Azure SQL Database Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 442 438
Rank change year-on-year +222 -4 -17
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 599 101 268
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.81% 0.30% 0.43%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.58% 2.24% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 567 94 236
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -7.39% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,250 £75,125 £71,875
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.12% +2.08% -7.69%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

Azure SQL Database 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,659 4,518 8,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.68% 13.23% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,847 2,872 5,543
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,840 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% -4.00%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure SQL Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in the UK excluding London

Azure SQL Database
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
South East +106 177 £55,000 -15.38% 42
North of England +60 124 £50,000 -13.04% 37
East of England +66 106 £60,000 +2.13% 23
Midlands +24 94 £55,000 +13.40% 14
West Midlands +18 60 £60,000 - 10
South West -6 59 £55,000 +4.76% 9
North West +26 54 £50,000 -11.11% 23
North East -16 40 £55,000 -4.35% 7
East Midlands -14 34 £51,250 +5.67% 4
Yorkshire -5 30 £55,000 -8.33% 7
Scotland +32 23 £38,250 -23.12% 7
Wales - 16 £50,000 - 3
Azure SQL Database
UK

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 26 (4.34%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.17%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (1.00%) IIS
5 5 (0.83%) nginx
6 2 (0.33%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 599 (100.00%) Azure
2 188 (31.39%) Azure DevOps
3 149 (24.87%) Azure AI
4 140 (23.37%) GitHub
5 128 (21.37%) GitHub Copilot
6 91 (15.19%) AWS
7 70 (11.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 45 (7.51%) Power Platform
9 37 (6.18%) Azure Data Factory
10 32 (5.34%) Microsoft 365
11 30 (5.01%) PaaS
12 27 (4.51%) Entra ID
13 23 (3.84%) Azure Logic Apps
13 23 (3.84%) PowerApps
14 22 (3.67%) Azure Monitor
14 22 (3.67%) Power Automate
15 21 (3.51%) Serverless
16 19 (3.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 19 (3.17%) Azure Key Vault
16 19 (3.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 53 (8.85%) Internet
2 19 (3.17%) VPN
3 7 (1.17%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.83%) Firewall
5 4 (0.67%) DNS
5 4 (0.67%) MQTT
6 1 (0.17%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.17%) HTTP
6 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 375 (62.60%) MongoDB
2 144 (24.04%) Elasticsearch
3 54 (9.02%) SQL Server
4 42 (7.01%) Power BI
5 20 (3.34%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (3.01%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.84%) NonStop SQL
8 8 (1.34%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.34%) Star Schema
9 7 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.83%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.83%) Tableau
12 4 (0.67%) MySQL
13 3 (0.50%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 2 (0.33%) Geospatial Data
14 2 (0.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 23 (3.84%) Git
2 8 (1.34%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.67%) NUnit
4 2 (0.33%) MSTest
5 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.17%) Flyway
5 1 (0.17%) JIRA
5 1 (0.17%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.17%) Postman
5 1 (0.17%) Selenium
5 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (11.85%) Finance
2 54 (9.02%) Advertising
3 49 (8.18%) Social Skills
4 44 (7.35%) Marketing
5 42 (7.01%) Games
6 20 (3.34%) Retail
7 16 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (2.67%) Law
8 14 (2.34%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (1.84%) Music Industry
10 8 (1.34%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.17%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.67%) Banking
12 4 (0.67%) Legal
13 3 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.17%) Billing
14 1 (0.17%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.17%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.17%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 465 (77.63%) Developer
2 434 (72.45%) .NET Developer
3 55 (9.18%) Senior
4 29 (4.84%) Azure Engineer
5 26 (4.34%) Data Engineer
6 25 (4.17%) Senior Developer
7 23 (3.84%) Support Engineer
8 17 (2.84%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 17 (2.84%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (2.67%) DBA
10 15 (2.50%) Applications Engineer
10 15 (2.50%) Applications Support
10 15 (2.50%) Applications Support Engineer
11 14 (2.34%) Analyst
12 12 (2.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 11 (1.84%) Platform Engineer
14 10 (1.67%) Administrator
14 10 (1.67%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 10 (1.67%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 9 (1.50%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 472 (78.80%) .NET
2 444 (74.12%) .NET Core
3 437 (72.95%) ASP.NET
4 434 (72.45%) ASP.NET Core
5 172 (28.71%) CSS
5 172 (28.71%) HTML
6 166 (27.71%) Entity Framework
7 160 (26.71%) Blazor
8 159 (26.54%) React
9 158 (26.38%) ASP.NET Web API
10 154 (25.71%) RESTful
11 142 (23.71%) ML.NET
12 141 (23.54%) Node.js
13 136 (22.70%) AngularJS
14 134 (22.37%) Vue
15 105 (17.53%) LINQ
16 54 (9.02%) .NET Framework
17 22 (3.67%) HTML5 Canvas
18 20 (3.34%) Microsoft Graph
19 19 (3.17%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 69 (11.52%) Greenfield Project
2 42 (7.01%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (3.51%) Mobile App
4 20 (3.34%) Digital TV
5 18 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (2.84%) BBC
6 17 (2.84%) iPhone
6 17 (2.84%) Social Media
7 14 (2.34%) Social Network
8 13 (2.17%) Security Posture
9 12 (2.00%) Podcast
9 12 (2.00%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.84%) Client/Server
11 9 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.17%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (1.00%) Cloud Native
14 5 (0.83%) IoT
14 5 (0.83%) Product Ownership
15 4 (0.67%) Replication
16 3 (0.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 32 (5.34%) Windows
2 21 (3.51%) Android
3 17 (2.84%) VMS
4 13 (2.17%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.50%) Linux
6 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (73.46%) Full-Stack Development
2 346 (57.76%) Agile
3 207 (34.56%) DevOps
4 188 (31.39%) CI/CD
5 176 (29.38%) AI
6 166 (27.71%) Machine Learning
7 144 (24.04%) Multithreading
8 143 (23.87%) Microservices
9 92 (15.36%) Scrum
10 71 (11.85%) TDD
11 68 (11.35%) OO
12 65 (10.85%) BDD
13 61 (10.18%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
14 60 (10.02%) Analytics
15 57 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
16 55 (9.18%) Kanban
17 41 (6.84%) Performance Tuning
18 36 (6.01%) Infrastructure as Code
19 34 (5.68%) Problem-Solving
20 29 (4.84%) API Management
Programming Languages
1 598 (99.83%) SQL
2 473 (78.96%) C#
3 180 (30.05%) JavaScript
4 162 (27.05%) TypeScript
5 52 (8.68%) PowerShell
6 29 (4.84%) Python
7 24 (4.01%) Bicep
8 15 (2.50%) Bash
9 12 (2.00%) Kusto Query Language
10 11 (1.84%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.17%) C++
11 7 (1.17%) Java
12 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.17%) Delphi
12 1 (0.17%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 16 (2.67%) Azure Certification
2 13 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (0.67%) Degree
3 4 (0.67%) Tableau Certification
4 2 (0.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.50%) Data Quality
1 9 (1.50%) QA
2 7 (1.17%) GDPR
3 3 (0.50%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.33%) NCSC
5 1 (0.17%) HL7
5 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 137 (22.87%) Docker
2 32 (5.34%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 135 (22.54%) Kubernetes
2 33 (5.51%) Terraform
3 12 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.67%) Grafana
5 9 (1.50%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.50%) Scalr
7 1 (0.17%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 512 (85.48%) Microsoft
2 59 (9.85%) Facebook
3 49 (8.18%) Google
4 21 (3.51%) YouTube
5 19 (3.17%) Adobe
5 19 (3.17%) Databricks
6 17 (2.84%) Apple
6 17 (2.84%) Sony
6 17 (2.84%) Yahoo!
7 12 (2.00%) ScienceLogic
7 12 (2.00%) VMware
8 8 (1.34%) Oracle
9 3 (0.50%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.33%) DevExpress
10 2 (0.33%) RedGate
10 2 (0.33%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.17%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.17%) F5
11 1 (0.17%) New Relic
11 1 (0.17%) OutSystems