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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 793 617 721
Rank change year-on-year -176 +104 -73
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 12 56 63
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.011% 0.11% 0.080%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.26% 1.48% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12 47 40
10th Percentile £26,200 £40,500 £40,800
25th Percentile £36,252 £42,000 £46,360
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,550 £50,000 £60,875
Median % change year-on-year +1.10% -17.86% +21.75%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile - £87,500 £69,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £46,754
% change year-on-year +33.33% -3.75% -6.49%

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 4,634 3,791 6,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.10% 7.63% 8.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,987 2,281 3,947
10th Percentile £35,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,018 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -5.17%

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 10 September 2026.

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 10 September 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 -152 12 £50,550 +12.33% 6
UK excluding London -150 9 £60,000 +33.33% 6
Work from Home -63 8 £60,000 +2.13% 4
North of England -54 4 £44,000 -10.20% 2
London -65 3 £26,400 -70.67%
South West -78 3 £60,000 -22.58%
North West -13 2 £47,851 +36.72% 2
Yorkshire -45 2 £44,000 -10.20%
West Midlands -48 2 £60,000 +33.33%
Midlands -65 2 £60,000 +33.33%

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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 7 (58.33%) Azure
3 3 (25.00%) AWS
4 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (16.67%) OneDrive
4 2 (16.67%) SaaS
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
5 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (75.00%) Power BI
2 7 (58.33%) SQL Server
3 6 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (25.00%) Power Query
6 1 (8.33%) Data Lake
6 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Senior
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Software Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Software Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 2 (16.67%) IT Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Applications Support
4 1 (8.33%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Innovation Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Support
4 1 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) .NET
1 3 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (25.00%) ASP.NET Core
1 3 (25.00%) Blazor
1 3 (25.00%) jQuery
1 3 (25.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (50.00%) ETL
4 4 (33.33%) Agile
4 4 (33.33%) DevOps
5 3 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (25.00%) Front End Development
5 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Tech Ops
5 3 (25.00%) Time Management
6 2 (16.67%) Analytics
6 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 2 (16.67%) Design Patterns
6 2 (16.67%) Service Management
6 2 (16.67%) Software Architecture
7 1 (8.33%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) SQL
2 9 (75.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (25.00%) C#
3 3 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (25.00%) PL/SQL
4 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
5 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft