SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Jobs

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 645 781 870
Rank change year-on-year +136 +89 +90
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 55 123 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.99% 1.28% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 42 105 108
10th Percentile £39,750 £36,950 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,938 £63,750 £61,719
90th Percentile £87,500 £68,000 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +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 5,532 9,586 14,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.51% 9.72% 14.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,787 6,750 9,126
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

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

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

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

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Top 12 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 4 May 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
England +131 52 £45,000 -18.18% 34
UK excluding London +181 42 £45,000 - 28
Work from Home +132 25 £45,500 -27.20% 23
Midlands +74 21 £45,000 -14.29% 6
West Midlands +69 21 £45,000 - 6
London +57 10 £75,000 +23.97% 10
East of England +52 9 £42,000 -4.55% 4
North of England +63 8 £40,000 +1.27% 4
North West +18 7 £40,000 +8.84% 1
South West +107 2 £46,000 +2.22% 5
South East +104 2 - - 5
Yorkshire +77 1 £29,500 -43.81% 2

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 16 (29.09%) SharePoint
2 7 (12.73%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.82%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.82%) PlanetPress Connect
2 1 (1.82%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 32 (58.18%) Azure
2 30 (54.55%) Power Platform
3 10 (18.18%) Azure Data Factory
3 10 (18.18%) Power Automate
3 10 (18.18%) PowerApps
4 9 (16.36%) IaaS
4 9 (16.36%) PaaS
5 8 (14.55%) AWS
6 7 (12.73%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (12.73%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (5.45%) GitHub
8 2 (3.64%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (3.64%) Figma
8 2 (3.64%) GitHub Copilot
8 2 (3.64%) SaaS
8 2 (3.64%) Slack
9 1 (1.82%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.82%) Google Analytics
9 1 (1.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.73%) FTP
2 3 (5.45%) DHCP
2 3 (5.45%) DNS
3 1 (1.82%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (70.91%) SQL Server
2 33 (60.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 29 (52.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 25 (45.45%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (45.45%) Power BI
5 11 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 9 (16.36%) Star Schema
7 5 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 4 (7.27%) Tableau
9 3 (5.45%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (5.45%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (3.64%) Relational Database
11 1 (1.82%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (14.55%) Visual Studio
2 3 (5.45%) JIRA
3 2 (3.64%) Bitbucket
3 2 (3.64%) Git
3 2 (3.64%) git-flow
3 2 (3.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 17 (30.91%) Finance
2 13 (23.64%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.73%) Local Government
4 2 (3.64%) Banking
4 2 (3.64%) Front Office
5 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Retail
5 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (34.55%) Developer
2 15 (27.27%) Analyst
3 14 (25.45%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 12 (21.82%) Senior
5 11 (20.00%) Power BI Developer
5 11 (20.00%) SQL Developer
6 10 (18.18%) Business Developer
6 10 (18.18%) SQL Analyst
7 9 (16.36%) ETL Developer
7 9 (16.36%) SQL BI Developer
8 8 (14.55%) Applications Support
9 7 (12.73%) Applications Engineer
9 7 (12.73%) Applications Support Engineer
9 7 (12.73%) Senior Applications Engineer
9 7 (12.73%) Senior Applications Support
9 7 (12.73%) Senior Support Engineer
9 7 (12.73%) Support Engineer
10 6 (10.91%) SSIS Developer
11 3 (5.45%) Consultant
11 3 (5.45%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (18.18%) Web Services
2 2 (3.64%) .NET
2 2 (3.64%) .NET Framework
2 2 (3.64%) Entity Framework
2 2 (3.64%) Preactjs
2 2 (3.64%) React
2 2 (3.64%) SignalR
3 1 (1.82%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.64%) NHS
2 2 (3.64%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.82%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.55%) Windows
1 8 (14.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (72.73%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (40.00%) Analytics
3 17 (30.91%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (27.27%) ETL
5 13 (23.64%) CRM
6 12 (21.82%) Decision-Making
7 9 (16.36%) Case Management
7 9 (16.36%) Critical Thinking
7 9 (16.36%) Customer Service
7 9 (16.36%) Data Mapping
7 9 (16.36%) Kimball Methodology
8 8 (14.55%) Data Pipeline
8 8 (14.55%) DevOps
8 8 (14.55%) ITIL
9 7 (12.73%) High Availability
9 7 (12.73%) Service Delivery
9 7 (12.73%) Visualisation
10 5 (9.09%) Data Analytics
10 5 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
10 5 (9.09%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 45 (81.82%) SQL
2 12 (21.82%) T-SQL
3 10 (18.18%) PowerShell
4 7 (12.73%) C#
5 5 (9.09%) C
5 5 (9.09%) X++
6 3 (5.45%) Python
7 2 (3.64%) PL/SQL
7 2 (3.64%) TypeScript
7 2 (3.64%) VB
8 1 (1.82%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.82%) VBA
8 1 (1.82%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (25.45%) Degree
2 1 (1.82%) DBS Check
2 1 (1.82%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (23.64%) Data Quality
2 4 (7.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.45%) SAP
3 2 (3.64%) Oracle
3 2 (3.64%) Trayport
4 1 (1.82%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.82%) Cisco
4 1 (1.82%) Cognos
4 1 (1.82%) Databricks
4 1 (1.82%) FNZ
4 1 (1.82%) Google
4 1 (1.82%) McAfee
4 1 (1.82%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (1.82%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.82%) Tripwire