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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 82 49
Rank change year-on-year +2 -33 -6
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 101 116 288
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.68% 3.32% 4.03%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.10% 19.93% 28.71%
Number of salaries quoted 76 98 252
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,688 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,840 £65,625
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £72,500
South East median annual salary £49,643 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.53% -5.45% -

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 457 582 1,003
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.59% 16.68% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 323 293 733
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.09% -12.80%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £86,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 29 June 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 29 June 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 +14 71 £52,500 - 10
Berkshire -11 19 £67,500 +22.73% 10
Oxfordshire -34 11 £65,000 +73.33% 1
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 (9.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.95%) Confluence
3 2 (1.98%) Apache
4 1 (0.99%) IIS
4 1 (0.99%) SAS
4 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.98%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 58 (57.43%) Azure
2 17 (16.83%) AWS
3 16 (15.84%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (11.88%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (10.89%) SaaS
6 9 (8.91%) PaaS
7 8 (7.92%) GitHub
8 5 (4.95%) GCP
9 4 (3.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.98%) Serverless
11 1 (0.99%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.99%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.99%) IaaS
11 1 (0.99%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.90%) Firewall
1 10 (9.90%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (7.92%) iSCSI
2 8 (7.92%) SAN
3 5 (4.95%) VPN
4 2 (1.98%) DHCP
4 2 (1.98%) DNS
4 2 (1.98%) Network Security
4 2 (1.98%) PBX
5 1 (0.99%) LAN
5 1 (0.99%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.99%) VLAN
5 1 (0.99%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (14.85%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (10.89%) MySQL
3 9 (8.91%) Relational Database
4 6 (5.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.98%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.98%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.99%) Base SAS
7 1 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.99%) GIS
7 1 (0.99%) Metadata
7 1 (0.99%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.99%) Power BI
7 1 (0.99%) SAS Data Integration Studio
7 1 (0.99%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (8.91%) JIRA
2 8 (7.92%) Git
3 3 (2.97%) GitLab
3 3 (2.97%) Postman
3 3 (2.97%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.99%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.99%) Eclipse RCP
4 1 (0.99%) TeamCity
General
1 23 (22.77%) Social Skills
2 20 (19.80%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (13.86%) Finance
4 8 (7.92%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.94%) Retail
6 5 (4.95%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.96%) Games
8 2 (1.98%) Electronics
9 1 (0.99%) Aviation
9 1 (0.99%) Banking
9 1 (0.99%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 28 (27.72%) Senior
2 23 (22.77%) Software Engineer
3 17 (16.83%) Data Engineer
3 17 (16.83%) Developer
4 11 (10.89%) Platform Engineer
4 11 (10.89%) Senior Software Engineer
5 10 (9.90%) Lead
5 10 (9.90%) Support Engineer
6 8 (7.92%) C# Software Engineer
6 8 (7.92%) Linux Engineer
6 8 (7.92%) Senior Linux Engineer
6 8 (7.92%) Software Support Engineer
7 6 (5.94%) .NET Developer
7 6 (5.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 6 (5.94%) 3rd Line Support
7 6 (5.94%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (5.94%) Analyst
7 6 (5.94%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (5.94%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (5.94%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (48.51%) .NET
2 13 (12.87%) ASP.NET
3 9 (8.91%) .NET Framework
4 7 (6.93%) Entity Framework
5 6 (5.94%) .NET Core
5 6 (5.94%) Blazor
6 4 (3.96%) Vue
6 4 (3.96%) WinForms
7 3 (2.97%) AngularJS
7 3 (2.97%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (2.97%) React
7 3 (2.97%) REST
8 2 (1.98%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (1.98%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (1.98%) RESTful
9 1 (0.99%) Kafka
9 1 (0.99%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.99%) OpenID
9 1 (0.99%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 1 (0.99%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.85%) Cloud Native
2 9 (8.91%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (7.92%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.94%) Enterprise Cloud
4 6 (5.94%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.97%) Life Science
5 3 (2.97%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.97%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.98%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.98%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.98%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.99%) Clustering
7 1 (0.99%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.99%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.99%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.99%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.88%) Linux
2 8 (7.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (6.93%) Windows
4 5 (4.95%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.98%) Android
5 2 (1.98%) CentOS
6 1 (0.99%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (35.64%) Software Engineering
2 28 (27.72%) Agile
3 23 (22.77%) DevOps
4 19 (18.81%) ITIL
5 18 (17.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (17.82%) Full-Stack Development
6 17 (16.83%) Performance Tuning
6 17 (16.83%) Root Cause Analysis
7 15 (14.85%) CI/CD
8 13 (12.87%) AI
9 12 (11.88%) Analytics
9 12 (11.88%) Data Pipeline
9 12 (11.88%) High Availability
10 11 (10.89%) Platform Engineering
11 10 (9.90%) Problem Management
11 10 (9.90%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (8.91%) Clean Code
12 9 (8.91%) Data Architecture
12 9 (8.91%) Decision-Making
13 8 (7.92%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (35.64%) C#
2 32 (31.68%) SQL
3 12 (11.88%) PowerShell
3 12 (11.88%) T-SQL
4 9 (8.91%) Python
5 8 (7.92%) Bash
6 7 (6.93%) Korn
7 4 (3.96%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.97%) Java
9 2 (1.98%) C
9 2 (1.98%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.98%) R
9 2 (1.98%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.99%) Bicep
10 1 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.99%) PROC SQL
10 1 (0.99%) SAS Macro
10 1 (0.99%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (18.81%) Degree
2 10 (9.90%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.93%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.96%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (2.97%) MCSE
6 2 (1.98%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.98%) CCNA
6 2 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.98%) MCSA
6 2 (1.98%) RHCE
6 2 (1.98%) RHCSA
7 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.89%) SLA
2 6 (5.94%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.96%) GDPR
4 2 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.98%) QA
5 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 16 (15.84%) Docker
2 13 (12.87%) Active Directory
3 8 (7.92%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (2.97%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.98%) Samba
6 1 (0.99%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (11.88%) Terraform
2 9 (8.91%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.99%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.99%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.99%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 59 (58.42%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.88%) Oracle
3 10 (9.90%) Dell
4 8 (7.92%) Red Hat
5 5 (4.95%) Google
5 5 (4.95%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.97%) Cisco
6 3 (2.97%) Databricks
6 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.98%) Adobe
7 2 (1.98%) Citrix
7 2 (1.98%) D-Link
7 2 (1.98%) Draytek
7 2 (1.98%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.98%) Juniper
7 2 (1.98%) SonicWALL
7 2 (1.98%) Veeam
7 2 (1.98%) VMware
7 2 (1.98%) WatchGuard
7 2 (1.98%) Xamarin