SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 502 549 518
Rank change year-on-year +47 -31 +132
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 4 23 49
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.064% 0.14%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.18% 0.65% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 44
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,436
25th Percentile £38,125 £41,250 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% -23.20% +34.41%
75th Percentile £48,125 £63,125 £63,750
90th Percentile £50,750 £68,750 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +25.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,178 3,539 3,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.16% 9.87% 11.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,371 1,983 3,075
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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 SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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 +26 1 £50,000 -
North West +25 1 - -
North of England +24 1 - -
South East +13 1 - - 2
Wales - 1 £35,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £50,000 -
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) Power BI
3 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (25.00%) C# Software Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Data Integration Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Integration Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (25.00%) Ajax
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) CSS3
1 1 (25.00%) Flutter
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) HTML5
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
1 1 (25.00%) KnockoutJS
1 1 (25.00%) Laravel
1 1 (25.00%) LESS
1 1 (25.00%) LINQ
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) Symfony
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Dimensional Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) ETL Development
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) Dart
3 1 (25.00%) PHP
3 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Alteryx
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft