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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 532 430 444
Rank change year-on-year -102 +14 +158
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 213 600 575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.56% 0.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.69% 3.36% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 176 514 498
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,150 £47,125
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,625 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +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 7,929 17,835 19,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.32% 16.69% 21.41%
Number of salaries quoted 4,937 12,149 12,679
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,182 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £102,500 £100,000
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 5 July 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 5 July 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 -82 201 £62,500 +8.70% 523
UK excluding London -52 110 £55,000 -4.35% 314
Work from Home -76 104 £65,000 +13.04% 328
London +14 92 £75,000 +2.04% 239
Midlands +100 35 £48,500 -9.35% 52
North of England -57 29 £57,500 +4.55% 98
South East +4 24 £70,000 +21.74% 65
East Midlands +53 22 £48,500 -11.82% 21
North West -79 14 £56,250 +2.27% 63
West Midlands +65 13 £62,500 +20.19% 30
South West +67 9 £55,000 -4.35% 27
North East +41 8 £57,500 +15.00% 11
East of England -2 8 £58,750 +17.50% 39
Yorkshire +23 7 £60,000 +4.35% 24
Scotland +66 4 £49,750 -13.48% 25
Northern Ireland +32 1 - - 6

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 (7.51%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.35%) IIS
2 5 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.88%) Confluence
3 4 (1.88%) nginx
4 2 (0.94%) Apache
4 2 (0.94%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.88%) Trello
3 3 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 213 (100.00%) Azure
2 78 (36.62%) Power Platform
3 71 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 40 (18.78%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (17.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 27 (12.68%) AWS
7 26 (12.21%) Azure Logic Apps
8 23 (10.80%) Entra ID
9 22 (10.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 22 (10.33%) GitHub
10 15 (7.04%) Serverless
11 14 (6.57%) GCP
12 13 (6.10%) Azure Functions
12 13 (6.10%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (5.63%) Azure Service Bus
13 12 (5.63%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (5.63%) SaaS
14 11 (5.16%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (4.69%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (4.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.82%) Firewall
2 4 (1.88%) DNS
2 4 (1.88%) VPN
3 3 (1.41%) DHCP
3 3 (1.41%) LAN
3 3 (1.41%) MPLS
3 3 (1.41%) SAN
3 3 (1.41%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.41%) Unified Communications
3 3 (1.41%) WAN
3 3 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.47%) Network Security
4 1 (0.47%) SMTP
4 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (37.09%) SQL Server
2 75 (35.21%) Power BI
3 53 (24.88%) Data Lake
4 45 (21.13%) MongoDB
5 40 (18.78%) Data Warehouse
6 31 (14.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 23 (10.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 22 (10.33%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (7.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 16 (7.51%) NoSQL
10 15 (7.04%) Power Query
11 8 (3.76%) NonStop SQL
12 7 (3.29%) BigQuery
13 6 (2.82%) Metadata
14 5 (2.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (2.35%) Tableau
15 3 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
15 3 (1.41%) BusinessObjects
15 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 3 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (6.57%) Git
2 6 (2.82%) JIRA
2 6 (2.82%) Octopus Deploy
2 6 (2.82%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (1.41%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.94%) NUnit
6 1 (0.47%) ERwin
6 1 (0.47%) git-flow
6 1 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 61 (28.64%) Finance
2 51 (23.94%) Social Skills
3 32 (15.02%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.04%) Retail
5 13 (6.10%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (5.16%) Law
7 11 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.76%) Advertising
8 8 (3.76%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.35%) Automotive
10 4 (1.88%) Marketing
11 3 (1.41%) Banking
12 2 (0.94%) Front Office
12 2 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.94%) Legal
12 2 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 84 (39.44%) Developer
2 37 (17.37%) .NET Developer
3 33 (15.49%) Senior
4 29 (13.62%) Data Engineer
5 21 (9.86%) Architect
5 21 (9.86%) DBA
6 20 (9.39%) Software Engineer
7 18 (8.45%) SQL DBA
8 16 (7.51%) SQL Developer
9 15 (7.04%) Administrator
9 15 (7.04%) Senior Data Engineer
10 14 (6.57%) Azure Engineer
10 14 (6.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 13 (6.10%) Lead
12 11 (5.16%) Analyst
12 11 (5.16%) Data Architect
12 11 (5.16%) Senior Software Engineer
13 10 (4.69%) Lead Developer
14 9 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
15 8 (3.76%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (39.44%) .NET
2 50 (23.47%) .NET Core
3 44 (20.66%) AngularJS
4 43 (20.19%) ASP.NET
5 40 (18.78%) ASP.NET MVC
6 34 (15.96%) ASP.NET Web API
7 31 (14.55%) Entity Framework
8 29 (13.62%) React
9 27 (12.68%) .NET Framework
9 27 (12.68%) Vue
10 22 (10.33%) HTML
10 22 (10.33%) Node.js
10 22 (10.33%) RESTful
11 21 (9.86%) HTML5
12 14 (6.57%) LINQ
13 13 (6.10%) Blazor
14 8 (3.76%) CSS
15 7 (3.29%) CSS3
15 7 (3.29%) REST
16 6 (2.82%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.39%) Product Ownership
2 10 (4.69%) Cloud Native
2 10 (4.69%) Data Structures
3 6 (2.82%) Digital TV
3 6 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.88%) IoT
5 4 (1.88%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.88%) Social Media
6 3 (1.41%) AS400
6 3 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.41%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.94%) Clustering
7 2 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.94%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.47%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.16%) Windows
2 9 (4.23%) Linux
3 4 (1.88%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (1.41%) VMS
4 3 (1.41%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.94%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.47%) Unix
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (35.68%) Agile
2 74 (34.74%) Business Intelligence
3 69 (32.39%) DevOps
4 53 (24.88%) CI/CD
5 49 (23.00%) Full-Stack Development
6 46 (21.60%) Analytics
6 46 (21.60%) Microservices
7 43 (20.19%) ETL
8 40 (18.78%) Data Modelling
8 40 (18.78%) MVC
9 36 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (16.43%) Visualisation
11 34 (15.96%) Scrum
12 32 (15.02%) Data Engineering
13 31 (14.55%) Data Visualisation
14 28 (13.15%) Software Engineering
15 27 (12.68%) Data Pipeline
16 25 (11.74%) TDD
17 24 (11.27%) BDD
18 23 (10.80%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 208 (97.65%) SQL
2 84 (39.44%) C#
3 45 (21.13%) JavaScript
4 37 (17.37%) T-SQL
5 30 (14.08%) Python
6 25 (11.74%) TypeScript
7 23 (10.80%) PowerShell
8 14 (6.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 8 (3.76%) Bicep
10 3 (1.41%) Java
10 3 (1.41%) Scala
11 2 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.47%) Bash
12 1 (0.47%) PHP
12 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.47%) R
12 1 (0.47%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 30 (14.08%) Degree
2 21 (9.86%) Azure Certification
3 18 (8.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (5.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.82%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.35%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.47%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.98%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.16%) QA
3 5 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.35%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.88%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.47%) GDPR
5 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (10.80%) Docker
2 11 (5.16%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.76%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.41%) vSphere
5 2 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (13.15%) Kubernetes
2 19 (8.92%) Terraform
3 5 (2.35%) Grafana
3 5 (2.35%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.94%) Ansible
4 2 (0.94%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.47%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 122 (57.28%) Microsoft
2 47 (22.07%) Databricks
3 6 (2.82%) Facebook
3 6 (2.82%) VMware
3 6 (2.82%) YouTube
4 5 (2.35%) Google
5 4 (1.88%) SAP
6 3 (1.41%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.41%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.41%) Cognos
6 3 (1.41%) Extreme Networks
6 3 (1.41%) Nimble Storage
6 3 (1.41%) Nintex
6 3 (1.41%) Oracle
6 3 (1.41%) SolarWinds
6 3 (1.41%) Zscaler
7 2 (0.94%) Informatica
7 2 (0.94%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.47%) Cisco
8 1 (0.47%) Citrix