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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 622 739 647
Rank change year-on-year +117 -92 +319
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 54 57 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.073% 0.22%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.43% 0.85% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 46 35 108
10th Percentile £41,125 £40,400 £34,438
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £37,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +30.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £62,656
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £48,507 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.23% -2.99% +17.65%

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 3,787 6,683 7,864
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.66% 8.56% 13.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,255 3,894 6,289
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £42,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,375 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £93,750 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,785 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +3.25% -5.17% +5.45%

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 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 18 September 2025.

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

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Top 13 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 18 September 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
UK excluding London +130 39 £45,000 -7.23% 67
England +92 39 £45,000 -32.08% 61
Work from Home +88 32 £58,750 -16.81% 66
Midlands +69 22 £45,000 +15.38% 21
West Midlands +63 21 £45,000 +15.38% 11
London +40 7 £90,000 +33.33% 1
East of England -6 7 £42,000 - 11
Wales - 6 £57,500 - 3
Yorkshire +25 2 £49,000 +1.02% 5
North of England +19 2 £49,000 +1.02% 10
South West +73 1 £77,500 +72.22% 7
East Midlands - 1 £50,000 - 9
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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 15 (27.78%) SharePoint
2 11 (20.37%) IIS
3 5 (9.26%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (5.56%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (61.11%) Azure
2 28 (51.85%) Power Platform
3 13 (24.07%) AWS
4 9 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (16.67%) PowerApps
5 8 (14.81%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (14.81%) IaaS
5 8 (14.81%) PaaS
5 8 (14.81%) Power Automate
6 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (9.26%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (9.26%) GitHub
7 5 (9.26%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.85%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.96%) FTP
2 3 (5.56%) DHCP
2 3 (5.56%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 28 (51.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 21 (38.89%) Power BI
4 20 (37.04%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 8 (14.81%) Star Schema
8 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 4 (7.41%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (7.41%) Tableau
10 3 (5.56%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (5.56%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Visual Studio
2 4 (7.41%) Git
2 4 (7.41%) Octopus Deploy
2 4 (7.41%) TeamCity
3 2 (3.70%) Artifactory
General
1 17 (31.48%) Finance
2 14 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.96%) Local Government
4 6 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (9.26%) Spanish Language
6 4 (7.41%) Banking
6 4 (7.41%) Front Office
7 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.85%) Billing
8 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (27.78%) Analyst
2 12 (22.22%) Applications Support
3 11 (20.37%) Developer
4 10 (18.52%) Business Developer
4 10 (18.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 10 (18.52%) Senior
5 9 (16.67%) SQL Analyst
6 8 (14.81%) ETL Developer
6 8 (14.81%) Power BI Developer
6 8 (14.81%) SQL BI Developer
6 8 (14.81%) SQL Developer
7 7 (12.96%) Applications Engineer
7 7 (12.96%) Applications Support Engineer
7 7 (12.96%) Senior Applications Engineer
7 7 (12.96%) Senior Applications Support
7 7 (12.96%) Senior Support Engineer
7 7 (12.96%) Support Engineer
8 6 (11.11%) SSIS Developer
9 5 (9.26%) DevOps Engineer
9 5 (9.26%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.67%) Web Services
2 6 (11.11%) .NET
3 2 (3.70%) XML
4 1 (1.85%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.85%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.85%) Ajax
4 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (1.85%) CSS
4 1 (1.85%) CSS3
4 1 (1.85%) Flutter
4 1 (1.85%) HTML
4 1 (1.85%) HTML5
4 1 (1.85%) KnockoutJS
4 1 (1.85%) Laravel
4 1 (1.85%) LESS
4 1 (1.85%) LINQ
4 1 (1.85%) PySpark
4 1 (1.85%) REST
4 1 (1.85%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.81%) Management Information System
2 7 (12.96%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (9.26%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (29.63%) Windows
2 7 (12.96%) Windows 10
3 5 (9.26%) Mac OS
4 4 (7.41%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (51.85%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (31.48%) Analytics
4 14 (25.93%) CRM
5 13 (24.07%) Customer Service
5 13 (24.07%) ETL
6 11 (20.37%) Decision-Making
6 11 (20.37%) DevOps
6 11 (20.37%) Service Delivery
7 9 (16.67%) Data Mapping
8 8 (14.81%) Case Management
8 8 (14.81%) Critical Thinking
8 8 (14.81%) Data Pipeline
8 8 (14.81%) Kimball Methodology
9 7 (12.96%) High Availability
9 7 (12.96%) ITIL
10 6 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
10 6 (11.11%) Wireframes
11 5 (9.26%) Analytical Thinking
11 5 (9.26%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 44 (81.48%) SQL
2 16 (29.63%) PowerShell
3 10 (18.52%) T-SQL
4 9 (16.67%) C#
5 7 (12.96%) Python
6 6 (11.11%) C
6 6 (11.11%) X++
7 4 (7.41%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.85%) Dart
8 1 (1.85%) PHP
8 1 (1.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (31.48%) Degree
2 1 (1.85%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.52%) Data Quality
2 6 (11.11%) QA
3 2 (3.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (9.26%) Docker
2 4 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.56%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.85%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 5 (9.26%) Terraform
3 4 (7.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 34 (62.96%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) N-able
3 4 (7.41%) Oracle
3 4 (7.41%) Pega
3 4 (7.41%) Salesforce
3 4 (7.41%) Trayport
3 4 (7.41%) VMware
4 3 (5.56%) Guidewire
4 3 (5.56%) SAP
5 1 (1.85%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.85%) Databricks
5 1 (1.85%) Google
5 1 (1.85%) Talend