Azure SQL Database Jobs

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Azure SQL Database over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 408 486
Rank change year-on-year -93 +78 +79
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 218 640 585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.64% 0.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.79% 3.52% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 184 558 504
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,852 £47,150
25th Percentile £46,750 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,625 £87,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.09% - +4.55%

All Database and 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,819 18,204 21,642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.12% 18.34% 21.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,115 12,561 13,525
10th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,725 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £76,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure SQL Database in the UK

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure SQL Database.

Salary trend for Azure SQL Database in the UK

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in the UK

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 13 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
England -108 201 £62,500 +8.70% 226
UK excluding London -61 122 £54,000 -6.09% 171
Work from Home -112 100 £65,000 +13.04% 256
London +11 84 £75,000 +7.14% 89
Midlands +79 42 £52,500 -4.55% 22
North of England -57 29 £60,000 +9.09% 55
South East +28 27 £67,500 +17.39% 39
West Midlands +51 22 £67,500 +22.73% 14
East Midlands +39 20 £48,500 -5.37% 5
North West -68 12 £65,000 +18.18% 24
Yorkshire +52 9 £55,000 -4.35% 25
South West +74 8 £52,500 -8.70% 16
North East +37 8 £57,500 +35.29% 9
East of England -10 8 £47,500 -7.47% 30
Scotland +101 6 £50,000 -13.04% 11
Wales +33 2 £36,250 -39.58% 5

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 16 (7.34%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.21%) Confluence
4 3 (1.38%) Apache
5 2 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.92%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.83%) Trello
3 3 (1.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 218 (100.00%) Azure
2 78 (35.78%) Power Platform
3 62 (28.44%) Azure Data Factory
4 49 (22.48%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (16.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 33 (15.14%) AWS
7 30 (13.76%) GitHub
8 24 (11.01%) Azure Logic Apps
9 22 (10.09%) Serverless
10 20 (9.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 19 (8.72%) Azure Functions
11 19 (8.72%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (8.72%) SaaS
12 18 (8.26%) Entra ID
13 17 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
13 17 (7.80%) PowerApps
14 15 (6.88%) GitHub Actions
15 14 (6.42%) PaaS
16 11 (5.05%) Azure Service Bus
17 9 (4.13%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.42%) DNS
2 8 (3.67%) Firewall
3 6 (2.75%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (2.29%) Network Security
4 5 (2.29%) WAN
5 4 (1.83%) SAN
5 4 (1.83%) VPN
6 3 (1.38%) DHCP
6 3 (1.38%) LAN
6 3 (1.38%) MPLS
6 3 (1.38%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.38%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.92%) Converged Networks
7 2 (0.92%) LLU
7 2 (0.92%) PBX
7 2 (0.92%) VLAN
7 2 (0.92%) xDSL
8 1 (0.46%) SMTP
8 1 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (36.70%) SQL Server
2 72 (33.03%) Power BI
3 56 (25.69%) Data Lake
4 46 (21.10%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (17.43%) MongoDB
6 36 (16.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 26 (11.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 19 (8.72%) Elasticsearch
9 14 (6.42%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 14 (6.42%) Power Query
10 11 (5.05%) NoSQL
11 7 (3.21%) Tableau
12 6 (2.75%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 6 (2.75%) NonStop SQL
13 5 (2.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (1.83%) HDInsight
14 4 (1.83%) Metadata
14 4 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (1.83%) Relational Database
15 3 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 13 (5.96%) Visual Studio
2 11 (5.05%) Git
3 10 (4.59%) JIRA
4 5 (2.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (1.38%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.38%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.92%) ERwin
6 2 (0.92%) NUnit
6 2 (0.92%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.46%) git-flow
7 1 (0.46%) Subversion
General
1 60 (27.52%) Social Skills
2 56 (25.69%) Finance
3 34 (15.60%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.26%) Law
5 10 (4.59%) Retail
6 9 (4.13%) Automotive
7 8 (3.67%) Advertising
7 8 (3.67%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.75%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.83%) Marketing
12 3 (1.38%) Front Office
12 3 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.92%) Banking
13 2 (0.92%) Legal
14 1 (0.46%) Back Office
14 1 (0.46%) Local Government
14 1 (0.46%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 79 (36.24%) Developer
2 36 (16.51%) Senior
3 34 (15.60%) .NET Developer
4 30 (13.76%) Data Engineer
5 27 (12.39%) Architect
6 23 (10.55%) DBA
7 20 (9.17%) SQL DBA
8 19 (8.72%) Software Engineer
9 16 (7.34%) Data Architect
10 14 (6.42%) Administrator
10 14 (6.42%) Senior Data Engineer
11 13 (5.96%) Azure Architect
11 13 (5.96%) Lead
11 13 (5.96%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (5.50%) Analyst
12 12 (5.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 9 (4.13%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (4.13%) Senior Developer
14 8 (3.67%) SQL Analyst
14 8 (3.67%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (36.24%) .NET
2 44 (20.18%) ASP.NET
3 42 (19.27%) .NET Core
4 39 (17.89%) AngularJS
5 34 (15.60%) ASP.NET MVC
6 30 (13.76%) ASP.NET Web API
6 30 (13.76%) Entity Framework
7 29 (13.30%) .NET Framework
8 27 (12.39%) HTML
9 24 (11.01%) React
10 23 (10.55%) HTML5
11 21 (9.63%) Vue
12 20 (9.17%) Node.js
12 20 (9.17%) RESTful
13 15 (6.88%) CSS
14 12 (5.50%) Blazor
14 12 (5.50%) CSS3
14 12 (5.50%) REST
15 11 (5.05%) LINQ
16 7 (3.21%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.26%) Product Ownership
2 15 (6.88%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.59%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.29%) Digital TV
4 5 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.83%) IoT
5 4 (1.83%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.83%) Social Media
6 3 (1.38%) AS400
6 3 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.38%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (1.38%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.38%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.92%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (0.92%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.46%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.50%) Windows
2 10 (4.59%) Linux
3 6 (2.75%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.29%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.83%) VMS
5 4 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.92%) Unix
6 2 (0.92%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (37.16%) Agile
2 79 (36.24%) DevOps
3 71 (32.57%) Business Intelligence
4 65 (29.82%) CI/CD
5 53 (24.31%) Analytics
6 46 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (20.64%) ETL
8 44 (20.18%) Full-Stack Development
9 39 (17.89%) Data Modelling
9 39 (17.89%) Microservices
10 38 (17.43%) Visualisation
11 37 (16.97%) MVC
12 36 (16.51%) Data Visualisation
13 34 (15.60%) Scrum
14 33 (15.14%) Data Engineering
15 29 (13.30%) Software Engineering
16 23 (10.55%) TDD
17 22 (10.09%) Computer Science
18 21 (9.63%) Data Architecture
18 21 (9.63%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 211 (96.79%) SQL
2 89 (40.83%) C#
3 44 (20.18%) JavaScript
4 30 (13.76%) Python
5 29 (13.30%) PowerShell
5 29 (13.30%) T-SQL
6 24 (11.01%) TypeScript
7 18 (8.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (3.67%) Java
9 5 (2.29%) Bicep
10 4 (1.83%) X++
11 3 (1.38%) C
11 3 (1.38%) C++
11 3 (1.38%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.38%) PHP
12 2 (0.92%) Delphi
12 2 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.92%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.92%) R
12 2 (0.92%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (17.43%) Degree
2 26 (11.93%) Azure Certification
3 20 (9.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (5.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.21%) Security Cleared
6 6 (2.75%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.92%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.09%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.13%) QA
3 6 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.75%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.83%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.92%) GDPR
6 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (9.63%) Docker
2 14 (6.42%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (1.38%) vSphere
4 2 (0.92%) pfSense
4 2 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 33 (15.14%) Kubernetes
2 22 (10.09%) Terraform
3 2 (0.92%) cPanel
3 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.92%) MIIS
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.46%) Ansible
4 1 (0.46%) Grafana
4 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 125 (57.34%) Microsoft
2 47 (21.56%) Databricks
3 7 (3.21%) Google
4 5 (2.29%) Atlassian
4 5 (2.29%) Facebook
4 5 (2.29%) VMware
4 5 (2.29%) YouTube
5 4 (1.83%) Nimble Storage
6 3 (1.38%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.38%) Cisco
6 3 (1.38%) Cognos
6 3 (1.38%) Extreme Networks
6 3 (1.38%) Nintex
6 3 (1.38%) Oracle
6 3 (1.38%) SAP
6 3 (1.38%) SolarWinds
6 3 (1.38%) Xamarin
6 3 (1.38%) Zscaler
7 2 (0.92%) Draytek
7 2 (0.92%) Salesforce