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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 640 679 603
Rank change year-on-year +39 -76 +249
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 14 63 107
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.10% 0.21%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.39% 1.04% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 11 44 96
10th Percentile £47,500 £49,375 £32,750
25th Percentile £53,125 £57,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £73,125 £80,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £53,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +7.50% +16.28%

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 3,563 6,030 6,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.32% 9.71% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,314 3,510 5,328
10th Percentile £28,750 £37,500 £42,000
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 £92,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £58,425
% change year-on-year -4.55% -5.86% +6.23%

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 7 December 2025.

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

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Top 9 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 7 December 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 +67 8 £67,500 -10.00% 3
UK excluding London +78 6 £53,750 - 6
England +47 6 £60,000 -11.11% 6
London +33 4 £62,500 -7.41% 1
Wales - 3 £57,500 -
South East +38 1 - - 3
Midlands +35 1 £50,000 +28.21%
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 5 (35.71%) IIS
2 3 (21.43%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (21.43%) Tomcat
3 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
2 5 (35.71%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (28.57%) Power Platform
4 3 (21.43%) AWS
4 3 (21.43%) GitHub
4 3 (21.43%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (14.29%) PowerApps
6 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (78.57%) SQL Server
2 2 (14.29%) Power BI
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Octopus Deploy
2 4 (28.57%) Git
3 3 (21.43%) TeamCity
4 2 (14.29%) Artifactory
5 1 (7.14%) JIRA
5 1 (7.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Spanish Language
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
1 5 (35.71%) DevOps Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Applications Support
2 3 (21.43%) Applications Support Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Software Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Software Support Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) C# Developer
4 1 (7.14%) C# Software Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Data Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Data Integration Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) DBA
4 1 (7.14%) Integration Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) SQL Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) SQL Data Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) .NET
2 1 (7.14%) .NET Core
2 1 (7.14%) .NET Framework
2 1 (7.14%) Ajax
2 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (7.14%) CSS
2 1 (7.14%) CSS3
2 1 (7.14%) Flutter
2 1 (7.14%) HTML
2 1 (7.14%) HTML5
2 1 (7.14%) JSON
2 1 (7.14%) KnockoutJS
2 1 (7.14%) Laravel
2 1 (7.14%) LESS
2 1 (7.14%) LINQ
2 1 (7.14%) REST
2 1 (7.14%) Symfony
2 1 (7.14%) Web Services
2 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (21.43%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
3 3 (21.43%) Mac OS
4 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) CI/CD
1 5 (35.71%) DevOps
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Thinking
2 3 (21.43%) CRM
2 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
2 3 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (21.43%) Innovative Thinking
2 3 (21.43%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) Static Application Security Testing
2 3 (21.43%) Time Management
3 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (14.29%) Data Migration
3 2 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (14.29%) Migration
3 2 (14.29%) Software Delivery
3 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
3 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) SQL
2 5 (35.71%) T-SQL
3 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
4 1 (7.14%) C#
4 1 (7.14%) Dart
4 1 (7.14%) PHP
4 1 (7.14%) Python
4 1 (7.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Azure Certification
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
1 3 (21.43%) Docker
1 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Ansible
1 3 (21.43%) Kubernetes
1 3 (21.43%) Terraform
2 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) N-able
2 3 (21.43%) Pega
2 3 (21.43%) VMware
3 1 (7.14%) Alteryx
3 1 (7.14%) Guidewire
3 1 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.14%) Talend