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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 454 428
Rank change year-on-year +229 -26 +2
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 591 107 355
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.83% 0.32% 0.48%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.70% 2.35% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 561 99 314
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 5,521 4,549 10,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.73% 13.46% 14.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,735 2,876 7,264
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,823 £41,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,182 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.93% +6.40% -8.00%

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 13 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 13 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 +111 169 £55,000 -21.43% 40
North of England +63 119 £50,000 -13.04% 41
East of England +73 108 £60,000 +2.13% 17
Midlands +29 97 £55,000 +13.40% 13
West Midlands +28 62 £60,000 - 9
South West -10 60 £55,000 - 13
North West +24 52 £50,000 -9.09% 25
North East -21 37 £55,000 -4.35% 9
East Midlands -18 35 £50,000 +3.09% 4
Yorkshire -11 30 £55,000 -8.33% 7
Scotland +26 22 £29,500 -40.70% 5
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 25 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.18%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (1.02%) IIS
5 5 (0.85%) nginx
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 591 (100.00%) Azure
2 187 (31.64%) Azure DevOps
3 148 (25.04%) Azure AI
4 139 (23.52%) GitHub
5 127 (21.49%) GitHub Copilot
6 90 (15.23%) AWS
7 69 (11.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 48 (8.12%) Power Platform
9 43 (7.28%) Azure Data Factory
10 30 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
11 28 (4.74%) PaaS
12 24 (4.06%) Azure Logic Apps
12 24 (4.06%) Entra ID
12 24 (4.06%) PowerApps
13 22 (3.72%) Azure Monitor
13 22 (3.72%) Power Automate
14 21 (3.55%) Serverless
15 19 (3.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 19 (3.21%) OneDrive
16 17 (2.88%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 52 (8.80%) Internet
2 17 (2.88%) VPN
3 7 (1.18%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.85%) Firewall
5 4 (0.68%) DNS
5 4 (0.68%) MQTT
6 1 (0.17%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.17%) HTTP
6 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 375 (63.45%) MongoDB
2 143 (24.20%) Elasticsearch
3 49 (8.29%) SQL Server
4 44 (7.45%) Power BI
5 19 (3.21%) Data Lake
5 19 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (1.86%) NonStop SQL
7 8 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.35%) Star Schema
8 6 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.02%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.02%) Tableau
9 4 (0.68%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.51%) MySQL
10 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.34%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
12 1 (0.17%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 22 (3.72%) Git
2 8 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.68%) NUnit
4 2 (0.34%) MSTest
4 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.17%) JIRA
5 1 (0.17%) Postman
5 1 (0.17%) Selenium
5 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 69 (11.68%) Finance
2 54 (9.14%) Advertising
3 46 (7.78%) Social Skills
4 43 (7.28%) Marketing
5 42 (7.11%) Games
6 20 (3.38%) Retail
7 17 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (2.71%) Law
9 15 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.86%) Music Industry
11 8 (1.35%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.18%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.68%) Banking
13 4 (0.68%) Legal
14 3 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.17%) Billing
16 1 (0.17%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.17%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 467 (79.02%) Developer
2 435 (73.60%) .NET Developer
3 55 (9.31%) Senior
4 25 (4.23%) Azure Engineer
4 25 (4.23%) Senior Developer
5 22 (3.72%) Data Engineer
5 22 (3.72%) Support Engineer
6 17 (2.88%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 17 (2.88%) DevOps Engineer
7 15 (2.54%) Analyst
7 15 (2.54%) Applications Engineer
7 15 (2.54%) Applications Support
7 15 (2.54%) Applications Support Engineer
8 13 (2.20%) DBA
9 12 (2.03%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 9 (1.52%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (1.35%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 8 (1.35%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 8 (1.35%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 8 (1.35%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 473 (80.03%) .NET
2 445 (75.30%) .NET Core
3 437 (73.94%) ASP.NET
4 433 (73.27%) ASP.NET Core
5 173 (29.27%) CSS
5 173 (29.27%) HTML
6 166 (28.09%) Entity Framework
7 160 (27.07%) Blazor
8 158 (26.73%) ASP.NET Web API
8 158 (26.73%) React
9 153 (25.89%) RESTful
10 142 (24.03%) ML.NET
11 141 (23.86%) Node.js
12 136 (23.01%) AngularJS
13 134 (22.67%) Vue
14 105 (17.77%) LINQ
15 54 (9.14%) .NET Framework
16 22 (3.72%) HTML5 Canvas
17 20 (3.38%) Microsoft Graph
18 19 (3.21%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 69 (11.68%) Greenfield Project
2 42 (7.11%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (3.55%) Mobile App
4 20 (3.38%) Digital TV
5 18 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (2.88%) BBC
6 17 (2.88%) iPhone
6 17 (2.88%) Social Media
7 14 (2.37%) Social Network
8 13 (2.20%) Security Posture
9 12 (2.03%) Podcast
9 12 (2.03%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.86%) Client/Server
11 10 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (1.02%) Cloud Native
14 5 (0.85%) IoT
14 5 (0.85%) Product Ownership
15 4 (0.68%) Replication
16 3 (0.51%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 31 (5.25%) Windows
2 21 (3.55%) Android
3 17 (2.88%) VMS
4 12 (2.03%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.52%) Linux
6 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (74.28%) Full-Stack Development
2 343 (58.04%) Agile
3 208 (35.19%) DevOps
4 186 (31.47%) CI/CD
5 176 (29.78%) AI
6 166 (28.09%) Machine Learning
7 144 (24.37%) Multithreading
8 142 (24.03%) Microservices
9 91 (15.40%) Scrum
10 70 (11.84%) TDD
11 68 (11.51%) OO
12 65 (11.00%) BDD
13 61 (10.32%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
14 59 (9.98%) Analytics
14 59 (9.98%) Business Intelligence
15 55 (9.31%) Kanban
16 37 (6.26%) Performance Tuning
17 35 (5.92%) Problem-Solving
18 34 (5.75%) Infrastructure as Code
19 29 (4.91%) API Management
Programming Languages
1 590 (99.83%) SQL
2 474 (80.20%) C#
3 180 (30.46%) JavaScript
4 161 (27.24%) TypeScript
5 50 (8.46%) PowerShell
6 25 (4.23%) Python
7 22 (3.72%) Bicep
8 15 (2.54%) Bash
9 12 (2.03%) Kusto Query Language
9 12 (2.03%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.18%) C++
10 7 (1.18%) Java
11 2 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.17%) Delphi
12 1 (0.17%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 16 (2.71%) Azure Certification
2 14 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (0.85%) Degree
4 4 (0.68%) Tableau Certification
5 2 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.34%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.52%) Data Quality
1 9 (1.52%) QA
2 8 (1.35%) GDPR
3 3 (0.51%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.34%) NCSC
5 1 (0.17%) HL7
5 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 136 (23.01%) Docker
2 31 (5.25%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 134 (22.67%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.25%) Terraform
3 9 (1.52%) Grafana
3 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.35%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.51%) Scalr
6 1 (0.17%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 506 (85.62%) Microsoft
2 59 (9.98%) Facebook
3 48 (8.12%) Google
4 21 (3.55%) YouTube
5 19 (3.21%) Adobe
5 19 (3.21%) Databricks
6 17 (2.88%) Apple
6 17 (2.88%) Sony
6 17 (2.88%) Yahoo!
7 12 (2.03%) ScienceLogic
7 12 (2.03%) VMware
8 7 (1.18%) Oracle
9 3 (0.51%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.34%) DevExpress
10 2 (0.34%) RedGate
10 2 (0.34%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.17%) F5
11 1 (0.17%) FIS
11 1 (0.17%) OutSystems