SQL Server Jobs in Wales

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 73 53 73
Rank change year-on-year -20 +20 -32
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 6 76 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.53% 3.54% 3.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.00% 25.25% 18.71%
Number of salaries quoted 6 70 47
10th Percentile £33,978 £35,195 £33,350
25th Percentile £44,688 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +13.37% +1.18%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,313 £50,625
90th Percentile £81,875 £77,500 £60,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,198
% change year-on-year - -0.36% +0.36%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 60 301 342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 5.26% 14.02% 20.24%
Number of salaries quoted 57 164 182
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,309 £30,692
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £61,250 £68,506
90th Percentile £78,750 £70,875 £75,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Wales

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in Wales

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Wales over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Wales

SQL Server
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Wales region 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
South Wales -10 4 £55,000 +10.00% 89
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (33.33%) IIS
2 1 (16.67%) ArcGIS
2 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) GitHub
2 2 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) GIS
1 1 (16.67%) MS Access
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (16.67%) Artifactory
2 1 (16.67%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (16.67%) TeamCity
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Engineering Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Systems Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Cloud Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Software Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Support
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
2 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (16.67%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (16.67%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) CRM
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Focus Group
3 1 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (16.67%) Server Management
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
2 1 (16.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Ansible
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Pega
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) ESRI
3 1 (16.67%) Guidewire
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle
3 1 (16.67%) Salesforce