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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 77 51
Rank change year-on-year -14 -26 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 87 114 290
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.52% 3.41% 4.39%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.33% 21.55% 28.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59 92 260
10th Percentile £38,300 £36,250 £40,650
25th Percentile £45,625 £37,438 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% -12.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,000 £67,813
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £82,500
South East median annual salary £48,518 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% -9.09% -

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 450 529 1,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.86% 15.83% 15.36%
Number of salaries quoted 298 279 769
10th Percentile £39,550 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £85,250
South East median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -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 24 May 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 24 May 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 +17 63 £50,000 -16.67% 12
Berkshire -20 14 £70,000 +27.27% 8
Oxfordshire -27 10 £65,000 +73.33% 2
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 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.75%) Confluence
3 2 (2.30%) Apache
4 1 (1.15%) IIS
4 1 (1.15%) SAS
4 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 41 (47.13%) Azure
2 17 (19.54%) AWS
3 12 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (11.49%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (9.20%) GitHub
5 8 (9.20%) PaaS
6 5 (5.75%) GCP
7 4 (4.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (3.45%) SaaS
9 2 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (2.30%) Serverless
10 1 (1.15%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.15%) Entra ID
10 1 (1.15%) IaaS
10 1 (1.15%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.49%) Firewall
1 10 (11.49%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (9.20%) iSCSI
2 8 (9.20%) SAN
3 5 (5.75%) VPN
4 2 (2.30%) DHCP
4 2 (2.30%) DNS
4 2 (2.30%) Network Security
4 2 (2.30%) PBX
5 1 (1.15%) LAN
5 1 (1.15%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.15%) VLAN
5 1 (1.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (16.09%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (13.79%) MySQL
3 8 (9.20%) Relational Database
4 5 (5.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (4.60%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (4.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.30%) Oracle Database
6 2 (2.30%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.15%) Base SAS
7 1 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (1.15%) Metadata
7 1 (1.15%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.15%) Power BI
7 1 (1.15%) SAS Data Integration Studio
7 1 (1.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (10.34%) JIRA
2 8 (9.20%) Git
3 3 (3.45%) Postman
3 3 (3.45%) SpecFlow
4 2 (2.30%) GitLab
4 2 (2.30%) TeamCity
General
1 21 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 18 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (13.79%) Finance
4 8 (9.20%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.60%) Games
5 4 (4.60%) Retail
6 2 (2.30%) Electronics
6 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.15%) Aviation
7 1 (1.15%) Banking
7 1 (1.15%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 32 (36.78%) Senior
2 24 (27.59%) Software Engineer
3 17 (19.54%) Data Engineer
4 16 (18.39%) Senior Software Engineer
5 14 (16.09%) Developer
6 11 (12.64%) Platform Engineer
7 10 (11.49%) Lead
8 8 (9.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 8 (9.20%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 8 (9.20%) Linux Engineer
8 8 (9.20%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
8 8 (9.20%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 8 (9.20%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 6 (6.90%) C# Software Engineer
9 6 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (6.90%) Microsoft Engineer
10 5 (5.75%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (5.75%) Senior Developer
11 4 (4.60%) .NET Software Engineer
11 4 (4.60%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (47.13%) .NET
2 12 (13.79%) ASP.NET
3 9 (10.34%) .NET Framework
4 7 (8.05%) Entity Framework
5 5 (5.75%) Vue
6 4 (4.60%) .NET Core
6 4 (4.60%) AngularJS
6 4 (4.60%) Blazor
7 3 (3.45%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (3.45%) React
7 3 (3.45%) RESTful
8 2 (2.30%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (2.30%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (2.30%) CSS
8 2 (2.30%) HTML
8 2 (2.30%) REST
9 1 (1.15%) CSS3
9 1 (1.15%) HTML5
9 1 (1.15%) Kafka
9 1 (1.15%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.24%) Cloud Native
2 8 (9.20%) Management Information System
3 6 (6.90%) Enterprise Cloud
4 3 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.45%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.45%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.30%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.30%) Life Science
5 2 (2.30%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.30%) N-Tier
5 2 (2.30%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.15%) Clustering
6 1 (1.15%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.15%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.15%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.79%) Linux
2 8 (9.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (6.90%) Windows
4 5 (5.75%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.30%) Android
5 2 (2.30%) CentOS
6 1 (1.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (34.48%) Software Engineering
2 27 (31.03%) Agile
3 19 (21.84%) Full-Stack Development
3 19 (21.84%) ITIL
4 17 (19.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (19.54%) DevOps
5 13 (14.94%) CI/CD
6 12 (13.79%) Analytics
6 12 (13.79%) Data Pipeline
6 12 (13.79%) High Availability
7 11 (12.64%) AI
7 11 (12.64%) Platform Engineering
8 10 (11.49%) Performance Tuning
8 10 (11.49%) Problem Management
9 9 (10.34%) Data Architecture
9 9 (10.34%) Decision-Making
9 9 (10.34%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (9.20%) Data Engineering
10 8 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (9.20%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (26.44%) C#
2 21 (24.14%) SQL
3 12 (13.79%) PowerShell
4 9 (10.34%) Python
5 8 (9.20%) Bash
6 7 (8.05%) Korn
7 3 (3.45%) JavaScript
7 3 (3.45%) T-SQL
7 3 (3.45%) TypeScript
8 2 (2.30%) C
8 2 (2.30%) Java
8 2 (2.30%) R
9 1 (1.15%) Bicep
9 1 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.15%) PROC SQL
9 1 (1.15%) SAS Macro
9 1 (1.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (20.69%) Degree
2 9 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.05%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (4.60%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (3.45%) MCSE
7 2 (2.30%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.30%) CCNA
7 2 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.30%) MCSA
7 2 (2.30%) RHCE
7 2 (2.30%) RHCSA
8 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.64%) SLA
2 6 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 4 (4.60%) GDPR
4 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.30%) QA
5 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 15 (17.24%) Docker
2 13 (14.94%) Active Directory
3 8 (9.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (3.45%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.30%) Samba
6 1 (1.15%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (14.94%) Terraform
2 8 (9.20%) Kubernetes
3 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.15%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 47 (54.02%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.64%) Oracle
3 10 (11.49%) Dell
4 8 (9.20%) Red Hat
5 5 (5.75%) Google
6 4 (4.60%) Salesforce
7 3 (3.45%) Cisco
7 3 (3.45%) Databricks
7 3 (3.45%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.30%) Adobe
8 2 (2.30%) Citrix
8 2 (2.30%) D-Link
8 2 (2.30%) Draytek
8 2 (2.30%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.30%) Juniper
8 2 (2.30%) SonicWALL
8 2 (2.30%) Veeam
8 2 (2.30%) VMware
8 2 (2.30%) WatchGuard
8 2 (2.30%) Xamarin