SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Job Trends

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 615 677 613
Rank change year-on-year +62 -64 +253
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 17 65 102
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.099% 0.20%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.48% 1.07% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 14 43 90
10th Percentile £42,950 £53,750 £32,375
25th Percentile £51,563 £57,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% +8.00% +30.21%
75th Percentile £75,313 £80,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.52% +15.00% +15.61%

All Development Application Skills
UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 3,567 6,092 6,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.59% 9.31% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,286 3,503 5,385
10th Percentile £29,750 £37,500 £42,141
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £93,125 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% -6.78% +7.27%

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) job vacancy trend in the UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) within the UK over the 6 months to 30 November 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
Work from Home +80 10 £67,500 -10.00% 5
UK excluding London +74 8 £53,750 -6.52% 9
England +51 7 £57,500 -14.81% 8
London +31 4 £62,500 -7.41% 2
Wales - 4 £57,500 -
Midlands +50 2 £46,000 +17.95%
West Midlands +50 1 £42,000 +7.69%
South East +40 1 - - 2
East Midlands - 1 £50,000 -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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 6 (35.29%) IIS
2 4 (23.53%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (17.65%) Tomcat
4 1 (5.88%) Confluence
4 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Azure
2 6 (35.29%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (29.41%) Power Platform
4 4 (23.53%) AWS
4 4 (23.53%) GitHub
4 4 (23.53%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (17.65%) PowerApps
6 1 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (5.88%) IaaS
6 1 (5.88%) PaaS
6 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
6 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (76.47%) SQL Server
2 3 (17.65%) Power BI
2 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (5.88%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Octopus Deploy
2 4 (23.53%) Git
2 4 (23.53%) TeamCity
3 2 (11.76%) Artifactory
4 1 (5.88%) JIRA
4 1 (5.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (29.41%) Manufacturing
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Spanish Language
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Analyst
1 6 (35.29%) DevOps Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Applications Support
2 4 (23.53%) Applications Support Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Software Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Software Support Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Support Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Data Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Business Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (5.88%) C# Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Data Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Data Integration Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) DBA
4 1 (5.88%) Integration Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (29.41%) .NET
2 1 (5.88%) .NET Core
2 1 (5.88%) .NET Framework
2 1 (5.88%) Ajax
2 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (5.88%) CSS
2 1 (5.88%) CSS3
2 1 (5.88%) Flutter
2 1 (5.88%) HTML
2 1 (5.88%) HTML5
2 1 (5.88%) JSON
2 1 (5.88%) KnockoutJS
2 1 (5.88%) Laravel
2 1 (5.88%) LESS
2 1 (5.88%) LINQ
2 1 (5.88%) REST
2 1 (5.88%) Symfony
2 1 (5.88%) Web Services
2 1 (5.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (23.53%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (58.82%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Windows Server
3 4 (23.53%) Mac OS
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) CI/CD
1 6 (35.29%) DevOps
2 5 (29.41%) Customer Service
2 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Analytical Thinking
3 4 (23.53%) CRM
3 4 (23.53%) Innovative Thinking
3 4 (23.53%) Time Management
4 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (17.65%) Deployment Automation
4 3 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (17.65%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
4 3 (17.65%) Static Application Security Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Analytics
5 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (11.76%) ETL
5 2 (11.76%) Software Delivery
5 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (82.35%) SQL
2 5 (29.41%) PowerShell
2 5 (29.41%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.88%) C#
3 1 (5.88%) Dart
3 1 (5.88%) PHP
3 1 (5.88%) Python
3 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) QA
2 2 (11.76%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Docker
2 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
1 4 (23.53%) Terraform
2 3 (17.65%) Ansible
3 1 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) N-able
3 3 (17.65%) Pega
3 3 (17.65%) VMware
4 2 (11.76%) Guidewire
4 2 (11.76%) Salesforce
5 1 (5.88%) Alteryx
5 1 (5.88%) Talend