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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 428 314 348
Rank change year-on-year -114 +34 +133
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 102 267 295
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.75% 0.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.69% 4.78% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 71 179 262
10th Percentile £26,250 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £74,875
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -14.29%

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 3,798 5,591 8,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.59% 15.75% 19.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,367 2,890 6,384
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,500 £59,556
% change year-on-year -6.98% +8.30% -4.71%

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 24 January 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 24 January 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
Midlands +7 28 £60,000 +14.29% 62
North of England -3 25 £55,000 -8.33% 82
East Midlands -6 16 £50,000 -2.44% 38
Scotland -33 14 £27,500 -42.11% 11
South East -51 14 £65,000 - 93
North West +3 13 £57,500 -8.00% 42
West Midlands +29 10 £63,500 +15.45% 22
East of England -10 7 £57,500 +21.05% 49
South West +9 6 £53,250 -11.25% 44
North East +3 6 - - 10
Yorkshire -20 6 £50,000 -5.66% 30
Northern Ireland -10 5 £50,000 - 6
Wales +4 3 £56,631 +41.14% 16
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 2 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.98%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.98%) Confluence
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 24 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.94%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.98%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 102 (100.00%) Azure
2 49 (48.04%) Power Platform
3 48 (47.06%) Azure Data Factory
4 36 (35.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 22 (21.57%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (15.69%) SaaS
7 13 (12.75%) Entra ID
8 6 (5.88%) Azure AI
8 6 (5.88%) GitHub
9 5 (4.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 5 (4.90%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (3.92%) PaaS
11 3 (2.94%) Azure AKS
11 3 (2.94%) Azure API Management
11 3 (2.94%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (2.94%) Azure Stack
11 3 (2.94%) Serverless
12 2 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.96%) DNS
1 2 (1.96%) Firewall
2 1 (0.98%) DHCP
2 1 (0.98%) Hyperconnected
2 1 (0.98%) Internet
2 1 (0.98%) Network Security
2 1 (0.98%) SAN
2 1 (0.98%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.98%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.98%) VLAN
2 1 (0.98%) VPN
2 1 (0.98%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (48.04%) SQL Server
2 47 (46.08%) Power BI
3 35 (34.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 26 (25.49%) Data Lake
5 15 (14.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (6.86%) MongoDB
8 5 (4.90%) Metadata
9 4 (3.92%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 4 (3.92%) Power Query
10 3 (2.94%) Big Data
10 3 (2.94%) MySQL
10 3 (2.94%) Relational Database
10 3 (2.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (1.96%) Redis
11 2 (1.96%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.98%) Spark SQL
12 1 (0.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (6.86%) Git
2 1 (0.98%) git-flow
2 1 (0.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.98%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 42 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 36 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
2 36 (35.29%) Finance
3 11 (10.78%) Billing
3 11 (10.78%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (6.86%) Law
5 3 (2.94%) Legal
5 3 (2.94%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.98%) Back Office
6 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.98%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (23.53%) Developer
2 16 (15.69%) Senior
3 15 (14.71%) Data Engineer
4 14 (13.73%) DBA
5 13 (12.75%) Analyst
5 13 (12.75%) SQL DBA
6 11 (10.78%) .NET Developer
6 11 (10.78%) Business Manager
6 11 (10.78%) Commercial Analyst
6 11 (10.78%) Insight Analyst
6 11 (10.78%) Insight Manager
7 10 (9.80%) Applications Support
8 9 (8.82%) Applications Engineer
8 9 (8.82%) Applications Support Engineer
8 9 (8.82%) Support Engineer
9 8 (7.84%) Senior Data Engineer
10 7 (6.86%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 5 (4.90%) Administrator
12 5 (4.90%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (20.59%) .NET
2 10 (9.80%) ASP.NET
3 8 (7.84%) React
4 7 (6.86%) .NET Core
4 7 (6.86%) ASP.NET Core
4 7 (6.86%) Blazor
4 7 (6.86%) RESTful
5 5 (4.90%) ML.NET
6 4 (3.92%) .NET Framework
6 4 (3.92%) Entity Framework
7 3 (2.94%) CSS
7 3 (2.94%) HTML
8 2 (1.96%) ARM Templates
8 2 (1.96%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (1.96%) Node.js
8 2 (1.96%) PySpark
8 2 (1.96%) REST
9 1 (0.98%) Azure Blueprints
9 1 (0.98%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.98%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 26 (25.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 14 (13.73%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (7.84%) Cloud Native
3 8 (7.84%) Data Structures
4 5 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.92%) Client/Server
5 4 (3.92%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.94%) Clustering
7 2 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.96%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.96%) Legacy Code
7 2 (1.96%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.96%) N-Tier
7 2 (1.96%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.96%) Social Network
8 1 (0.98%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.98%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.92%) Android
1 4 (3.92%) VMS
2 2 (1.96%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.98%) Windows
3 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (48.04%) Business Intelligence
2 47 (46.08%) Analytics
3 41 (40.20%) DevOps
4 36 (35.29%) Decision-Making
4 36 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (28.43%) Visualisation
6 27 (26.47%) Data Analysis
7 26 (25.49%) Actionable Insight
7 26 (25.49%) Data Modelling
8 24 (23.53%) ETL
9 23 (22.55%) Process Improvement
10 22 (21.57%) Visual Analytics
10 22 (21.57%) WFM
11 21 (20.59%) AI
12 20 (19.61%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (17.65%) Agile
14 14 (13.73%) CI/CD
14 14 (13.73%) ITIL
15 13 (12.75%) Data Analytics
16 12 (11.76%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 102 (100.00%) SQL
2 29 (28.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 19 (18.63%) C#
4 17 (16.67%) T-SQL
5 11 (10.78%) Python
6 6 (5.88%) JavaScript
6 6 (5.88%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.96%) C
8 1 (0.98%) Bash
8 1 (0.98%) Bicep
8 1 (0.98%) PHP
8 1 (0.98%) Scala
8 1 (0.98%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.98%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (17.65%) Degree
2 11 (10.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (10.78%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 9 (8.82%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.96%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.98%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.98%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.98%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (20.59%) Data Quality
2 11 (10.78%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (6.86%) GDPR
4 3 (2.94%) QA
5 2 (1.96%) Accessibility
System Software
1 12 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.90%) Docker
3 2 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.98%) Firmware
4 1 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (3.92%) Kubernetes
1 4 (3.92%) Terraform
2 1 (0.98%) Ansible
2 1 (0.98%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.98%) Grafana
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.98%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 47 (46.08%) Microsoft
2 14 (13.73%) Databricks
3 2 (1.96%) Google
3 2 (1.96%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.98%) Apple
4 1 (0.98%) Facebook
4 1 (0.98%) FIS
4 1 (0.98%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.98%) Foundry
4 1 (0.98%) Nimble Storage
4 1 (0.98%) RedGate
4 1 (0.98%) Sony
4 1 (0.98%) Yahoo!