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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 473 412
Rank change year-on-year +160 -61 +32
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 585 208 649
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.46% 0.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.13% 2.81% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 537 173 563
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £39,066
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 8,205 7,403 17,831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.68% 16.40% 16.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5,386 4,786 12,698
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £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 £110,000 £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 22 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 22 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 +168 544 £57,500 -4.17% 163
UK excluding London +182 464 £55,000 - 123
Work from Home +203 438 £55,000 -15.38% 149
South East +72 124 £55,000 -21.43% 39
London -8 107 £80,000 +6.67% 54
East of England +68 92 £62,500 +6.38% 18
North of England +26 91 £52,500 -7.08% 38
Midlands +18 82 £55,000 +13.40% 18
West Midlands +19 50 £60,000 -11.11% 14
South West -29 43 £55,000 - 8
North West +30 40 £50,000 -9.09% 24
East Midlands -14 30 £50,000 +3.09% 4
North East -32 27 £50,000 -13.04% 6
Yorkshire -15 24 £55,000 - 8
Scotland +31 21 £29,000 - 2
Wales - 11 £50,000 - 2

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 (4.96%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.37%) SharePoint Server
3 5 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.51%) IIS
5 2 (0.34%) CMS
5 2 (0.34%) DNN
5 2 (0.34%) EPiServer
5 2 (0.34%) Immediacy CMS
5 2 (0.34%) Kentico
5 2 (0.34%) nginx
5 2 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (0.34%) Sitefinity
5 2 (0.34%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
Applications
1 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.17%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 585 (100.00%) Azure
2 199 (34.02%) Azure DevOps
3 123 (21.03%) Azure AI
4 113 (19.32%) GitHub
5 98 (16.75%) GitHub Copilot
6 91 (15.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 84 (14.36%) Power Platform
8 75 (12.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 70 (11.97%) AWS
10 47 (8.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 46 (7.86%) Azure Monitor
12 35 (5.98%) Serverless
13 32 (5.47%) Azure Logic Apps
14 31 (5.30%) Azure Functions
14 31 (5.30%) PowerApps
15 30 (5.13%) Entra ID
15 30 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
16 28 (4.79%) PaaS
17 27 (4.62%) Azure Key Vault
18 25 (4.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 43 (7.35%) Internet
2 13 (2.22%) VPN
3 11 (1.88%) Firewall
4 8 (1.37%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.85%) DNS
6 4 (0.68%) MQTT
7 2 (0.34%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.17%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.17%) HTTP
8 1 (0.17%) LAN
8 1 (0.17%) SSL
8 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 295 (50.43%) MongoDB
2 111 (18.97%) Elasticsearch
3 78 (13.33%) SQL Server
4 73 (12.48%) Power BI
5 31 (5.30%) Data Lake
6 28 (4.79%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (2.39%) Tableau
8 10 (1.71%) Delta Lake
8 10 (1.71%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.71%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (1.71%) Star Schema
9 9 (1.54%) Spark SQL
10 8 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.20%) Metadata
11 7 (1.20%) NonStop SQL
11 7 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.03%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.03%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 35 (5.98%) Git
2 5 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.68%) NUnit
4 2 (0.34%) JIRA
4 2 (0.34%) MSTest
4 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.17%) Postman
5 1 (0.17%) Selenium
5 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.17%) Yeoman
General
1 109 (18.63%) Finance
2 58 (9.91%) Social Skills
3 40 (6.84%) Advertising
4 34 (5.81%) Games
5 30 (5.13%) Marketing
6 29 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (2.74%) Banking
8 14 (2.39%) Law
8 14 (2.39%) Retail
9 12 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.71%) Aerospace
10 10 (1.71%) Legal
10 10 (1.71%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.20%) Music Industry
12 5 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.34%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.34%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.17%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.17%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 373 (63.76%) Developer
2 336 (57.44%) .NET Developer
3 71 (12.14%) Senior
4 56 (9.57%) Data Engineer
5 44 (7.52%) Azure Engineer
6 32 (5.47%) Support Engineer
7 28 (4.79%) Platform Engineer
8 25 (4.27%) Senior Developer
9 24 (4.10%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 24 (4.10%) DevOps Engineer
10 23 (3.93%) Applications Support
11 21 (3.59%) Applications Engineer
11 21 (3.59%) Applications Support Engineer
12 18 (3.08%) Architect
12 18 (3.08%) DBA
13 16 (2.74%) Lead
14 14 (2.39%) Analyst
15 13 (2.22%) Senior Data Engineer
16 11 (1.88%) Software Engineer
16 11 (1.88%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 398 (68.03%) .NET
2 358 (61.20%) .NET Core
3 342 (58.46%) ASP.NET
4 335 (57.26%) ASP.NET Core
5 138 (23.59%) CSS
5 138 (23.59%) HTML
6 136 (23.25%) Entity Framework
7 123 (21.03%) ASP.NET Web API
8 122 (20.85%) React
9 121 (20.68%) Blazor
10 120 (20.51%) RESTful
11 113 (19.32%) AngularJS
12 110 (18.80%) Node.js
13 109 (18.63%) Vue
14 108 (18.46%) ML.NET
15 77 (13.16%) LINQ
16 45 (7.69%) .NET Framework
17 22 (3.76%) HTML5 Canvas
18 20 (3.42%) JSON
18 20 (3.42%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.74%) Greenfield Project
2 34 (5.81%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (3.08%) Mobile App
4 16 (2.74%) Digital TV
5 15 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.39%) iPhone
6 14 (2.39%) Social Network
7 13 (2.22%) BBC
7 13 (2.22%) Replication
7 13 (2.22%) Social Media
8 11 (1.88%) Client/Server
8 11 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.71%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.71%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
10 8 (1.37%) Podcast
10 8 (1.37%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.20%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.20%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.03%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.15%) Windows
2 29 (4.96%) VMS
3 18 (3.08%) Android
4 15 (2.56%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.37%) Linux
6 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (58.97%) Full-Stack Development
2 289 (49.40%) Agile
3 224 (38.29%) DevOps
4 217 (37.09%) CI/CD
5 152 (25.98%) AI
6 141 (24.10%) Machine Learning
7 119 (20.34%) Microservices
8 112 (19.15%) Multithreading
9 107 (18.29%) Analytics
10 84 (14.36%) Business Intelligence
11 66 (11.28%) Scrum
12 56 (9.57%) OO
13 54 (9.23%) Data Modelling
13 54 (9.23%) TDD
14 52 (8.89%) Data Engineering
14 52 (8.89%) Infrastructure as Code
15 51 (8.72%) Problem-Solving
16 50 (8.55%) BDD
17 45 (7.69%) Data Pipeline
18 43 (7.35%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 584 (99.83%) SQL
2 393 (67.18%) C#
3 151 (25.81%) JavaScript
4 133 (22.74%) TypeScript
5 71 (12.14%) PowerShell
6 62 (10.60%) Python
7 16 (2.74%) Bicep
7 16 (2.74%) Kusto Query Language
7 16 (2.74%) T-SQL
8 13 (2.22%) Bash
9 10 (1.71%) Scala
10 9 (1.54%) Java
11 8 (1.37%) C++
11 8 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.34%) R
13 1 (0.17%) Delphi
13 1 (0.17%) Korn
13 1 (0.17%) Pascal
13 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (4.62%) Azure Certification
2 13 (2.22%) Degree
2 13 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (1.37%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.20%) SC Cleared
5 5 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.68%) Tableau Certification
7 2 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.64%) Data Quality
2 10 (1.71%) QA
3 7 (1.20%) GDPR
4 4 (0.68%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.51%) SLA
6 2 (0.34%) NCSC
7 1 (0.17%) HL7
7 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 117 (20.00%) Docker
2 30 (5.13%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 115 (19.66%) Kubernetes
2 43 (7.35%) Terraform
3 13 (2.22%) Grafana
4 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.03%) Kibana
6 5 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.51%) Scalr
8 1 (0.17%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 436 (74.53%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.06%) Databricks
3 44 (7.52%) Facebook
4 38 (6.50%) Google
5 19 (3.25%) Adobe
6 15 (2.56%) YouTube
7 13 (2.22%) Apple
7 13 (2.22%) Sony
7 13 (2.22%) Yahoo!
8 8 (1.37%) ScienceLogic
8 8 (1.37%) VMware
9 7 (1.20%) Oracle
10 4 (0.68%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.51%) Informatica
11 3 (0.51%) RedGate
11 3 (0.51%) SAP
12 2 (0.34%) Alterian
12 2 (0.34%) DevExpress
12 2 (0.34%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.34%) Xamarin