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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 484 412
Rank change year-on-year +197 -72 +26
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 648 207 627
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.68% 0.45% 0.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.74% 2.79% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 597 171 542
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £39,775
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £74,985 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 8,369 7,414 17,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.76% 16.03% 16.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,543 4,801 12,414
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £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 job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure SQL Database.

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 28 June 2026.

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 28 June 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 +176 606 £57,500 -6.12% 177
UK excluding London +200 525 £55,000 - 131
Work from Home +229 495 £55,000 -15.38% 159
South East +82 142 £55,000 -21.43% 46
North of England +25 108 £50,000 -13.04% 37
London -7 108 £80,000 +6.67% 65
East of England +78 101 £60,000 +2.13% 18
Midlands +23 89 £55,000 +13.40% 19
West Midlands +22 55 £60,000 -5.88% 15
South West -24 51 £53,750 -2.27% 8
North West +33 48 £50,000 -11.11% 23
East Midlands -6 33 £50,000 +3.09% 4
North East -22 32 £52,500 -8.70% 7
Yorkshire -16 28 £55,000 -4.35% 7
Scotland +37 21 £29,000 -42.00% 2
Wales - 13 £50,000 - 3

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 29 (4.48%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.23%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.62%) IIS
6 3 (0.46%) nginx
7 2 (0.31%) CMS
7 2 (0.31%) DNN
7 2 (0.31%) EPiServer
7 2 (0.31%) Immediacy CMS
7 2 (0.31%) Kentico
7 2 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.31%) Sitefinity
7 2 (0.31%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.15%) Apache
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
Applications
1 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.15%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 648 (100.00%) Azure
2 220 (33.95%) Azure DevOps
3 139 (21.45%) Azure AI
4 131 (20.22%) GitHub
5 114 (17.59%) GitHub Copilot
6 89 (13.73%) Azure Data Factory
6 89 (13.73%) Power Platform
7 85 (13.12%) AWS
8 82 (12.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 49 (7.56%) Azure Monitor
10 47 (7.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 40 (6.17%) Serverless
12 35 (5.40%) Azure Functions
13 33 (5.09%) Azure Logic Apps
13 33 (5.09%) PaaS
14 31 (4.78%) Azure Key Vault
14 31 (4.78%) Entra ID
14 31 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
14 31 (4.78%) PowerApps
15 28 (4.32%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 46 (7.10%) Internet
2 17 (2.62%) VPN
3 11 (1.70%) Firewall
4 8 (1.23%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.77%) DNS
6 4 (0.62%) MQTT
7 2 (0.31%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.15%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.15%) HTTP
8 1 (0.15%) LAN
8 1 (0.15%) SSL
8 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 343 (52.93%) MongoDB
2 131 (20.22%) Elasticsearch
3 85 (13.12%) SQL Server
4 77 (11.88%) Power BI
5 32 (4.94%) Data Lake
6 31 (4.78%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (2.16%) Tableau
8 12 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (1.54%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.54%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.39%) Delta Lake
10 9 (1.39%) NonStop SQL
10 9 (1.39%) Spark SQL
10 9 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.39%) Star Schema
11 8 (1.23%) Metadata
12 7 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 37 (5.71%) Git
2 6 (0.93%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.62%) NUnit
4 2 (0.31%) JIRA
4 2 (0.31%) MSTest
4 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.15%) Postman
5 1 (0.15%) Selenium
5 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.15%) Yeoman
General
1 113 (17.44%) Finance
2 63 (9.72%) Social Skills
3 47 (7.25%) Advertising
4 38 (5.86%) Games
5 36 (5.56%) Marketing
6 31 (4.78%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (2.78%) Law
7 18 (2.78%) Retail
8 16 (2.47%) Banking
8 16 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.85%) Public Sector
10 11 (1.70%) Aerospace
11 10 (1.54%) Legal
12 9 (1.39%) Music Industry
13 5 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.31%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.31%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.31%) Police
16 1 (0.15%) Billing
Job Titles
1 429 (66.20%) Developer
2 390 (60.19%) .NET Developer
3 75 (11.57%) Senior
4 57 (8.80%) Data Engineer
5 44 (6.79%) Azure Engineer
6 32 (4.94%) Support Engineer
7 28 (4.32%) Platform Engineer
8 26 (4.01%) Senior Developer
9 25 (3.86%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 25 (3.86%) DevOps Engineer
10 22 (3.40%) Applications Support
11 20 (3.09%) Applications Engineer
11 20 (3.09%) Applications Support Engineer
12 19 (2.93%) Architect
12 19 (2.93%) DBA
13 18 (2.78%) Analyst
13 18 (2.78%) Lead
14 13 (2.01%) Senior Data Engineer
15 12 (1.85%) Infrastructure Analyst
16 11 (1.70%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 452 (69.75%) .NET
2 410 (63.27%) .NET Core
3 395 (60.96%) ASP.NET
4 388 (59.88%) ASP.NET Core
5 154 (23.77%) CSS
5 154 (23.77%) Entity Framework
5 154 (23.77%) HTML
6 145 (22.38%) ASP.NET Web API
7 142 (21.91%) Blazor
7 142 (21.91%) React
8 138 (21.30%) RESTful
9 131 (20.22%) AngularJS
10 129 (19.91%) Node.js
11 127 (19.60%) Vue
12 123 (18.98%) ML.NET
13 92 (14.20%) LINQ
14 53 (8.18%) .NET Framework
15 22 (3.40%) HTML5 Canvas
16 20 (3.09%) JSON
16 20 (3.09%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 64 (9.88%) Greenfield Project
2 40 (6.17%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (2.93%) Digital TV
3 19 (2.93%) Mobile App
4 18 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.31%) BBC
5 15 (2.31%) iPhone
5 15 (2.31%) Social Media
5 15 (2.31%) Social Network
6 14 (2.16%) Security Posture
7 13 (2.01%) Replication
8 12 (1.85%) Podcast
8 12 (1.85%) Public Cloud
9 11 (1.70%) Client/Server
9 11 (1.70%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
10 8 (1.23%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.23%) Product Ownership
11 6 (0.93%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.33%) Windows
2 33 (5.09%) VMS
3 19 (2.93%) Android
4 16 (2.47%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.39%) Linux
6 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (61.27%) Full-Stack Development
2 335 (51.70%) Agile
3 245 (37.81%) DevOps
4 237 (36.57%) CI/CD
5 172 (26.54%) AI
6 156 (24.07%) Machine Learning
7 141 (21.76%) Microservices
8 128 (19.75%) Multithreading
9 113 (17.44%) Analytics
10 90 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
11 83 (12.81%) Scrum
12 64 (9.88%) TDD
13 62 (9.57%) OO
14 59 (9.10%) BDD
15 57 (8.80%) Infrastructure as Code
16 53 (8.18%) Problem-Solving
17 52 (8.02%) Data Engineering
17 52 (8.02%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
18 51 (7.87%) Data Modelling
18 51 (7.87%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 647 (99.85%) SQL
2 447 (68.98%) C#
3 169 (26.08%) JavaScript
4 152 (23.46%) TypeScript
5 78 (12.04%) PowerShell
6 60 (9.26%) Python
7 21 (3.24%) Bicep
8 20 (3.09%) Kusto Query Language
9 17 (2.62%) Bash
10 16 (2.47%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.39%) Java
11 9 (1.39%) Scala
12 8 (1.23%) C++
13 7 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.31%) R
15 1 (0.15%) Delphi
15 1 (0.15%) Korn
15 1 (0.15%) Pascal
15 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (4.78%) Azure Certification
2 17 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (2.01%) Degree
4 9 (1.39%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.23%) SC Cleared
6 5 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.62%) Tableau Certification
8 3 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.15%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.94%) Data Quality
2 11 (1.70%) QA
3 8 (1.23%) GDPR
4 4 (0.62%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.46%) SLA
6 2 (0.31%) NCSC
7 1 (0.15%) HL7
7 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 135 (20.83%) Docker
2 35 (5.40%) Active Directory
3 21 (3.24%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 132 (20.37%) Kubernetes
2 49 (7.56%) Terraform
3 13 (2.01%) Grafana
4 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.77%) Kibana
7 3 (0.46%) Scalr
8 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 497 (76.70%) Microsoft
2 52 (8.02%) Facebook
3 51 (7.87%) Databricks
4 42 (6.48%) Google
5 19 (2.93%) Adobe
6 18 (2.78%) YouTube
7 15 (2.31%) Apple
7 15 (2.31%) Sony
7 15 (2.31%) Yahoo!
8 12 (1.85%) ScienceLogic
8 12 (1.85%) VMware
9 7 (1.08%) Oracle
10 4 (0.62%) Informatica
10 4 (0.62%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.46%) RedGate
11 3 (0.46%) SAP
12 2 (0.31%) Alterian
12 2 (0.31%) DevExpress
12 2 (0.31%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.31%) Xamarin