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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 479 399
Rank change year-on-year +115 -80 +46
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 444 209 643
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.47% 0.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.58% 2.83% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 403 174 558
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £38,852
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £85,375
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 7,962 7,379 17,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.68% 16.69% 16.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5,063 4,749 12,601
10th Percentile £35,250 £36,197 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,960 £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 £82,751 £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 10 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 10 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 +84 411 £60,000 -4.00% 173
UK excluding London +137 336 £55,000 - 134
Work from Home +176 309 £55,000 -15.38% 174
London -5 96 £80,000 +6.67% 56
South East +42 82 £55,000 -21.43% 41
East of England +52 71 £62,500 - 18
Midlands +13 66 £60,000 +23.71% 18
North of England +2 66 £55,000 -4.35% 38
West Midlands +6 41 £64,250 -4.81% 13
North West +21 30 £55,000 -12.00% 24
South West -33 27 £53,750 -2.27% 11
East Midlands -21 23 £50,000 +3.09% 5
North East -31 18 £50,000 -13.04% 7
Yorkshire -35 18 £55,000 -4.35% 7
Scotland +31 17 £29,000 - 3
Wales - 7 £50,000 - 5

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 (5.86%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.80%) SharePoint Server
3 4 (0.90%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) Apache
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
Applications
1 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 444 (100.00%) Azure
2 153 (34.46%) Azure DevOps
3 90 (20.27%) Azure Data Factory
4 80 (18.02%) Azure AI
5 75 (16.89%) Power Platform
6 70 (15.77%) GitHub
7 59 (13.29%) GitHub Copilot
8 55 (12.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 48 (10.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 42 (9.46%) AWS
11 41 (9.23%) Azure Monitor
12 31 (6.98%) PowerApps
13 29 (6.53%) Azure Logic Apps
13 29 (6.53%) Serverless
14 27 (6.08%) Microsoft 365
15 25 (5.63%) Azure Functions
15 25 (5.63%) Entra ID
15 25 (5.63%) Power Automate
16 21 (4.73%) Azure Key Vault
16 21 (4.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.86%) Internet
2 11 (2.48%) Firewall
3 9 (2.03%) VPN
4 5 (1.13%) DNS
5 4 (0.90%) Hyperconnected
5 4 (0.90%) MQTT
6 2 (0.45%) WinSCP
7 1 (0.23%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.23%) LAN
7 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (43.02%) MongoDB
2 72 (16.22%) SQL Server
3 66 (14.86%) Elasticsearch
3 66 (14.86%) Power BI
4 31 (6.98%) Data Lake
5 25 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (2.70%) Tableau
7 11 (2.48%) Relational Database
8 10 (2.25%) Star Schema
9 9 (2.03%) Delta Lake
9 9 (2.03%) NoSQL
10 8 (1.80%) Spark SQL
11 7 (1.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 7 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (1.58%) Power Query
12 5 (1.13%) Metadata
12 5 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.90%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.90%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 32 (7.21%) Git
2 4 (0.90%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.90%) NUnit
3 3 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.45%) JIRA
4 2 (0.45%) MSTest
4 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.23%) Postman
5 1 (0.23%) Selenium
5 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.23%) Yeoman
General
1 92 (20.72%) Finance
2 51 (11.49%) Social Skills
3 25 (5.63%) Advertising
4 24 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (5.41%) Games
5 19 (4.28%) Marketing
6 14 (3.15%) Banking
7 10 (2.25%) Legal
8 9 (2.03%) Law
8 9 (2.03%) Public Sector
9 7 (1.58%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.58%) Retail
10 6 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.90%) Music Industry
12 2 (0.45%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.23%) Billing
13 1 (0.23%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.23%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 252 (56.76%) Developer
2 215 (48.42%) .NET Developer
3 65 (14.64%) Senior
4 55 (12.39%) Data Engineer
5 39 (8.78%) Azure Engineer
6 30 (6.76%) Support Engineer
7 25 (5.63%) Platform Engineer
8 24 (5.41%) Applications Support
9 23 (5.18%) Senior Developer
10 22 (4.95%) Applications Engineer
10 22 (4.95%) Applications Support Engineer
11 20 (4.50%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 20 (4.50%) DevOps Engineer
12 18 (4.05%) DBA
13 14 (3.15%) Lead
13 14 (3.15%) Senior Data Engineer
14 13 (2.93%) SQL DBA
15 12 (2.70%) Architect
16 11 (2.48%) Software Engineer
17 10 (2.25%) Head of Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 275 (61.94%) .NET
2 238 (53.60%) .NET Core
3 220 (49.55%) ASP.NET
4 213 (47.97%) ASP.NET Core
5 100 (22.52%) CSS
5 100 (22.52%) HTML
6 95 (21.40%) Entity Framework
7 81 (18.24%) RESTful
8 77 (17.34%) ASP.NET Web API
9 75 (16.89%) React
10 74 (16.67%) Blazor
11 72 (16.22%) AngularJS
12 69 (15.54%) ML.NET
13 68 (15.32%) Vue
14 65 (14.64%) Node.js
15 50 (11.26%) LINQ
16 28 (6.31%) .NET Framework
17 22 (4.95%) HTML5 Canvas
18 20 (4.50%) Microsoft Graph
19 19 (4.28%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.56%) Greenfield Project
2 24 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (2.93%) Mobile App
4 12 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (2.70%) Replication
5 11 (2.48%) Client/Server
6 10 (2.25%) Digital TV
6 10 (2.25%) Social Network
7 9 (2.03%) iPhone
7 9 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.80%) BBC
8 8 (1.80%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.80%) Social Media
9 7 (1.58%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.58%) Clustering
10 6 (1.35%) IoT
10 6 (1.35%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.13%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.90%) Legacy Code
12 4 (0.90%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.08%) VMS
2 26 (5.86%) Windows
3 13 (2.93%) Android
4 12 (2.70%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.35%) Linux
6 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (50.45%) Full-Stack Development
2 191 (43.02%) Agile
3 177 (39.86%) DevOps
4 172 (38.74%) CI/CD
5 102 (22.97%) Machine Learning
6 101 (22.75%) AI
7 94 (21.17%) Analytics
8 75 (16.89%) Business Intelligence
9 74 (16.67%) Multithreading
10 70 (15.77%) Microservices
11 55 (12.39%) Data Modelling
12 47 (10.59%) Data Engineering
13 45 (10.14%) Data Pipeline
13 45 (10.14%) Infrastructure as Code
14 41 (9.23%) Problem-Solving
15 39 (8.78%) Migration
16 38 (8.56%) OO
17 37 (8.33%) Scrum
18 36 (8.11%) Log Analytics
19 35 (7.88%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 443 (99.77%) SQL
2 269 (60.59%) C#
3 105 (23.65%) JavaScript
4 90 (20.27%) TypeScript
5 64 (14.41%) PowerShell
6 62 (13.96%) Python
7 19 (4.28%) T-SQL
8 12 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (2.70%) Scala
9 10 (2.25%) Bicep
10 9 (2.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (2.03%) Java
11 8 (1.80%) Bash
11 8 (1.80%) C++
12 1 (0.23%) Korn
12 1 (0.23%) R
12 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (4.50%) Azure Certification
2 11 (2.48%) Degree
3 8 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (1.35%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.13%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.90%) Tableau Certification
7 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.98%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.58%) GDPR
2 7 (1.58%) QA
3 3 (0.68%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.68%) SLA
4 1 (0.23%) HL7
4 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 73 (16.44%) Docker
2 22 (4.95%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.93%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.90%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 72 (16.22%) Kubernetes
2 36 (8.11%) Terraform
3 12 (2.70%) Grafana
4 7 (1.58%) Kibana
5 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.68%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.68%) Scalr
6 1 (0.23%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 301 (67.79%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.71%) Databricks
3 27 (6.08%) Facebook
4 25 (5.63%) Google
5 19 (4.28%) Adobe
6 9 (2.03%) YouTube
7 8 (1.80%) Apple
7 8 (1.80%) Sony
7 8 (1.80%) Yahoo!
8 7 (1.58%) Oracle
9 4 (0.90%) ScienceLogic
9 4 (0.90%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.90%) VMware
10 3 (0.68%) RedGate
11 2 (0.45%) DevExpress
11 2 (0.45%) iManage
11 2 (0.45%) Intapp
11 2 (0.45%) SAP
11 2 (0.45%) Xamarin
12 1 (0.23%) Delphix