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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 433 394
Rank change year-on-year +200 -39 +60
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 525 107 412
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.76% 0.34% 0.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.86% 2.44% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 495 100 370
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £68,750
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 5,326 4,387 11,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.74% 14.01% 14.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,563 2,770 7,922
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.73%

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 28 June 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 28 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
South East +82 142 £55,000 -21.43% 46
North of England +25 108 £50,000 -13.04% 36
East of England +78 101 £60,000 +2.13% 18
Midlands +23 89 £55,000 +13.40% 19
West Midlands +22 55 £60,000 -5.88% 15
South West -24 51 £53,750 -2.27% 8
North West +33 48 £50,000 -11.11% 22
East Midlands -6 33 £50,000 +3.09% 4
North East -22 32 £52,500 -8.70% 7
Yorkshire -16 28 £55,000 -4.35% 7
Scotland +37 21 £29,000 -42.00% 2
Wales - 13 £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 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.33%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (0.76%) IIS
5 3 (0.57%) nginx
6 1 (0.19%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 525 (100.00%) Azure
2 169 (32.19%) Azure DevOps
3 128 (24.38%) Azure AI
4 118 (22.48%) GitHub
5 106 (20.19%) GitHub Copilot
6 78 (14.86%) AWS
7 62 (11.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 50 (9.52%) Power Platform
9 43 (8.19%) Azure Data Factory
10 30 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
11 27 (5.14%) PaaS
12 24 (4.57%) Azure Logic Apps
12 24 (4.57%) PowerApps
13 23 (4.38%) Entra ID
14 22 (4.19%) Power Automate
15 21 (4.00%) Serverless
16 20 (3.81%) Azure Monitor
17 19 (3.62%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 19 (3.62%) OneDrive
18 17 (3.24%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 45 (8.57%) Internet
2 17 (3.24%) VPN
3 8 (1.52%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.95%) Firewall
5 4 (0.76%) DNS
5 4 (0.76%) MQTT
6 1 (0.19%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.19%) HTTP
6 1 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 322 (61.33%) MongoDB
2 125 (23.81%) Elasticsearch
3 46 (8.76%) Power BI
4 44 (8.38%) SQL Server
5 19 (3.62%) Data Lake
6 17 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.71%) NonStop SQL
7 9 (1.71%) Star Schema
8 8 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.14%) Tableau
10 5 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.76%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.57%) MySQL
12 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.38%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.38%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 23 (4.38%) Git
2 6 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.76%) NUnit
4 2 (0.38%) MSTest
4 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.19%) JIRA
5 1 (0.19%) Postman
5 1 (0.19%) Selenium
5 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 61 (11.62%) Finance
2 47 (8.95%) Social Skills
3 45 (8.57%) Advertising
4 36 (6.86%) Games
5 35 (6.67%) Marketing
6 18 (3.43%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (3.24%) Retail
8 16 (3.05%) Law
9 15 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.71%) Music Industry
11 8 (1.52%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.14%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.76%) Banking
13 4 (0.76%) Legal
14 3 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.19%) Billing
16 1 (0.19%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.19%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 408 (77.71%) Developer
2 375 (71.43%) .NET Developer
3 53 (10.10%) Senior
4 23 (4.38%) Senior Developer
5 22 (4.19%) Azure Engineer
6 21 (4.00%) Support Engineer
7 18 (3.43%) Data Engineer
8 15 (2.86%) Analyst
8 15 (2.86%) Applications Engineer
8 15 (2.86%) Applications Support
8 15 (2.86%) Applications Support Engineer
8 15 (2.86%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 15 (2.86%) DevOps Engineer
9 13 (2.48%) DBA
10 12 (2.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 9 (1.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 9 (1.71%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (1.52%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 8 (1.52%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 7 (1.33%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 411 (78.29%) .NET
2 387 (73.71%) .NET Core
3 377 (71.81%) ASP.NET
4 373 (71.05%) ASP.NET Core
5 151 (28.76%) CSS
5 151 (28.76%) HTML
6 145 (27.62%) Entity Framework
7 139 (26.48%) Blazor
8 137 (26.10%) ASP.NET Web API
9 136 (25.90%) React
9 136 (25.90%) RESTful
10 123 (23.43%) Node.js
11 122 (23.24%) ML.NET
12 118 (22.48%) AngularJS
13 116 (22.10%) Vue
14 91 (17.33%) LINQ
15 45 (8.57%) .NET Framework
16 22 (4.19%) HTML5 Canvas
17 20 (3.81%) Microsoft Graph
18 19 (3.62%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 58 (11.05%) Greenfield Project
2 37 (7.05%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (3.62%) Digital TV
3 19 (3.62%) Mobile App
4 17 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.86%) BBC
5 15 (2.86%) iPhone
5 15 (2.86%) Social Media
5 15 (2.86%) Social Network
6 13 (2.48%) Security Posture
7 12 (2.29%) Podcast
7 12 (2.29%) Public Cloud
8 11 (2.10%) Client/Server
9 10 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.14%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.95%) IoT
12 5 (0.95%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.76%) Replication
14 3 (0.57%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.33%) Windows
2 19 (3.62%) Android
3 17 (3.24%) VMS
4 11 (2.10%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.33%) Linux
6 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (72.19%) Full-Stack Development
2 301 (57.33%) Agile
3 190 (36.19%) DevOps
4 162 (30.86%) CI/CD
5 156 (29.71%) AI
6 146 (27.81%) Machine Learning
7 127 (24.19%) Multithreading
8 119 (22.67%) Microservices
9 79 (15.05%) Scrum
10 62 (11.81%) OO
11 59 (11.24%) Business Intelligence
11 59 (11.24%) TDD
12 54 (10.29%) Analytics
12 54 (10.29%) BDD
13 52 (9.90%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
14 47 (8.95%) Kanban
15 36 (6.86%) Problem-Solving
16 35 (6.67%) Performance Tuning
17 34 (6.48%) Infrastructure as Code
18 29 (5.52%) API Management
Programming Languages
1 524 (99.81%) SQL
2 412 (78.48%) C#
3 160 (30.48%) JavaScript
4 141 (26.86%) TypeScript
5 48 (9.14%) PowerShell
6 23 (4.38%) Python
7 20 (3.81%) Bicep
8 15 (2.86%) Bash
9 12 (2.29%) Kusto Query Language
9 12 (2.29%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.33%) C++
10 7 (1.33%) Java
11 4 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.19%) Delphi
12 1 (0.19%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 17 (3.24%) Azure Certification
2 15 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (0.95%) Degree
4 4 (0.76%) Tableau Certification
5 2 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.38%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.19%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.19%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.71%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.52%) GDPR
3 7 (1.33%) QA
4 3 (0.57%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.38%) NCSC
6 1 (0.19%) HL7
6 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 113 (21.52%) Docker
2 30 (5.71%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 111 (21.14%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.90%) Terraform
3 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.33%) Grafana
5 6 (1.14%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.57%) Scalr
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 444 (84.57%) Microsoft
2 51 (9.71%) Facebook
3 42 (8.00%) Google
4 19 (3.62%) Adobe
5 18 (3.43%) YouTube
6 17 (3.24%) Databricks
7 15 (2.86%) Apple
7 15 (2.86%) Sony
7 15 (2.86%) Yahoo!
8 12 (2.29%) ScienceLogic
8 12 (2.29%) VMware
9 6 (1.14%) Oracle
10 3 (0.57%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.38%) DevExpress
11 2 (0.38%) RedGate
11 2 (0.38%) Xamarin
12 1 (0.19%) F5
12 1 (0.19%) FIS
12 1 (0.19%) OutSystems