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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 464 398
Rank change year-on-year +136 -66 +49
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 506 209 643
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.47% 0.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.32% 2.83% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 460 174 558
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £38,852
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £77,813 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,625 £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 8,010 7,383 17,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.59% 16.56% 16.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,195 4,765 12,639
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,600 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,751 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £111,250 £98,750
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 16 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 16 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 +113 469 £60,000 -4.00% 173
UK excluding London +151 390 £55,000 - 125
Work from Home +175 364 £55,000 -15.38% 154
London -16 102 £80,000 +6.67% 61
South East +55 98 £55,000 -21.43% 36
East of England +57 82 £62,500 - 15
North of England +16 76 £50,000 -13.04% 40
Midlands +24 73 £55,000 +13.40% 18
West Midlands +7 44 £62,500 -7.41% 14
North West +26 35 £50,000 -14.89% 28
South West -31 33 £53,750 -2.27% 11
East Midlands -16 27 £50,000 +3.09% 4
North East -32 21 £50,000 -13.04% 5
Yorkshire -25 20 £55,000 -4.35% 7
Scotland +20 19 £29,000 - 3
Wales - 9 £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 28 (5.53%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.58%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.20%) CMS
5 1 (0.20%) DNN
5 1 (0.20%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
5 1 (0.20%) Immediacy CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.20%) Kentico
5 1 (0.20%) nginx
5 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Sitefinity
5 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.20%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 506 (100.00%) Azure
2 174 (34.39%) Azure DevOps
3 99 (19.57%) Azure AI
4 89 (17.59%) Azure Data Factory
5 88 (17.39%) GitHub
6 78 (15.42%) Power Platform
7 75 (14.82%) GitHub Copilot
8 63 (12.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 54 (10.67%) AWS
10 48 (9.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 44 (8.70%) Azure Monitor
12 32 (6.32%) Serverless
13 31 (6.13%) PowerApps
14 30 (5.93%) Azure Logic Apps
15 29 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
16 28 (5.53%) Azure Functions
16 28 (5.53%) Entra ID
17 25 (4.94%) Power Automate
18 24 (4.74%) PaaS
19 23 (4.55%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.52%) Internet
2 11 (2.17%) Firewall
2 11 (2.17%) VPN
3 6 (1.19%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.99%) DNS
5 4 (0.79%) MQTT
6 2 (0.40%) WinSCP
7 1 (0.20%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.20%) LAN
7 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 235 (46.44%) MongoDB
2 85 (16.80%) Elasticsearch
3 75 (14.82%) SQL Server
4 68 (13.44%) Power BI
5 31 (6.13%) Data Lake
6 27 (5.34%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.57%) Tableau
8 11 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (1.98%) Delta Lake
9 10 (1.98%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.98%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.98%) Star Schema
10 9 (1.78%) Spark SQL
11 7 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (1.38%) Power Query
12 6 (1.19%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.19%) Metadata
12 6 (1.19%) NonStop SQL
12 6 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 35 (6.92%) Git
2 4 (0.79%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.79%) NUnit
2 4 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.40%) JIRA
3 2 (0.40%) MSTest
3 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.20%) Postman
4 1 (0.20%) Selenium
4 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.20%) Yeoman
General
1 102 (20.16%) Finance
2 55 (10.87%) Social Skills
3 32 (6.32%) Advertising
4 28 (5.53%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (5.34%) Games
6 22 (4.35%) Marketing
7 16 (3.16%) Banking
8 12 (2.37%) Law
9 10 (1.98%) Legal
9 10 (1.98%) Public Sector
10 9 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.78%) Retail
11 8 (1.58%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.19%) Music Industry
13 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.40%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.40%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.20%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.20%) Police
Job Titles
1 304 (60.08%) Developer
2 267 (52.77%) .NET Developer
3 67 (13.24%) Senior
4 55 (10.87%) Data Engineer
5 41 (8.10%) Azure Engineer
6 32 (6.32%) Support Engineer
7 27 (5.34%) Platform Engineer
8 24 (4.74%) Applications Support
8 24 (4.74%) Senior Developer
9 22 (4.35%) Applications Engineer
9 22 (4.35%) Applications Support Engineer
9 22 (4.35%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 22 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
10 18 (3.56%) DBA
11 15 (2.96%) Lead
12 13 (2.57%) Architect
12 13 (2.57%) Senior Data Engineer
13 12 (2.37%) SQL DBA
14 11 (2.17%) Analyst
14 11 (2.17%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 328 (64.82%) .NET
2 289 (57.11%) .NET Core
3 272 (53.75%) ASP.NET
4 265 (52.37%) ASP.NET Core
5 116 (22.92%) CSS
5 116 (22.92%) HTML
6 111 (21.94%) Entity Framework
7 98 (19.37%) React
8 97 (19.17%) ASP.NET Web API
8 97 (19.17%) RESTful
9 96 (18.97%) Blazor
10 87 (17.19%) AngularJS
10 87 (17.19%) ML.NET
11 84 (16.60%) Node.js
12 83 (16.40%) Vue
13 62 (12.25%) LINQ
14 37 (7.31%) .NET Framework
15 22 (4.35%) HTML5 Canvas
16 20 (3.95%) Microsoft Graph
17 19 (3.75%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.70%) Greenfield Project
2 28 (5.53%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (2.96%) Mobile App
4 13 (2.57%) Digital TV
4 13 (2.57%) Replication
4 13 (2.57%) Social Network
5 12 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.17%) BBC
6 11 (2.17%) Client/Server
6 11 (2.17%) iPhone
6 11 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.17%) Social Media
7 8 (1.58%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.58%) Legacy Applications
8 7 (1.38%) Clustering
8 7 (1.38%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.38%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.19%) IoT
9 6 (1.19%) Podcast
9 6 (1.19%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.32%) Windows
2 28 (5.53%) VMS
3 15 (2.96%) Android
4 14 (2.77%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.38%) Linux
6 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (54.55%) Full-Stack Development
2 234 (46.25%) Agile
3 198 (39.13%) DevOps
4 192 (37.94%) CI/CD
5 124 (24.51%) AI
6 119 (23.52%) Machine Learning
7 98 (19.37%) Analytics
8 92 (18.18%) Microservices
9 90 (17.79%) Multithreading
10 77 (15.22%) Business Intelligence
11 54 (10.67%) Data Modelling
12 50 (9.88%) Scrum
13 49 (9.68%) Data Engineering
13 49 (9.68%) OO
14 48 (9.49%) Infrastructure as Code
15 47 (9.29%) Problem-Solving
16 44 (8.70%) Data Pipeline
17 42 (8.30%) TDD
18 39 (7.71%) Migration
19 38 (7.51%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 505 (99.80%) SQL
2 322 (63.64%) C#
3 128 (25.30%) JavaScript
4 106 (20.95%) TypeScript
5 67 (13.24%) PowerShell
6 62 (12.25%) Python
7 17 (3.36%) T-SQL
8 14 (2.77%) Kusto Query Language
9 12 (2.37%) Bicep
10 11 (2.17%) Bash
10 11 (2.17%) Scala
11 9 (1.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (1.78%) Java
12 8 (1.58%) C++
13 2 (0.40%) R
14 1 (0.20%) Korn
14 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (4.55%) Azure Certification
2 12 (2.37%) Degree
3 11 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (1.58%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.38%) SC Cleared
6 5 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.79%) Tableau Certification
8 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.20%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.32%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.78%) QA
3 7 (1.38%) GDPR
4 4 (0.79%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.59%) SLA
6 1 (0.20%) HL7
6 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 92 (18.18%) Docker
2 27 (5.34%) Active Directory
3 17 (3.36%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 91 (17.98%) Kubernetes
2 39 (7.71%) Terraform
3 13 (2.57%) Grafana
4 7 (1.38%) Kibana
5 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.79%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.59%) Scalr
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 359 (70.95%) Microsoft
2 53 (10.47%) Databricks
3 35 (6.92%) Facebook
4 31 (6.13%) Google
5 19 (3.75%) Adobe
6 12 (2.37%) YouTube
7 11 (2.17%) Apple
7 11 (2.17%) Sony
7 11 (2.17%) Yahoo!
8 7 (1.38%) Oracle
9 6 (1.19%) ScienceLogic
9 6 (1.19%) VMware
10 4 (0.79%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.59%) RedGate
12 2 (0.40%) DevExpress
12 2 (0.40%) iManage
12 2 (0.40%) Informatica
12 2 (0.40%) Intapp
12 2 (0.40%) SAP
12 2 (0.40%) Xamarin