SQL Server Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 38 35 23
Rank change year-on-year -3 -12 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2,060 4,825 5,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.49% 7.26% 8.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.16% 33.44% 34.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,721 3,273 4,437
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +6.38% -1.05%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

SQL Server 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 6,612 14,430 15,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 20.84% 21.72% 24.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4,811 8,630 11,223
10th Percentile £33,500 £33,691 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,548 £83,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +6.84% +6.36%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the UK excluding London

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in the UK excluding London

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 December 2023.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the UK excluding London

SQL Server
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 December 2023. 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 +8 514 £55,000 +3.29% 289
North of England -9 493 £50,000 - 324
Midlands +6 392 £52,500 +5.00% 206
North West -22 243 £50,000 - 181
South West -17 242 £52,500 +5.00% 101
West Midlands -1 222 £53,500 +10.88% 134
Yorkshire +1 217 £55,000 +4.76% 104
Scotland +17 182 £52,000 +4.00% 53
East Midlands +12 172 £47,500 -5.00% 72
Wales +2 102 £50,000 +11.11% 25
East of England +12 97 £48,000 -12.73% 100
North East +8 33 £45,000 +9.76% 47
Northern Ireland +14 30 £45,000 -14.29% 16
Isle of Man +3 10 £60,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 2 - -
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
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
1 153 (7.43%) IIS
2 136 (6.60%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.80%) Confluence
4 36 (1.75%) Umbraco
5 31 (1.50%) MS Exchange
5 31 (1.50%) WebLogic
6 24 (1.17%) WebSphere
7 16 (0.78%) CMS
8 15 (0.73%) Apache
8 15 (0.73%) Tomcat
9 14 (0.68%) NServiceBus
10 12 (0.58%) WebSphere Application Server
11 9 (0.44%) Apache Spark
12 6 (0.29%) SharePoint 2010
12 6 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
12 6 (0.29%) Skype for Business
13 5 (0.24%) ColdFusion
13 5 (0.24%) Headless CMS
13 5 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
14 4 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 108 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
2 93 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.44%) AutoCAD
3 9 (0.44%) PTC Creo
3 9 (0.44%) SOLIDWORKS
4 8 (0.39%) InDesign
4 8 (0.39%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.34%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (0.24%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.19%) LibreOffice
9 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.049%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 34 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.83%) Maximo
3 14 (0.68%) PlanetPress Connect
4 12 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
4 12 (0.58%) iTrent
5 8 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
6 7 (0.34%) Sage X3
7 6 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 5 (0.24%) Epicor Tropos
9 4 (0.19%) Front Arena
9 4 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.15%) Shopify
11 2 (0.097%) Elite 3E
11 2 (0.097%) SAP ERP
11 2 (0.097%) SAP FI-GL
11 2 (0.097%) Scribe Insight
11 2 (0.097%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 868 (42.14%) Azure
2 311 (15.10%) Power Platform
3 223 (10.83%) Microsoft 365
4 206 (10.00%) AWS
5 182 (8.83%) Azure DevOps
6 172 (8.35%) SaaS
7 86 (4.17%) Entra ID
8 70 (3.40%) Azure Data Factory
9 62 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
10 55 (2.67%) GCP
11 54 (2.62%) PaaS
12 52 (2.52%) IaaS
13 44 (2.14%) Serverless
14 40 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
15 36 (1.75%) PowerApps
16 35 (1.70%) Azure Logic Apps
17 34 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 33 (1.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 32 (1.55%) Azure Functions
20 31 (1.50%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 121 (5.87%) Firewall
2 107 (5.19%) WAN
3 76 (3.69%) DNS
4 72 (3.50%) LAN
5 62 (3.01%) SAN
6 49 (2.38%) DHCP
7 43 (2.09%) VPN
8 39 (1.89%) VoIP
9 38 (1.84%) TCP/IP
10 29 (1.41%) Internet
11 21 (1.02%) Wireless
12 17 (0.83%) Network Security
12 17 (0.83%) SSL
13 14 (0.68%) HTTP
13 14 (0.68%) NAS
14 13 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
15 10 (0.49%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (0.44%) IP Telephony
17 8 (0.39%) FTP
17 8 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 268 (13.01%) Power BI
2 236 (11.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 233 (11.31%) Data Warehouse
4 191 (9.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 166 (8.06%) MySQL
6 158 (7.67%) Relational Database
7 89 (4.32%) Azure SQL Database
7 89 (4.32%) PostgreSQL
8 79 (3.83%) NoSQL
9 65 (3.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 61 (2.96%) Oracle Database
11 46 (2.23%) MongoDB
12 36 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
13 32 (1.55%) Data Lake
14 28 (1.36%) RDBMS
15 27 (1.31%) Tableau
16 25 (1.21%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 25 (1.21%) Oracle Database 10g
17 24 (1.17%) BusinessObjects
17 24 (1.17%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 213 (10.34%) Git
2 136 (6.60%) JIRA
3 91 (4.42%) Visual Studio
4 56 (2.72%) Jenkins
5 53 (2.57%) Team Foundation Server
6 45 (2.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 36 (1.75%) Subversion
8 31 (1.50%) GitLab
9 26 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
10 21 (1.02%) NUnit
11 19 (0.92%) Selenium
12 18 (0.87%) Postman
13 17 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
14 15 (0.73%) Oracle APEX
15 12 (0.58%) SpecFlow
15 12 (0.58%) TeamCity
16 11 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
17 9 (0.44%) Jasmine
17 9 (0.44%) Maven
17 9 (0.44%) MSBuild
General
1 473 (22.96%) Social Skills
2 318 (15.44%) Finance
3 211 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (4.81%) Law
5 89 (4.32%) Retail
6 85 (4.13%) Banking
7 71 (3.45%) Marketing
8 66 (3.20%) Public Sector
9 57 (2.77%) Manufacturing
10 48 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 47 (2.28%) Legal
12 33 (1.60%) Telecoms
13 32 (1.55%) Automotive
14 27 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
15 21 (1.02%) Advertising
15 21 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (0.68%) Financial Institution
17 13 (0.63%) Health Technology
18 12 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 789 (38.30%) Developer
2 360 (17.48%) Senior
3 263 (12.77%) .NET Developer
4 253 (12.28%) Analyst
5 224 (10.87%) Software Developer
6 176 (8.54%) C# Developer
7 156 (7.57%) Applications Support
7 156 (7.57%) Support Analyst
8 144 (6.99%) Senior Developer
9 134 (6.50%) DBA
10 127 (6.17%) Software Engineer
11 125 (6.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 121 (5.87%) Lead
13 115 (5.58%) Applications Support Analyst
14 114 (5.53%) Administrator
15 88 (4.27%) C# .NET Developer
15 88 (4.27%) Support Engineer
16 87 (4.22%) SQL Developer
17 86 (4.17%) Full Stack Developer
18 72 (3.50%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 862 (41.84%) .NET
2 387 (18.79%) HTML
3 361 (17.52%) ASP.NET
4 352 (17.09%) CSS
5 278 (13.50%) .NET Core
6 235 (11.41%) .NET Framework
7 218 (10.58%) AngularJS
8 208 (10.10%) React
9 169 (8.20%) ASP.NET MVC
10 139 (6.75%) REST
10 139 (6.75%) Web Services
11 130 (6.31%) jQuery
12 126 (6.12%) Entity Framework
13 121 (5.87%) XML
14 109 (5.29%) HTML5
15 95 (4.61%) ASP.NET Web API
16 87 (4.22%) JSON
17 85 (4.13%) RESTful
18 78 (3.79%) Node.js
19 75 (3.64%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 71 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
2 64 (3.11%) Clustering
3 61 (2.96%) Product Ownership
3 61 (2.96%) Public Cloud
4 60 (2.91%) Data Structures
4 60 (2.91%) Management Information System
5 58 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
6 56 (2.72%) Virtual Team
7 55 (2.67%) Replication
8 52 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
9 43 (2.09%) Data Centre
10 40 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
11 31 (1.50%) Mobile App
12 27 (1.31%) Low-Code
13 23 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
14 15 (0.73%) Driving Licence
14 15 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
15 14 (0.68%) CCTV
16 13 (0.63%) Cloud Native
16 13 (0.63%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 418 (20.29%) Windows
2 202 (9.81%) Windows Server
3 104 (5.05%) Linux
4 66 (3.20%) Unix
5 61 (2.96%) Windows Server 2012
6 50 (2.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 45 (2.18%) Android
8 44 (2.14%) Windows 10
9 33 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
10 14 (0.68%) CentOS
11 10 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (0.44%) Apple iOS
12 9 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (0.34%) Debian
14 6 (0.29%) Mac OS
15 5 (0.24%) Data ONTAP
16 4 (0.19%) VMS
17 2 (0.097%) Ubuntu
17 2 (0.097%) Windows 7
18 1 (0.049%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 543 (26.36%) Agile
2 453 (21.99%) Problem-Solving
3 410 (19.90%) DevOps
4 342 (16.60%) Business Intelligence
5 304 (14.76%) MVC
6 238 (11.55%) CI/CD
6 238 (11.55%) Software Engineering
7 213 (10.34%) Full Stack Development
8 198 (9.61%) Mentoring
9 183 (8.88%) ITIL
10 182 (8.83%) ETL
11 157 (7.62%) TDD
12 147 (7.14%) Unit Testing
13 144 (6.99%) Customer Service
14 138 (6.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 132 (6.41%) Web Development
16 131 (6.36%) Scrum
17 122 (5.92%) Design Patterns
17 122 (5.92%) Migration
18 120 (5.83%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 1,128 (54.76%) SQL
2 803 (38.98%) C#
3 522 (25.34%) JavaScript
4 357 (17.33%) T-SQL
5 214 (10.39%) PowerShell
6 133 (6.46%) Python
7 118 (5.73%) Java
8 114 (5.53%) TypeScript
9 77 (3.74%) PHP
10 59 (2.86%) VB.NET
11 48 (2.33%) PL/SQL
12 33 (1.60%) VB
13 23 (1.12%) JSX
14 21 (1.02%) Bash
15 18 (0.87%) Delphi
16 17 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 14 (0.68%) Shell Script
18 13 (0.63%) Go
19 12 (0.58%) MATLAB
19 12 (0.58%) R
Qualifications
1 284 (13.79%) Degree
2 253 (12.28%) Security Cleared
3 190 (9.22%) SC Cleared
4 98 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 58 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (2.04%) Azure Certification
7 36 (1.75%) DV Cleared
8 22 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
9 20 (0.97%) MCSE
10 19 (0.92%) MCSA
11 16 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (0.73%) DBS Check
13 11 (0.53%) AWS Certification
14 9 (0.44%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 7 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 6 (0.29%) ISTQB
17 6 (0.29%) MCP
17 6 (0.29%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (4.22%) QA
2 82 (3.98%) SLA
3 42 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 23 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (1.02%) Accessibility
6 20 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (0.68%) GDPR
8 10 (0.49%) PMO
9 8 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.24%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.19%) GxP
11 4 (0.19%) WCAG
12 3 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.15%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.15%) WAI
13 2 (0.097%) NCSC
13 2 (0.097%) NIST
14 1 (0.049%) HL7
14 1 (0.049%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.049%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 289 (14.03%) Active Directory
2 135 (6.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (3.54%) Docker
4 49 (2.38%) Hyper-V
5 26 (1.26%) vSphere
6 20 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
6 20 (0.97%) VMware NSX
7 18 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.24%) XenApp
10 4 (0.19%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.097%) Kamailio
12 2 (0.097%) OpenSIPS
12 2 (0.097%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.049%) Firmware
13 1 (0.049%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.049%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.049%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 61 (2.96%) Kubernetes
2 42 (2.04%) Terraform
3 36 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
4 35 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (1.41%) Ansible
6 26 (1.26%) AirWatch
6 26 (1.26%) OpenSSO
7 18 (0.87%) SCCM
8 13 (0.63%) Nessus
9 12 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
10 10 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (0.49%) SCOM
10 10 (0.49%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.34%) McAfee ePO
11 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
11 7 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.24%) MIIS
12 5 (0.24%) vRealize
12 5 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 951 (46.17%) Microsoft
2 232 (11.26%) Oracle
3 201 (9.76%) VMware
4 55 (2.67%) Xamarin
5 54 (2.62%) SAP
6 48 (2.33%) Cisco
7 36 (1.75%) Citrix
8 31 (1.50%) IBM
9 30 (1.46%) Databricks
10 27 (1.31%) Teradata
11 21 (1.02%) CheckPoint
12 19 (0.92%) Veeam
13 17 (0.83%) Red Hat
14 16 (0.78%) Atlassian
14 16 (0.78%) iManage
15 15 (0.73%) arcserve
15 15 (0.73%) HP
15 15 (0.73%) ServiceNow
15 15 (0.73%) Sophos
16 14 (0.68%) Zoho