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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 475 405
Rank change year-on-year +91 -70 +56
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 405 198 636
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.45% 0.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.07% 2.75% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 365 165 553
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £39,066
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £86,000
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 7,981 7,200 17,564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.57% 16.54% 17.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,001 4,676 12,537
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,738 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £97,500
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 3 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 3 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 +78 373 £60,000 -4.00% 194
UK excluding London +109 298 £55,000 - 142
Work from Home +170 274 £55,000 -15.38% 180
London +1 95 £80,000 +6.67% 65
East of England +42 67 £65,000 +4.00% 17
South East +25 67 £55,000 -21.43% 35
Midlands -7 61 £60,000 +14.29% 21
North of England +1 59 £50,000 -13.04% 46
West Midlands -16 37 £65,000 -7.14% 15
North West +15 29 £50,000 -20.00% 25
East Midlands -14 22 £50,000 +3.09% 6
South West -49 21 £52,500 -4.55% 12
Scotland +16 17 £29,000 - 4
North East -39 15 £50,000 -13.04% 7
Yorkshire -41 15 £55,000 -4.35% 14
Wales - 6 £50,000 - 7

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 26 (6.42%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.98%) SharePoint Server
3 5 (1.23%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.25%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
Applications
1 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.25%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 405 (100.00%) Azure
2 140 (34.57%) Azure DevOps
3 92 (22.72%) Azure Data Factory
4 76 (18.77%) Power Platform
5 68 (16.79%) Azure AI
6 56 (13.83%) GitHub
7 50 (12.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 49 (12.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 46 (11.36%) GitHub Copilot
10 39 (9.63%) Azure Monitor
11 36 (8.89%) AWS
12 31 (7.65%) PowerApps
13 27 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
13 27 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
14 26 (6.42%) Power Automate
14 26 (6.42%) Serverless
15 25 (6.17%) Entra ID
16 23 (5.68%) Azure Functions
17 21 (5.19%) SaaS
18 20 (4.94%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.69%) Internet
2 12 (2.96%) Firewall
3 8 (1.98%) VPN
4 6 (1.48%) DNS
5 4 (0.99%) MQTT
6 3 (0.74%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.49%) WAN
7 2 (0.49%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.25%) DHCP
8 1 (0.25%) LAN
8 1 (0.25%) Network Security
8 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (39.26%) MongoDB
2 73 (18.02%) SQL Server
3 68 (16.79%) Power BI
4 53 (13.09%) Elasticsearch
5 33 (8.15%) Data Lake
6 26 (6.42%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (3.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (3.21%) Tableau
9 11 (2.72%) Relational Database
10 10 (2.47%) Delta Lake
10 10 (2.47%) Star Schema
11 9 (2.22%) NoSQL
12 8 (1.98%) Spark SQL
13 7 (1.73%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 7 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (1.73%) Power Query
14 6 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (1.23%) Metadata
16 4 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
16 4 (0.99%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 32 (7.90%) Git
2 5 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.99%) NUnit
4 3 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.49%) JIRA
5 2 (0.49%) MSTest
5 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.25%) Postman
6 1 (0.25%) Selenium
6 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.25%) Yeoman
General
1 94 (23.21%) Finance
2 52 (12.84%) Social Skills
3 25 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (4.94%) Advertising
4 20 (4.94%) Games
5 14 (3.46%) Banking
6 13 (3.21%) Marketing
7 11 (2.72%) Legal
8 9 (2.22%) Public Sector
9 7 (1.73%) Law
10 6 (1.48%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.23%) Retail
12 4 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.99%) Music Industry
13 2 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.49%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.25%) Billing
14 1 (0.25%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.25%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 216 (53.33%) Developer
2 179 (44.20%) .NET Developer
3 63 (15.56%) Senior
4 54 (13.33%) Data Engineer
5 37 (9.14%) Azure Engineer
6 29 (7.16%) Support Engineer
7 24 (5.93%) Applications Support
8 22 (5.43%) Applications Engineer
8 22 (5.43%) Applications Support Engineer
8 22 (5.43%) Platform Engineer
8 22 (5.43%) Senior Developer
9 20 (4.94%) DBA
10 19 (4.69%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 19 (4.69%) DevOps Engineer
11 16 (3.95%) SQL DBA
12 14 (3.46%) Lead
12 14 (3.46%) Senior Data Engineer
13 11 (2.72%) Software Engineer
14 10 (2.47%) Architect
14 10 (2.47%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 238 (58.77%) .NET
2 203 (50.12%) .NET Core
3 183 (45.19%) ASP.NET
4 176 (43.46%) ASP.NET Core
5 86 (21.23%) CSS
5 86 (21.23%) HTML
6 81 (20.00%) Entity Framework
7 68 (16.79%) RESTful
8 65 (16.05%) ASP.NET Web API
9 63 (15.56%) React
10 61 (15.06%) Blazor
11 60 (14.81%) AngularJS
12 57 (14.07%) ML.NET
13 56 (13.83%) Vue
14 53 (13.09%) Node.js
15 43 (10.62%) LINQ
16 26 (6.42%) .NET Framework
17 22 (5.43%) HTML5 Canvas
18 20 (4.94%) Microsoft Graph
18 20 (4.94%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.16%) Greenfield Project
2 21 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (2.96%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.72%) Client/Server
5 11 (2.72%) Replication
6 10 (2.47%) Social Network
7 9 (2.22%) Digital TV
8 8 (1.98%) iPhone
8 8 (1.98%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.73%) BBC
9 7 (1.73%) Clustering
9 7 (1.73%) Social Media
10 6 (1.48%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.48%) IoT
10 6 (1.48%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.99%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.99%) Legacy Code
12 3 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.42%) VMS
2 23 (5.68%) Windows
3 12 (2.96%) Android
4 11 (2.72%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.48%) Linux
6 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (46.17%) Full-Stack Development
2 164 (40.49%) DevOps
3 162 (40.00%) Agile
4 156 (38.52%) CI/CD
5 90 (22.22%) Analytics
5 90 (22.22%) Machine Learning
6 87 (21.48%) AI
7 76 (18.77%) Business Intelligence
8 63 (15.56%) Multithreading
9 58 (14.32%) Microservices
10 56 (13.83%) Data Modelling
11 47 (11.60%) Data Engineering
12 45 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
13 42 (10.37%) Infrastructure as Code
14 41 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
15 39 (9.63%) Migration
16 36 (8.89%) Data Governance
17 35 (8.64%) ETL
17 35 (8.64%) Log Analytics
18 34 (8.40%) OO
Programming Languages
1 404 (99.75%) SQL
2 232 (57.28%) C#
3 94 (23.21%) JavaScript
4 77 (19.01%) TypeScript
5 63 (15.56%) Python
6 61 (15.06%) PowerShell
7 22 (5.43%) T-SQL
8 14 (3.46%) Scala
9 10 (2.47%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (2.22%) Java
11 8 (1.98%) C++
12 7 (1.73%) Bicep
13 6 (1.48%) Bash
14 1 (0.25%) Korn
14 1 (0.25%) R
14 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (4.94%) Azure Certification
2 11 (2.72%) Degree
3 7 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (1.73%) Security Cleared
4 6 (1.48%) SC Cleared
5 4 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (0.99%) Tableau Certification
6 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.25%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.40%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.73%) GDPR
2 7 (1.73%) QA
3 3 (0.74%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.74%) SLA
4 1 (0.25%) HL7
4 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 62 (15.31%) Docker
2 20 (4.94%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.46%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.49%) vSphere
6 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 60 (14.81%) Kubernetes
2 32 (7.90%) Terraform
3 12 (2.96%) Grafana
4 7 (1.73%) Kibana
5 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.74%) Scalr
6 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.25%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 264 (65.19%) Microsoft
2 54 (13.33%) Databricks
3 22 (5.43%) Facebook
3 22 (5.43%) Google
4 19 (4.69%) Adobe
5 8 (1.98%) YouTube
6 7 (1.73%) Apple
6 7 (1.73%) Sony
6 7 (1.73%) Yahoo!
7 6 (1.48%) Oracle
8 4 (0.99%) SolarWinds
9 3 (0.74%) RedGate
10 2 (0.49%) DevExpress
10 2 (0.49%) iManage
10 2 (0.49%) Intapp
10 2 (0.49%) SAP
10 2 (0.49%) ScienceLogic
10 2 (0.49%) VMware
10 2 (0.49%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.25%) Fortinet