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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 474 410
Rank change year-on-year +207 -64 +29
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 718 213 600
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.74% 0.44% 0.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.38% 2.82% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 666 176 515
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,200
25th Percentile £46,250 £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 £73,750 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,625 £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 8,566 7,556 17,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.78% 15.73% 16.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5,698 4,883 12,107
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
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 7 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 7 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 +207 673 £57,500 -8.00% 275
UK excluding London +215 593 £55,000 - 262
Work from Home +225 563 £55,000 -15.38% 298
South East +104 166 £55,000 -21.43% 70
North of England +45 119 £50,000 -13.04% 70
London -1 112 £80,000 +6.67% 63
East of England +74 111 £60,000 +2.13% 35
Midlands +38 98 £55,000 +13.40% 26
West Midlands +27 62 £60,000 -4.00% 16
South West -12 60 £55,000 - 18
North West +35 53 £50,000 -11.11% 38
East Midlands -9 36 £51,250 +5.67% 10
North East -19 36 £52,500 -8.70% 11
Yorkshire -3 30 £55,000 -8.33% 21
Scotland +25 23 £30,000 -39.70% 17
Wales - 16 £50,000 - 12

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 (4.04%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.11%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (0.70%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.70%) IIS
5 4 (0.56%) nginx
6 3 (0.42%) CMS
6 3 (0.42%) DNN
6 3 (0.42%) EPiServer
6 3 (0.42%) Immediacy CMS
6 3 (0.42%) Kentico
6 3 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.42%) Sitefinity
6 3 (0.42%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 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
1 718 (100.00%) Azure
2 244 (33.98%) Azure DevOps
3 166 (23.12%) Azure AI
4 153 (21.31%) GitHub
5 137 (19.08%) GitHub Copilot
6 98 (13.65%) AWS
7 91 (12.67%) Power Platform
8 88 (12.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 86 (11.98%) Azure Data Factory
10 47 (6.55%) Azure Monitor
11 43 (5.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 41 (5.71%) Serverless
13 36 (5.01%) Azure Functions
13 36 (5.01%) Azure Logic Apps
13 36 (5.01%) PaaS
14 32 (4.46%) Azure Key Vault
14 32 (4.46%) Azure Service Bus
15 31 (4.32%) Entra ID
15 31 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
15 31 (4.32%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 53 (7.38%) Internet
2 17 (2.37%) VPN
3 11 (1.53%) Firewall
4 8 (1.11%) 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%) LAN
8 1 (0.14%) SSL
8 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 406 (56.55%) MongoDB
2 152 (21.17%) Elasticsearch
3 89 (12.40%) SQL Server
4 77 (10.72%) Power BI
5 33 (4.60%) Data Warehouse
6 31 (4.32%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.95%) Tableau
8 12 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (1.53%) NonStop SQL
10 10 (1.39%) NoSQL
10 10 (1.39%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.25%) Spark SQL
11 9 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (1.11%) Delta Lake
12 8 (1.11%) Metadata
12 8 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (1.11%) Star Schema
13 7 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.84%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 35 (4.87%) Git
2 7 (0.97%) 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
1 116 (16.16%) Finance
2 62 (8.64%) Social Skills
3 56 (7.80%) Advertising
4 44 (6.13%) Games
4 44 (6.13%) Marketing
5 31 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (2.92%) Retail
7 18 (2.51%) Law
8 16 (2.23%) Banking
8 16 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (1.95%) Aerospace
10 12 (1.67%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.53%) Music Industry
12 10 (1.39%) 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%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 498 (69.36%) Developer
2 459 (63.93%) .NET Developer
3 77 (10.72%) Senior
4 57 (7.94%) Data Engineer
5 46 (6.41%) Azure Engineer
6 30 (4.18%) Support Engineer
7 27 (3.76%) Senior Developer
8 26 (3.62%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 26 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
9 25 (3.48%) Platform Engineer
10 20 (2.79%) Applications Support
10 20 (2.79%) Lead
11 19 (2.65%) Architect
11 19 (2.65%) DBA
12 18 (2.51%) Analyst
12 18 (2.51%) Applications Engineer
12 18 (2.51%) Applications Support Engineer
13 14 (1.95%) Senior Data Engineer
14 12 (1.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
15 11 (1.53%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 522 (72.70%) .NET
2 478 (66.57%) .NET Core
3 464 (64.62%) ASP.NET
4 457 (63.65%) ASP.NET Core
5 178 (24.79%) CSS
5 178 (24.79%) HTML
6 176 (24.51%) Entity Framework
7 168 (23.40%) ASP.NET Web API
7 168 (23.40%) Blazor
7 168 (23.40%) React
8 160 (22.28%) RESTful
9 152 (21.17%) AngularJS
10 150 (20.89%) Node.js
11 148 (20.61%) ML.NET
11 148 (20.61%) Vue
12 106 (14.76%) LINQ
13 62 (8.64%) .NET Framework
14 22 (3.06%) HTML5 Canvas
15 20 (2.79%) JSON
15 20 (2.79%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.58%) Greenfield Project
2 45 (6.27%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (3.06%) Mobile App
4 21 (2.92%) Digital TV
5 18 (2.51%) BBC
5 18 (2.51%) iPhone
5 18 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (2.51%) Social Media
6 16 (2.23%) Social Network
7 14 (1.95%) Cloud Native
7 14 (1.95%) Security Posture
8 13 (1.81%) Replication
9 12 (1.67%) Podcast
9 12 (1.67%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.53%) Client/Server
10 11 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.39%) Product Ownership
12 8 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
12 8 (1.11%) Onboarding
13 6 (0.84%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 40 (5.57%) Windows
2 33 (4.60%) VMS
3 22 (3.06%) Android
4 16 (2.23%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.39%) Linux
6 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 465 (64.76%) Full-Stack Development
2 387 (53.90%) Agile
3 269 (37.47%) DevOps
4 260 (36.21%) CI/CD
5 197 (27.44%) AI
6 181 (25.21%) Machine Learning
7 166 (23.12%) Microservices
8 149 (20.75%) Multithreading
9 115 (16.02%) Analytics
10 96 (13.37%) Scrum
11 92 (12.81%) Business Intelligence
12 76 (10.58%) TDD
13 72 (10.03%) OO
14 71 (9.89%) BDD
15 61 (8.50%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
16 60 (8.36%) Kanban
17 57 (7.94%) Infrastructure as Code
18 51 (7.10%) Problem-Solving
19 50 (6.96%) Data Engineering
20 49 (6.82%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 717 (99.86%) SQL
2 517 (72.01%) C#
3 194 (27.02%) JavaScript
4 174 (24.23%) TypeScript
5 79 (11.00%) PowerShell
6 58 (8.08%) Python
7 22 (3.06%) Bicep
8 20 (2.79%) Kusto Query Language
9 17 (2.37%) Bash
10 16 (2.23%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.25%) Java
12 8 (1.11%) C++
12 8 (1.11%) Scala
13 6 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.28%) R
15 1 (0.14%) Delphi
15 1 (0.14%) Korn
15 1 (0.14%) Pascal
15 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (4.32%) Azure Certification
2 16 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (1.81%) Degree
4 9 (1.25%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.11%) 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 30 (4.18%) Data Quality
2 13 (1.81%) QA
3 8 (1.11%) 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
1 161 (22.42%) Docker
2 35 (4.87%) Active Directory
3 22 (3.06%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 157 (21.87%) Kubernetes
2 49 (6.82%) Terraform
3 12 (1.67%) Grafana
4 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.97%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.42%) Kibana
6 3 (0.42%) Scalr
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 569 (79.25%) Microsoft
2 61 (8.50%) Facebook
3 50 (6.96%) Google
4 49 (6.82%) Databricks
5 21 (2.92%) YouTube
6 19 (2.65%) Adobe
7 18 (2.51%) Apple
7 18 (2.51%) Sony
7 18 (2.51%) Yahoo!
8 12 (1.67%) ScienceLogic
8 12 (1.67%) VMware
9 8 (1.11%) 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%) SAP
11 3 (0.42%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.28%) DevExpress