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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 42 59
Rank change year-on-year -40 +17 -28
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1,299 3,684 2,972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.30% 4.94% 5.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.82% 29.76% 26.36%
Number of salaries quoted 898 3,323 2,331
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £39,344 £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 £55,000

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 4,507 12,381 11,276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.45% 16.60% 19.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,809 8,108 6,590
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £34,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,850 £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 £82,751 £78,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,394 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.03% -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 30 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 30 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 -55 443 £50,000 - 765
North West -68 278 £50,000 - 388
South East -60 276 £52,000 -5.45% 1,009
Midlands -35 272 £50,000 - 669
West Midlands -45 146 £55,000 +4.76% 359
Yorkshire -22 129 £52,500 +5.00% 280
East Midlands -24 125 £48,500 +2.11% 268
East of England -53 122 £44,000 -7.37% 516
Scotland +47 99 £50,000 -4.76% 162
South West -56 75 £50,800 -3.24% 375
North East -4 40 £51,250 +7.89% 99
Northern Ireland +18 6 £53,750 +7.50% 39
Wales -20 6 £55,000 +10.00% 89
Isle of Man - 2 £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 (13.86%) Confluence
2 84 (6.47%) IIS
3 62 (4.77%) SharePoint
4 60 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 26 (2.00%) CMS
6 24 (1.85%) Umbraco
7 15 (1.15%) Tomcat
8 12 (0.92%) Apache
9 9 (0.69%) Apache Spark
10 8 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.23%) SAS
12 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.15%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.15%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
13 1 (0.077%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.077%) Luigi
13 1 (0.077%) Sitefinity
13 1 (0.077%) WebLogic
Applications
1 39 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.46%) Trello
4 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.077%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.077%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.077%) Moqups
6 1 (0.077%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.077%) Sketch
6 1 (0.077%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.46%) Infor M3
3 5 (0.38%) 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 (0.15%) Odoo
6 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.15%) Sage 1000
7 1 (0.077%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.077%) iTrent
7 1 (0.077%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.077%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 761 (58.58%) Azure
2 412 (31.72%) AWS
3 200 (15.40%) Power Platform
4 181 (13.93%) GCP
5 112 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
6 93 (7.16%) Azure DevOps
7 84 (6.47%) SaaS
8 45 (3.46%) GitHub
9 40 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
10 36 (2.77%) Power Automate
11 34 (2.62%) Azure Data Factory
12 32 (2.46%) PowerApps
13 29 (2.23%) Entra ID
14 27 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
15 26 (2.00%) IaaS
16 19 (1.46%) Snowflake
17 16 (1.23%) Serverless
18 15 (1.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 15 (1.15%) Azure Functions
18 15 (1.15%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 71 (5.47%) Firewall
2 51 (3.93%) DNS
3 47 (3.62%) SAN
4 40 (3.08%) LAN
4 40 (3.08%) WAN
5 39 (3.00%) DHCP
6 32 (2.46%) VPN
7 23 (1.77%) VoIP
8 22 (1.69%) Network Security
9 18 (1.39%) FTP
10 17 (1.31%) Intranet
10 17 (1.31%) TCP/IP
11 16 (1.23%) NAS
12 10 (0.77%) SSL
12 10 (0.77%) VLAN
13 9 (0.69%) DMARC
13 9 (0.69%) Multicast
13 9 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
13 9 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (0.62%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (11.93%) Power BI
2 114 (8.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 105 (8.08%) MySQL
4 95 (7.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 82 (6.31%) PostgreSQL
6 81 (6.24%) Data Warehouse
7 59 (4.54%) MongoDB
7 59 (4.54%) Relational Database
8 51 (3.93%) NoSQL
9 43 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 33 (2.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 30 (2.31%) Data Lake
12 18 (1.39%) Big Data
12 18 (1.39%) RDBMS
13 17 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
14 16 (1.23%) Metadata
15 14 (1.08%) Data Hub
16 13 (1.00%) Tableau
17 11 (0.85%) Microsoft Analysis Services
17 11 (0.85%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 294 (22.63%) JIRA
2 258 (19.86%) GitLab
3 252 (19.40%) Bitbucket
3 252 (19.40%) Selenium
4 251 (19.32%) SonarQube
5 248 (19.09%) Maven
5 248 (19.09%) Sonatype Nexus
6 246 (18.94%) Cucumber
7 114 (8.78%) Git
8 63 (4.85%) Visual Studio
9 33 (2.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 30 (2.31%) TeamCity
11 24 (1.85%) Jenkins
12 19 (1.46%) NUnit
13 16 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
14 14 (1.08%) MagicDraw
15 10 (0.77%) Jasmine
16 9 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
17 8 (0.62%) Cypress.io
18 7 (0.54%) Postman
General
1 431 (33.18%) Finance
2 333 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 272 (20.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 262 (20.17%) Banking
5 152 (11.70%) Retail
6 126 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
7 92 (7.08%) Investment Banking
8 90 (6.93%) Corporate Banking
9 55 (4.23%) Manufacturing
10 45 (3.46%) Law
11 35 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (1.77%) Advertising
13 22 (1.69%) Back Office
13 22 (1.69%) Public Sector
14 17 (1.31%) Marketing
15 16 (1.23%) Local Government
16 15 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (1.15%) Games
17 12 (0.92%) Legal
18 10 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 497 (38.26%) Developer
2 291 (22.40%) Software Engineer
3 148 (11.39%) Senior
4 106 (8.16%) Software Developer
5 101 (7.78%) .NET Developer
6 92 (7.08%) SQL Developer
7 91 (7.01%) Analyst
8 89 (6.85%) Senior Developer
9 80 (6.16%) C# Developer
10 76 (5.85%) IT Support
11 73 (5.62%) Full-Stack Developer
12 57 (4.39%) Lead
13 54 (4.16%) Support Engineer
14 51 (3.93%) IT Engineer
15 43 (3.31%) DBA
16 40 (3.08%) Applications Support
17 39 (3.00%) Support Analyst
18 37 (2.85%) Database Developer
19 36 (2.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
20 35 (2.69%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 392 (30.18%) CSS
2 390 (30.02%) .NET
3 379 (29.18%) HTML
4 370 (28.48%) React
5 281 (21.63%) Kafka
6 257 (19.78%) Spring Boot
7 253 (19.48%) Spring
8 249 (19.17%) Redux
9 246 (18.94%) JPA
10 183 (14.09%) ASP.NET
11 161 (12.39%) Hibernate
12 148 (11.39%) REST
13 147 (11.32%) RESTful
14 144 (11.09%) HTML5
15 133 (10.24%) .NET Core
16 115 (8.85%) CSS3
17 108 (8.31%) .NET Framework
18 107 (8.24%) Jest
19 96 (7.39%) Sass
20 79 (6.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 265 (20.40%) Enterprise Software
2 263 (20.25%) Product Ownership
3 58 (4.46%) Management Information System
4 53 (4.08%) Mobile App
4 53 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (2.62%) Client/Server
6 30 (2.31%) Driving Licence
7 29 (2.23%) Data Centre
8 25 (1.92%) Onboarding
9 24 (1.85%) Data Structures
10 22 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
11 21 (1.62%) Clustering
12 20 (1.54%) NHS
12 20 (1.54%) Private Cloud
13 19 (1.46%) Replication
14 15 (1.15%) Cloud Native
15 13 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (1.00%) Operational Technology
16 12 (0.92%) Robotics
17 10 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 192 (14.78%) Windows
2 102 (7.85%) Windows Server
3 89 (6.85%) Linux
4 24 (1.85%) Windows 10
5 23 (1.77%) Android
6 21 (1.62%) Unix
7 18 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.31%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.31%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.23%) Solaris
12 2 (0.15%) Debian
12 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.077%) AIX
13 1 (0.077%) CentOS
13 1 (0.077%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (42.88%) Agile
2 434 (33.41%) DevOps
3 372 (28.64%) CI/CD
4 367 (28.25%) Software Engineering
5 350 (26.94%) Full-Stack Development
6 342 (26.33%) Problem-Solving
7 316 (24.33%) Microservices
8 298 (22.94%) SDLC
9 294 (22.63%) Test Automation
10 287 (22.09%) Performance Optimisation
11 286 (22.02%) Containerisation
12 264 (20.32%) Front End Development
13 239 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
14 221 (17.01%) Clean Code
15 189 (14.55%) TDD
16 186 (14.32%) Business Intelligence
17 185 (14.24%) Migration
18 182 (14.01%) Mentoring
19 141 (10.85%) User Experience
20 140 (10.78%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 830 (63.90%) SQL
2 431 (33.18%) JavaScript
3 405 (31.18%) C#
4 360 (27.71%) Java
5 160 (12.32%) TypeScript
6 143 (11.01%) T-SQL
7 96 (7.39%) PowerShell
8 95 (7.31%) Python
9 54 (4.16%) PHP
10 43 (3.31%) C++
11 27 (2.08%) VB.NET
12 15 (1.15%) VBA
13 13 (1.00%) Bash
14 12 (0.92%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.85%) R
16 8 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 7 (0.54%) Delphi
17 7 (0.54%) VB
18 6 (0.46%) C
18 6 (0.46%) X++
Qualifications
1 229 (17.63%) Degree
2 77 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 53 (4.08%) DBS Check
4 41 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 39 (3.00%) Security Cleared
6 23 (1.77%) Azure Certification
7 21 (1.62%) SC Cleared
8 20 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
10 10 (0.77%) MCSA
11 9 (0.69%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.62%) MCSE
13 7 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
15 5 (0.38%) CCNA
15 5 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.38%) HND
15 5 (0.38%) MCP
16 4 (0.31%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.31%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 266 (20.48%) QA
2 121 (9.31%) Accessibility
3 33 (2.54%) Data Quality
4 29 (2.23%) GDPR
5 18 (1.39%) WCAG
6 15 (1.15%) SLA
7 13 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.69%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.46%) GxP
10 5 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.23%) NCSC
11 3 (0.23%) NIST
11 3 (0.23%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.077%) PMO
System Software
1 314 (24.17%) Docker
2 98 (7.54%) Active Directory
3 76 (5.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 42 (3.23%) Hyper-V
5 19 (1.46%) vSphere
6 15 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.46%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.38%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.15%) KVM
12 2 (0.15%) NFS
12 2 (0.15%) SRDF
12 2 (0.15%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.15%) Xen
12 2 (0.15%) XenApp
13 1 (0.077%) Firmware
13 1 (0.077%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 303 (23.33%) Kubernetes
2 55 (4.23%) Terraform
3 28 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (1.92%) Ansible
5 12 (0.92%) SCCM
6 9 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
6 9 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.62%) Grafana
8 7 (0.54%) WSUS
9 6 (0.46%) SCOM
10 5 (0.38%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.38%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.38%) ZABBIX
11 4 (0.31%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.23%) Puppet
12 3 (0.23%) WMI
13 2 (0.15%) Control-M
13 2 (0.15%) Nessus
13 2 (0.15%) SCOrch
13 2 (0.15%) SCSM
Vendors
1 533 (41.03%) Microsoft
2 246 (18.94%) Solace
3 123 (9.47%) Oracle
4 100 (7.70%) VMware
5 37 (2.85%) Databricks
6 30 (2.31%) Cisco
7 27 (2.08%) HP
8 23 (1.77%) SAP
9 21 (1.62%) Veeam
10 20 (1.54%) IBM
10 20 (1.54%) Zoho
11 14 (1.08%) Salesforce
12 13 (1.00%) Dell
12 13 (1.00%) Google
12 13 (1.00%) Rollbar
13 10 (0.77%) Citrix
13 10 (0.77%) Infor
13 10 (0.77%) Informatica
13 10 (0.77%) NetApp
13 10 (0.77%) Splunk