SQL Server Job Trends in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 86 61
Rank change year-on-year +3 -25 -28
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 109 117 211
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.72% 3.24% 3.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.49% 18.57% 26.18%
Number of salaries quoted 86 100 182
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £64,891
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £72,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 464 630 806
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.31% 17.46% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 332 301 543
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £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 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,533 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.96% +0.97% -4.35%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

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 27 July 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
Buckinghamshire +6 74 £51,500 -1.90% 4
Berkshire 0 22 £65,000 +18.18% 4
Oxfordshire -34 13 £52,000 +4.00% 12
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
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 9 (8.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.59%) Confluence
2 5 (4.59%) IIS
3 2 (1.83%) Apache
4 1 (0.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 63 (57.80%) Azure
2 17 (15.60%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (12.84%) AWS
4 13 (11.93%) SaaS
5 12 (11.01%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (9.17%) PaaS
7 7 (6.42%) GitHub
8 4 (3.67%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.75%) GCP
10 2 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.83%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.83%) Serverless
11 1 (0.92%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.92%) IaaS
11 1 (0.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.09%) Firewall
2 9 (8.26%) Remote Desktop
3 8 (7.34%) iSCSI
3 8 (7.34%) SAN
4 6 (5.50%) VPN
5 2 (1.83%) DHCP
5 2 (1.83%) DNS
5 2 (1.83%) Network Security
5 2 (1.83%) PBX
5 2 (1.83%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.83%) WAN
6 1 (0.92%) LAN
6 1 (0.92%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.84%) MySQL
2 13 (11.93%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (10.09%) Relational Database
4 6 (5.50%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (5.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.83%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.83%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.92%) GIS
7 1 (0.92%) Metadata
7 1 (0.92%) Power BI
7 1 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (9.17%) JIRA
2 8 (7.34%) Git
3 3 (2.75%) Claude Code
3 3 (2.75%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (2.75%) Postman
3 3 (2.75%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (1.83%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.92%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.92%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.92%) Eclipse RCP
5 1 (0.92%) GitLab
5 1 (0.92%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.92%) TeamCity
General
1 26 (23.85%) Social Skills
2 24 (22.02%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (12.84%) Finance
4 8 (7.34%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.50%) Retail
6 4 (3.67%) Games
6 4 (3.67%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.83%) Electronics
8 1 (0.92%) Aviation
8 1 (0.92%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 26 (23.85%) Senior
2 24 (22.02%) Software Engineer
3 20 (18.35%) Data Engineer
4 19 (17.43%) Developer
5 13 (11.93%) Support Engineer
6 11 (10.09%) Platform Engineer
7 9 (8.26%) Software Support Engineer
8 8 (7.34%) .NET Developer
8 8 (7.34%) Applications Support
8 8 (7.34%) C# Software Engineer
8 8 (7.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 8 (7.34%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 8 (7.34%) Linux Engineer
8 8 (7.34%) Senior Linux Engineer
8 8 (7.34%) Senior Software Engineer
9 7 (6.42%) Lead
10 6 (5.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 6 (5.50%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (5.50%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (48.62%) .NET
2 17 (15.60%) ASP.NET
3 10 (9.17%) .NET Framework
4 7 (6.42%) Entity Framework
5 6 (5.50%) .NET Core
5 6 (5.50%) Blazor
6 5 (4.59%) ASP.NET Web API
6 5 (4.59%) Vue
6 5 (4.59%) WinForms
7 4 (3.67%) ASP.NET Web Forms
7 4 (3.67%) CSS
7 4 (3.67%) HTML
7 4 (3.67%) REST
8 3 (2.75%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (2.75%) jQuery
8 3 (2.75%) LESS
8 3 (2.75%) React
9 2 (1.83%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.83%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (1.83%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.76%) Cloud Native
2 12 (11.01%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (9.17%) Management Information System
4 9 (8.26%) Onboarding
5 6 (5.50%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.75%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.75%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.83%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.83%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.92%) Clustering
8 1 (0.92%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.92%) Life Science
8 1 (0.92%) N-Tier
8 1 (0.92%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.92%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.01%) Linux
2 10 (9.17%) Windows
3 8 (7.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (7.34%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.83%) Android
4 2 (1.83%) CentOS
4 2 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.92%) Unix
5 1 (0.92%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (31.19%) Software Engineering
2 26 (23.85%) Agile
3 24 (22.02%) DevOps
4 20 (18.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (17.43%) Full-Stack Development
5 19 (17.43%) ITIL
5 19 (17.43%) Root Cause Analysis
6 17 (15.60%) Performance Tuning
7 16 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (13.76%) CI/CD
9 13 (11.93%) High Availability
10 12 (11.01%) Analytics
10 12 (11.01%) Data Pipeline
10 12 (11.01%) Decision-Making
11 11 (10.09%) AI
11 11 (10.09%) Platform Engineering
12 10 (9.17%) Problem Management
13 9 (8.26%) Clean Code
13 9 (8.26%) Data Architecture
14 8 (7.34%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 36 (33.03%) C#
2 35 (32.11%) SQL
3 13 (11.93%) T-SQL
4 12 (11.01%) PowerShell
5 8 (7.34%) Bash
5 8 (7.34%) VB.NET
6 7 (6.42%) Korn
6 7 (6.42%) Python
6 7 (6.42%) TypeScript
7 5 (4.59%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.83%) C
8 2 (1.83%) R
9 1 (0.92%) Bicep
9 1 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.92%) Java
9 1 (0.92%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (16.51%) Degree
2 10 (9.17%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.42%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.67%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.83%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.83%) MCSE
6 2 (1.83%) RHCE
6 2 (1.83%) RHCSA
7 1 (0.92%) CCNA
7 1 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.92%) MCSA
7 1 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.09%) SLA
2 7 (6.42%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.67%) GDPR
4 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 15 (13.76%) Docker
2 14 (12.84%) Active Directory
3 8 (7.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (2.75%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.83%) Samba
6 1 (0.92%) Firmware
6 1 (0.92%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (11.01%) Terraform
2 9 (8.26%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.92%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.92%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.92%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 62 (56.88%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.01%) Oracle
3 9 (8.26%) Dell
4 8 (7.34%) Red Hat
5 5 (4.59%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.75%) Cisco
6 3 (2.75%) Databricks
6 3 (2.75%) Google
6 3 (2.75%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.83%) D-Link
7 2 (1.83%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.83%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.92%) Adobe
8 1 (0.92%) Apple
8 1 (0.92%) Citrix
8 1 (0.92%) Draytek
8 1 (0.92%) Juniper
8 1 (0.92%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.92%) Veeam
8 1 (0.92%) WatchGuard