SQL Server Jobs

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 52 49
Rank change year-on-year -35 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1,861 4,176 4,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.09% 4.16% 5.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.34% 25.09% 26.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,331 3,509 3,862
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,200 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,752 £89,852
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +9.38%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

SQL Server 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 7,973 16,647 17,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.25% 16.58% 21.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,965 11,160 12,345
10th Percentile £35,250 £36,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -6.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the UK

SQL Server
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server.

Salary trend for SQL Server in the UK

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the UK

SQL Server
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the UK over the 6 months to 17 July 2025. 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 -41 1,657 £57,500 +4.55% 1,123
UK excluding London -29 1,356 £50,000 -1.96% 900
Work from Home -41 919 £56,000 +1.82% 624
North of England -45 426 £50,890 +1.78% 242
London -51 413 £72,500 +5.84% 318
Midlands -14 291 £50,000 - 145
South East -57 283 £52,500 -4.55% 271
North West -50 267 £50,445 -1.09% 151
West Midlands -21 160 £57,500 +12.75% 86
East of England -50 132 £47,500 - 91
East Midlands -10 130 £48,500 +2.11% 59
Yorkshire -41 111 £55,000 +15.79% 72
South West -29 104 £50,000 -9.09% 83
Scotland +51 101 £48,422 -5.98% 46
North East +9 48 £43,500 -17.14% 22
Wales -25 12 £57,500 +23.38% 24
Northern Ireland +23 8 £57,500 +15.00% 11
Isle of Man - 2 £34,500 - 1

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 200 (10.75%) Confluence
2 129 (6.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 114 (6.13%) IIS
4 84 (4.51%) SharePoint
5 25 (1.34%) CMS
6 18 (0.97%) Apache Spark
7 17 (0.91%) Umbraco
8 14 (0.75%) Tomcat
9 12 (0.64%) Apache
10 9 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
10 9 (0.48%) Moodle
11 7 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
12 6 (0.32%) ArcGIS
13 5 (0.27%) SAS
13 5 (0.27%) Skype for Business
14 4 (0.21%) nginx
14 4 (0.21%) NServiceBus
15 3 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
16 2 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
17 1 (0.054%) WebSphere
Applications
1 56 (3.01%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.48%) Trello
4 5 (0.27%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.27%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.16%) EPLAN
6 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.11%) Revit
7 2 (0.11%) S-PLUS
8 1 (0.054%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 58 (3.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.91%) Dynamics NAV
3 12 (0.64%) Fidessa
3 12 (0.64%) Unit4 Business World
4 8 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
4 8 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 5 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.27%) Endur
5 5 (0.27%) Exchequer
5 5 (0.27%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.27%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.21%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.21%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.21%) Sage 1000
7 3 (0.16%) Bloomberg AIM
7 3 (0.16%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.11%) Eikon
8 2 (0.11%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 1,091 (58.62%) Azure
2 495 (26.60%) AWS
3 347 (18.65%) Power Platform
4 198 (10.64%) GCP
5 195 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
6 160 (8.60%) Azure DevOps
7 120 (6.45%) SaaS
8 100 (5.37%) Dynamics 365
9 88 (4.73%) GitHub
10 80 (4.30%) Azure Data Factory
11 73 (3.92%) PowerApps
12 72 (3.87%) Azure Logic Apps
13 71 (3.82%) Power Automate
14 60 (3.22%) Entra ID
15 57 (3.06%) Serverless
16 35 (1.88%) IaaS
17 33 (1.77%) Azure Functions
18 31 (1.67%) Snowflake
19 29 (1.56%) Azure Service Bus
20 25 (1.34%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 119 (6.39%) Firewall
2 86 (4.62%) DNS
3 67 (3.60%) DHCP
4 59 (3.17%) SAN
5 55 (2.96%) WAN
6 53 (2.85%) LAN
7 40 (2.15%) TCP/IP
7 40 (2.15%) VPN
8 39 (2.10%) VoIP
9 31 (1.67%) Network Security
10 24 (1.29%) FTP
11 22 (1.18%) VLAN
12 20 (1.07%) HTTP
13 18 (0.97%) Remote Desktop
14 17 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
15 16 (0.86%) NAS
15 16 (0.86%) SSL
16 12 (0.64%) iSCSI
17 10 (0.54%) Intranet
17 10 (0.54%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 280 (15.05%) Power BI
2 175 (9.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 162 (8.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 158 (8.49%) MySQL
5 131 (7.04%) PostgreSQL
6 120 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
7 111 (5.96%) Relational Database
8 82 (4.41%) MongoDB
9 79 (4.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 75 (4.03%) NoSQL
11 51 (2.74%) Data Lake
12 47 (2.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 37 (1.99%) Tableau
14 31 (1.67%) Data Hub
15 30 (1.61%) RDBMS
16 28 (1.50%) Big Data
17 27 (1.45%) DB2
17 27 (1.45%) Metadata
18 26 (1.40%) SQL CLR
19 23 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 337 (18.11%) JIRA
2 260 (13.97%) GitLab
3 259 (13.92%) Bitbucket
4 257 (13.81%) Selenium
4 257 (13.81%) SonarQube
5 252 (13.54%) Maven
6 249 (13.38%) Sonatype Nexus
7 248 (13.33%) Cucumber
8 176 (9.46%) Git
9 80 (4.30%) Visual Studio
10 44 (2.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 34 (1.83%) TeamCity
12 32 (1.72%) NUnit
13 31 (1.67%) Jenkins
14 27 (1.45%) Octopus Deploy
15 15 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
16 11 (0.59%) Jasmine
16 11 (0.59%) Postman
16 11 (0.59%) PowerBuilder
17 7 (0.38%) MagicDraw
General
1 625 (33.58%) Finance
2 524 (28.16%) Social Skills
3 307 (16.50%) Banking
4 303 (16.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 204 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
6 172 (9.24%) Retail
7 105 (5.64%) Investment Banking
8 90 (4.84%) Corporate Banking
9 76 (4.08%) Law
10 74 (3.98%) Manufacturing
11 56 (3.01%) Back Office
12 49 (2.63%) Public Sector
13 47 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
14 41 (2.20%) Front Office
15 37 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
16 34 (1.83%) Advertising
17 31 (1.67%) Legal
18 27 (1.45%) Marketing
19 21 (1.13%) Games
20 20 (1.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 656 (35.25%) Developer
2 300 (16.12%) Software Engineer
3 266 (14.29%) Senior
4 200 (10.75%) Analyst
5 146 (7.85%) Senior Developer
6 138 (7.42%) .NET Developer
7 128 (6.88%) SQL Developer
8 127 (6.82%) C# Developer
9 126 (6.77%) Lead
10 114 (6.13%) Support Analyst
11 105 (5.64%) IT Support
12 98 (5.27%) Full-Stack Developer
13 95 (5.10%) Applications Support
14 71 (3.82%) Support Engineer
15 66 (3.55%) Data Engineer
16 65 (3.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 65 (3.49%) Software Developer
17 64 (3.44%) IT Engineer
18 61 (3.28%) Applications Support Analyst
18 61 (3.28%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 596 (32.03%) .NET
2 437 (23.48%) CSS
3 423 (22.73%) HTML
4 412 (22.14%) React
5 307 (16.50%) Kafka
6 271 (14.56%) Spring Boot
7 265 (14.24%) Spring
8 250 (13.43%) Redux
9 249 (13.38%) JPA
10 216 (11.61%) ASP.NET
11 208 (11.18%) REST
12 189 (10.16%) RESTful
13 176 (9.46%) .NET Framework
14 166 (8.92%) .NET Core
15 164 (8.81%) Hibernate
16 146 (7.85%) HTML5
17 127 (6.82%) AngularJS
18 120 (6.45%) CSS3
19 110 (5.91%) Jest
20 106 (5.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 298 (16.01%) Product Ownership
2 292 (15.69%) Enterprise Software
3 77 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
4 58 (3.12%) Mobile App
5 55 (2.96%) Management Information System
6 51 (2.74%) Cloud Native
7 48 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
8 44 (2.36%) Onboarding
9 39 (2.10%) Clustering
10 35 (1.88%) Driving Licence
11 31 (1.67%) NHS
12 30 (1.61%) Private Cloud
13 29 (1.56%) Client/Server
13 29 (1.56%) Data Structures
14 24 (1.29%) Replication
15 23 (1.24%) Data Centre
16 20 (1.07%) Virtual Team
17 19 (1.02%) Public Cloud
18 18 (0.97%) Hedge funds
18 18 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 326 (17.52%) Windows
2 182 (9.78%) Windows Server
3 149 (8.01%) Linux
4 44 (2.36%) Unix
5 31 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 30 (1.61%) Android
6 30 (1.61%) Windows 10
7 21 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (0.86%) Mac OS
8 16 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 14 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (0.38%) Apple iOS
11 6 (0.32%) CentOS
11 6 (0.32%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.27%) Rocky
13 4 (0.21%) Solaris
14 3 (0.16%) Debian
15 2 (0.11%) AIX
15 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 685 (36.81%) Agile
2 592 (31.81%) DevOps
3 480 (25.79%) CI/CD
4 466 (25.04%) Problem-Solving
5 404 (21.71%) Full-Stack Development
6 397 (21.33%) Software Engineering
7 378 (20.31%) Microservices
8 340 (18.27%) SDLC
9 323 (17.36%) Business Intelligence
10 322 (17.30%) Containerisation
11 321 (17.25%) Test Automation
12 304 (16.34%) Performance Optimisation
13 301 (16.17%) Continuous Improvement
14 275 (14.78%) Front End Development
15 269 (14.45%) Clean Code
16 268 (14.40%) Migration
17 267 (14.35%) Mentoring
18 210 (11.28%) TDD
19 185 (9.94%) Computer Science
20 171 (9.19%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 1,166 (62.65%) SQL
2 595 (31.97%) C#
3 532 (28.59%) JavaScript
4 395 (21.23%) Java
5 215 (11.55%) T-SQL
6 188 (10.10%) TypeScript
7 179 (9.62%) Python
8 169 (9.08%) PowerShell
9 69 (3.71%) PHP
10 64 (3.44%) C++
11 49 (2.63%) VB.NET
12 45 (2.42%) PL/SQL
13 38 (2.04%) Bash
14 23 (1.24%) VBA
15 18 (0.97%) C
16 17 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 16 (0.86%) VB
18 15 (0.81%) Bicep
19 12 (0.64%) R
20 8 (0.43%) Korn
Qualifications
1 318 (17.09%) Degree
2 122 (6.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 62 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 61 (3.28%) DBS Check
5 58 (3.12%) Security Cleared
6 48 (2.58%) Azure Certification
7 30 (1.61%) SC Cleared
8 23 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (0.75%) DV Cleared
10 13 (0.70%) MCSA
11 12 (0.64%) MCSE
12 11 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (0.54%) MCP
14 7 (0.38%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (0.32%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
16 5 (0.27%) CCNA
16 5 (0.27%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 303 (16.28%) QA
2 124 (6.66%) Accessibility
3 58 (3.12%) Data Quality
4 47 (2.53%) GDPR
5 42 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (1.40%) ISO 9001
7 15 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (0.64%) WCAG
9 11 (0.59%) SLA
10 7 (0.38%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.21%) GxP
11 4 (0.21%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.21%) NCSC
12 3 (0.16%) NIST
12 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.11%) GAAP
13 2 (0.11%) HL7
13 2 (0.11%) IFRS
13 2 (0.11%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.11%) Solvency II
System Software
1 362 (19.45%) Docker
2 169 (9.08%) Active Directory
3 127 (6.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 74 (3.98%) Hyper-V
5 28 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (1.24%) vSphere
7 20 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (0.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 8 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.32%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.27%) zsh
11 3 (0.16%) Apache Flume
11 3 (0.16%) HDFS
11 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.16%) XenApp
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.11%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.054%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.054%) Xen
Systems Management
1 365 (19.61%) Kubernetes
2 88 (4.73%) Terraform
3 65 (3.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (2.26%) Ansible
5 34 (1.83%) SCCM
6 23 (1.24%) Grafana
7 21 (1.13%) Failover Clustering
8 17 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.64%) vCenter Server
9 12 (0.64%) WSUS
10 11 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (0.54%) Prometheus
12 8 (0.43%) SCOM
12 8 (0.43%) WMI
13 5 (0.27%) ZABBIX
14 4 (0.21%) Autotask
14 4 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
14 4 (0.21%) Kibana
14 4 (0.21%) logstash
14 4 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 829 (44.55%) Microsoft
2 247 (13.27%) Solace
3 170 (9.13%) Oracle
4 153 (8.22%) VMware
5 74 (3.98%) Databricks
6 54 (2.90%) Cisco
7 34 (1.83%) Dell
7 34 (1.83%) Salesforce
8 32 (1.72%) Veeam
9 31 (1.67%) HP
10 26 (1.40%) SAP
11 24 (1.29%) Google
12 23 (1.24%) Citrix
13 22 (1.18%) Red Hat
13 22 (1.18%) Splunk
14 21 (1.13%) Informatica
15 20 (1.07%) Bloomberg
15 20 (1.07%) IBM
15 20 (1.07%) Zoho
16 18 (0.97%) Trayport