SQL Server Jobs in Watford

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Watford 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 20 59
Rank change year-on-year -3 +39 -40
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 9 18 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 6.04% 6.34% 1.00%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.13% 30.00% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 9 18 4
10th Percentile £40,450 £42,500 £48,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £46,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -23.08% +44.44%
75th Percentile £45,000 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £45,750 - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -16.67% +11.11%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 32 60 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 21.48% 21.13% 29.50%
Number of salaries quoted 26 49 95
10th Percentile £41,625 £23,000 -
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £74,750 £91,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £62,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -16.67% +4.35%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Watford

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Watford

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in Watford

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 8 (88.89%) IIS
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) IaaS
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) PaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
1 1 (11.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) GIS
General
1 6 (66.67%) Advertising
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Applications Specialist
1 8 (88.89%) Applications Support
1 8 (88.89%) Applications Support Specialist
1 8 (88.89%) Support Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
1 8 (88.89%) Windows Server
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Project Delivery
2 6 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 6 (66.67%) Project Planning
3 2 (22.22%) IT Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) ITSM
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Service Management
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C
1 1 (11.11%) C#
1 1 (11.11%) C++
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) SonicWALL