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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 465 401
Rank change year-on-year +144 -64 +36
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 543 209 646
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 0.47% 0.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.71% 2.83% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 496 173 561
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £38,896
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 £75,000 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £85,000
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 8,096 7,397 17,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.62% 16.49% 16.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,279 4,783 12,747
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,550 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,687 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.16%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,751 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £111,000 £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 19 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 19 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 +128 504 £60,000 - 167
UK excluding London +166 426 £55,000 - 126
Work from Home +188 398 £55,000 -15.38% 152
South East +59 108 £55,000 -21.43% 40
London -19 103 £80,000 +6.67% 55
East of England +58 85 £62,500 +6.38% 18
North of England +25 85 £55,000 -3.51% 40
Midlands +24 80 £55,000 +13.40% 18
West Midlands +22 50 £60,000 -11.11% 14
South West -26 38 £55,000 - 8
North West +26 37 £50,000 -9.09% 26
East Midlands -19 28 £51,250 +5.67% 4
North East -26 25 £50,000 -13.04% 6
Yorkshire -25 23 £55,000 -4.35% 8
Scotland +29 20 £29,000 - 2
Wales - 10 £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 28 (5.16%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.47%) SharePoint Server
3 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.92%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.37%) IIS
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.18%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) DNN
6 1 (0.18%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.18%) Immediacy CMS
6 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.18%) Kentico
6 1 (0.18%) nginx
6 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.18%) Sitefinity
6 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.18%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 543 (100.00%) Azure
2 187 (34.44%) Azure DevOps
3 111 (20.44%) Azure AI
4 97 (17.86%) GitHub
5 89 (16.39%) Azure Data Factory
6 84 (15.47%) GitHub Copilot
7 82 (15.10%) Power Platform
8 68 (12.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 61 (11.23%) AWS
10 46 (8.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 44 (8.10%) Azure Monitor
12 33 (6.08%) Serverless
13 32 (5.89%) Azure Logic Apps
14 31 (5.71%) PowerApps
15 29 (5.34%) Azure Functions
16 28 (5.16%) Entra ID
16 28 (5.16%) Microsoft 365
17 27 (4.97%) PaaS
18 25 (4.60%) Azure Key Vault
18 25 (4.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 38 (7.00%) Internet
2 12 (2.21%) VPN
3 11 (2.03%) Firewall
4 7 (1.29%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.92%) DNS
6 4 (0.74%) MQTT
7 2 (0.37%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.18%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.18%) HTTP
8 1 (0.18%) LAN
8 1 (0.18%) SSL
8 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 263 (48.43%) MongoDB
2 96 (17.68%) Elasticsearch
3 78 (14.36%) SQL Server
4 71 (13.08%) Power BI
5 30 (5.52%) Data Lake
6 28 (5.16%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (2.58%) Tableau
8 11 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (1.84%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.84%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.84%) Star Schema
10 9 (1.66%) Delta Lake
10 9 (1.66%) Spark SQL
11 8 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 6 (1.10%) Metadata
13 6 (1.10%) NonStop SQL
13 6 (1.10%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 34 (6.26%) Git
2 4 (0.74%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.74%) NUnit
2 4 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.37%) JIRA
3 2 (0.37%) MSTest
3 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.18%) Postman
4 1 (0.18%) Selenium
4 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 102 (18.78%) Finance
2 58 (10.68%) Social Skills
3 37 (6.81%) Advertising
4 29 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.34%) Games
5 27 (4.97%) Marketing
6 16 (2.95%) Banking
7 13 (2.39%) Law
8 11 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.03%) Legal
8 11 (2.03%) Retail
9 10 (1.84%) Public Sector
10 9 (1.66%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.10%) Music Industry
12 4 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.37%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.37%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.18%) Billing
15 1 (0.18%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 335 (61.69%) Developer
2 298 (54.88%) .NET Developer
3 71 (13.08%) Senior
4 55 (10.13%) Data Engineer
5 42 (7.73%) Azure Engineer
6 31 (5.71%) Support Engineer
7 28 (5.16%) Platform Engineer
8 25 (4.60%) Senior Developer
9 23 (4.24%) Applications Support
9 23 (4.24%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 23 (4.24%) DevOps Engineer
10 21 (3.87%) Applications Engineer
10 21 (3.87%) Applications Support Engineer
11 19 (3.50%) DBA
12 17 (3.13%) Architect
13 16 (2.95%) Lead
14 13 (2.39%) Analyst
14 13 (2.39%) Senior Data Engineer
15 12 (2.21%) SQL DBA
16 11 (2.03%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 359 (66.11%) .NET
2 320 (58.93%) .NET Core
3 304 (55.99%) ASP.NET
4 297 (54.70%) ASP.NET Core
5 128 (23.57%) CSS
5 128 (23.57%) HTML
6 123 (22.65%) Entity Framework
7 110 (20.26%) React
8 109 (20.07%) Blazor
9 108 (19.89%) ASP.NET Web API
10 107 (19.71%) RESTful
11 97 (17.86%) ML.NET
12 96 (17.68%) AngularJS
13 95 (17.50%) Node.js
14 92 (16.94%) Vue
15 69 (12.71%) LINQ
16 39 (7.18%) .NET Framework
17 22 (4.05%) HTML5 Canvas
18 20 (3.68%) Microsoft Graph
19 19 (3.50%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 51 (9.39%) Greenfield Project
2 31 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (3.13%) Mobile App
4 14 (2.58%) Digital TV
4 14 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.39%) iPhone
5 13 (2.39%) Replication
5 13 (2.39%) Social Network
6 12 (2.21%) BBC
6 12 (2.21%) Social Media
7 11 (2.03%) Client/Server
7 11 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.84%) Cloud Native
9 9 (1.66%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.47%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.29%) Clustering
11 7 (1.29%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.29%) Podcast
11 7 (1.29%) Product Ownership
11 7 (1.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.08%) Windows
2 29 (5.34%) VMS
3 17 (3.13%) Android
4 14 (2.58%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.29%) Linux
6 2 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (56.54%) Full-Stack Development
2 260 (47.88%) Agile
3 211 (38.86%) DevOps
4 204 (37.57%) CI/CD
5 138 (25.41%) AI
6 129 (23.76%) Machine Learning
7 103 (18.97%) Microservices
8 102 (18.78%) Analytics
9 99 (18.23%) Multithreading
10 82 (15.10%) Business Intelligence
11 56 (10.31%) Scrum
12 53 (9.76%) Data Modelling
13 51 (9.39%) Data Engineering
13 51 (9.39%) OO
14 50 (9.21%) Infrastructure as Code
14 50 (9.21%) Problem-Solving
15 47 (8.66%) TDD
16 44 (8.10%) Data Pipeline
17 43 (7.92%) BDD
18 39 (7.18%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 542 (99.82%) SQL
2 354 (65.19%) C#
3 139 (25.60%) JavaScript
4 116 (21.36%) TypeScript
5 69 (12.71%) PowerShell
6 61 (11.23%) Python
7 17 (3.13%) T-SQL
8 15 (2.76%) Kusto Query Language
9 14 (2.58%) Bicep
10 12 (2.21%) Bash
11 10 (1.84%) Scala
12 9 (1.66%) Java
13 8 (1.47%) C++
14 7 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.37%) R
16 1 (0.18%) Delphi
16 1 (0.18%) Korn
16 1 (0.18%) Pascal
16 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (4.79%) Azure Certification
2 13 (2.39%) Degree
3 12 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (1.47%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.29%) SC Cleared
6 5 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.74%) Tableau Certification
8 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.18%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.89%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.66%) QA
3 7 (1.29%) GDPR
4 4 (0.74%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.55%) SLA
6 2 (0.37%) NCSC
7 1 (0.18%) HL7
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 102 (18.78%) Docker
2 28 (5.16%) Active Directory
3 17 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 100 (18.42%) Kubernetes
2 42 (7.73%) Terraform
3 12 (2.21%) Grafana
4 6 (1.10%) Kibana
4 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.55%) Scalr
7 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 393 (72.38%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.76%) Databricks
3 41 (7.55%) Facebook
4 34 (6.26%) Google
5 19 (3.50%) Adobe
6 14 (2.58%) YouTube
7 12 (2.21%) Apple
7 12 (2.21%) Sony
7 12 (2.21%) Yahoo!
8 7 (1.29%) Oracle
8 7 (1.29%) ScienceLogic
8 7 (1.29%) VMware
9 4 (0.74%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.55%) Informatica
10 3 (0.55%) RedGate
10 3 (0.55%) SAP
11 2 (0.37%) DevExpress
11 2 (0.37%) iManage
11 2 (0.37%) Intapp
11 2 (0.37%) Xamarin