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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 467 394
Rank change year-on-year +162 -73 +42
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 592 209 652
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.46% 0.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.15% 2.82% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 540 173 566
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £39,323
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £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 8,277 7,411 17,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.72% 16.35% 16.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5,458 4,803 12,618
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,195
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 £82,500 £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 25 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 25 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 +155 552 £57,500 -4.17% 166
UK excluding London +181 472 £55,000 - 125
Work from Home +203 444 £55,000 -15.38% 151
South East +68 125 £55,000 -21.43% 42
London -26 106 £80,000 +6.67% 58
East of England +70 94 £62,500 +6.38% 18
North of England +23 93 £50,000 -11.50% 35
Midlands +25 81 £55,000 +13.40% 19
West Midlands +20 50 £60,000 -5.88% 15
South West -19 47 £55,000 - 8
North West +26 42 £50,000 -9.09% 22
East Midlands -23 30 £50,000 +3.09% 4
North East -28 27 £50,000 -13.04% 6
Yorkshire -16 24 £55,000 - 7
Scotland +26 21 £29,000 -42.00% 2
Wales - 11 £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 29 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.35%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.51%) IIS
6 2 (0.34%) CMS
6 2 (0.34%) DNN
6 2 (0.34%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.34%) Immediacy CMS
6 2 (0.34%) Kentico
6 2 (0.34%) nginx
6 2 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.34%) Sitefinity
6 2 (0.34%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.17%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
Applications
1 5 (0.84%) 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
1 592 (100.00%) Azure
2 204 (34.46%) Azure DevOps
3 126 (21.28%) Azure AI
4 117 (19.76%) GitHub
5 99 (16.72%) GitHub Copilot
6 89 (15.03%) Azure Data Factory
7 87 (14.70%) Power Platform
8 76 (12.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 70 (11.82%) AWS
10 48 (8.11%) Azure Monitor
11 46 (7.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 39 (6.59%) Serverless
13 35 (5.91%) Azure Functions
14 33 (5.57%) Azure Logic Apps
14 33 (5.57%) PaaS
15 31 (5.24%) Azure Key Vault
15 31 (5.24%) PowerApps
16 30 (5.07%) Entra ID
16 30 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
17 26 (4.39%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 43 (7.26%) Internet
2 17 (2.87%) VPN
3 11 (1.86%) Firewall
4 8 (1.35%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.84%) 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
1 298 (50.34%) MongoDB
2 111 (18.75%) Elasticsearch
3 80 (13.51%) SQL Server
4 75 (12.67%) Power BI
5 31 (5.24%) Data Lake
6 29 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (2.36%) Tableau
8 11 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (1.69%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.69%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.52%) Delta Lake
10 9 (1.52%) Spark SQL
10 9 (1.52%) Star Schema
11 8 (1.35%) Metadata
11 8 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (1.18%) NonStop SQL
12 7 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.01%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.84%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 37 (6.25%) Git
2 5 (0.84%) 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
1 104 (17.57%) Finance
2 61 (10.30%) Social Skills
3 41 (6.93%) Advertising
4 34 (5.74%) Games
5 30 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (5.07%) Marketing
6 18 (3.04%) Law
7 16 (2.70%) Banking
7 16 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (2.36%) Retail
9 11 (1.86%) Public Sector
10 10 (1.69%) Aerospace
10 10 (1.69%) Legal
11 7 (1.18%) Music Industry
12 5 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.34%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.34%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.34%) Police
15 1 (0.17%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 377 (63.68%) Developer
2 339 (57.26%) .NET Developer
3 73 (12.33%) Senior
4 56 (9.46%) Data Engineer
5 44 (7.43%) Azure Engineer
6 31 (5.24%) Support Engineer
7 27 (4.56%) Platform Engineer
8 25 (4.22%) Senior Developer
9 24 (4.05%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 24 (4.05%) DevOps Engineer
10 22 (3.72%) Applications Support
11 20 (3.38%) Applications Engineer
11 20 (3.38%) Applications Support Engineer
12 19 (3.21%) Architect
13 18 (3.04%) Analyst
13 18 (3.04%) DBA
14 17 (2.87%) Lead
15 13 (2.20%) Senior Data Engineer
16 12 (2.03%) Infrastructure Analyst
17 11 (1.86%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 400 (67.57%) .NET
2 361 (60.98%) .NET Core
3 345 (58.28%) ASP.NET
4 338 (57.09%) ASP.NET Core
5 140 (23.65%) CSS
5 140 (23.65%) HTML
6 136 (22.97%) Entity Framework
7 123 (20.78%) ASP.NET Web API
8 122 (20.61%) Blazor
8 122 (20.61%) React
9 121 (20.44%) RESTful
10 113 (19.09%) AngularJS
11 110 (18.58%) ML.NET
11 110 (18.58%) Node.js
12 109 (18.41%) Vue
13 78 (13.18%) LINQ
14 44 (7.43%) .NET Framework
15 22 (3.72%) HTML5 Canvas
16 20 (3.38%) JSON
16 20 (3.38%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.63%) Greenfield Project
2 35 (5.91%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (3.04%) Mobile App
4 17 (2.87%) Digital TV
4 17 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.53%) Social Network
6 14 (2.36%) iPhone
6 14 (2.36%) Security Posture
7 13 (2.20%) BBC
7 13 (2.20%) Replication
7 13 (2.20%) Social Media
8 12 (2.03%) Podcast
8 12 (2.03%) Public Cloud
9 11 (1.86%) Client/Server
9 11 (1.86%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
10 8 (1.35%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.35%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.01%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.59%) Windows
2 33 (5.57%) VMS
3 18 (3.04%) Android
4 15 (2.53%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.35%) Linux
6 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (58.61%) Full-Stack Development
2 296 (50.00%) Agile
3 229 (38.68%) DevOps
4 221 (37.33%) CI/CD
5 158 (26.69%) AI
6 143 (24.16%) Machine Learning
7 119 (20.10%) Microservices
8 113 (19.09%) Multithreading
9 109 (18.41%) Analytics
10 86 (14.53%) Business Intelligence
11 70 (11.82%) Scrum
12 57 (9.63%) OO
13 55 (9.29%) Infrastructure as Code
14 54 (9.12%) TDD
15 52 (8.78%) Data Engineering
15 52 (8.78%) Problem-Solving
16 51 (8.61%) Data Modelling
17 50 (8.45%) BDD
18 45 (7.60%) Performance Tuning
19 43 (7.26%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
Programming Languages
1 591 (99.83%) SQL
2 395 (66.72%) C#
3 151 (25.51%) JavaScript
4 133 (22.47%) TypeScript
5 76 (12.84%) PowerShell
6 61 (10.30%) Python
7 20 (3.38%) Bicep
7 20 (3.38%) Kusto Query Language
8 17 (2.87%) Bash
9 16 (2.70%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.52%) Java
10 9 (1.52%) Scala
11 8 (1.35%) C++
12 7 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.34%) R
14 1 (0.17%) Delphi
14 1 (0.17%) Korn
14 1 (0.17%) Pascal
14 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (5.24%) Azure Certification
2 17 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (2.20%) Degree
4 9 (1.52%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.35%) SC Cleared
6 5 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.68%) Tableau Certification
8 3 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.41%) Data Quality
2 10 (1.69%) QA
3 7 (1.18%) 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
1 119 (20.10%) Docker
2 34 (5.74%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.21%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 116 (19.59%) Kubernetes
2 47 (7.94%) Terraform
3 12 (2.03%) Grafana
4 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.84%) Kibana
5 5 (0.84%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.51%) Scalr
7 1 (0.17%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 445 (75.17%) Microsoft
2 52 (8.78%) Databricks
3 45 (7.60%) Facebook
4 38 (6.42%) Google
5 19 (3.21%) Adobe
6 16 (2.70%) YouTube
7 13 (2.20%) Apple
7 13 (2.20%) Sony
7 13 (2.20%) Yahoo!
8 12 (2.03%) ScienceLogic
8 12 (2.03%) VMware
9 7 (1.18%) Oracle
10 4 (0.68%) Informatica
10 4 (0.68%) SolarWinds
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