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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 399 500
Rank change year-on-year -62 +101 +41
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 230 630 596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.64% 0.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.09% 3.47% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 188 553 518
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £45,984
25th Percentile £46,625 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -14.81% +3.85%
75th Percentile £77,813 £68,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,125 £87,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.83% - +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 7,436 18,137 22,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.26% 18.44% 21.54%
Number of salaries quoted 5,214 12,594 13,904
10th Percentile £37,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,725 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £76,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,000 £103,750
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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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 -57 209 £62,500 +8.70% 178
UK excluding London -30 136 £53,000 -7.83% 120
Work from Home -52 107 £61,250 +6.52% 140
London +20 82 £75,000 +7.14% 66
Midlands +67 43 £50,500 +1.00% 19
South East +47 32 £70,000 +21.74% 17
North of England -19 31 £60,000 +9.09% 47
West Midlands +56 23 £63,750 +15.91% 14
East Midlands +50 20 £48,500 +2.11% 5
North West -45 14 £67,500 +22.73% 21
East of England +10 10 £47,500 -7.47% 16
Yorkshire +50 9 £53,000 -7.83% 22
South West +70 8 £52,500 -8.70% 13
North East +46 8 £57,500 +15.00% 4
Scotland +105 6 £50,000 -13.04% 9
Wales +36 4 £37,500 -37.50% 1
Northern Ireland +27 2 - - 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 16 (6.96%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.35%) Confluence
3 8 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.74%) Apache
5 3 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.87%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.74%) Trello
3 3 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 230 (100.00%) Azure
2 80 (34.78%) Power Platform
3 69 (30.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 58 (25.22%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (18.26%) GitHub
6 38 (16.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 35 (15.22%) AWS
8 25 (10.87%) Serverless
9 24 (10.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 24 (10.43%) Azure Logic Apps
10 21 (9.13%) SaaS
11 20 (8.70%) Azure Functions
11 20 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (8.26%) Entra ID
13 17 (7.39%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
13 17 (7.39%) PowerApps
14 16 (6.96%) PaaS
15 12 (5.22%) Azure Service Bus
16 11 (4.78%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.96%) DNS
2 10 (4.35%) Firewall
2 10 (4.35%) Network Security
3 6 (2.61%) VPN
3 6 (2.61%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (2.17%) WAN
5 4 (1.74%) SAN
6 3 (1.30%) DHCP
6 3 (1.30%) LAN
6 3 (1.30%) MPLS
6 3 (1.30%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.30%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.87%) Converged Networks
7 2 (0.87%) IPv6
7 2 (0.87%) LLU
7 2 (0.87%) Multicast
7 2 (0.87%) PBX
7 2 (0.87%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.87%) VLAN
7 2 (0.87%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (37.83%) SQL Server
2 73 (31.74%) Power BI
3 60 (26.09%) Data Lake
4 46 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (16.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 33 (14.35%) MongoDB
7 26 (11.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (7.39%) Elasticsearch
9 15 (6.52%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 15 (6.52%) Power Query
10 12 (5.22%) NoSQL
11 8 (3.48%) Tableau
12 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 6 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (2.17%) NonStop SQL
13 5 (2.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (1.74%) HDInsight
14 4 (1.74%) Metadata
14 4 (1.74%) Relational Database
15 3 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 18 (7.83%) JIRA
1 18 (7.83%) Visual Studio
2 16 (6.96%) Git
3 8 (3.48%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (2.17%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (1.30%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.87%) Apache Archiva
6 2 (0.87%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.87%) ERwin
6 2 (0.87%) GitLab
6 2 (0.87%) NUnit
6 2 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.87%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.43%) git-flow
7 1 (0.43%) kappa
7 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 70 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 53 (23.04%) Finance
3 35 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.83%) Law
5 10 (4.35%) Retail
6 9 (3.91%) Automotive
7 7 (3.04%) Advertising
7 7 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.04%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.61%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.74%) Marketing
11 3 (1.30%) Front Office
12 2 (0.87%) Banking
12 2 (0.87%) Legal
12 2 (0.87%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.43%) Local Government
13 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 83 (36.09%) Developer
2 40 (17.39%) Senior
3 33 (14.35%) Data Engineer
4 31 (13.48%) .NET Developer
5 25 (10.87%) Architect
6 23 (10.00%) DBA
7 20 (8.70%) SQL DBA
8 19 (8.26%) Software Engineer
9 15 (6.52%) Lead
10 14 (6.09%) Administrator
10 14 (6.09%) Data Architect
10 14 (6.09%) Senior Data Engineer
11 13 (5.65%) Azure Architect
11 13 (5.65%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (5.22%) Analyst
12 12 (5.22%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 12 (5.22%) Senior Developer
13 11 (4.78%) Azure Engineer
14 10 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
15 8 (3.48%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (36.52%) .NET
2 47 (20.43%) ASP.NET
3 41 (17.83%) .NET Core
4 34 (14.78%) AngularJS
5 33 (14.35%) .NET Framework
5 33 (14.35%) ASP.NET MVC
5 33 (14.35%) HTML
6 28 (12.17%) Entity Framework
7 27 (11.74%) HTML5
8 25 (10.87%) ASP.NET Web API
9 23 (10.00%) CSS
10 21 (9.13%) React
11 20 (8.70%) RESTful
12 18 (7.83%) Vue
13 17 (7.39%) Node.js
14 14 (6.09%) Blazor
15 13 (5.65%) CSS3
15 13 (5.65%) REST
16 9 (3.91%) LINQ
16 9 (3.91%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.70%) Product Ownership
2 16 (6.96%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.78%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.74%) Digital TV
5 4 (1.74%) IoT
5 4 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.74%) Social Media
6 3 (1.30%) AS400
6 3 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.30%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (1.30%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.30%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.87%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.87%) PKI
7 2 (0.87%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.09%) Windows
2 12 (5.22%) Linux
3 8 (3.48%) VMS
4 6 (2.61%) Windows 10
5 5 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.30%) Unix
8 2 (0.87%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (39.13%) DevOps
2 84 (36.52%) Agile
3 72 (31.30%) Business Intelligence
3 72 (31.30%) CI/CD
4 55 (23.91%) Analytics
5 52 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (20.87%) ETL
7 44 (19.13%) Full-Stack Development
8 40 (17.39%) Microservices
9 38 (16.52%) MVC
9 38 (16.52%) Visualisation
10 37 (16.09%) Data Modelling
11 36 (15.65%) Data Visualisation
12 35 (15.22%) Data Engineering
13 33 (14.35%) Scrum
14 30 (13.04%) Software Engineering
15 24 (10.43%) Computer Science
16 23 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
17 22 (9.57%) Mentoring
18 21 (9.13%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 221 (96.09%) SQL
2 93 (40.43%) C#
3 44 (19.13%) JavaScript
4 38 (16.52%) Python
5 35 (15.22%) PowerShell
6 30 (13.04%) T-SQL
7 21 (9.13%) TypeScript
8 18 (7.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 10 (4.35%) Java
10 7 (3.04%) Bicep
11 5 (2.17%) C
11 5 (2.17%) C++
11 5 (2.17%) Objective-C
11 5 (2.17%) PHP
12 4 (1.74%) X++
13 3 (1.30%) Bash
14 2 (0.87%) Delphi
14 2 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.87%) R
14 2 (0.87%) Scala
Qualifications
1 42 (18.26%) Degree
2 25 (10.87%) Azure Certification
3 21 (9.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (5.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.61%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.17%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.30%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.43%) Data Quality
2 14 (6.09%) QA
3 6 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.61%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.74%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.30%) GDPR
6 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (10.87%) Docker
2 14 (6.09%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (1.30%) vSphere
4 2 (0.87%) pfSense
4 2 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 38 (16.52%) Kubernetes
2 29 (12.61%) Terraform
3 4 (1.74%) Ansible
4 3 (1.30%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.87%) Argo
5 2 (0.87%) cPanel
5 2 (0.87%) Kustomize
5 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.87%) MIIS
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.43%) Grafana
Vendors
1 122 (53.04%) Microsoft
2 48 (20.87%) Databricks
3 12 (5.22%) Google
4 7 (3.04%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.17%) VMware
5 5 (2.17%) Xamarin
6 4 (1.74%) Facebook
6 4 (1.74%) Nimble Storage
6 4 (1.74%) SAP
6 4 (1.74%) YouTube
7 3 (1.30%) CheckPoint
7 3 (1.30%) Cisco
7 3 (1.30%) Cognos
7 3 (1.30%) Extreme Networks
7 3 (1.30%) Nintex
7 3 (1.30%) Oracle
7 3 (1.30%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.30%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.30%) Zscaler
8 2 (0.87%) Draytek