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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 46 60
Rank change year-on-year 0 +14 -26
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 64 127 259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 4.71% 4.21% 5.16%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.32% 25.97% 22.02%
Number of salaries quoted 53 117 190
10th Percentile £36,600 £31,831 £36,097
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £67,113
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%

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 198 489 1,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 14.58% 16.22% 23.42%
Number of salaries quoted 173 342 519
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.34% +4.54%
75th Percentile £73,886 £66,088 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,000 £87,500 £84,056
Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year +15.00% -8.90% +9.76%

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 20 May 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 20 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
Leeds +19 48 £52,500 +8.23% 26
Bradford +5 7 £53,500 -6.96% 3
Huddersfield -1 3 £44,000 -34.81% 1
Wakefield +8 1 £53,000 -7.83% 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 4 (6.25%) Confluence
2 3 (4.69%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 49 (76.56%) Azure
2 13 (20.31%) Power Platform
3 10 (15.63%) AWS
4 8 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (10.94%) GitHub
6 6 (9.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 6 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (7.81%) Azure Functions
7 5 (7.81%) GCP
7 5 (7.81%) Serverless
8 4 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (6.25%) Azure Stack
8 4 (6.25%) Power Automate
9 3 (4.69%) IaaS
9 3 (4.69%) PaaS
9 3 (4.69%) SaaS
10 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (3.13%) Mimecast
11 1 (1.56%) Azure AKS
11 1 (1.56%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.38%) Firewall
2 5 (7.81%) TCP/IP
3 3 (4.69%) DNS
3 3 (4.69%) VPN
4 2 (3.13%) DHCP
4 2 (3.13%) IP Telephony
4 2 (3.13%) SAN
4 2 (3.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (20.31%) Power BI
2 12 (18.75%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (18.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (15.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 7 (10.94%) MySQL
6 6 (9.38%) NoSQL
7 5 (7.81%) MongoDB
7 5 (7.81%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (6.25%) Biml
8 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 4 (6.25%) Relational Database
9 2 (3.13%) Endeca
9 2 (3.13%) Oracle Database
9 2 (3.13%) SQLite
10 1 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (1.56%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 11 (17.19%) JIRA
2 10 (15.63%) Git
3 6 (9.38%) Visual Studio
4 2 (3.13%) GitLab
4 2 (3.13%) Jenkins
4 2 (3.13%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (3.13%) Selenium
4 2 (3.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (17.19%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.06%) Finance
3 4 (6.25%) Banking
4 3 (4.69%) Legal
4 3 (4.69%) Marketing
5 2 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.13%) Automotive
5 2 (3.13%) Electronics
5 2 (3.13%) Local Government
5 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (37.50%) Developer
2 16 (25.00%) Senior
3 14 (21.88%) SQL Developer
4 12 (18.75%) Software Engineer
5 9 (14.06%) .NET Software Engineer
6 8 (12.50%) Data Engineer
7 7 (10.94%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (10.94%) Senior Software Engineer
8 6 (9.38%) Applications Support
8 6 (9.38%) Database Developer
8 6 (9.38%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
8 6 (9.38%) SQL Database Developer
9 5 (7.81%) IT Engineer
9 5 (7.81%) Node.js Developer
9 5 (7.81%) Senior Developer
9 5 (7.81%) Support Engineer
10 4 (6.25%) Applications Engineer
10 4 (6.25%) Azure Data Engineer
11 3 (4.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 3 (4.69%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (28.13%) .NET
2 7 (10.94%) AngularJS
2 7 (10.94%) Node.js
2 7 (10.94%) React
3 6 (9.38%) .NET Framework
3 6 (9.38%) Vue
4 5 (7.81%) WPF
5 4 (6.25%) ARM Templates
5 4 (6.25%) Blazor
5 4 (6.25%) JSON
5 4 (6.25%) REST
6 3 (4.69%) .NET Core
7 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET
7 2 (3.13%) HTML
7 2 (3.13%) jQuery
7 2 (3.13%) LINQ
7 2 (3.13%) RESTful
7 2 (3.13%) SOAP
7 2 (3.13%) WinForms
7 2 (3.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.69%) Enterprise Cloud
1 3 (4.69%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (4.69%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (4.69%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.13%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.13%) HP Storage
2 2 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.56%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (1.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.50%) Windows
2 4 (6.25%) Linux
3 3 (4.69%) Unix
4 2 (3.13%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.13%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (32.81%) Agile
2 16 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (21.88%) CI/CD
4 13 (20.31%) Software Engineering
5 11 (17.19%) DevOps
6 9 (14.06%) ETL
7 8 (12.50%) Containerisation
8 7 (10.94%) Computer Science
8 7 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (10.94%) CRM
8 7 (10.94%) Mentoring
8 7 (10.94%) Performance Tuning
9 6 (9.38%) Analytics
9 6 (9.38%) Data Modelling
9 6 (9.38%) Data Pipeline
9 6 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (9.38%) Prototyping
9 6 (9.38%) Unit Testing
10 5 (7.81%) Migration
10 5 (7.81%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 43 (67.19%) SQL
2 22 (34.38%) T-SQL
3 17 (26.56%) C#
4 11 (17.19%) JavaScript
5 7 (10.94%) PowerShell
5 7 (10.94%) Python
6 4 (6.25%) Bicep
6 4 (6.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (6.25%) TypeScript
7 3 (4.69%) Bash
7 3 (4.69%) Java
8 2 (3.13%) PHP
8 2 (3.13%) VB.NET
9 1 (1.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (17.19%) Degree
2 9 (14.06%) DBS Check
3 8 (12.50%) Azure Certification
4 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (4.69%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.69%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.13%) AWS Certification
6 2 (3.13%) HND
6 2 (3.13%) MCITP
6 2 (3.13%) MCSE
7 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) QA
2 2 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.13%) SLA
3 1 (1.56%) GDPR
3 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (14.06%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.38%) Docker
3 4 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.69%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.69%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (4.69%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (4.69%) vSphere
5 1 (1.56%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 8 (12.50%) Terraform
2 6 (9.38%) Kubernetes
3 4 (6.25%) Ansible
3 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (4.69%) SCCM
4 3 (4.69%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.56%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 33 (51.56%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.94%) VMware
3 4 (6.25%) Databricks
3 4 (6.25%) Oracle
4 3 (4.69%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.69%) Veeam
5 2 (3.13%) Avaya
5 2 (3.13%) Dell
5 2 (3.13%) EMC
5 2 (3.13%) HP
5 2 (3.13%) Intapp
5 2 (3.13%) SAP
5 2 (3.13%) SonicWALL
6 1 (1.56%) Commvault
6 1 (1.56%) CyberSource
6 1 (1.56%) MuleSoft