SQL Server Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 42 59
Rank change year-on-year -42 +17 -29
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1,278 3,671 2,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.28% 4.96% 5.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.86% 29.72% 26.26%
Number of salaries quoted 880 3,323 2,331
10th Percentile £27,056 £32,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £39,188 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% - +8.42%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,250
% change year-on-year - -0.45% +0.45%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

SQL Server 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 4,428 12,350 11,336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.36% 16.69% 19.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,753 8,108 6,597
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,833 £41,250
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 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,738 £78,975 £81,250
UK median annual salary £62,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.83% -11.54% +8.33%

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 29 May 2025.

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 29 May 2025. 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 -52 439 £50,000 - 844
North West -68 277 £50,000 - 438
South East -63 268 £52,000 -5.45% 1,090
Midlands -40 267 £50,000 - 720
West Midlands -45 142 £57,500 +9.52% 390
Yorkshire -20 128 £52,500 +5.00% 308
East Midlands -26 124 £48,750 +2.63% 283
East of England -60 119 £44,000 -7.37% 544
Scotland +46 99 £49,250 -6.19% 188
South West -54 75 £52,050 -0.86% 412
North East -9 38 £51,250 +7.89% 102
Northern Ireland +20 6 £53,750 +7.50% 49
Wales -22 6 £55,000 +10.00% 92
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 - 1
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
1 180 (14.08%) Confluence
2 84 (6.57%) IIS
3 62 (4.85%) SharePoint
4 57 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 26 (2.03%) CMS
6 24 (1.88%) Umbraco
7 15 (1.17%) Tomcat
8 12 (0.94%) Apache
9 8 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
9 8 (0.63%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.23%) SAS
11 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.16%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.078%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.078%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.078%) Luigi
12 1 (0.078%) WebLogic
Applications
1 40 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.47%) Trello
4 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.078%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.078%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.078%) Moqups
6 1 (0.078%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.078%) Sketch
6 1 (0.078%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.078%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.47%) Infor M3
3 5 (0.39%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.31%) Infor CloudSuite
4 4 (0.31%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 3 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.16%) Odoo
6 2 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.16%) Sage 1000
7 1 (0.078%) iTrent
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.078%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 751 (58.76%) Azure
2 404 (31.61%) AWS
3 196 (15.34%) Power Platform
4 180 (14.08%) GCP
5 110 (8.61%) Microsoft 365
6 91 (7.12%) Azure DevOps
7 82 (6.42%) SaaS
8 46 (3.60%) GitHub
9 38 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
10 36 (2.82%) Power Automate
11 33 (2.58%) Azure Data Factory
12 32 (2.50%) PowerApps
13 29 (2.27%) Entra ID
14 26 (2.03%) Azure Logic Apps
14 26 (2.03%) IaaS
15 17 (1.33%) Snowflake
16 15 (1.17%) PaaS
16 15 (1.17%) Serverless
17 14 (1.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 14 (1.10%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 70 (5.48%) Firewall
2 51 (3.99%) DNS
3 43 (3.36%) SAN
4 40 (3.13%) LAN
4 40 (3.13%) WAN
5 38 (2.97%) DHCP
6 32 (2.50%) VPN
7 22 (1.72%) Network Security
7 22 (1.72%) VoIP
8 19 (1.49%) TCP/IP
9 18 (1.41%) FTP
10 17 (1.33%) Intranet
11 16 (1.25%) NAS
12 10 (0.78%) SSL
13 9 (0.70%) DMARC
13 9 (0.70%) VLAN
13 9 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (0.63%) IP Telephony
14 8 (0.63%) Multicast
14 8 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (11.82%) Power BI
2 111 (8.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 101 (7.90%) MySQL
4 91 (7.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 80 (6.26%) PostgreSQL
6 79 (6.18%) Data Warehouse
7 58 (4.54%) MongoDB
8 56 (4.38%) Relational Database
9 48 (3.76%) NoSQL
10 43 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
11 32 (2.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 30 (2.35%) Data Lake
13 17 (1.33%) Big Data
13 17 (1.33%) RDBMS
14 15 (1.17%) Metadata
15 14 (1.10%) Data Hub
15 14 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
16 13 (1.02%) Tableau
17 11 (0.86%) Microsoft Analysis Services
17 11 (0.86%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 292 (22.85%) JIRA
2 257 (20.11%) GitLab
3 252 (19.72%) Selenium
4 251 (19.64%) Bitbucket
5 250 (19.56%) SonarQube
6 248 (19.41%) Maven
6 248 (19.41%) Sonatype Nexus
7 246 (19.25%) Cucumber
8 110 (8.61%) Git
9 63 (4.93%) Visual Studio
10 32 (2.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 26 (2.03%) TeamCity
12 24 (1.88%) Jenkins
13 16 (1.25%) NUnit
14 15 (1.17%) Octopus Deploy
15 14 (1.10%) MagicDraw
16 9 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
17 8 (0.63%) Cypress.io
17 8 (0.63%) Jasmine
18 7 (0.55%) Postman
General
1 427 (33.41%) Finance
2 327 (25.59%) Social Skills
3 271 (21.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 260 (20.34%) Banking
5 151 (11.82%) Retail
6 124 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
7 91 (7.12%) Investment Banking
8 90 (7.04%) Corporate Banking
9 54 (4.23%) Manufacturing
10 40 (3.13%) Law
11 34 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (1.80%) Advertising
13 22 (1.72%) Back Office
14 20 (1.56%) Public Sector
15 17 (1.33%) Marketing
16 16 (1.25%) Local Government
17 15 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (0.94%) Games
19 11 (0.86%) Legal
20 10 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 481 (37.64%) Developer
2 291 (22.77%) Software Engineer
3 139 (10.88%) Senior
4 106 (8.29%) Software Developer
5 98 (7.67%) .NET Developer
6 92 (7.20%) SQL Developer
7 89 (6.96%) Analyst
8 82 (6.42%) Senior Developer
9 78 (6.10%) C# Developer
10 75 (5.87%) IT Support
11 68 (5.32%) Full-Stack Developer
12 58 (4.54%) Lead
13 54 (4.23%) Support Engineer
14 49 (3.83%) IT Engineer
15 43 (3.36%) DBA
16 39 (3.05%) Applications Support
17 37 (2.90%) Database Developer
17 37 (2.90%) Support Analyst
18 35 (2.74%) Administrator
18 35 (2.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 390 (30.52%) CSS
2 378 (29.58%) .NET
3 377 (29.50%) HTML
4 365 (28.56%) React
5 280 (21.91%) Kafka
6 257 (20.11%) Spring Boot
7 253 (19.80%) Spring
8 249 (19.48%) Redux
9 246 (19.25%) JPA
10 178 (13.93%) ASP.NET
11 161 (12.60%) Hibernate
12 147 (11.50%) REST
13 141 (11.03%) HTML5
13 141 (11.03%) RESTful
14 130 (10.17%) .NET Core
15 112 (8.76%) CSS3
16 105 (8.22%) .NET Framework
16 105 (8.22%) Jest
17 96 (7.51%) Sass
18 79 (6.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 264 (20.66%) Enterprise Software
2 262 (20.50%) Product Ownership
3 57 (4.46%) Management Information System
4 53 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
5 52 (4.07%) Mobile App
6 35 (2.74%) Client/Server
7 30 (2.35%) Driving Licence
8 28 (2.19%) Data Centre
9 25 (1.96%) Onboarding
10 24 (1.88%) Data Structures
11 22 (1.72%) Clustering
12 21 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
12 21 (1.64%) Private Cloud
13 20 (1.56%) NHS
13 20 (1.56%) Replication
14 13 (1.02%) Cloud Native
14 13 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (1.02%) Operational Technology
14 13 (1.02%) Robotics
15 11 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 188 (14.71%) Windows
2 100 (7.82%) Windows Server
3 86 (6.73%) Linux
4 23 (1.80%) Android
4 23 (1.80%) Windows 10
5 21 (1.64%) Unix
6 17 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.31%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.23%) Solaris
9 3 (0.23%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.16%) Debian
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.078%) AIX
11 1 (0.078%) CentOS
11 1 (0.078%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (42.96%) Agile
2 427 (33.41%) DevOps
3 365 (28.56%) Software Engineering
4 363 (28.40%) CI/CD
5 344 (26.92%) Full-Stack Development
6 336 (26.29%) Problem-Solving
7 312 (24.41%) Microservices
8 295 (23.08%) SDLC
9 292 (22.85%) Test Automation
10 287 (22.46%) Performance Optimisation
11 285 (22.30%) Containerisation
12 260 (20.34%) Front End Development
13 239 (18.70%) Continuous Improvement
14 217 (16.98%) Clean Code
15 188 (14.71%) TDD
16 182 (14.24%) Migration
17 180 (14.08%) Business Intelligence
18 179 (14.01%) Mentoring
19 139 (10.88%) User Experience
20 138 (10.80%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 820 (64.16%) SQL
2 422 (33.02%) JavaScript
3 392 (30.67%) C#
4 359 (28.09%) Java
5 154 (12.05%) TypeScript
6 141 (11.03%) T-SQL
7 93 (7.28%) PowerShell
8 90 (7.04%) Python
9 54 (4.23%) PHP
10 43 (3.36%) C++
11 27 (2.11%) VB.NET
12 15 (1.17%) VBA
13 12 (0.94%) Bash
14 11 (0.86%) PL/SQL
14 11 (0.86%) R
15 7 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (0.55%) Delphi
15 7 (0.55%) VB
16 6 (0.47%) Bicep
16 6 (0.47%) X++
Qualifications
1 224 (17.53%) Degree
2 73 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 53 (4.15%) DBS Check
4 40 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 38 (2.97%) Security Cleared
6 23 (1.80%) Azure Certification
7 22 (1.72%) SC Cleared
8 20 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
9 19 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (0.78%) MCSA
11 8 (0.63%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.63%) MCSE
12 7 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 6 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
14 5 (0.39%) HND
14 5 (0.39%) MCP
15 4 (0.31%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.31%) CCNA
15 4 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (0.31%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 264 (20.66%) QA
2 121 (9.47%) Accessibility
3 31 (2.43%) Data Quality
4 27 (2.11%) GDPR
5 18 (1.41%) WCAG
6 17 (1.33%) SLA
7 13 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.70%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.47%) GxP
10 5 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.23%) NCSC
11 3 (0.23%) NIST
11 3 (0.23%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.078%) PMO
System Software
1 310 (24.26%) Docker
2 94 (7.36%) Active Directory
3 74 (5.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (3.13%) Hyper-V
5 17 (1.33%) vSphere
6 15 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.47%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.39%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.16%) KVM
12 2 (0.16%) NFS
12 2 (0.16%) SRDF
12 2 (0.16%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.16%) Xen
12 2 (0.16%) XenApp
13 1 (0.078%) Apache Flume
13 1 (0.078%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.078%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 299 (23.40%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.99%) Terraform
3 28 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (1.80%) Ansible
5 12 (0.94%) SCCM
6 10 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
7 9 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.55%) Grafana
9 6 (0.47%) SCOM
10 5 (0.39%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.39%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.39%) WSUS
10 5 (0.39%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.23%) Puppet
12 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.16%) SCOrch
12 2 (0.16%) SCSM
12 2 (0.16%) WMI
Vendors
1 518 (40.53%) Microsoft
2 246 (19.25%) Solace
3 124 (9.70%) Oracle
4 97 (7.59%) VMware
5 35 (2.74%) Databricks
6 30 (2.35%) Cisco
7 27 (2.11%) HP
8 23 (1.80%) SAP
9 20 (1.56%) IBM
9 20 (1.56%) Veeam
9 20 (1.56%) Zoho
10 13 (1.02%) Salesforce
11 12 (0.94%) Google
12 10 (0.78%) Infor
12 10 (0.78%) Informatica
12 10 (0.78%) NetApp
12 10 (0.78%) Rollbar
13 9 (0.70%) Citrix
13 9 (0.70%) Dell
13 9 (0.70%) Splunk