Azure SQL Database Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Azure SQL Database skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 388 511 483
Rank change year-on-year +123 -28 -167
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 422 258 410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.59% 0.44% 0.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.43% 2.26% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 384 234 296
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,313 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,875 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +8.33%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

Azure SQL Database is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 12,290 11,410 16,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.11% 19.40% 22.63%
Number of salaries quoted 8,110 6,654 10,214
10th Percentile £32,000 £34,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £39,839
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,140
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure SQL Database in the UK excluding London

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure SQL Database in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Azure SQL Database in the UK excluding London

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 22 May 2024.

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 22 May 2024. 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
North of England +112 135 £55,000 -3.69% 23
South East +36 97 £57,500 -11.54% 29
North West +42 91 £55,000 -1.88% 15
East of England +52 58 £51,333 +36.89% 8
South West +20 49 £57,500 -14.81% 16
Midlands -22 35 £55,000 +3.29% 13
Scotland -44 29 £57,500 -11.54% 6
Yorkshire +85 28 £57,500 - 4
West Midlands -10 21 £53,500 +0.47% 9
North East +3 16 £42,500 -19.05% 4
East Midlands -7 14 £55,000 -4.35% 4
Northern Ireland +27 11 £55,000 -16.98% 2
Wales +12 8 £60,000 +118.18% 3
Azure SQL Database
UK

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (3.32%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.42%) CMS
4 5 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 422 (100.00%) Azure
2 122 (28.91%) Power Platform
3 58 (13.74%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (7.82%) Entra ID
5 31 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (7.11%) Azure Data Factory
7 23 (5.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 21 (4.98%) PaaS
9 18 (4.27%) AWS
10 17 (4.03%) IaaS
11 16 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 15 (3.55%) GitHub
13 14 (3.32%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (3.32%) Power Automate
14 13 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (3.08%) PowerApps
15 12 (2.84%) Serverless
16 10 (2.37%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (2.37%) SaaS
17 9 (2.13%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 74 (17.54%) Broadband
2 38 (9.00%) Internet
3 15 (3.55%) Firewall
4 12 (2.84%) WAN
5 11 (2.61%) DNS
6 8 (1.90%) VPN
7 7 (1.66%) LAN
8 5 (1.18%) DHCP
8 5 (1.18%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.18%) SSL
8 5 (1.18%) VLAN
8 5 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.95%) Network Security
10 2 (0.47%) MPLS
11 1 (0.24%) 3GPP
11 1 (0.24%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 316 (74.88%) SQL Server
2 119 (28.20%) Power BI
3 29 (6.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 24 (5.69%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (5.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (4.98%) Data Lake
7 17 (4.03%) Relational Database
8 11 (2.61%) RDBMS
9 10 (2.37%) MySQL
10 8 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (1.42%) MariaDB
11 6 (1.42%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.42%) Redis
11 6 (1.42%) Tableau
12 5 (1.18%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.95%) Metadata
14 3 (0.71%) Big Data
14 3 (0.71%) Hadoop
14 3 (0.71%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 21 (4.98%) Git
2 15 (3.55%) NUnit
3 14 (3.32%) Moq
4 7 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.66%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (0.95%) GitLab
6 2 (0.47%) JIRA
7 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.24%) Sourcetree
7 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.24%) Subversion
7 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 121 (28.67%) Social Skills
2 42 (9.95%) Advertising
3 32 (7.58%) Finance
3 32 (7.58%) Marketing
4 21 (4.98%) Games
5 18 (4.27%) Retail
6 12 (2.84%) Legal
7 11 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.37%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (2.37%) Music Industry
9 4 (0.95%) Aviation
9 4 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (0.95%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.71%) Health Technology
10 3 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.71%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.47%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.24%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (0.24%) Law
Job Titles
1 212 (50.24%) Developer
2 150 (35.55%) .NET Developer
3 98 (23.22%) DBA
4 93 (22.04%) SQL DBA
5 53 (12.56%) Senior
6 51 (12.09%) C# Developer
7 44 (10.43%) C# .NET Developer
8 32 (7.58%) Internet Developer
9 29 (6.87%) Senior Developer
10 27 (6.40%) Software Developer
11 26 (6.16%) Azure Engineer
12 25 (5.92%) Data Engineer
13 21 (4.98%) Lead
14 20 (4.74%) Senior Software Developer
15 19 (4.50%) Software Engineer
16 16 (3.79%) Azure Developer
17 13 (3.08%) Analyst
18 12 (2.84%) Azure Data Engineer
19 10 (2.37%) Platform Engineer
20 9 (2.13%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (50.47%) .NET
2 185 (43.84%) .NET Core
3 167 (39.57%) ASP.NET
3 167 (39.57%) CSS
3 167 (39.57%) HTML
4 162 (38.39%) Blazor
4 162 (38.39%) Entity Framework
5 151 (35.78%) ASP.NET MVC
5 151 (35.78%) CSS3
5 151 (35.78%) HTML5
6 38 (9.00%) .NET Framework
7 27 (6.40%) React
8 23 (5.45%) AngularJS
9 17 (4.03%) ASP.NET Web API
9 17 (4.03%) Razor View Engine
10 13 (3.08%) jQuery
10 13 (3.08%) LINQ
10 13 (3.08%) LINQ to SQL
11 7 (1.66%) Vue
12 6 (1.42%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.95%) Greenfield Project
2 25 (5.92%) Digital TV
3 16 (3.79%) Cloud Native
4 10 (2.37%) Public Cloud
5 8 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.66%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (0.95%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.95%) NHS
8 4 (0.95%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.71%) BBC
9 3 (0.71%) Life Science
9 3 (0.71%) Social Media
9 3 (0.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.47%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.47%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.24%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.24%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 81 (19.19%) VMS
2 24 (5.69%) Windows
3 8 (1.90%) Linux
4 6 (1.42%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.95%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (48.34%) Agile
2 170 (40.28%) Full Stack Development
3 167 (39.57%) MVC
4 152 (36.02%) TDD
5 147 (34.83%) BDD
6 118 (27.96%) Business Intelligence
7 85 (20.14%) DevOps
8 84 (19.91%) Collaborative Working
9 82 (19.43%) Performance Tuning
10 81 (19.19%) Disaster Recovery
11 74 (17.54%) High Availability
12 42 (9.95%) Analytics
13 40 (9.48%) Problem-Solving
14 33 (7.82%) Mentoring
15 31 (7.35%) CI/CD
16 26 (6.16%) OO
16 26 (6.16%) Software Engineering
17 24 (5.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 22 (5.21%) Data Engineering
18 22 (5.21%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 414 (98.10%) SQL
2 221 (52.37%) C#
3 188 (44.55%) JavaScript
4 110 (26.07%) T-SQL
5 60 (14.22%) PowerShell
6 29 (6.87%) TypeScript
7 26 (6.16%) Python
8 13 (3.08%) Bash
9 10 (2.37%) Go
10 9 (2.13%) Java
10 9 (2.13%) VB.NET
11 6 (1.42%) Groovy
11 6 (1.42%) PHP
11 6 (1.42%) Ruby
12 5 (1.18%) C
12 5 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.95%) R
14 3 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.47%) Scala
16 1 (0.24%) Bourne shell
Qualifications
1 98 (23.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 25 (5.92%) Azure Certification
3 24 (5.69%) Degree
4 15 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.42%) DBS Check
5 6 (1.42%) Security Cleared
6 4 (0.95%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.71%) CIPD
7 3 (0.71%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.71%) HND
7 3 (0.71%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (1.66%) QA
3 5 (1.18%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.18%) SLA
4 4 (0.95%) GDPR
5 3 (0.71%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 86 (20.38%) Virtual Machines
2 32 (7.58%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.32%) Docker
4 3 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (4.74%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.50%) Terraform
3 11 (2.61%) Ansible
4 10 (2.37%) Grafana
4 10 (2.37%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.90%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.42%) Puppet
7 3 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 332 (78.67%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.98%) Facebook
3 15 (3.55%) Commvault
4 12 (2.84%) Databricks
5 9 (2.13%) New Relic
5 9 (2.13%) VMware
6 7 (1.66%) Apple
6 7 (1.66%) Oracle
7 6 (1.42%) Citrix
7 6 (1.42%) SaltStack
8 4 (0.95%) Adobe
9 3 (0.71%) Google
9 3 (0.71%) RedGate
9 3 (0.71%) Sony
9 3 (0.71%) Yahoo!
10 2 (0.47%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.47%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.24%) Ab Initio