SQL Server Jobs in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 51 53
Rank change year-on-year -19 +2 -24
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 125 298 324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.71% 4.42% 5.30%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.16% 26.58% 29.03%
Number of salaries quoted 102 266 232
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £37,575
25th Percentile £37,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +6.48%
75th Percentile £64,750 £68,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £112,500
South East median annual salary £50,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.18% - +10.00%

All Database and 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 564 1,121 1,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.75% 16.61% 18.25%
Number of salaries quoted 333 798 678
10th Percentile £37,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £44,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £76,000 £71,250 £73,963
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,625 £95,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -1.79% +1.82%

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 7 May 2025.

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 7 May 2025. 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 -26 46 £55,000 -12.00% 46
Buckinghamshire +13 42 £60,000 +14.29% 25
Oxfordshire -12 37 £37,500 -21.05% 19
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 21 (16.80%) SharePoint
2 13 (10.40%) IIS
3 6 (4.80%) Apache
3 6 (4.80%) Confluence
4 5 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.60%) CMS
6 1 (0.80%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (0.80%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.80%) Sitefinity
6 1 (0.80%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.80%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.80%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.20%) SAP Business One
2 2 (1.60%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.80%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.80%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 47 (37.60%) Azure
2 33 (26.40%) Power Platform
3 24 (19.20%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (16.80%) AWS
5 16 (12.80%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (6.40%) Power Automate
7 7 (5.60%) GCP
7 7 (5.60%) PowerApps
8 5 (4.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (3.20%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (3.20%) Cloudflare
10 3 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (2.40%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.60%) Azure Cognitive Search
11 2 (1.60%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.60%) Azure Machine Learning
11 2 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.60%) IaaS
11 2 (1.60%) Serverless
11 2 (1.60%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.40%) DNS
2 11 (8.80%) Firewall
3 8 (6.40%) DHCP
3 8 (6.40%) TCP/IP
4 6 (4.80%) VPN
5 4 (3.20%) Network Security
6 3 (2.40%) VLAN
6 3 (2.40%) VoIP
7 2 (1.60%) SMTP
8 1 (0.80%) HTTP
8 1 (0.80%) NAS
8 1 (0.80%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (23.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 18 (14.40%) NoSQL
3 14 (11.20%) Power BI
4 11 (8.80%) MySQL
5 9 (7.20%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (7.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (6.40%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (4.80%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (4.00%) Relational Database
9 4 (3.20%) MongoDB
10 3 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.80%) DB2
11 1 (0.80%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 31 (24.80%) Visual Studio
2 23 (18.40%) Git
3 12 (9.60%) JIRA
4 6 (4.80%) Bitbucket
4 6 (4.80%) Cucumber
4 6 (4.80%) GitLab
4 6 (4.80%) Maven
4 6 (4.80%) Selenium
4 6 (4.80%) SonarQube
4 6 (4.80%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (3.20%) Jasmine
5 4 (3.20%) NUnit
5 4 (3.20%) TeamCity
6 2 (1.60%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 26 (20.80%) Social Skills
2 10 (8.00%) Finance
3 9 (7.20%) Retail
4 8 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.80%) Banking
6 5 (4.00%) Back Office
6 5 (4.00%) Local Government
6 5 (4.00%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.40%) Games
8 2 (1.60%) Law
8 2 (1.60%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.80%) Aeronautics
9 1 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.80%) Marketing
9 1 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (60.80%) Developer
2 23 (18.40%) Software Developer
3 22 (17.60%) Senior
4 21 (16.80%) Portal Developer
5 20 (16.00%) C# Developer
6 17 (13.60%) .NET Developer
6 17 (13.60%) Full-Stack Developer
7 15 (12.00%) Software Engineer
8 14 (11.20%) Senior Developer
9 13 (10.40%) Full-Stack C# Developer
10 12 (9.60%) C# .NET Developer
11 11 (8.80%) C# Software Developer
11 11 (8.80%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
12 10 (8.00%) Angular Developer
13 9 (7.20%) .NET Software Developer
14 8 (6.40%) Lead
15 7 (5.60%) Senior Software Developer
15 7 (5.60%) SharePoint Developer
16 6 (4.80%) Analyst
17 5 (4.00%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (62.40%) .NET
2 62 (49.60%) React
3 31 (24.80%) ASP.NET
4 28 (22.40%) .NET Core
4 28 (22.40%) XML
5 23 (18.40%) .NET Framework
5 23 (18.40%) AngularJS
6 21 (16.80%) JSON
7 20 (16.00%) CSS
8 19 (15.20%) HTML
9 12 (9.60%) HTML5
10 11 (8.80%) ASP.NET MVC
11 8 (6.40%) Kafka
11 8 (6.40%) Spring Boot
12 7 (5.60%) SPFx
13 6 (4.80%) CSS3
13 6 (4.80%) Hibernate
13 6 (4.80%) JPA
13 6 (4.80%) Redux
13 6 (4.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 26 (20.80%) Mobile App
2 10 (8.00%) Data Centre
2 10 (8.00%) Management Information System
3 9 (7.20%) Product Ownership
4 8 (6.40%) Cloud Native
4 8 (6.40%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (6.40%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.80%) Algorithms
5 6 (4.80%) Clustering
5 6 (4.80%) Data Structures
5 6 (4.80%) Public Cloud
5 6 (4.80%) Replication
6 5 (4.00%) Client/Server
7 4 (3.20%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.40%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.60%) 3D Graphics
9 2 (1.60%) Online Games
10 1 (0.80%) FMCG
10 1 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.80%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 23 (18.40%) Windows
2 22 (17.60%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.20%) Linux
4 3 (2.40%) Android
4 3 (2.40%) Mac OS
4 3 (2.40%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.40%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (44.80%) Agile
2 39 (31.20%) DevOps
3 38 (30.40%) Project Management
4 32 (25.60%) Full-Stack Development
5 30 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 22 (17.60%) Customer-Centricity
8 21 (16.80%) Business Development
8 21 (16.80%) SDLC
8 21 (16.80%) Workflow
9 19 (15.20%) Software Engineering
10 18 (14.40%) CI/CD
11 17 (13.60%) Business Intelligence
11 17 (13.60%) MVC
11 17 (13.60%) Project Delivery
12 15 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
13 13 (10.40%) Customer Service
14 12 (9.60%) Propensity Modelling
15 11 (8.80%) Microservices
16 10 (8.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 70 (56.00%) SQL
2 55 (44.00%) C#
3 48 (38.40%) JavaScript
4 26 (20.80%) TypeScript
5 18 (14.40%) PowerShell
6 13 (10.40%) Python
7 9 (7.20%) Java
8 2 (1.60%) Bash
8 2 (1.60%) MATLAB
8 2 (1.60%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.80%) C++
9 1 (0.80%) Julia
9 1 (0.80%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.80%) VBScript
9 1 (0.80%) X++
Qualifications
1 32 (25.60%) Degree
2 18 (14.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.60%) MCSA
5 6 (4.80%) Numerate Degree
6 4 (3.20%) MCSE
7 3 (2.40%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.40%) MCP
7 3 (2.40%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.40%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.80%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.80%) QA
2 1 (0.80%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.80%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (19.20%) Docker
2 15 (12.00%) Active Directory
3 9 (7.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (6.40%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (15.20%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.00%) ZABBIX
3 4 (3.20%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (3.20%) Terraform
4 2 (1.60%) Ansible
4 2 (1.60%) WSUS
Vendors
1 67 (53.60%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.80%) VMware
3 8 (6.40%) Oracle
4 6 (4.80%) Solace
5 5 (4.00%) SAP
6 4 (3.20%) Rollbar
7 3 (2.40%) Apple
7 3 (2.40%) Cisco
7 3 (2.40%) SonicWALL
8 2 (1.60%) Citrix
8 2 (1.60%) Sage
8 2 (1.60%) WSO2
9 1 (0.80%) Adobe
9 1 (0.80%) IBM