SQL Server Jobs in West Yorkshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 51 56
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 -20
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 47 118 208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 3.07% 3.70% 4.91%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.00% 25.21% 23.96%
Number of salaries quoted 38 105 182
10th Percentile £42,125 £31,579 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £64,375 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,225 £71,250 £66,863
Yorkshire median annual salary £54,250 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.21% -5.00% +6.38%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 188 468 868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 12.27% 14.69% 20.50%
Number of salaries quoted 156 320 483
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,000 £39,294
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,603 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £82,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +26.32% -9.52% +1.94%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in West Yorkshire

SQL Server
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in West Yorkshire

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in West Yorkshire

SQL Server
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
Leeds +9 35 £60,000 +24.99% 80
Bradford -1 6 £56,750 -12.69% 5
Wakefield +8 1 £40,000 -30.43% 6
SQL Server
Yorkshire

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 4 (8.51%) Confluence
2 3 (6.38%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 37 (78.72%) Azure
2 8 (17.02%) Power Platform
3 5 (10.64%) AWS
3 5 (10.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 5 (10.64%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (10.64%) GCP
4 4 (8.51%) Azure Logic Apps
4 4 (8.51%) Azure Stack
4 4 (8.51%) GitHub
4 4 (8.51%) Power Automate
5 3 (6.38%) IaaS
5 3 (6.38%) PaaS
5 3 (6.38%) SaaS
6 1 (2.13%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.13%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.13%) Rubrik
6 1 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.13%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (23.40%) Data Warehouse
1 11 (23.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 9 (19.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (17.02%) Power BI
3 8 (17.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (12.77%) MySQL
5 5 (10.64%) MongoDB
5 5 (10.64%) NoSQL
5 5 (10.64%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (8.51%) Biml
6 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (4.26%) Endeca
8 1 (2.13%) MS Access
8 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (19.15%) JIRA
2 5 (10.64%) Git
3 4 (8.51%) Visual Studio
4 2 (4.26%) GitLab
4 2 (4.26%) Jenkins
4 2 (4.26%) Selenium
4 2 (4.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 10 (21.28%) Finance
1 10 (21.28%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.64%) Legal
3 4 (8.51%) Banking
3 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.38%) Financial Institution
5 2 (4.26%) Marketing
6 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (48.94%) Developer
2 13 (27.66%) SQL Developer
3 11 (23.40%) Senior
4 6 (12.77%) Database Developer
4 6 (12.77%) SQL Database Developer
5 5 (10.64%) Data Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Node.js Developer
5 5 (10.64%) Senior Software Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Software Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) .NET Software Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Architect
6 4 (8.51%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Applications Support
7 3 (6.38%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Senior Developer
7 3 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (4.26%) Application Support Team Leader
8 2 (4.26%) Cloud Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (25.53%) .NET
2 6 (12.77%) AngularJS
2 6 (12.77%) React
3 5 (10.64%) Node.js
3 5 (10.64%) Vue
4 4 (8.51%) .NET Framework
4 4 (8.51%) REST
4 4 (8.51%) XML
5 3 (6.38%) ARM Templates
6 2 (4.26%) ASP.NET
6 2 (4.26%) jQuery
6 2 (4.26%) JSON
6 2 (4.26%) LDAP
6 2 (4.26%) RESTful
6 2 (4.26%) SOAP
7 1 (2.13%) .NET Core
7 1 (2.13%) CSS
7 1 (2.13%) JWT
7 1 (2.13%) OAuth
7 1 (2.13%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (6.38%) Cloud Native
2 3 (6.38%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.13%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.64%) Windows
2 4 (8.51%) Linux
3 3 (6.38%) Unix
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) CI/CD
2 11 (23.40%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (21.28%) Agile
3 10 (21.28%) DevOps
3 10 (21.28%) ETL
4 8 (17.02%) Containerisation
5 6 (12.77%) Performance Tuning
5 6 (12.77%) Software Engineering
6 5 (10.64%) Decision-Making
6 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (10.64%) Mentoring
7 4 (8.51%) Clean Code
7 4 (8.51%) Data Pipeline
7 4 (8.51%) Database Optimisation
7 4 (8.51%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (8.51%) Fintech
7 4 (8.51%) Performance Optimisation
7 4 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (8.51%) Prototyping
7 4 (8.51%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 36 (76.60%) SQL
2 21 (44.68%) T-SQL
3 13 (27.66%) C#
4 7 (14.89%) PowerShell
5 6 (12.77%) Python
6 5 (10.64%) JavaScript
7 4 (8.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (8.51%) TypeScript
8 3 (6.38%) Bash
8 3 (6.38%) Bicep
8 3 (6.38%) Java
9 1 (2.13%) C++
9 1 (2.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) DBS Check
2 7 (14.89%) Azure Certification
2 7 (14.89%) Degree
3 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.26%) AWS Certification
5 2 (4.26%) MCITP
5 2 (4.26%) MCSE
6 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (6.38%) QA
2 1 (2.13%) GDPR
2 1 (2.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (10.64%) Docker
2 4 (8.51%) Active Directory
3 3 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (4.26%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (4.26%) vSphere
5 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.13%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 5 (10.64%) Kubernetes
1 5 (10.64%) Terraform
2 3 (6.38%) Ansible
2 3 (6.38%) SCCM
3 2 (4.26%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.13%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 27 (57.45%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.77%) VMware
3 2 (4.26%) Oracle
3 2 (4.26%) SAP
4 1 (2.13%) Commvault
4 1 (2.13%) CyberSource
4 1 (2.13%) Databricks
4 1 (2.13%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.13%) Veeam