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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 458 455
Rank change year-on-year +235 -3 -58
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 620 91 212
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.78% 0.26% 0.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.02% 2.07% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 589 84 167
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,000 £71,750 £75,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -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 5,627 4,390 7,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.04% 12.59% 13.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,922 2,764 4,743
10th Percentile £34,775 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £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 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 28 August 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 August 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 +107 187 £57,500 -9.80% 60
North of England +57 132 £50,000 -13.04% 44
East of England +69 107 £60,000 +9.09% 20
Midlands +33 93 £55,000 +14.58% 28
North West +23 59 £50,000 -11.11% 28
West Midlands +20 59 £58,750 +23.68% 20
South West -19 59 £55,000 +10.00% 13
North East -14 42 £55,000 -4.35% 8
East Midlands -14 34 £51,250 +6.77% 8
Yorkshire -17 31 £55,000 -8.33% 8
Scotland +32 26 £47,500 -4.52% 4
Wales - 16 £50,000 - 8
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 29 (4.68%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.13%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (0.97%) IIS
5 5 (0.81%) nginx
6 3 (0.48%) Apache
6 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 620 (100.00%) Azure
2 199 (32.10%) Azure DevOps
3 150 (24.19%) Azure AI
4 142 (22.90%) GitHub
5 130 (20.97%) GitHub Copilot
6 91 (14.68%) AWS
7 75 (12.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 53 (8.55%) Power Platform
9 40 (6.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 35 (5.65%) Microsoft 365
11 31 (5.00%) PaaS
12 30 (4.84%) Entra ID
13 25 (4.03%) Serverless
14 23 (3.71%) PowerApps
15 22 (3.55%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (3.55%) Azure Monitor
15 22 (3.55%) Power Automate
16 19 (3.06%) Azure Functions
16 19 (3.06%) Azure Key Vault
16 19 (3.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 53 (8.55%) Internet
2 19 (3.06%) VPN
3 7 (1.13%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.97%) Firewall
5 5 (0.81%) DNS
6 4 (0.65%) MQTT
7 1 (0.16%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.16%) HTTP
7 1 (0.16%) LAN
7 1 (0.16%) Network Security
7 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.16%) SSL
7 1 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 381 (61.45%) MongoDB
2 144 (23.23%) Elasticsearch
3 66 (10.65%) SQL Server
4 48 (7.74%) Power BI
5 33 (5.32%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (3.87%) Data Lake
7 13 (2.10%) Star Schema
8 12 (1.94%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.77%) NonStop SQL
10 9 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (1.29%) DynamoDB
12 7 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.97%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.81%) Amazon QuickSight
14 5 (0.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.81%) Metadata
14 5 (0.81%) NoSQL
14 5 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (5.48%) Git
2 8 (1.29%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.65%) NUnit
4 2 (0.32%) MSTest
5 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.16%) Flyway
5 1 (0.16%) JIRA
5 1 (0.16%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.16%) Postman
5 1 (0.16%) Selenium
5 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 72 (11.61%) Finance
2 57 (9.19%) Social Skills
3 54 (8.71%) Advertising
4 45 (7.26%) Marketing
5 42 (6.77%) Games
6 20 (3.23%) Retail
7 19 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (2.90%) Law
9 17 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.77%) Music Industry
11 8 (1.29%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.13%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.65%) Banking
13 4 (0.65%) Legal
14 3 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.16%) Billing
15 1 (0.16%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.16%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.16%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 474 (76.45%) Developer
2 435 (70.16%) .NET Developer
3 61 (9.84%) Senior
4 34 (5.48%) Azure Engineer
5 32 (5.16%) Data Engineer
6 25 (4.03%) Senior Developer
7 23 (3.71%) Support Engineer
8 17 (2.74%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 17 (2.74%) DevOps Engineer
9 15 (2.42%) Applications Engineer
9 15 (2.42%) Applications Support
9 15 (2.42%) Applications Support Engineer
9 15 (2.42%) DBA
10 14 (2.26%) Analyst
11 13 (2.10%) Lead
12 12 (1.94%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 10 (1.61%) Administrator
13 10 (1.61%) Architect
13 10 (1.61%) Platform Engineer
14 9 (1.45%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 476 (76.77%) .NET
2 445 (71.77%) .NET Core
3 438 (70.65%) ASP.NET
4 435 (70.16%) ASP.NET Core
5 172 (27.74%) CSS
5 172 (27.74%) HTML
6 166 (26.77%) Entity Framework
7 161 (25.97%) Blazor
8 160 (25.81%) React
9 158 (25.48%) ASP.NET Web API
10 155 (25.00%) RESTful
11 143 (23.06%) ML.NET
12 141 (22.74%) Node.js
13 136 (21.94%) AngularJS
14 134 (21.61%) Vue
15 105 (16.94%) LINQ
16 54 (8.71%) .NET Framework
17 32 (5.16%) Terraform
18 22 (3.55%) HTML5 Canvas
19 20 (3.23%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 69 (11.13%) Greenfield Project
2 49 (7.90%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (3.39%) Mobile App
4 20 (3.23%) Digital TV
5 18 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (2.90%) Social Media
6 17 (2.74%) BBC
6 17 (2.74%) iPhone
7 14 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.26%) Social Network
8 13 (2.10%) Security Posture
9 12 (1.94%) Podcast
9 12 (1.94%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.77%) Client/Server
11 10 (1.61%) Product Ownership
12 7 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (0.97%) Cloud Native
14 5 (0.81%) IoT
15 4 (0.65%) Replication
16 3 (0.48%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 37 (5.97%) Windows
2 21 (3.39%) Android
3 18 (2.90%) VMS
4 13 (2.10%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.45%) Linux
6 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (71.13%) Full-Stack Development
2 358 (57.74%) Agile
3 220 (35.48%) DevOps
4 199 (32.10%) CI/CD
5 181 (29.19%) AI
6 167 (26.94%) Machine Learning
7 145 (23.39%) Multithreading
8 143 (23.06%) Microservices
9 97 (15.65%) Scrum
10 72 (11.61%) OO
11 71 (11.45%) Analytics
11 71 (11.45%) TDD
12 65 (10.48%) BDD
12 65 (10.48%) Business Intelligence
13 61 (9.84%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
14 55 (8.87%) Kanban
15 43 (6.94%) Performance Tuning
15 43 (6.94%) Problem-Solving
16 36 (5.81%) Infrastructure as Code
17 29 (4.68%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 619 (99.84%) SQL
2 482 (77.74%) C#
3 181 (29.19%) JavaScript
4 162 (26.13%) TypeScript
5 51 (8.23%) PowerShell
6 38 (6.13%) Python
7 24 (3.87%) Bicep
8 15 (2.42%) Bash
9 12 (1.94%) Kusto Query Language
9 12 (1.94%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.13%) C++
10 7 (1.13%) Java
11 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.16%) Delphi
11 1 (0.16%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 16 (2.58%) Azure Certification
2 13 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (1.77%) Degree
4 4 (0.65%) Tableau Certification
5 3 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.32%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.16%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.16%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.74%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.10%) QA
3 12 (1.94%) GDPR
4 5 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.48%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.32%) NCSC
7 1 (0.16%) HL7
7 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 141 (22.74%) Docker
2 33 (5.32%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.94%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 135 (21.77%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.61%) Grafana
4 9 (1.45%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.48%) Scalr
6 1 (0.16%) SQL Sentry
6 1 (0.16%) VxRail
Vendors
1 532 (85.81%) Microsoft
2 59 (9.52%) Facebook
3 49 (7.90%) Google
4 23 (3.71%) Databricks
5 21 (3.39%) YouTube
6 19 (3.06%) Adobe
7 17 (2.74%) Apple
7 17 (2.74%) Sony
7 17 (2.74%) Yahoo!
8 13 (2.10%) VMware
9 12 (1.94%) ScienceLogic
10 8 (1.29%) Oracle
11 5 (0.81%) Informatica
11 5 (0.81%) Talend
12 3 (0.48%) SolarWinds
13 2 (0.32%) DevExpress
13 2 (0.32%) RedGate
13 2 (0.32%) Xamarin
14 1 (0.16%) Meraki
14 1 (0.16%) New Relic