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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 42 56
Rank change year-on-year -46 +14 -9
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1,732 5,052 5,261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.17% 4.95% 5.37%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.19% 27.63% 24.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,221 4,428 4,153
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,905 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,198
Median % change year-on-year - -0.36% +0.36%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £72,647
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,498 £51,500
% change year-on-year -2.91% 0.00% +8.42%

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 7,470 18,284 21,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.66% 17.90% 21.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,697 12,509 13,179
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,532 £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 £77,400 £82,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £97,500 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

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 28 May 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 28 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 -57 1,555 £55,000 - 3,984
UK excluding London -44 1,263 £50,000 -2.91% 3,843
Work from Home -44 867 £57,500 +4.55% 2,296
North of England -52 437 £50,000 - 865
London -53 394 £71,000 +9.23% 606
North West -66 277 £50,000 - 445
Midlands -40 267 £50,000 - 729
South East -72 258 £50,500 -8.18% 1,076
West Midlands -45 143 £57,500 +9.52% 401
Yorkshire -21 127 £52,500 +5.00% 312
East Midlands -25 123 £49,000 +3.16% 282
East of England -57 118 £44,000 -7.37% 550
Scotland +44 100 £48,500 -7.62% 193
South West -53 72 £50,800 -3.24% 424
North East -7 37 £51,875 +9.21% 112
Northern Ireland +20 6 £53,750 +7.50% 46
Wales -20 6 £55,000 +12.82% 92
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 - 1

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
1 201 (11.61%) Confluence
2 103 (5.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 102 (5.89%) IIS
4 88 (5.08%) SharePoint
5 25 (1.44%) CMS
6 24 (1.39%) Umbraco
7 15 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
7 15 (0.87%) Tomcat
8 14 (0.81%) Apache
9 13 (0.75%) Apache Spark
10 6 (0.35%) Moodle
10 6 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.17%) NServiceBus
12 3 (0.17%) SAS
13 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
13 2 (0.12%) Skype for Business
13 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 67 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.58%) Trello
4 5 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.17%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.17%) EPLAN
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.058%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.058%) Moqups
8 1 (0.058%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.058%) Sketch
8 1 (0.058%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 66 (3.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.52%) Fidessa
3 6 (0.35%) Infor M3
3 6 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.29%) Elite 3E
4 5 (0.29%) Endur
4 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite
5 4 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 3 (0.17%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.12%) Eikon
7 2 (0.12%) Odoo
7 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.12%) RMDS
7 2 (0.12%) Sage 1000
8 1 (0.058%) iTrent
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.058%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 996 (57.51%) Azure
2 456 (26.33%) AWS
3 326 (18.82%) Power Platform
4 194 (11.20%) GCP
5 171 (9.87%) Microsoft 365
6 141 (8.14%) Azure DevOps
7 113 (6.52%) SaaS
8 96 (5.54%) Dynamics 365
9 78 (4.50%) Azure Data Factory
9 78 (4.50%) Power Automate
10 77 (4.45%) GitHub
11 75 (4.33%) PowerApps
12 58 (3.35%) Azure Logic Apps
13 54 (3.12%) Entra ID
14 50 (2.89%) Serverless
15 28 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
15 28 (1.62%) IaaS
16 26 (1.50%) Azure Functions
17 22 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
18 20 (1.15%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 108 (6.24%) Firewall
2 73 (4.21%) DNS
3 56 (3.23%) DHCP
4 47 (2.71%) SAN
5 43 (2.48%) VPN
6 42 (2.42%) LAN
6 42 (2.42%) WAN
7 36 (2.08%) TCP/IP
8 27 (1.56%) Network Security
9 23 (1.33%) VoIP
10 20 (1.15%) HTTP
11 19 (1.10%) FTP
12 18 (1.04%) Intranet
13 17 (0.98%) NAS
14 11 (0.64%) SSL
14 11 (0.64%) VLAN
15 9 (0.52%) DMARC
15 9 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
15 9 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (0.46%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 240 (13.86%) Power BI
2 178 (10.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 154 (8.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 124 (7.16%) MySQL
5 123 (7.10%) Data Warehouse
6 115 (6.64%) PostgreSQL
7 105 (6.06%) Relational Database
8 74 (4.27%) MongoDB
9 68 (3.93%) Azure SQL Database
10 64 (3.70%) NoSQL
11 49 (2.83%) Data Lake
12 42 (2.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 31 (1.79%) DB2
13 31 (1.79%) Tableau
14 26 (1.50%) Data Hub
15 25 (1.44%) Metadata
16 22 (1.27%) RDBMS
17 21 (1.21%) SQL CLR
18 20 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
19 18 (1.04%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 338 (19.52%) JIRA
2 259 (14.95%) GitLab
3 256 (14.78%) Bitbucket
3 256 (14.78%) Selenium
4 253 (14.61%) SonarQube
5 249 (14.38%) Maven
5 249 (14.38%) Sonatype Nexus
6 247 (14.26%) Cucumber
7 161 (9.30%) Git
8 98 (5.66%) Visual Studio
9 39 (2.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 36 (2.08%) Jenkins
11 31 (1.79%) TeamCity
12 25 (1.44%) NUnit
13 21 (1.21%) Octopus Deploy
14 16 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
15 14 (0.81%) MagicDraw
16 11 (0.64%) Postman
16 11 (0.64%) PowerBuilder
17 8 (0.46%) Cypress.io
General
1 594 (34.30%) Finance
2 481 (27.77%) Social Skills
3 310 (17.90%) Banking
4 301 (17.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 182 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
6 169 (9.76%) Retail
7 105 (6.06%) Investment Banking
8 90 (5.20%) Corporate Banking
9 57 (3.29%) Law
9 57 (3.29%) Manufacturing
10 39 (2.25%) Back Office
11 37 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
12 35 (2.02%) Public Sector
13 30 (1.73%) Marketing
14 29 (1.67%) Advertising
14 29 (1.67%) Legal
15 25 (1.44%) Front Office
16 21 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
16 21 (1.21%) Local Government
17 13 (0.75%) Games
Job Titles
1 633 (36.55%) Developer
2 305 (17.61%) Software Engineer
3 236 (13.63%) Senior
4 161 (9.30%) Analyst
5 134 (7.74%) Senior Developer
6 132 (7.62%) .NET Developer
7 117 (6.76%) Software Developer
8 115 (6.64%) Lead
9 114 (6.58%) C# Developer
10 111 (6.41%) SQL Developer
11 94 (5.43%) Support Analyst
12 86 (4.97%) Full-Stack Developer
13 84 (4.85%) Applications Support
14 78 (4.50%) IT Support
15 64 (3.70%) Support Engineer
16 63 (3.64%) Data Engineer
17 60 (3.46%) Architect
18 53 (3.06%) Applications Support Analyst
18 53 (3.06%) IT Engineer
19 51 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 552 (31.87%) .NET
2 436 (25.17%) CSS
3 429 (24.77%) HTML
4 416 (24.02%) React
5 297 (17.15%) Kafka
6 268 (15.47%) Spring Boot
7 264 (15.24%) Spring
8 255 (14.72%) Redux
9 247 (14.26%) JPA
10 213 (12.30%) ASP.NET
11 196 (11.32%) REST
12 178 (10.28%) .NET Framework
13 175 (10.10%) .NET Core
14 164 (9.47%) Hibernate
15 162 (9.35%) RESTful
16 151 (8.72%) HTML5
17 110 (6.35%) CSS3
18 109 (6.29%) XML
19 108 (6.24%) AngularJS
20 107 (6.18%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 294 (16.97%) Product Ownership
2 270 (15.59%) Enterprise Software
3 89 (5.14%) Management Information System
4 62 (3.58%) Mobile App
5 61 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
6 36 (2.08%) Driving Licence
7 34 (1.96%) Client/Server
7 34 (1.96%) Cloud Native
8 33 (1.91%) Data Centre
8 33 (1.91%) Private Cloud
9 31 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
9 31 (1.79%) Replication
10 30 (1.73%) Onboarding
11 29 (1.67%) Clustering
12 28 (1.62%) Data Structures
13 27 (1.56%) NHS
14 16 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
14 16 (0.92%) Hedge funds
15 15 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
15 15 (0.87%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 287 (16.57%) Windows
2 150 (8.66%) Linux
3 145 (8.37%) Windows Server
4 51 (2.94%) Unix
5 33 (1.91%) Windows 10
6 30 (1.73%) Android
7 25 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.46%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.40%) Apple iOS
12 6 (0.35%) CentOS
13 5 (0.29%) Rocky
13 5 (0.29%) Solaris
13 5 (0.29%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.17%) AIX
15 2 (0.12%) Debian
15 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 680 (39.26%) Agile
2 538 (31.06%) DevOps
3 461 (26.62%) Problem-Solving
4 431 (24.88%) CI/CD
5 408 (23.56%) Software Engineering
6 375 (21.65%) Full-Stack Development
7 361 (20.84%) Microservices
8 343 (19.80%) SDLC
9 322 (18.59%) Containerisation
10 311 (17.96%) Test Automation
11 301 (17.38%) Performance Optimisation
12 273 (15.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 268 (15.47%) Front End Development
14 265 (15.30%) Migration
15 264 (15.24%) Business Intelligence
16 237 (13.68%) Clean Code
17 232 (13.39%) Mentoring
18 218 (12.59%) TDD
19 175 (10.10%) Computer Science
20 158 (9.12%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 1,085 (62.64%) SQL
2 573 (33.08%) C#
3 517 (29.85%) JavaScript
4 395 (22.81%) Java
5 213 (12.30%) T-SQL
6 188 (10.85%) TypeScript
7 160 (9.24%) Python
8 156 (9.01%) PowerShell
9 60 (3.46%) PHP
10 49 (2.83%) C++
11 45 (2.60%) VB.NET
12 41 (2.37%) PL/SQL
13 30 (1.73%) Bash
14 17 (0.98%) VBA
15 15 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 14 (0.81%) VB
17 12 (0.69%) R
18 9 (0.52%) Bicep
18 9 (0.52%) C
19 8 (0.46%) X++
Qualifications
1 306 (17.67%) Degree
2 99 (5.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 65 (3.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 57 (3.29%) DBS Check
5 56 (3.23%) Security Cleared
6 40 (2.31%) Azure Certification
7 32 (1.85%) SC Cleared
8 22 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
9 21 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (0.64%) MCSA
11 10 (0.58%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.58%) MCSE
12 9 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (0.46%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.40%) MCP
14 7 (0.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
16 4 (0.23%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.23%) CCNA
16 4 (0.23%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 286 (16.51%) QA
2 128 (7.39%) Accessibility
3 48 (2.77%) Data Quality
4 45 (2.60%) GDPR
5 23 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 22 (1.27%) SLA
7 20 (1.15%) WCAG
8 15 (0.87%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.35%) GxP
11 5 (0.29%) NCSC
12 3 (0.17%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.17%) NIST
12 3 (0.17%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.058%) GAAP
13 1 (0.058%) IFRS
13 1 (0.058%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.058%) PMO
13 1 (0.058%) Solvency II
System Software
1 353 (20.38%) Docker
2 136 (7.85%) Active Directory
3 107 (6.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (3.52%) Hyper-V
5 23 (1.33%) vSphere
6 21 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.35%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.29%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.12%) KVM
12 2 (0.12%) NFS
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.12%) SRDF
12 2 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.12%) Xen
12 2 (0.12%) XenApp
13 1 (0.058%) Apache Flume
13 1 (0.058%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 358 (20.67%) Kubernetes
2 77 (4.45%) Terraform
3 59 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 39 (2.25%) Ansible
5 36 (2.08%) SCCM
6 26 (1.50%) Failover Clustering
7 18 (1.04%) Grafana
8 17 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 10 (0.58%) Prometheus
10 9 (0.52%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.46%) SCOM
12 6 (0.35%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.35%) WSUS
13 5 (0.29%) ZABBIX
14 4 (0.23%) Puppet
15 3 (0.17%) Control-M
15 3 (0.17%) Docker Swarm
15 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Clustering
15 3 (0.17%) WMI
Vendors
1 746 (43.07%) Microsoft
2 247 (14.26%) Solace
3 197 (11.37%) Oracle
4 136 (7.85%) VMware
5 55 (3.18%) Databricks
6 50 (2.89%) Cisco
7 34 (1.96%) HP
8 27 (1.56%) Veeam
9 25 (1.44%) IBM
10 24 (1.39%) SAP
11 20 (1.15%) Zoho
12 19 (1.10%) Citrix
13 18 (1.04%) Dell
13 18 (1.04%) NetApp
13 18 (1.04%) ServiceNow
14 17 (0.98%) Google
15 14 (0.81%) Informatica
15 14 (0.81%) Red Hat
15 14 (0.81%) Salesforce
15 14 (0.81%) SolarWinds