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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 96 66
Rank change year-on-year +15 -30 -34
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 118 110 175
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.72% 2.89% 3.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.65% 16.59% 23.30%
Number of salaries quoted 98 93 144
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -18.75%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,840 £64,563
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,500 £72,500
South East median annual salary £51,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.90% - -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 460 663 751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.69% 17.41% 14.50%
Number of salaries quoted 339 288 467
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,981 £42,500 £41,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £61,250 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.76% +13.43% -13.60%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,813 £71,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -6.09%

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 August 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 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
Buckinghamshire +18 70 £52,500 - 7
Oxfordshire -27 25 £52,000 -0.95% 7
Berkshire +1 23 £67,500 +22.73% 8
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 (8.47%) IIS
2 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.24%) Confluence
4 1 (0.85%) Apache
4 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Finacle
1 1 (0.85%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (0.85%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 63 (53.39%) Azure
2 20 (16.95%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (11.86%) SaaS
4 12 (10.17%) AWS
5 10 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (8.47%) PaaS
6 8 (6.78%) GitHub
7 5 (4.24%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (3.39%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (2.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (2.54%) Serverless
10 2 (1.69%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.69%) GCP
10 2 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.85%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.85%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.85%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.63%) Firewall
2 7 (5.93%) Remote Desktop
3 6 (5.08%) iSCSI
3 6 (5.08%) SAN
4 5 (4.24%) VPN
5 2 (1.69%) DHCP
5 2 (1.69%) DNS
5 2 (1.69%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.69%) WAN
6 1 (0.85%) LAN
6 1 (0.85%) Network Security
6 1 (0.85%) PBX
6 1 (0.85%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.56%) MySQL
1 16 (13.56%) Relational Database
2 13 (11.02%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (7.63%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.39%) Metadata
5 4 (3.39%) Power BI
5 4 (3.39%) Snowflake Schema
5 4 (3.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.54%) Amazon QuickSight
6 3 (2.54%) DynamoDB
6 3 (2.54%) MongoDB
6 3 (2.54%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.54%) Star Schema
7 2 (1.69%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.69%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.85%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (11.02%) Git
2 10 (8.47%) JIRA
3 8 (6.78%) Claude Code
3 8 (6.78%) Oracle Forms
3 8 (6.78%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (2.54%) Postman
5 2 (1.69%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.85%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.85%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.85%) Eclipse RCP
6 1 (0.85%) GitLab
6 1 (0.85%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.85%) TeamCity
General
1 28 (23.73%) Analytical Skills
1 28 (23.73%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.86%) Finance
3 9 (7.63%) Retail
4 6 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.39%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.54%) Games
7 2 (1.69%) Electronics
8 1 (0.85%) Aviation
8 1 (0.85%) Banking
8 1 (0.85%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 28 (23.73%) Developer
2 26 (22.03%) Senior
3 22 (18.64%) Software Engineer
4 19 (16.10%) Data Engineer
5 15 (12.71%) .NET Developer
6 13 (11.02%) Support Engineer
7 12 (10.17%) Platform Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) Azure Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) Software Support Engineer
9 8 (6.78%) VB.NET Developer
10 7 (5.93%) Applications Support
10 7 (5.93%) C# Software Engineer
10 7 (5.93%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (5.93%) Lead
10 7 (5.93%) Senior Developer
11 6 (5.08%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 6 (5.08%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (5.08%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (52.54%) .NET
2 23 (19.49%) ASP.NET
3 13 (11.02%) Terraform
4 12 (10.17%) .NET Framework
5 11 (9.32%) CSS
5 11 (9.32%) HTML
6 10 (8.47%) ASP.NET Web API
6 10 (8.47%) jQuery
7 9 (7.63%) ASP.NET Web Forms
7 9 (7.63%) Entity Framework
8 8 (6.78%) LESS
9 6 (5.08%) .NET Core
9 6 (5.08%) Blazor
9 6 (5.08%) REST
9 6 (5.08%) Vue
10 5 (4.24%) React
10 5 (4.24%) WinForms
11 4 (3.39%) ASP.NET Core
12 3 (2.54%) AngularJS
12 3 (2.54%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.71%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (10.17%) Cloud Native
3 8 (6.78%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.78%) Onboarding
3 8 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (5.08%) Enterprise Cloud
5 4 (3.39%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.54%) Video\Live Streaming
6 3 (2.54%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.69%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.69%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.85%) Clustering
8 1 (0.85%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.85%) Life Science
8 1 (0.85%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.17%) Windows
2 10 (8.47%) Linux
3 7 (5.93%) Windows Server
4 6 (5.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.69%) Android
5 2 (1.69%) Unix
5 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.85%) CentOS
6 1 (0.85%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (27.97%) Software Engineering
2 32 (27.12%) Agile
3 26 (22.03%) DevOps
4 24 (20.34%) Full-Stack Development
5 21 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (16.95%) Root Cause Analysis
7 18 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (14.41%) CI/CD
9 15 (12.71%) Decision-Making
9 15 (12.71%) Performance Tuning
10 14 (11.86%) ITIL
11 13 (11.02%) Analytics
11 13 (11.02%) MVC
11 13 (11.02%) User Experience
12 12 (10.17%) Clean Code
12 12 (10.17%) Data Architecture
12 12 (10.17%) Platform Engineering
13 11 (9.32%) High Availability
14 10 (8.47%) AI
14 10 (8.47%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (37.29%) C#
2 36 (30.51%) SQL
3 14 (11.86%) JavaScript
4 13 (11.02%) T-SQL
4 13 (11.02%) TypeScript
4 13 (11.02%) VB.NET
5 10 (8.47%) PowerShell
6 7 (5.93%) Python
7 6 (5.08%) Bash
7 6 (5.08%) Korn
8 2 (1.69%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.85%) Bicep
9 1 (0.85%) C
9 1 (0.85%) COBOL
9 1 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.85%) Java
9 1 (0.85%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 20 (16.95%) Degree
2 7 (5.93%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.24%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.54%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.69%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (1.69%) MCSE
6 1 (0.85%) CCNA
6 1 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.85%) MCSA
6 1 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.85%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.85%) RHCE
6 1 (0.85%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.32%) Data Quality
2 10 (8.47%) SLA
3 7 (5.93%) GDPR
4 3 (2.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 12 (10.17%) Docker
2 11 (9.32%) Active Directory
3 6 (5.08%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (2.54%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.85%) Firmware
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.85%) Samba
5 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (5.93%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 68 (57.63%) Microsoft
2 18 (15.25%) Oracle
3 7 (5.93%) Dell
4 6 (5.08%) Red Hat
5 5 (4.24%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.54%) Cisco
6 3 (2.54%) Informatica
6 3 (2.54%) Talend
7 2 (1.69%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.69%) Google
7 2 (1.69%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.69%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.85%) Apple
8 1 (0.85%) Citrix
8 1 (0.85%) Draytek
8 1 (0.85%) Micro Focus
8 1 (0.85%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.85%) Veeam
8 1 (0.85%) VMware
8 1 (0.85%) WatchGuard