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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 473 423
Rank change year-on-year +208 -50 +5
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 714 211 568
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 0.43% 0.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.26% 2.77% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 660 174 482
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,874
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £51,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +6.52% -11.54%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £101,250 £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 8,640 7,613 16,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.82% 15.56% 16.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,729 4,917 11,778
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,195
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £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 10 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 10 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 +200 670 £57,500 -8.00% 165
UK excluding London +234 588 £55,000 - 130
Work from Home +228 557 £55,000 -15.38% 155
South East +92 166 £55,000 -21.43% 42
North of England +51 118 £50,000 -13.04% 41
London -5 113 £80,000 +6.67% 53
East of England +83 108 £60,000 +2.13% 18
Midlands +33 98 £55,000 +13.40% 13
West Midlands +35 62 £60,000 - 9
South West -6 60 £55,000 - 8
North West +37 52 £50,000 -9.09% 25
East Midlands -8 36 £51,250 +5.67% 4
North East -17 36 £52,500 -8.70% 9
Yorkshire -8 30 £55,000 -8.33% 7
Scotland +33 22 £29,500 -40.70% 4
Wales - 16 £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 29 (4.06%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.12%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.70%) IIS
6 4 (0.56%) nginx
7 3 (0.42%) CMS
7 3 (0.42%) DNN
7 3 (0.42%) EPiServer
7 3 (0.42%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (0.42%) Kentico
7 3 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.42%) Sitefinity
7 3 (0.42%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.14%) Apache
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.14%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 714 (100.00%) Azure
2 239 (33.47%) Azure DevOps
3 161 (22.55%) Azure AI
4 151 (21.15%) GitHub
5 136 (19.05%) GitHub Copilot
6 98 (13.73%) AWS
7 94 (13.17%) Power Platform
8 88 (12.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 88 (12.32%) Azure Data Factory
9 45 (6.30%) Azure Monitor
10 43 (6.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 40 (5.60%) Serverless
12 38 (5.32%) Azure Logic Apps
13 36 (5.04%) PaaS
14 35 (4.90%) Azure Functions
15 34 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
16 32 (4.48%) Azure Service Bus
16 32 (4.48%) Entra ID
16 32 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
17 31 (4.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 53 (7.42%) Internet
2 17 (2.38%) 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 (55.74%) MongoDB
2 150 (21.01%) Elasticsearch
3 93 (13.03%) SQL Server
4 80 (11.20%) Power BI
5 37 (5.18%) Data Warehouse
6 32 (4.48%) 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%) Spark SQL
11 9 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (1.12%) Star Schema
13 7 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (0.98%) Delta Lake
14 6 (0.84%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.70%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 34 (4.76%) Git
2 7 (0.98%) 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
1 115 (16.11%) Finance
2 62 (8.68%) Social Skills
3 56 (7.84%) Advertising
4 44 (6.16%) Games
4 44 (6.16%) Marketing
5 32 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (2.94%) Retail
7 18 (2.52%) Law
8 16 (2.24%) Banking
8 16 (2.24%) 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
1 491 (68.77%) Developer
2 452 (63.31%) .NET Developer
3 79 (11.06%) Senior
4 61 (8.54%) Data Engineer
5 48 (6.72%) Azure Engineer
6 30 (4.20%) Support Engineer
7 27 (3.78%) Senior Developer
8 26 (3.64%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 26 (3.64%) DevOps Engineer
9 24 (3.36%) Platform Engineer
10 19 (2.66%) Applications Support
10 19 (2.66%) Architect
10 19 (2.66%) Lead
11 18 (2.52%) Analyst
11 18 (2.52%) DBA
12 17 (2.38%) Applications Engineer
12 17 (2.38%) Applications Support Engineer
13 16 (2.24%) Senior Data Engineer
14 12 (1.68%) Azure Data Engineer
14 12 (1.68%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 514 (71.99%) .NET
2 471 (65.97%) .NET Core
3 457 (64.01%) ASP.NET
4 450 (63.03%) ASP.NET Core
5 176 (24.65%) CSS
5 176 (24.65%) HTML
6 175 (24.51%) Entity Framework
7 167 (23.39%) ASP.NET Web API
8 163 (22.83%) Blazor
8 163 (22.83%) React
9 156 (21.85%) RESTful
10 152 (21.29%) AngularJS
11 148 (20.73%) Node.js
11 148 (20.73%) Vue
12 143 (20.03%) ML.NET
13 106 (14.85%) LINQ
14 62 (8.68%) .NET Framework
15 22 (3.08%) HTML5 Canvas
16 20 (2.80%) JSON
16 20 (2.80%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.64%) Greenfield Project
2 45 (6.30%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (2.94%) Mobile App
4 20 (2.80%) Digital TV
5 19 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (2.38%) BBC
6 17 (2.38%) iPhone
6 17 (2.38%) Social Media
7 14 (1.96%) 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
10 10 (1.40%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (1.12%) Onboarding
12 6 (0.84%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.46%) Windows
2 33 (4.62%) VMS
3 21 (2.94%) Android
4 16 (2.24%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.26%) Linux
6 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (64.15%) Full-Stack Development
2 382 (53.50%) Agile
3 264 (36.97%) DevOps
4 259 (36.27%) CI/CD
5 193 (27.03%) AI
6 177 (24.79%) Machine Learning
7 164 (22.97%) Microservices
8 145 (20.31%) Multithreading
9 118 (16.53%) Analytics
10 96 (13.45%) Scrum
11 95 (13.31%) Business Intelligence
12 76 (10.64%) TDD
13 71 (9.94%) BDD
14 68 (9.52%) OO
15 61 (8.54%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
16 60 (8.40%) Kanban
17 56 (7.84%) Infrastructure as Code
18 51 (7.14%) Data Engineering
19 50 (7.00%) Data Modelling
20 49 (6.86%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 713 (99.86%) SQL
2 509 (71.29%) C#
3 189 (26.47%) JavaScript
4 174 (24.37%) TypeScript
5 79 (11.06%) PowerShell
6 58 (8.12%) Python
7 22 (3.08%) Bicep
8 20 (2.80%) Kusto Query Language
9 16 (2.24%) Bash
9 16 (2.24%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.26%) Java
11 8 (1.12%) C++
11 8 (1.12%) Scala
12 6 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.28%) R
14 1 (0.14%) Delphi
14 1 (0.14%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 31 (4.34%) Azure Certification
2 16 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (1.68%) 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 31 (4.34%) Data Quality
2 15 (2.10%) 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
1 160 (22.41%) Docker
2 36 (5.04%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.22%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 155 (21.71%) Kubernetes
2 48 (6.72%) Terraform
3 11 (1.54%) Grafana
4 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.42%) Scalr
7 2 (0.28%) Kibana
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 565 (79.13%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.40%) Facebook
3 51 (7.14%) Databricks
4 48 (6.72%) Google
5 21 (2.94%) YouTube
6 19 (2.66%) Adobe
7 17 (2.38%) Apple
7 17 (2.38%) Sony
7 17 (2.38%) 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%) Intapp
12 2 (0.28%) SAP