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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 473 425
Rank change year-on-year +201 -48 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 716 209 573
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.72% 0.43% 0.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.30% 2.74% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 661 172 488
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £50,208
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £73,750 £79,063 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £99,750 £87,500
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 8,622 7,619 16,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.73% 15.51% 16.25%
Number of salaries quoted 5,734 4,926 11,540
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,743 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% +5.64% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £102,500
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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +199 673 £57,500 -4.17% 60
UK excluding London +211 593 £55,000 - 49
Work from Home +216 558 £55,000 -15.38% 54
South East +122 171 £55,000 -21.43% 14
North of England +60 120 £50,000 -13.04% 16
London -17 111 £80,000 +6.67% 24
East of England +80 108 £60,000 +2.13% 3
Midlands +42 96 £55,000 +13.40% 3
West Midlands +18 61 £60,000 - 2
South West -4 60 £55,000 - 5
North West +37 52 £50,000 -9.09% 9
North East -23 38 £55,000 -4.35% 5
East Midlands -21 35 £50,000 +3.09% 1
Yorkshire -10 30 £55,000 -8.33% 2
Scotland +32 22 £29,500 -40.70% 2
Wales - 16 £50,000 - 1

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 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.12%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.84%) IIS
5 5 (0.70%) nginx
6 3 (0.42%) CMS
6 3 (0.42%) DNN
6 3 (0.42%) EPiServer
6 3 (0.42%) Immediacy CMS
6 3 (0.42%) Kentico
6 3 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.42%) Sitefinity
6 3 (0.42%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.14%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 716 (100.00%) Azure
2 239 (33.38%) Azure DevOps
3 163 (22.77%) Azure AI
4 151 (21.09%) GitHub
5 137 (19.13%) GitHub Copilot
6 98 (13.69%) AWS
7 94 (13.13%) Power Platform
8 91 (12.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 85 (11.87%) Azure Data Factory
10 44 (6.15%) Azure Monitor
11 41 (5.73%) Serverless
12 40 (5.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 39 (5.45%) Azure Logic Apps
14 37 (5.17%) PaaS
15 36 (5.03%) Azure Functions
16 35 (4.89%) Azure Service Bus
17 34 (4.75%) Azure Key Vault
18 33 (4.61%) Entra ID
19 32 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
20 30 (4.19%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 54 (7.54%) Internet
2 17 (2.37%) VPN
3 11 (1.54%) Firewall
4 7 (0.98%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.70%) DNS
6 4 (0.56%) MQTT
7 2 (0.28%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.14%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.14%) HTTP
8 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 398 (55.59%) MongoDB
2 150 (20.95%) Elasticsearch
3 95 (13.27%) SQL Server
4 80 (11.17%) Power BI
5 37 (5.17%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (4.61%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.96%) Tableau
8 12 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (1.54%) NonStop SQL
10 10 (1.40%) NoSQL
10 10 (1.40%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.26%) Metadata
11 9 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (1.12%) Spark SQL
12 8 (1.12%) Star Schema
13 7 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.84%) Delta Lake
15 5 (0.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.70%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 33 (4.61%) Git
2 8 (1.12%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.56%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.56%) NUnit
4 2 (0.28%) JIRA
4 2 (0.28%) MSTest
4 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.14%) Postman
5 1 (0.14%) Selenium
5 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 110 (15.36%) Finance
2 62 (8.66%) Social Skills
3 56 (7.82%) Advertising
4 44 (6.15%) Games
4 44 (6.15%) Marketing
5 29 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (2.93%) Retail
7 18 (2.51%) Law
8 16 (2.23%) Banking
8 16 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (1.96%) Aerospace
10 12 (1.68%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.54%) Music Industry
12 10 (1.40%) Legal
13 5 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.28%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.28%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.28%) Police
16 1 (0.14%) Billing
Job Titles
1 489 (68.30%) Developer
2 453 (63.27%) .NET Developer
3 80 (11.17%) Senior
4 60 (8.38%) Data Engineer
5 51 (7.12%) Azure Engineer
6 30 (4.19%) Support Engineer
7 27 (3.77%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 27 (3.77%) DevOps Engineer
7 27 (3.77%) Senior Developer
8 22 (3.07%) Platform Engineer
9 20 (2.79%) Architect
9 20 (2.79%) Lead
10 18 (2.51%) Analyst
10 18 (2.51%) Applications Support
10 18 (2.51%) DBA
11 16 (2.23%) Applications Engineer
11 16 (2.23%) Applications Support Engineer
11 16 (2.23%) Senior Data Engineer
12 13 (1.82%) Azure Data Engineer
13 12 (1.68%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 517 (72.21%) .NET
2 471 (65.78%) .NET Core
3 458 (63.97%) ASP.NET
4 451 (62.99%) ASP.NET Core
5 176 (24.58%) CSS
5 176 (24.58%) HTML
6 175 (24.44%) Entity Framework
7 167 (23.32%) ASP.NET Web API
8 164 (22.91%) React
9 163 (22.77%) Blazor
10 157 (21.93%) RESTful
11 152 (21.23%) AngularJS
12 148 (20.67%) Node.js
12 148 (20.67%) Vue
13 143 (19.97%) ML.NET
14 106 (14.80%) LINQ
15 62 (8.66%) .NET Framework
16 22 (3.07%) HTML5 Canvas
17 20 (2.79%) JSON
17 20 (2.79%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.61%) Greenfield Project
2 45 (6.28%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (2.93%) Mobile App
4 20 (2.79%) Digital TV
4 20 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.37%) BBC
5 17 (2.37%) iPhone
5 17 (2.37%) Social Media
6 16 (2.23%) Cloud Native
7 14 (1.96%) Security Posture
7 14 (1.96%) Social Network
8 12 (1.68%) Podcast
8 12 (1.68%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.68%) Replication
9 11 (1.54%) Client/Server
9 11 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.54%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (0.98%) Onboarding
12 6 (0.84%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 40 (5.59%) Windows
2 33 (4.61%) VMS
3 21 (2.93%) Android
4 17 (2.37%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.40%) Linux
6 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 459 (64.11%) Full-Stack Development
2 381 (53.21%) Agile
3 263 (36.73%) DevOps
4 258 (36.03%) CI/CD
5 194 (27.09%) AI
6 177 (24.72%) Machine Learning
7 166 (23.18%) Microservices
8 145 (20.25%) Multithreading
9 116 (16.20%) Analytics
10 96 (13.41%) Scrum
11 95 (13.27%) Business Intelligence
12 76 (10.61%) TDD
13 71 (9.92%) BDD
14 68 (9.50%) OO
15 61 (8.52%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
16 60 (8.38%) Kanban
17 55 (7.68%) Infrastructure as Code
18 52 (7.26%) Data Engineering
19 51 (7.12%) Performance Tuning
20 48 (6.70%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 715 (99.86%) SQL
2 512 (71.51%) C#
3 189 (26.40%) JavaScript
4 175 (24.44%) TypeScript
5 81 (11.31%) PowerShell
6 55 (7.68%) Python
7 23 (3.21%) Bicep
8 20 (2.79%) Kusto Query Language
9 16 (2.23%) Bash
9 16 (2.23%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.26%) Java
11 8 (1.12%) C++
12 7 (0.98%) Scala
13 5 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.28%) R
15 1 (0.14%) Delphi
15 1 (0.14%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 30 (4.19%) Azure Certification
2 15 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (1.82%) Degree
4 9 (1.26%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.12%) SC Cleared
6 5 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.56%) Tableau Certification
8 3 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.05%) Data Quality
2 16 (2.23%) QA
3 9 (1.26%) GDPR
4 4 (0.56%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.42%) SLA
6 2 (0.28%) NCSC
7 1 (0.14%) HL7
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 163 (22.77%) Docker
2 37 (5.17%) Active Directory
3 25 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 158 (22.07%) Kubernetes
2 48 (6.70%) Terraform
3 11 (1.54%) Grafana
4 10 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.12%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.42%) Scalr
7 1 (0.14%) Kibana
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 567 (79.19%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.38%) Facebook
3 51 (7.12%) Databricks
4 48 (6.70%) Google
5 21 (2.93%) YouTube
6 19 (2.65%) Adobe
7 17 (2.37%) Apple
7 17 (2.37%) Sony
7 17 (2.37%) Yahoo!
8 12 (1.68%) ScienceLogic
8 12 (1.68%) VMware
9 7 (0.98%) Oracle
10 4 (0.56%) Informatica
10 4 (0.56%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.42%) Alterian
11 3 (0.42%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.42%) RedGate
11 3 (0.42%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.28%) iManage
12 2 (0.28%) Xamarin