Clustering
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Batch Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (25.00%) Presales
3 1 (25.00%) RBAC
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (25.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks