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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 445 447 581
Rank change year-on-year +2 +134 -166
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 456 540 943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.67% 0.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.10% 3.19% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 382 465 665
10th Percentile £41,600 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,438 £52,738 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £88,625 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,750
% change year-on-year - +3.14% -3.04%

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 14,713 16,902 48,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.28% 20.95% 27.64%
Number of salaries quoted 9,555 11,871 21,175
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,942 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in the UK

Azure SQL Database
Top 17 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 26 July 2024. 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 -5 400 £60,000 -8.40% 80
UK excluding London -9 270 £57,500 - 65
Work from Home +34 268 £60,000 -4.00% 55
London +15 161 £75,000 - 21
North of England +25 101 £57,500 +4.55% 13
North West +6 72 £55,250 -3.91% 8
South East +13 59 £65,000 +8.33% 27
East of England +17 29 £50,000 +33.33% 7
Yorkshire +57 23 £57,500 +4.55% 1
Scotland -29 23 £57,500 -14.81% 2
South West +5 22 £57,500 -8.00% 7
Midlands -56 22 £51,000 -5.56% 10
West Midlands -35 12 £52,000 -3.70% 7
Northern Ireland +23 11 £55,000 -26.67% 1
East Midlands -31 10 £50,000 -6.98% 3
North East -9 6 £50,000 -11.50% 4
Wales +22 3 £58,750 +27.14% 2

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 27 (5.92%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.17%) Confluence
3 14 (3.07%) Apache Spark
4 13 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.88%) IIS
5 4 (0.88%) nginx
6 3 (0.66%) CMS
7 2 (0.44%) Apache
8 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.88%) Trello
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 456 (100.00%) Azure
2 176 (38.60%) Power Platform
3 134 (29.39%) Azure DevOps
4 126 (27.63%) Azure Data Factory
5 77 (16.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 58 (12.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 57 (12.50%) PaaS
8 55 (12.06%) Entra ID
9 51 (11.18%) Microsoft 365
10 47 (10.31%) Azure Logic Apps
11 43 (9.43%) GitHub
11 43 (9.43%) Serverless
12 34 (7.46%) PowerApps
13 33 (7.24%) Azure Functions
14 32 (7.02%) Azure AKS
14 32 (7.02%) Azure Service Bus
15 29 (6.36%) Power Automate
16 28 (6.14%) SaaS
17 27 (5.92%) AWS
18 26 (5.70%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (9.21%) Broadband
2 19 (4.17%) DNS
3 17 (3.73%) Network Security
4 16 (3.51%) Firewall
5 12 (2.63%) Internet
5 12 (2.63%) WAN
6 7 (1.54%) LAN
6 7 (1.54%) VPN
7 5 (1.10%) VLAN
8 4 (0.88%) DHCP
8 4 (0.88%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.88%) SSL
8 4 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.22%) 3GPP
9 1 (0.22%) 5G
9 1 (0.22%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 222 (48.68%) SQL Server
2 165 (36.18%) Power BI
3 88 (19.30%) Data Warehouse
4 83 (18.20%) Data Lake
5 44 (9.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 27 (5.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (3.73%) NoSQL
8 16 (3.51%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 16 (3.51%) Relational Database
9 13 (2.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (2.19%) Delta Lake
10 10 (2.19%) MySQL
11 9 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (1.97%) Power Query
11 9 (1.97%) RDBMS
11 9 (1.97%) Redis
11 9 (1.97%) Tableau
12 8 (1.75%) Metadata
13 7 (1.54%) Data Mining
13 7 (1.54%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 53 (11.62%) Git
2 23 (5.04%) JIRA
3 18 (3.95%) Octopus Deploy
4 12 (2.63%) NUnit
4 12 (2.63%) Visual Studio
5 9 (1.97%) MLflow
6 8 (1.75%) Moq
7 6 (1.32%) GitLab
8 3 (0.66%) MSTest
9 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.44%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.44%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.44%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.22%) JMeter
10 1 (0.22%) Selenium
10 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.22%) Subversion
10 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 127 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 85 (18.64%) Finance
3 34 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (3.29%) Retail
5 13 (2.85%) Games
6 12 (2.63%) Marketing
7 11 (2.41%) Advertising
7 11 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.19%) Law
8 10 (2.19%) Legal
8 10 (2.19%) Music Industry
9 9 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.54%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.88%) Banking
14 3 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.66%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.44%) Tech for Good
15 2 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 133 (29.17%) Developer
2 99 (21.71%) Senior
3 96 (21.05%) Azure Engineer
4 86 (18.86%) Data Engineer
5 61 (13.38%) DBA
6 59 (12.94%) SQL DBA
7 55 (12.06%) Azure Data Engineer
8 52 (11.40%) .NET Developer
9 42 (9.21%) Senior Data Engineer
10 39 (8.55%) Senior Developer
11 37 (8.11%) Lead
12 29 (6.36%) DevOps Engineer
13 28 (6.14%) Architect
14 26 (5.70%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 26 (5.70%) Platform Engineer
15 23 (5.04%) Software Developer
16 20 (4.39%) Azure Platform Engineer
16 20 (4.39%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 20 (4.39%) Senior Software Developer
16 20 (4.39%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (30.26%) .NET
2 71 (15.57%) .NET Core
3 60 (13.16%) Entity Framework
4 59 (12.94%) HTML
5 58 (12.72%) CSS
6 57 (12.50%) ASP.NET
7 54 (11.84%) Blazor
8 48 (10.53%) ASP.NET MVC
9 44 (9.65%) CSS3
9 44 (9.65%) HTML5
10 39 (8.55%) .NET Framework
11 35 (7.68%) React
12 30 (6.58%) PySpark
13 21 (4.61%) JSON
14 15 (3.29%) ARM Templates
15 14 (3.07%) AngularJS
15 14 (3.07%) REST
16 12 (2.63%) ASP.NET Web API
17 11 (2.41%) Razor View Engine
17 11 (2.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.61%) Cloud Native
2 16 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
3 15 (3.29%) Data Structures
4 12 (2.63%) Management Information System
5 9 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (1.75%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.75%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.54%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.32%) Digital TV
9 5 (1.10%) Replication
10 4 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.88%) Life Science
10 4 (0.88%) Social Media
10 4 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 3 (0.66%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.66%) Wiki
12 2 (0.44%) e-Learning
12 2 (0.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 53 (11.62%) VMS
2 25 (5.48%) Windows
3 11 (2.41%) Linux
4 6 (1.32%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.88%) Unix
6 1 (0.22%) Android
6 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (39.04%) DevOps
2 160 (35.09%) Business Intelligence
3 132 (28.95%) Agile
4 115 (25.22%) Analytics
5 106 (23.25%) CI/CD
6 82 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
7 81 (17.76%) ETL
8 64 (14.04%) Data Modelling
9 63 (13.82%) Full Stack Development
10 61 (13.38%) Data Pipeline
11 58 (12.72%) Data Engineering
11 58 (12.72%) MVC
12 56 (12.28%) Collaborative Working
13 55 (12.06%) Performance Tuning
13 55 (12.06%) TDD
14 53 (11.62%) Disaster Recovery
14 53 (11.62%) High Availability
15 50 (10.96%) Mentoring
16 45 (9.87%) Platform Engineering
17 43 (9.43%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 438 (96.05%) SQL
2 133 (29.17%) C#
3 93 (20.39%) PowerShell
4 90 (19.74%) T-SQL
5 87 (19.08%) Python
6 64 (14.04%) JavaScript
7 20 (4.39%) Bash
8 18 (3.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (2.63%) TypeScript
10 11 (2.41%) U-SQL
11 8 (1.75%) Java
12 7 (1.54%) Bicep
12 7 (1.54%) R
12 7 (1.54%) Scala
13 6 (1.32%) Go
13 6 (1.32%) VB.NET
14 5 (1.10%) C
15 4 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.66%) C++
17 1 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 81 (17.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 58 (12.72%) Degree
3 42 (9.21%) Azure Certification
4 39 (8.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.07%) Security Cleared
6 11 (2.41%) SC Cleared
7 8 (1.75%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.10%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.88%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.66%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.66%) HND
11 2 (0.44%) CISM
11 2 (0.44%) CISSP
11 2 (0.44%) GIAC
11 2 (0.44%) MCSA
11 2 (0.44%) MCSE
11 2 (0.44%) SANS
12 1 (0.22%) OCP
12 1 (0.22%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.55%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.75%) GDPR
4 7 (1.54%) QA
5 5 (1.10%) SLA
6 3 (0.66%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.44%) COBIT
7 2 (0.44%) NIST
7 2 (0.44%) Web Application Security Consortium
8 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 65 (14.25%) Virtual Machines
2 54 (11.84%) Active Directory
3 48 (10.53%) Docker
4 3 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.66%) vSphere
5 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 48 (10.53%) Kubernetes
1 48 (10.53%) Terraform
2 16 (3.51%) Ansible
3 8 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (0.88%) Grafana
4 4 (0.88%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.44%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 264 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 100 (21.93%) Databricks
3 10 (2.19%) Commvault
4 9 (1.97%) Oracle
4 9 (1.97%) VMware
5 7 (1.54%) Google
6 6 (1.32%) Citrix
6 6 (1.32%) Informatica
6 6 (1.32%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.88%) BT
8 3 (0.66%) Alteryx
8 3 (0.66%) Pardot
9 1 (0.22%) Ab Initio
9 1 (0.22%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.22%) BMC
9 1 (0.22%) Facebook
9 1 (0.22%) Nintex
9 1 (0.22%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.22%) Remedy
9 1 (0.22%) ServiceNow