Azure SQL Database Job Trends
Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 270 | 493 | 408 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +223 | -85 | -16 |
| Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database | 820 | 179 | 393 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.69% | 0.37% | 0.56% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 9.29% | 2.59% | 3.57% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 668 | 159 | 250 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £42,500 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £47,500 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.00% | -3.85% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £80,000 | £77,188 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,500 | £92,900 | £93,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -0.90% | -3.48% |
All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK
Azure SQL Database 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.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 8,824 | 6,923 | 11,017 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 7.38% | 14.14% | 15.81% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5,970 | 4,302 | 6,269 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,875 | £32,775 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £42,780 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £80,000 | £87,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £107,500 | £115,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | - | -4.55% |
Azure SQL Database Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Azure SQL Database Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure SQL Database.
Azure SQL Database Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.
Azure SQL Database Top 16 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 18 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +209 | 778 | £57,500 | -11.54% | 160 |
| UK excluding London | +223 | 649 | £55,000 | - | 94 |
| Work from Home | +210 | 630 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 87 |
| South East | +107 | 204 | £57,500 | -11.54% | 27 |
| London | -11 | 163 | £77,500 | +10.71% | 67 |
| North of England | +45 | 133 | £54,038 | -1.75% | 28 |
| Midlands | +43 | 108 | £55,000 | +18.92% | 25 |
| East of England | +55 | 106 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +15 | 69 | £58,750 | +6.82% | 20 |
| North West | +8 | 59 | £50,000 | -11.11% | 9 |
| South West | -13 | 59 | £55,000 | -11.29% | 4 |
| North East | -28 | 43 | £55,000 | +14.58% | 6 |
| East Midlands | -3 | 39 | £51,250 | +13.89% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | -6 | 31 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 14 |
| Wales | - | 21 | £51,538 | - | 3 |
| Scotland | +15 | 18 | £55,000 | +96.43% | 1 |
Azure SQL Database Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MongoDB | 56.2% | 461 |
| 2 | Elasticsearch | 21.5% | 176 |
| 3 | SQL Server | 16.2% | 133 |
| 4 | Power BI | 13.2% | 108 |
| 5 | Data Warehouse | 9.6% | 79 |
| 6 | Data Lake | 5.0% | 41 |
| 7 | NoSQL | 3.7% | 30 |
| 8 | Metadata | 3.2% | 26 |
| 9 | Relational Database | 3.0% | 25 |
| 10 | Tableau | 2.1% | 17 |
| 11 | DynamoDB | 1.8% | 15 |
| 12 | Star Schema | 1.7% | 14 |
| 13 | PostgreSQL | 1.6% | 13 |
| 13 | SQL Server Reporting Services | 1.6% | 13 |
| 15 | NonStop SQL | 1.5% | 12 |
| 15 | SQL Server Integration Services | 1.5% | 12 |
| 17 | Delta Lake | 1.2% | 10 |
| 17 | MySQL | 1.2% | 10 |
| 19 | Amazon QuickSight | 1.1% | 9 |
| 19 | Big Data | 1.1% | 9 |