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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 420 379
Rank change year-on-year +97 -41 +99
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 293 105 423
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.37% 0.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.74% 2.50% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 275 98 384
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,625 £68,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 5,108 4,198 11,603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.57% 14.69% 16.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,155 2,653 8,094
10th Percentile £34,500 £31,250 £31,825
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,800
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 £83,750 £79,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 May 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 May 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
East of England +41 67 £65,000 +4.00% 17
South East +11 66 £55,000 -21.43% 36
Midlands -8 59 £57,500 +9.52% 17
North of England -16 59 £50,000 -13.04% 34
West Midlands -16 34 £63,500 -9.29% 11
North West +14 29 £50,000 -20.00% 22
East Midlands -32 23 £50,000 +3.09% 6
South West -45 19 £52,500 -4.55% 7
Scotland +13 17 £29,000 - 5
North East -29 15 £50,000 -13.04% 5
Yorkshire -48 15 £55,000 -4.35% 7
Wales - 6 £50,000 - 6
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 24 (8.19%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.39%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.34%) Apache
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.34%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 293 (100.00%) Azure
2 90 (30.72%) Azure DevOps
3 62 (21.16%) Azure AI
4 48 (16.38%) Power Platform
5 47 (16.04%) Azure Data Factory
6 44 (15.02%) GitHub
7 43 (14.68%) GitHub Copilot
8 34 (11.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 33 (11.26%) AWS
10 26 (8.87%) Microsoft 365
11 24 (8.19%) PowerApps
12 23 (7.85%) Power Automate
13 21 (7.17%) Azure Logic Apps
14 20 (6.83%) OneDrive
15 19 (6.48%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 17 (5.80%) Entra ID
17 16 (5.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 14 (4.78%) SaaS
19 9 (3.07%) PaaS
19 9 (3.07%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.80%) Internet
2 7 (2.39%) Firewall
3 6 (2.05%) VPN
4 5 (1.71%) DNS
5 4 (1.37%) MQTT
6 3 (1.02%) Hyperconnected
7 1 (0.34%) DHCP
7 1 (0.34%) Network Security
7 1 (0.34%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.34%) VLAN
7 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (49.83%) MongoDB
2 52 (17.75%) Elasticsearch
3 45 (15.36%) Power BI
4 39 (13.31%) SQL Server
5 22 (7.51%) Data Lake
6 13 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (3.41%) Star Schema
8 7 (2.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.05%) Tableau
10 5 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.71%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.37%) NonStop SQL
11 4 (1.37%) Power Query
12 3 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.68%) Metadata
14 1 (0.34%) InfluxDB
14 1 (0.34%) OLTP
14 1 (0.34%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 13 (4.44%) Git
2 4 (1.37%) NUnit
3 3 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.68%) MSTest
4 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.34%) JIRA
5 1 (0.34%) Postman
5 1 (0.34%) Selenium
5 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 39 (13.31%) Social Skills
2 38 (12.97%) Finance
3 19 (6.48%) Advertising
4 18 (6.14%) Games
5 17 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.44%) Marketing
7 8 (2.73%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.39%) Legal
9 5 (1.71%) Retail
10 4 (1.37%) Banking
10 4 (1.37%) Law
10 4 (1.37%) Music Industry
11 3 (1.02%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.34%) Billing
13 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.34%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 202 (68.94%) Developer
2 171 (58.36%) .NET Developer
3 42 (14.33%) Senior
4 19 (6.48%) Senior Developer
5 18 (6.14%) Data Engineer
6 15 (5.12%) Applications Engineer
6 15 (5.12%) Applications Support
6 15 (5.12%) Applications Support Engineer
6 15 (5.12%) Support Engineer
7 14 (4.78%) Azure Engineer
7 14 (4.78%) DBA
8 11 (3.75%) SQL DBA
9 8 (2.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 8 (2.73%) Software Engineer
10 7 (2.39%) Microsoft 365 Developer
10 7 (2.39%) Microsoft Developer
10 7 (2.39%) Senior Microsoft Developer
10 7 (2.39%) Senior Software Engineer
11 6 (2.05%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 6 (2.05%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (70.31%) .NET
2 186 (63.48%) .NET Core
3 173 (59.04%) ASP.NET
4 169 (57.68%) ASP.NET Core
5 84 (28.67%) CSS
5 84 (28.67%) HTML
6 72 (24.57%) Entity Framework
7 67 (22.87%) RESTful
8 60 (20.48%) ASP.NET Web API
8 60 (20.48%) Blazor
9 58 (19.80%) React
10 57 (19.45%) ML.NET
11 53 (18.09%) AngularJS
12 52 (17.75%) Node.js
13 51 (17.41%) Vue
14 42 (14.33%) LINQ
15 22 (7.51%) HTML5 Canvas
16 20 (6.83%) Microsoft Graph
17 19 (6.48%) JSON
17 19 (6.48%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.53%) Greenfield Project
2 18 (6.14%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.10%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (4.10%) Mobile App
4 11 (3.75%) Client/Server
5 10 (3.41%) Social Network
6 9 (3.07%) Digital TV
7 8 (2.73%) iPhone
8 7 (2.39%) BBC
8 7 (2.39%) Legacy Applications
8 7 (2.39%) Social Media
9 6 (2.05%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.71%) Clustering
10 5 (1.71%) IoT
10 5 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.37%) Data Structures
12 3 (1.02%) Legacy Code
12 3 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.02%) Replication
13 2 (0.68%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.10%) Android
2 8 (2.73%) VMS
3 5 (1.71%) Windows
3 5 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.37%) Linux
5 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (59.73%) Full-Stack Development
2 134 (45.73%) Agile
3 111 (37.88%) DevOps
4 82 (27.99%) CI/CD
4 82 (27.99%) Machine Learning
5 74 (25.26%) AI
6 62 (21.16%) Multithreading
7 53 (18.09%) Business Intelligence
8 44 (15.02%) Microservices
9 34 (11.60%) OO
10 32 (10.92%) Analytics
11 27 (9.22%) Scrum
12 26 (8.87%) Data Modelling
13 25 (8.53%) TDD
14 23 (7.85%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
15 22 (7.51%) BDD
15 22 (7.51%) Problem-Solving
15 22 (7.51%) Technical Leadership
15 22 (7.51%) User Experience
16 21 (7.17%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 292 (99.66%) SQL
2 206 (70.31%) C#
3 87 (29.69%) JavaScript
4 72 (24.57%) TypeScript
5 34 (11.60%) PowerShell
6 25 (8.53%) Python
7 18 (6.14%) T-SQL
8 7 (2.39%) C++
8 7 (2.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (2.39%) Java
9 4 (1.37%) Bicep
10 3 (1.02%) Bash
11 1 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (1.71%) Azure Certification
1 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (1.37%) Degree
2 4 (1.37%) Tableau Certification
3 2 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.68%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.34%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.34%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.41%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.39%) GDPR
3 4 (1.37%) QA
4 3 (1.02%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.34%) HL7
5 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 48 (16.38%) Docker
2 12 (4.10%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.39%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.34%) Firmware
4 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (15.36%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.44%) Terraform
3 4 (1.37%) Grafana
4 3 (1.02%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.02%) Scalr
5 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.34%) Ansible
6 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 227 (77.47%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.51%) Facebook
2 22 (7.51%) Google
3 19 (6.48%) Adobe
3 19 (6.48%) Databricks
4 8 (2.73%) YouTube
5 7 (2.39%) Apple
5 7 (2.39%) Sony
5 7 (2.39%) Yahoo!
6 5 (1.71%) Oracle
7 3 (1.02%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.68%) DevExpress
8 2 (0.68%) RedGate
8 2 (0.68%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.34%) FIS
9 1 (0.34%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.34%) OutSystems