Azure SQL Database Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Azure SQL Database over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 331 520
Rank change year-on-year +34 +189 -206
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 268 273 442
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.96% 0.83% 0.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.56% 3.50% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 226 242 298
10th Percentile £42,749 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,000 £91,475
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +12.50%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

Azure SQL Database 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,877 7,799 23,130
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.04% 23.76% 29.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,479 6,085 11,274
10th Percentile £38,084 £40,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Azure SQL Database
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure SQL Database trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure SQL Database.

Azure SQL Database salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Azure SQL Database salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.36%) Confluence
3 8 (2.99%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.49%) IIS
4 4 (1.49%) nginx
5 3 (1.12%) CMS
6 1 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.37%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 268 (100.00%) Azure
2 98 (36.57%) Power Platform
3 67 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (19.40%) Azure Data Factory
5 38 (14.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 32 (11.94%) PaaS
7 31 (11.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 25 (9.33%) Azure AKS
9 24 (8.96%) Entra ID
10 23 (8.58%) Azure Service Bus
11 22 (8.21%) GitHub
11 22 (8.21%) Microsoft 365
12 21 (7.84%) Azure Logic Apps
13 16 (5.97%) Azure Functions
13 16 (5.97%) Serverless
14 15 (5.60%) AWS
14 15 (5.60%) PowerApps
15 14 (5.22%) Power Automate
16 13 (4.85%) SaaS
17 12 (4.48%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 42 (15.67%) Broadband
2 13 (4.85%) Network Security
3 12 (4.48%) Internet
4 7 (2.61%) LAN
4 7 (2.61%) WAN
5 6 (2.24%) DNS
5 6 (2.24%) Firewall
6 4 (1.49%) DHCP
6 4 (1.49%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.49%) SSL
6 4 (1.49%) VPN
6 4 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.37%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (51.87%) SQL Server
2 89 (33.21%) Power BI
3 46 (17.16%) Data Lake
3 46 (17.16%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (4.10%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 9 (3.36%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.61%) Delta Lake
6 7 (2.61%) MySQL
6 7 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (2.61%) Redis
7 6 (2.24%) Data Mining
7 6 (2.24%) Metadata
7 6 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.49%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.49%) Tableau
9 3 (1.12%) DBAmp
9 3 (1.12%) Ingres
9 3 (1.12%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 21 (7.84%) Git
2 16 (5.97%) Octopus Deploy
3 12 (4.48%) JIRA
4 9 (3.36%) MLflow
5 6 (2.24%) GitLab
5 6 (2.24%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.37%) NUnit
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 77 (28.73%) Social Skills
2 44 (16.42%) Finance
3 20 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (4.48%) Retail
5 10 (3.73%) Advertising
5 10 (3.73%) Music Industry
6 7 (2.61%) Marketing
7 6 (2.24%) Games
8 5 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.12%) Law
9 3 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.75%) Automotive
10 2 (0.75%) Banking
10 2 (0.75%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.37%) Back Office
11 1 (0.37%) Billing
11 1 (0.37%) Legal
11 1 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 93 (34.70%) Developer
2 62 (23.13%) Senior
3 53 (19.78%) Azure Engineer
4 49 (18.28%) .NET Developer
5 46 (17.16%) DBA
5 46 (17.16%) SQL DBA
6 42 (15.67%) Data Engineer
7 31 (11.57%) Senior Data Engineer
8 29 (10.82%) Azure Data Engineer
9 25 (9.33%) Senior Developer
10 19 (7.09%) Platform Engineer
11 18 (6.72%) C# Developer
12 17 (6.34%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 17 (6.34%) DevOps Engineer
13 16 (5.97%) Software Developer
14 15 (5.60%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 15 (5.60%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 14 (5.22%) Architect
15 14 (5.22%) Senior Software Developer
16 13 (4.85%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (35.82%) .NET
2 59 (22.01%) .NET Core
3 54 (20.15%) Entity Framework
4 53 (19.78%) HTML
5 52 (19.40%) CSS
6 51 (19.03%) Blazor
7 46 (17.16%) ASP.NET
8 43 (16.04%) ASP.NET MVC
9 41 (15.30%) CSS3
9 41 (15.30%) HTML5
10 24 (8.96%) PySpark
11 20 (7.46%) .NET Framework
11 20 (7.46%) React
12 17 (6.34%) JSON
13 9 (3.36%) REST
14 8 (2.99%) ARM Templates
15 5 (1.87%) HTML5 Canvas
15 5 (1.87%) SOAP
16 4 (1.49%) Middleware
16 4 (1.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.60%) Enterprise Software
1 15 (5.60%) Greenfield Project
2 9 (3.36%) Data Structures
3 7 (2.61%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.61%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.24%) Digital TV
5 5 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.49%) Life Science
6 4 (1.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (1.12%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.12%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.12%) Wiki
8 2 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.75%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.75%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.37%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.37%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.37%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (16.79%) VMS
2 19 (7.09%) Windows
3 6 (2.24%) Linux
4 3 (1.12%) Unix
5 2 (0.75%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.37%) Android
6 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (33.21%) Business Intelligence
2 88 (32.84%) DevOps
3 81 (30.22%) Agile
4 56 (20.90%) Analytics
5 51 (19.03%) Full Stack Development
6 49 (18.28%) TDD
7 47 (17.54%) CI/CD
8 46 (17.16%) High Availability
9 45 (16.79%) Disaster Recovery
9 45 (16.79%) Performance Tuning
10 44 (16.42%) Collaborative Working
11 43 (16.04%) MVC
12 41 (15.30%) BDD
13 37 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
14 29 (10.82%) Data Governance
14 29 (10.82%) Platform Engineering
15 28 (10.45%) Data Engineering
15 28 (10.45%) ETL
16 26 (9.70%) Machine Learning
16 26 (9.70%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 265 (98.88%) SQL
2 90 (33.58%) C#
3 59 (22.01%) T-SQL
4 49 (18.28%) Python
5 48 (17.91%) JavaScript
5 48 (17.91%) PowerShell
6 18 (6.72%) Bash
7 12 (4.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (4.10%) U-SQL
9 6 (2.24%) Go
9 6 (2.24%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.87%) C
11 4 (1.49%) Bicep
11 4 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (1.49%) VB.NET
12 3 (1.12%) Java
13 2 (0.75%) R
14 1 (0.37%) Bourne shell
14 1 (0.37%) PHP
14 1 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 59 (22.01%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (5.22%) Azure Certification
2 14 (5.22%) Degree
3 10 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (3.36%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.24%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.87%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.12%) HND
8 2 (0.75%) CISM
8 2 (0.75%) CISSP
8 2 (0.75%) GIAC
8 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.75%) SANS
9 1 (0.37%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.37%) OCA
9 1 (0.37%) OCP
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.37%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.97%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.87%) SLA
4 3 (1.12%) GDPR
4 3 (1.12%) QA
5 2 (0.75%) COBIT
5 2 (0.75%) NIST
5 2 (0.75%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 53 (19.78%) Virtual Machines
2 30 (11.19%) Docker
3 25 (9.33%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.12%) vSphere
5 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 31 (11.57%) Terraform
2 23 (8.58%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.85%) Ansible
4 4 (1.49%) Grafana
4 4 (1.49%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.75%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 163 (60.82%) Microsoft
2 58 (21.64%) Databricks
3 7 (2.61%) Oracle
4 6 (2.24%) Informatica
4 6 (2.24%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.49%) BT
6 3 (1.12%) Pardot
6 3 (1.12%) VMware
7 1 (0.37%) BMC
7 1 (0.37%) Facebook
7 1 (0.37%) Remedy