SQL Server Jobs

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 40 53
Rank change year-on-year -44 +13 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1,641 5,137 5,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.18% 5.23% 5.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.89% 28.34% 25.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,351 4,510 4,465
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.79% +6.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +7.37%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

SQL Server falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,497 18,124 22,799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.53% 18.46% 21.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,236 12,600 14,080
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,725 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £76,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +5.77%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the UK

SQL Server
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server.

Salary trend for SQL Server in the UK

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the UK

SQL Server
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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 -46 1,499 £55,000 - 1,288
UK excluding London -42 1,131 £50,000 -4.76% 820
Work from Home -36 691 £57,500 +4.55% 704
London -54 442 £70,000 +7.69% 551
North of England -55 358 £50,000 - 254
South East -49 254 £50,000 -9.09% 206
Midlands -48 231 £50,000 - 150
North West -80 186 £50,000 - 123
Yorkshire -8 145 £52,500 - 115
West Midlands -55 128 £55,000 +4.76% 87
East of England -31 119 £47,500 - 58
East Midlands -20 102 £50,000 +5.26% 62
South West -47 83 £53,750 +2.38% 78
Scotland +28 68 £50,000 -4.76% 59
North East -6 31 £55,000 +15.79% 16
Wales -29 10 £42,500 -15.00% 5
Northern Ireland +14 6 £53,750 +7.50% 19
Isle of Man - 3 £38,000 -

SQL Server
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 95 (5.79%) IIS
2 90 (5.48%) SharePoint
3 85 (5.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 46 (2.80%) Confluence
5 30 (1.83%) CMS
6 28 (1.71%) Umbraco
7 27 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
8 21 (1.28%) Apache
8 21 (1.28%) Apache Spark
9 16 (0.98%) Tomcat
10 7 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.30%) NetWeaver
12 4 (0.24%) NServiceBus
13 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.12%) Moodle
13 2 (0.12%) SAS
13 2 (0.12%) Skype for Business
13 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
14 1 (0.061%) WebLogic
Applications
1 77 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.73%) Trello
4 8 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.37%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.12%) Moqups
7 2 (0.12%) Sketch
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.061%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.061%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 74 (4.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.85%) Fidessa
3 6 (0.37%) Infor M3
3 6 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.30%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 5 (0.30%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.24%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.24%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.18%) Endur
7 2 (0.12%) Eikon
7 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 2 (0.12%) Odoo
7 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.12%) RMDS
8 1 (0.061%) PlanetPress Connect
8 1 (0.061%) Relativity
8 1 (0.061%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 840 (51.19%) Azure
2 324 (19.74%) Power Platform
3 228 (13.89%) AWS
4 178 (10.85%) Azure DevOps
5 160 (9.75%) Microsoft 365
6 128 (7.80%) SaaS
7 109 (6.64%) Dynamics 365
8 92 (5.61%) GitHub
9 76 (4.63%) Azure Data Factory
10 74 (4.51%) PowerApps
11 69 (4.20%) Power Automate
12 52 (3.17%) Serverless
13 49 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
14 43 (2.62%) Entra ID
14 43 (2.62%) GCP
15 34 (2.07%) IaaS
16 31 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
17 27 (1.65%) Azure Functions
18 26 (1.58%) PaaS
19 24 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 110 (6.70%) Firewall
2 85 (5.18%) DNS
3 63 (3.84%) DHCP
4 48 (2.93%) VPN
5 44 (2.68%) SAN
5 44 (2.68%) TCP/IP
6 37 (2.25%) WAN
7 36 (2.19%) LAN
8 26 (1.58%) Network Security
9 22 (1.34%) Intranet
10 21 (1.28%) FTP
10 21 (1.28%) HTTP
11 17 (1.04%) VLAN
11 17 (1.04%) VoIP
12 11 (0.67%) FIX Connectivity
12 11 (0.67%) Wireless
13 10 (0.61%) NAS
13 10 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (0.55%) VSAN
14 9 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 224 (13.65%) Power BI
2 204 (12.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 190 (11.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 144 (8.78%) MySQL
5 135 (8.23%) Data Warehouse
6 122 (7.43%) PostgreSQL
7 100 (6.09%) Relational Database
8 87 (5.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 75 (4.57%) NoSQL
10 70 (4.27%) MongoDB
11 59 (3.60%) Data Lake
12 43 (2.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 41 (2.50%) DB2
14 36 (2.19%) Tableau
15 22 (1.34%) Metadata
16 20 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
17 18 (1.10%) Big Data
18 17 (1.04%) Data Hub
19 16 (0.98%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
19 16 (0.98%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 186 (11.33%) Git
2 115 (7.01%) Visual Studio
3 104 (6.34%) JIRA
4 40 (2.44%) Jenkins
5 39 (2.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 26 (1.58%) TeamCity
7 23 (1.40%) NUnit
8 20 (1.22%) Octopus Deploy
9 16 (0.98%) Oracle Forms
9 16 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
10 15 (0.91%) GitLab
11 14 (0.85%) MagicDraw
12 13 (0.79%) Bitbucket
13 11 (0.67%) Selenium
13 11 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
14 10 (0.61%) Postman
14 10 (0.61%) PowerBuilder
15 7 (0.43%) SonarQube
15 7 (0.43%) Subversion
16 6 (0.37%) JMeter
General
1 522 (31.81%) Social Skills
2 370 (22.55%) Finance
3 185 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (5.12%) Retail
5 77 (4.69%) Banking
6 61 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 61 (3.72%) Law
7 55 (3.35%) Manufacturing
8 38 (2.32%) Public Sector
9 31 (1.89%) Back Office
10 30 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
11 29 (1.77%) Legal
12 28 (1.71%) Marketing
13 25 (1.52%) Advertising
14 23 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
14 23 (1.40%) Local Government
15 18 (1.10%) Investment Banking
16 16 (0.98%) Front Office
17 15 (0.91%) Telecoms
18 10 (0.61%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 746 (45.46%) Developer
2 303 (18.46%) Senior
3 174 (10.60%) Analyst
4 171 (10.42%) Senior Developer
5 168 (10.24%) .NET Developer
6 143 (8.71%) Software Developer
7 133 (8.10%) C# Developer
8 124 (7.56%) Lead
9 108 (6.58%) Support Analyst
10 105 (6.40%) SQL Developer
11 104 (6.34%) Applications Support
12 96 (5.85%) Full-Stack Developer
13 79 (4.81%) Data Engineer
13 79 (4.81%) Software Engineer
14 76 (4.63%) Applications Support Analyst
15 64 (3.90%) Support Engineer
16 60 (3.66%) Architect
17 57 (3.47%) C# .NET Developer
18 51 (3.11%) DBA
18 51 (3.11%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 683 (41.62%) .NET
2 249 (15.17%) ASP.NET
3 245 (14.93%) CSS
4 240 (14.63%) HTML
5 228 (13.89%) .NET Framework
6 221 (13.47%) React
7 204 (12.43%) .NET Core
8 157 (9.57%) AngularJS
9 117 (7.13%) XML
10 111 (6.76%) REST
11 104 (6.34%) Entity Framework
12 94 (5.73%) jQuery
13 93 (5.67%) JSON
14 89 (5.42%) RESTful
15 87 (5.30%) Web Services
16 79 (4.81%) HTML5
17 73 (4.45%) ASP.NET MVC
18 69 (4.20%) ASP.NET Web API
19 68 (4.14%) SOAP
20 56 (3.41%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 96 (5.85%) Management Information System
2 67 (4.08%) Mobile App
3 51 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
4 46 (2.80%) Product Ownership
5 36 (2.19%) NHS
6 34 (2.07%) Cloud Native
7 33 (2.01%) Data Structures
8 32 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
9 31 (1.89%) Data Centre
10 30 (1.83%) Client/Server
11 29 (1.77%) Driving Licence
11 29 (1.77%) Legacy Applications
11 29 (1.77%) Private Cloud
11 29 (1.77%) Replication
12 28 (1.71%) Clustering
13 23 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
14 22 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
15 20 (1.22%) Onboarding
16 19 (1.16%) Robotics
17 17 (1.04%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 306 (18.65%) Windows
2 169 (10.30%) Linux
3 149 (9.08%) Windows Server
4 47 (2.86%) Unix
5 39 (2.38%) Windows 10
6 35 (2.13%) Android
7 29 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
10 14 (0.85%) Apple iOS
11 12 (0.73%) CentOS
11 12 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 11 (0.67%) Ubuntu
13 9 (0.55%) Solaris
14 8 (0.49%) AIX
14 8 (0.49%) Mac OS
15 5 (0.30%) Rocky
16 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
17 3 (0.18%) Debian
18 2 (0.12%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 496 (30.23%) Agile
2 492 (29.98%) Problem-Solving
3 353 (21.51%) DevOps
4 246 (14.99%) Business Intelligence
5 208 (12.68%) CI/CD
6 198 (12.07%) Computer Science
7 192 (11.70%) MVC
8 190 (11.58%) Software Engineering
9 169 (10.30%) Migration
10 155 (9.45%) Full-Stack Development
11 153 (9.32%) Mentoring
12 144 (8.78%) ITIL
13 142 (8.65%) ETL
14 139 (8.47%) Analytics
15 131 (7.98%) CRM
16 122 (7.43%) Microservices
17 114 (6.95%) OO
17 114 (6.95%) SDLC
18 113 (6.89%) OOP
19 110 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 908 (55.33%) SQL
2 694 (42.29%) C#
3 331 (20.17%) JavaScript
4 241 (14.69%) T-SQL
5 181 (11.03%) Python
6 161 (9.81%) PowerShell
7 157 (9.57%) Java
8 118 (7.19%) TypeScript
9 80 (4.88%) PHP
10 59 (3.60%) C++
11 54 (3.29%) VB.NET
12 51 (3.11%) PL/SQL
13 27 (1.65%) Bash
14 25 (1.52%) C
15 18 (1.10%) VB
16 15 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 14 (0.85%) R
18 12 (0.73%) Scala
19 10 (0.61%) Shell Script
19 10 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 350 (21.33%) Degree
2 117 (7.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 61 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 56 (3.41%) DBS Check
5 55 (3.35%) Security Cleared
6 39 (2.38%) Azure Certification
7 29 (1.77%) SC Cleared
8 26 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
9 17 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (0.98%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.61%) MCSA
12 9 (0.55%) MCSE
12 9 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 7 (0.43%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.37%) MCP
15 6 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
16 4 (0.24%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.24%) Oracle Certification
16 4 (0.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (3.29%) Data Quality
2 52 (3.17%) QA
3 45 (2.74%) Accessibility
3 45 (2.74%) GDPR
4 33 (2.01%) SLA
5 24 (1.46%) WCAG
6 17 (1.04%) ISO 9001
7 15 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.43%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.37%) GxP
10 5 (0.30%) NCSC
11 3 (0.18%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.18%) ISO 13485
11 3 (0.18%) NIST
11 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.061%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.061%) ISO 15022
12 1 (0.061%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.061%) MiFID
System Software
1 123 (7.50%) Docker
2 116 (7.07%) Active Directory
3 86 (5.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 58 (3.53%) Hyper-V
5 24 (1.46%) vSphere
6 16 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.43%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.37%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.12%) Firmware
11 2 (0.12%) KVM
11 2 (0.12%) NFS
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.12%) SRDF
11 2 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.12%) Xen
12 1 (0.061%) pfSense
12 1 (0.061%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 134 (8.17%) Kubernetes
2 73 (4.45%) Terraform
3 51 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (2.19%) Ansible
5 35 (2.13%) SCCM
6 23 (1.40%) Failover Clustering
7 19 (1.16%) Grafana
8 10 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (0.61%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.61%) SCOM
8 10 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Clustering
9 9 (0.55%) vCenter Server
10 7 (0.43%) Puppet
11 5 (0.30%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.30%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 5 (0.30%) ZABBIX
12 4 (0.24%) Control-M
12 4 (0.24%) WMI
12 4 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 782 (47.65%) Microsoft
2 216 (13.16%) Oracle
3 109 (6.64%) VMware
4 57 (3.47%) Databricks
5 46 (2.80%) Cisco
6 36 (2.19%) HP
7 31 (1.89%) IBM
7 31 (1.89%) ServiceNow
8 25 (1.52%) SAP
9 24 (1.46%) Veeam
10 22 (1.34%) Red Hat
11 17 (1.04%) Bloomberg
11 17 (1.04%) Citrix
11 17 (1.04%) Dell
11 17 (1.04%) NetApp
11 17 (1.04%) Reuters
11 17 (1.04%) Zoho
12 16 (0.98%) Google
13 15 (0.91%) SolarWinds
14 13 (0.79%) Splunk