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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 626 673 616
Rank change year-on-year +47 -57 +263
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 23 62 107
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.092% 0.20%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.63% 1.04% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 21 41 91
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £32,375
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £39,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +27.36% +8.16%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year +7.50% +8.11% +6.94%

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 3,670 5,934 6,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.32% 8.77% 13.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,303 3,282 5,598
10th Percentile £32,125 £37,574 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £93,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,471 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.96% -4.35% +4.55%

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 6 November 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 6 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 +46 14 £60,000 -20.00% 10
UK excluding London +67 12 £53,750 +7.50% 16
England +41 11 £57,500 -14.81% 18
London +15 5 £62,500 -7.41% 11
Wales - 5 £57,500 - 1
Midlands +48 2 £46,000 +17.95% 1
Yorkshire +14 2 £49,000 +1.02% 2
North of England +13 2 £49,000 +1.02% 3
West Midlands +51 1 £42,000 +7.69% 1
South West +35 1 £77,500 -
South East +25 1 - - 8
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 (21.74%) IIS
2 4 (17.39%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (8.70%) Tomcat
4 1 (4.35%) Confluence
4 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (47.83%) Azure
2 6 (26.09%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (26.09%) Power Platform
3 4 (17.39%) AWS
3 4 (17.39%) GitHub
3 4 (17.39%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (8.70%) PowerApps
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (4.35%) Google Analytics
5 1 (4.35%) IaaS
5 1 (4.35%) PaaS
5 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (78.26%) SQL Server
2 6 (26.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (21.74%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (21.74%) Power BI
4 4 (17.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (4.35%) Star Schema
5 1 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Octopus Deploy
2 4 (17.39%) Git
2 4 (17.39%) TeamCity
3 2 (8.70%) Artifactory
4 1 (4.35%) JIRA
4 1 (4.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (26.09%) Manufacturing
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Spanish Language
3 3 (13.04%) Finance
4 2 (8.70%) Banking
4 2 (8.70%) Front Office
4 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Analyst
2 6 (26.09%) DevOps Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Applications Support
3 5 (21.74%) Applications Support Analyst
3 5 (21.74%) Software Analyst
3 5 (21.74%) Software Support Analyst
3 5 (21.74%) Support Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Developer
5 3 (13.04%) Business Developer
5 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (4.35%) C# Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Data Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Data Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Data Integration Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) DBA
6 1 (4.35%) Integration Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Migration Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) SQL DBA
6 1 (4.35%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) .NET
2 3 (13.04%) XML
3 1 (4.35%) .NET Core
3 1 (4.35%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.35%) Ajax
3 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (4.35%) CSS
3 1 (4.35%) CSS3
3 1 (4.35%) Flutter
3 1 (4.35%) HTML
3 1 (4.35%) HTML5
3 1 (4.35%) JSON
3 1 (4.35%) KnockoutJS
3 1 (4.35%) Laravel
3 1 (4.35%) LESS
3 1 (4.35%) LINQ
3 1 (4.35%) PySpark
3 1 (4.35%) REST
3 1 (4.35%) Symfony
3 1 (4.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (21.74%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (43.48%) Windows
2 5 (21.74%) Mac OS
2 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (26.09%) CI/CD
2 6 (26.09%) Customer Service
2 6 (26.09%) DevOps
3 5 (21.74%) Analytical Thinking
3 5 (21.74%) ETL
3 5 (21.74%) Innovative Thinking
3 5 (21.74%) Time Management
4 4 (17.39%) CRM
4 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
4 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) Service Delivery
5 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (13.04%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (13.04%) Software Delivery
5 3 (13.04%) Software Engineering
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.04%) Static Application Security Testing
6 2 (8.70%) Containerisation
6 2 (8.70%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (91.30%) SQL
2 8 (34.78%) PowerShell
3 5 (21.74%) Python
3 5 (21.74%) T-SQL
4 3 (13.04%) C#
5 2 (8.70%) PL/SQL
6 1 (4.35%) Dart
6 1 (4.35%) PHP
6 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Docker
2 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
4 1 (4.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) Kubernetes
2 4 (17.39%) Terraform
3 3 (13.04%) Ansible
4 1 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) N-able
3 3 (13.04%) Pega
3 3 (13.04%) VMware
4 2 (8.70%) Guidewire
4 2 (8.70%) Oracle
4 2 (8.70%) Salesforce
4 2 (8.70%) Trayport
5 1 (4.35%) Alteryx
5 1 (4.35%) Databricks
5 1 (4.35%) Google
5 1 (4.35%) Talend