SQL Server Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 52 29
Rank change year-on-year +3 -23 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 298 333 527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.42% 5.42% 7.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.98% 29.42% 32.02%
Number of salaries quoted 267 234 335
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,975 £33,600
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £92,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £112,500 £74,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Thames Valley

SQL Server is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,147 1,132 1,646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 17.01% 18.41% 24.06%
Number of salaries quoted 818 681 1,019
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,162 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% -1.67% +12.68%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,963 £71,540
90th Percentile £86,625 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,541 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.97% +0.98% +4.76%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the Thames Valley

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in the Thames Valley

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the Thames Valley

SQL Server
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 SQL Server within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 -13 132 £62,500 -3.85% 18
Oxfordshire +41 97 £47,500 +5.56% 15
Buckinghamshire -8 69 £52,500 -4.55% 14
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
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:

Application Platforms
1 32 (10.74%) SharePoint
2 25 (8.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (4.36%) IIS
4 5 (1.68%) CMS
4 5 (1.68%) Headless CMS
4 5 (1.68%) JBoss
4 5 (1.68%) Kentico
4 5 (1.68%) WebSphere
5 4 (1.34%) WordPress
6 2 (0.67%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.34%) Apache
7 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.34%) nginx
Applications
1 25 (8.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (7.05%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.34%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.67%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.34%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 118 (39.60%) Azure
2 55 (18.46%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (16.44%) Power Platform
4 24 (8.05%) AWS
5 23 (7.72%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (7.38%) OneDrive
7 12 (4.03%) PowerApps
8 10 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (3.36%) Power Automate
9 6 (2.01%) SaaS
10 5 (1.68%) PaaS
11 4 (1.34%) TestFlight
12 3 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.67%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.67%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (0.67%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.67%) Intacct
13 2 (0.67%) OpenShift
13 2 (0.67%) Serverless
14 1 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 44 (14.77%) Firewall
2 20 (6.71%) DNS
3 18 (6.04%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (3.69%) DHCP
5 6 (2.01%) SAN
5 6 (2.01%) Wireless
6 5 (1.68%) Internet
6 5 (1.68%) iSCSI
6 5 (1.68%) VoIP
6 5 (1.68%) VPN
7 4 (1.34%) Broadband
7 4 (1.34%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (1.34%) NAS
8 3 (1.01%) SSL
8 3 (1.01%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.01%) WAN
9 2 (0.67%) WLAN
10 1 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.34%) FTP
10 1 (0.34%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (14.09%) Power BI
2 33 (11.07%) NoSQL
3 23 (7.72%) Elasticsearch
4 21 (7.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 17 (5.70%) MongoDB
6 16 (5.37%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (5.03%) Relational Database
8 11 (3.69%) Oracle Database
9 10 (3.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (3.02%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (3.02%) Data Lake
11 7 (2.35%) MySQL
12 4 (1.34%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (1.34%) Power Query
13 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 2 (0.67%) Oracle BI EE
14 2 (0.67%) Redis
14 2 (0.67%) SSDT
14 2 (0.67%) Star Schema
15 1 (0.34%) DB2
Development Applications
1 45 (15.10%) Git
2 29 (9.73%) Visual Studio
3 17 (5.70%) NUnit
4 9 (3.02%) JIRA
5 5 (1.68%) MSTest
6 4 (1.34%) Subversion
7 2 (0.67%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.67%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.67%) Selenium
7 2 (0.67%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.67%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.34%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.34%) TeamCity
General
1 65 (21.81%) Social Skills
2 30 (10.07%) Finance
3 29 (9.73%) Documentation Skills
4 21 (7.05%) Law
5 19 (6.38%) Manufacturing
6 14 (4.70%) Retail
7 11 (3.69%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (3.36%) Marketing
9 8 (2.68%) Back Office
9 8 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.68%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.68%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.34%) Banking
10 4 (1.34%) Billing
10 4 (1.34%) Legal
11 3 (1.01%) Automotive
11 3 (1.01%) Games
12 2 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 158 (53.02%) Developer
2 81 (27.18%) .NET Developer
3 53 (17.79%) C# Developer
4 46 (15.44%) C# .NET Developer
5 43 (14.43%) Support Engineer
6 37 (12.42%) Senior
7 35 (11.74%) IT Support
8 34 (11.41%) IT Engineer
9 33 (11.07%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 33 (11.07%) IT Support Engineer
9 33 (11.07%) Senior Developer
9 33 (11.07%) Software Developer
10 31 (10.40%) 3rd Line Support
10 31 (10.40%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 19 (6.38%) Applications Developer
12 17 (5.70%) .NET Applications Developer
12 17 (5.70%) C# Application Developer
13 16 (5.37%) Lead
13 16 (5.37%) Senior .NET Developer
14 15 (5.03%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (55.03%) .NET
2 76 (25.50%) ASP.NET
3 73 (24.50%) React
4 62 (20.81%) .NET Framework
5 56 (18.79%) .NET Core
6 47 (15.77%) AngularJS
6 47 (15.77%) ASP.NET MVC
7 40 (13.42%) Entity Framework
8 34 (11.41%) ASP.NET Web API
9 31 (10.40%) CSS
10 30 (10.07%) HTML
11 26 (8.72%) Vue
12 21 (7.05%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 19 (6.38%) Node.js
14 16 (5.37%) WPF
15 15 (5.03%) WinForms
16 13 (4.36%) WCF
17 12 (4.03%) LINQ
18 10 (3.36%) CSS3
18 10 (3.36%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.40%) Replication
2 15 (5.03%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.36%) Algorithms
3 10 (3.36%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.01%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.01%) Social Network
5 5 (1.68%) BBC
5 5 (1.68%) Social Media
6 4 (1.34%) Chip and PIN
6 4 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.34%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.34%) Mobile Banking
6 4 (1.34%) Mobile Payment
6 4 (1.34%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.01%) 3D Graphics
7 3 (1.01%) Clustering
7 3 (1.01%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 64 (21.48%) Windows
2 26 (8.72%) Windows Server
3 17 (5.70%) VMS
4 15 (5.03%) Linux
5 9 (3.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (2.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.68%) Android
7 5 (1.68%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.34%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.34%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.01%) CentOS
9 3 (1.01%) Rocky
9 3 (1.01%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.34%) Unix
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (33.89%) Agile
2 65 (21.81%) MVC
3 55 (18.46%) Full Stack Development
4 45 (15.10%) Artificial Intelligence
5 42 (14.09%) Computer Science
6 40 (13.42%) Business Intelligence
7 38 (12.75%) DevOps
8 35 (11.74%) TDD
9 34 (11.41%) Microservices
9 34 (11.41%) Propensity Modelling
10 29 (9.73%) ETL
10 29 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (9.06%) OO
12 24 (8.05%) Scrum
13 23 (7.72%) BDD
14 20 (6.71%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (6.71%) Machine Learning
15 19 (6.38%) Mentoring
15 19 (6.38%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 19 (6.38%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 169 (56.71%) C#
2 138 (46.31%) SQL
3 101 (33.89%) JavaScript
4 59 (19.80%) TypeScript
5 44 (14.77%) T-SQL
6 18 (6.04%) Java
6 18 (6.04%) Python
7 13 (4.36%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.36%) R
9 9 (3.02%) VB.NET
10 5 (1.68%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.34%) C++
11 4 (1.34%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.34%) Objective-C
11 4 (1.34%) Swift
11 4 (1.34%) VBScript
12 3 (1.01%) C
12 3 (1.01%) PHP
12 3 (1.01%) XAML
13 1 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 79 (26.51%) Degree
2 37 (12.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (9.06%) Security Cleared
4 14 (4.70%) SC Cleared
5 10 (3.36%) Master's Degree
5 10 (3.36%) PhD
6 9 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.35%) CTC Cleared
8 6 (2.01%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.68%) HNC
9 5 (1.68%) HND
10 2 (0.67%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.67%) MCITP
11 1 (0.34%) CCNA
11 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.34%) MCSA
11 1 (0.34%) MCSE
11 1 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.68%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.34%) QA
3 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 44 (14.77%) Active Directory
2 41 (13.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (13.09%) Docker
4 9 (3.02%) vSphere
5 8 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 40 (13.42%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.35%) SCCM
3 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.01%) EMC NetWorker
4 3 (1.01%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.67%) Nagios
6 1 (0.34%) Ansible
6 1 (0.34%) Kibana
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.34%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.34%) WSUS
Vendors
1 184 (61.74%) Microsoft
2 53 (17.79%) VMware
3 44 (14.77%) Veeam
4 38 (12.75%) Citrix
5 19 (6.38%) Oracle
6 9 (3.02%) Apple
7 7 (2.35%) Aruba
7 7 (2.35%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.68%) Adaptive Insights
8 5 (1.68%) Anaplan
8 5 (1.68%) Facebook
8 5 (1.68%) Google
8 5 (1.68%) Jedox
8 5 (1.68%) Sony
8 5 (1.68%) Tagetik
8 5 (1.68%) Yahoo!
9 4 (1.34%) Adobe
9 4 (1.34%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.34%) Synology
9 4 (1.34%) Zerto