SQL Server Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring SQL Server skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 58 39
Rank change year-on-year -10 -19 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 37 76 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 2.47% 3.35% 5.95%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.98% 29.80% 28.03%
Number of salaries quoted 30 61 125
10th Percentile £47,500 £36,250 £36,450
25th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £49,493 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.23% -3.90% +3.00%
75th Percentile £64,375 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £83,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £50,750
% change year-on-year +21.05% -6.40% +1.50%

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 161 255 503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 10.74% 11.25% 21.21%
Number of salaries quoted 126 181 374
10th Percentile £41,250 £34,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £84,056
Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £49,274 £52,500
% change year-on-year +21.77% -6.14% -4.55%

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 September 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 17 September 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 +4 22 £60,000 +26.32% 12
Bradford +2 9 £57,500 - 2
Wakefield +6 1 £40,000 -30.43% 1
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 5 (13.51%) IIS
2 3 (8.11%) Confluence
3 2 (5.41%) HCL Notes
3 2 (5.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Oracle BPM
1 2 (5.41%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 27 (72.97%) Azure
2 5 (13.51%) SaaS
3 4 (10.81%) AWS
3 4 (10.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 4 (10.81%) Azure Stack
3 4 (10.81%) GCP
4 3 (8.11%) IaaS
4 3 (8.11%) PaaS
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (10.81%) MongoDB
2 4 (10.81%) MySQL
2 4 (10.81%) NoSQL
2 4 (10.81%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (8.11%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (8.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (5.41%) Endeca
4 2 (5.41%) RDBMS
4 2 (5.41%) Relational Database
4 2 (5.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) JIRA
2 2 (5.41%) GitLab
2 2 (5.41%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.41%) Selenium
2 2 (5.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (2.70%) Git
General
1 6 (16.22%) Legal
1 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Finance
2 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.11%) Financial Institution
4 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Back Office
4 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.41%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (62.16%) Developer
2 13 (35.14%) SQL Developer
3 9 (24.32%) Senior
4 6 (16.22%) Database Developer
4 6 (16.22%) SQL Database Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Architect
5 4 (10.81%) Node.js Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Developer
6 3 (8.11%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Cloud Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Senior Software Developer
6 3 (8.11%) Software Developer
6 3 (8.11%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.41%) .NET Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Applications Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Business Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Data Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (27.03%) .NET
2 6 (16.22%) AngularJS
2 6 (16.22%) React
3 5 (13.51%) Vue
4 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET
4 4 (10.81%) Node.js
4 4 (10.81%) XML
5 3 (8.11%) ARM Templates
5 3 (8.11%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (8.11%) WCF
6 2 (5.41%) JSON
6 2 (5.41%) LDAP
6 2 (5.41%) RESTful
6 2 (5.41%) SOAP
7 1 (2.70%) .NET Framework
7 1 (2.70%) CSS
7 1 (2.70%) Entity Framework
7 1 (2.70%) HTML
7 1 (2.70%) jQuery
7 1 (2.70%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (8.11%) Cloud Native
2 3 (8.11%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.41%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.70%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Linux
1 3 (8.11%) Unix
1 3 (8.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) DevOps
2 9 (24.32%) CI/CD
3 7 (18.92%) Containerisation
3 7 (18.92%) Visualisation
4 6 (16.22%) SDLC
5 5 (13.51%) Agile
5 5 (13.51%) Decision-Making
5 5 (13.51%) Performance Optimisation
5 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (10.81%) Database Optimisation
6 4 (10.81%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 4 (10.81%) Migration
6 4 (10.81%) MVC
6 4 (10.81%) Secure Coding
6 4 (10.81%) Technical Debt
7 3 (8.11%) API Development
7 3 (8.11%) ArchiMate
7 3 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (8.11%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (8.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 29 (78.38%) SQL
2 16 (43.24%) T-SQL
3 11 (29.73%) C#
4 7 (18.92%) Python
5 6 (16.22%) JavaScript
6 5 (13.51%) PowerShell
7 3 (8.11%) Bash
7 3 (8.11%) Bicep
7 3 (8.11%) TypeScript
8 2 (5.41%) C++
8 2 (5.41%) Java
8 2 (5.41%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) DBS Check
2 7 (18.92%) Degree
3 5 (13.51%) Azure Certification
4 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
5 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
6 2 (5.41%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.70%) MCITP
7 1 (2.70%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) QA
2 3 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.70%) GDPR
3 1 (2.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Docker
2 3 (8.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.11%) Ansible
2 3 (8.11%) SCCM
2 3 (8.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (70.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.22%) Oracle
3 3 (8.11%) VMware
4 2 (5.41%) Lotus
5 1 (2.70%) CyberSource
5 1 (2.70%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.70%) SAP