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 8 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 46 56
Rank change year-on-year -6 +10 -27
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 54 142 261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 4.06% 5.21% 5.37%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 26.21% 25.36% 21.10%
Number of salaries quoted 44 126 187
10th Percentile £30,813 £31,579 £33,350
25th Percentile £40,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +18.42% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,500 £65,938 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,875 £75,000 £66,600
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £51,498 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.62% -1.91% +16.67%

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 206 560 1,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 15.49% 20.57% 25.47%
Number of salaries quoted 151 402 545
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,556 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,250 £86,250 £85,600
Yorkshire median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% +15.79%

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 8 February 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 8 February 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 0 35 £45,000 -18.18% 16
Huddersfield +4 10 £44,000 -16.19% 1
Bradford +14 3 £35,000 -39.13% 4
Wakefield +4 3 £53,000 -7.83%
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 3 (5.56%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.85%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 41 (75.93%) Azure
2 11 (20.37%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 9 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 7 (12.96%) AWS
4 7 (12.96%) Azure Functions
4 7 (12.96%) Serverless
5 6 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (11.11%) GitHub
6 5 (9.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (5.56%) Azure AKS
8 3 (5.56%) Azure App Service
8 3 (5.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (3.70%) Entra ID
9 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (3.70%) Mimecast
9 2 (3.70%) PaaS
10 1 (1.85%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.81%) Firewall
2 4 (7.41%) DNS
2 4 (7.41%) VPN
3 3 (5.56%) LAN
3 3 (5.56%) SAN
3 3 (5.56%) WAN
4 2 (3.70%) DHCP
4 2 (3.70%) IP Telephony
4 2 (3.70%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.70%) Wireless
5 1 (1.85%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.85%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 8 (14.81%) Power BI
3 7 (12.96%) Metadata
3 7 (12.96%) Metadata Repository
4 5 (9.26%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (9.26%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (9.26%) MySQL
4 5 (9.26%) Relational Database
5 4 (7.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (5.56%) NoSQL
6 3 (5.56%) Oracle Database
7 2 (3.70%) Data Lake
7 2 (3.70%) SQLite
8 1 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (1.85%) Big Data
8 1 (1.85%) MongoDB
8 1 (1.85%) MS Access
8 1 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 6 (11.11%) Git
2 3 (5.56%) JIRA
3 2 (3.70%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (3.70%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (3.70%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 16 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.26%) Finance
4 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.56%) Local Government
6 2 (3.70%) Automotive
6 2 (3.70%) Electronics
6 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.85%) Legal
7 1 (1.85%) Marketing
7 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (24.07%) Developer
2 11 (20.37%) Senior
3 10 (18.52%) Data Engineer
4 8 (14.81%) Analyst
5 7 (12.96%) Senior Developer
5 7 (12.96%) Software Engineer
6 6 (11.11%) Azure Data Engineer
6 6 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (11.11%) Support Engineer
7 5 (9.26%) .NET Software Engineer
7 5 (9.26%) IT Engineer
8 4 (7.41%) Applications Engineer
8 4 (7.41%) Applications Support
8 4 (7.41%) SQL Developer
9 3 (5.56%) Applications Support Analyst
9 3 (5.56%) Applications Support Engineer
9 3 (5.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 3 (5.56%) Infrastructure Operations Analyst
9 3 (5.56%) Operations Analyst
9 3 (5.56%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (33.33%) .NET
2 8 (14.81%) WPF
3 6 (11.11%) Blazor
4 4 (7.41%) .NET Framework
4 4 (7.41%) AngularJS
4 4 (7.41%) Laravel
4 4 (7.41%) React
4 4 (7.41%) React Native
4 4 (7.41%) Vue
5 3 (5.56%) .NET Core
5 3 (5.56%) HTML
5 3 (5.56%) Middleware
5 3 (5.56%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (3.70%) ARM Templates
6 2 (3.70%) JSON
6 2 (3.70%) LINQ
6 2 (3.70%) Next.js
6 2 (3.70%) Node.js
6 2 (3.70%) Web Services
6 2 (3.70%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.56%) Distributed Architecture
1 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.70%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.70%) HP Storage
2 2 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (3.70%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.85%) Hackathon
3 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (22.22%) Windows
2 10 (18.52%) Windows Server
3 6 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (5.56%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (3.70%) Linux
5 2 (3.70%) Unix
5 2 (3.70%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (42.59%) Agile
2 19 (35.19%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (25.93%) Analytics
4 12 (22.22%) Data Modelling
5 11 (20.37%) Computer Science
5 11 (20.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (18.52%) DevOps
7 9 (16.67%) Customer Service
7 9 (16.67%) Line Management
8 8 (14.81%) Software Engineering
9 7 (12.96%) Business Analytics
9 7 (12.96%) CI/CD
9 7 (12.96%) CRM
9 7 (12.96%) Data Engineering
9 7 (12.96%) Decision-Making
9 7 (12.96%) Statistics
10 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (9.26%) ETL
12 4 (7.41%) Data Management
12 4 (7.41%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (48.15%) SQL
2 17 (31.48%) C#
3 10 (18.52%) Python
4 7 (12.96%) JavaScript
4 7 (12.96%) T-SQL
5 4 (7.41%) PHP
5 4 (7.41%) PowerShell
5 4 (7.41%) Scala
6 3 (5.56%) Bicep
6 3 (5.56%) PL/SQL
6 3 (5.56%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (25.93%) Degree
2 3 (5.56%) DBS Check
3 2 (3.70%) Azure Certification
3 2 (3.70%) HND
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 6 (11.11%) SLA
3 3 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 8 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.56%) Docker
2 3 (5.56%) Hyper-V
2 3 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.56%) vSphere
3 2 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (11.11%) Terraform
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 3 (5.56%) SCOM
4 2 (3.70%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.85%) Ansible
5 1 (1.85%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 27 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.41%) Databricks
2 4 (7.41%) Oracle
3 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.56%) SolarWinds
3 3 (5.56%) Veeam
3 3 (5.56%) VMware
4 2 (3.70%) Avaya
4 2 (3.70%) Dell
4 2 (3.70%) EMC
4 2 (3.70%) HP
4 2 (3.70%) Intapp
4 2 (3.70%) SonicWALL
5 1 (1.85%) Commvault
5 1 (1.85%) Veritas