Azure SQL Database Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH 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 20 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 305 411
Rank change year-on-year +26 +106 -31
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 207 231 326
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.07% 0.92% 0.69%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.02% 3.73% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 141 210 286
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £48,125 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £92,188
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -14.29% +12.00%

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 5,143 6,186 11,572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.70% 24.67% 24.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,452 4,701 8,286
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,308 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.51% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £92,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £63,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.00% +4.17%

Azure SQL Database
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure SQL Database trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 20 January 2025.

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 13 (6.28%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.86%) nginx
3 7 (3.38%) IIS
4 5 (2.42%) Confluence
5 2 (0.97%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.48%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (3.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 207 (100.00%) Azure
2 102 (49.28%) Azure DevOps
3 85 (41.06%) GitHub
4 51 (24.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 49 (23.67%) Power Platform
6 44 (21.26%) Azure Data Factory
7 37 (17.87%) SaaS
8 31 (14.98%) Serverless
9 28 (13.53%) Azure Functions
9 28 (13.53%) GitHub Actions
10 25 (12.08%) Entra ID
11 24 (11.59%) Azure AKS
11 24 (11.59%) PaaS
12 22 (10.63%) Azure Service Bus
13 21 (10.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 19 (9.18%) PowerApps
15 18 (8.70%) Azure API Management
16 16 (7.73%) Azure Monitor
17 14 (6.76%) Azure Logic Apps
18 12 (5.80%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.31%) Network Security
2 4 (1.93%) VPN
3 3 (1.45%) Firewall
4 1 (0.48%) DNS
4 1 (0.48%) LAN
4 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 40 (19.32%) Power BI
3 31 (14.98%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (14.49%) Data Lake
5 21 (10.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 16 (7.73%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (6.76%) MongoDB
7 14 (6.76%) Relational Database
8 10 (4.83%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 8 (3.86%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 7 (3.38%) MariaDB
10 7 (3.38%) MySQL
10 7 (3.38%) NoSQL
10 7 (3.38%) Redis
10 7 (3.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (2.42%) Tableau
12 3 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.97%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.97%) GIS
13 2 (0.97%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 39 (18.84%) JIRA
2 38 (18.36%) Git
3 28 (13.53%) Bitbucket
4 23 (11.11%) Octopus Deploy
5 20 (9.66%) Visual Studio
6 8 (3.86%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (1.93%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (1.45%) Postman
9 2 (0.97%) Selenium
9 2 (0.97%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.48%) ERwin
10 1 (0.48%) kappa
General
1 59 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 36 (17.39%) Finance
3 25 (12.08%) Automotive
4 17 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.86%) Law
6 7 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.38%) Marketing
7 6 (2.90%) Advertising
7 6 (2.90%) Banking
8 5 (2.42%) Brand Awareness
9 4 (1.93%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.45%) Back Office
10 3 (1.45%) Retail
11 2 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.48%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.48%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 89 (43.00%) Developer
2 59 (28.50%) Senior
3 35 (16.91%) .NET Developer
3 35 (16.91%) Senior Developer
4 30 (14.49%) Azure Engineer
5 25 (12.08%) Software Engineer
6 22 (10.63%) Data Engineer
7 21 (10.14%) Full-Stack Developer
7 21 (10.14%) Senior .NET Developer
8 16 (7.73%) Architect
8 16 (7.73%) Platform Engineer
9 15 (7.25%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 15 (7.25%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 15 (7.25%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 15 (7.25%) DevOps Engineer
9 15 (7.25%) PowerShell Engineer
10 9 (4.35%) Analyst
10 9 (4.35%) Azure Architect
10 9 (4.35%) Senior Data Engineer
11 8 (3.86%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (57.49%) .NET
2 69 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 60 (28.99%) .NET Framework
4 59 (28.50%) HTML
5 52 (25.12%) CSS
6 51 (24.64%) HTML5
7 49 (23.67%) Entity Framework
8 43 (20.77%) ASP.NET Core
9 42 (20.29%) CSS3
10 28 (13.53%) Sass
11 25 (12.08%) LESS
12 24 (11.59%) .NET Core
13 17 (8.21%) Middleware
14 16 (7.73%) REST
15 14 (6.76%) React
16 13 (6.28%) ARM Templates
16 13 (6.28%) ASP.NET MVC
16 13 (6.28%) jQuery
17 11 (5.31%) Blazor
18 10 (4.83%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.08%) Product Ownership
2 15 (7.25%) Mobile App
3 8 (3.86%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.86%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.38%) Private Cloud
5 6 (2.90%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.42%) Legacy Code
7 4 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.93%) Home Automation
7 4 (1.93%) IoT
7 4 (1.93%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.93%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.45%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.45%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.97%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.48%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.48%) Digital TV
10 1 (0.48%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.25%) Android
1 15 (7.25%) Apple iOS
1 15 (7.25%) Linux
2 11 (5.31%) Windows
3 2 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.97%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (62.32%) DevOps
2 106 (51.21%) Agile
3 73 (35.27%) CI/CD
4 66 (31.88%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (29.47%) MVC
6 41 (19.81%) Software Engineering
7 40 (19.32%) Scrum
8 36 (17.39%) Data Engineering
9 35 (16.91%) Project Management
9 35 (16.91%) SDLC
10 34 (16.43%) Analytics
10 34 (16.43%) Mentoring
11 32 (15.46%) Full-Stack Development
12 31 (14.98%) Business Intelligence
13 28 (13.53%) ETL
14 27 (13.04%) Microservices
14 27 (13.04%) PRINCE2
15 24 (11.59%) Requirements Gathering
16 23 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
17 22 (10.63%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 186 (89.86%) SQL
2 118 (57.00%) C#
3 61 (29.47%) Python
4 56 (27.05%) PowerShell
5 53 (25.60%) JavaScript
6 36 (17.39%) T-SQL
7 32 (15.46%) Java
8 29 (14.01%) PHP
9 27 (13.04%) Objective-C
10 25 (12.08%) C
10 25 (12.08%) C++
11 20 (9.66%) Bash
12 17 (8.21%) Bicep
13 15 (7.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (5.80%) TypeScript
15 4 (1.93%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.97%) R
16 2 (0.97%) XAML
Qualifications
1 51 (24.64%) Degree
2 30 (14.49%) Azure Certification
3 24 (11.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.93%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.97%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.97%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.48%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.48%) OCA
7 1 (0.48%) OCP
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.48%) Server+ Certification
7 1 (0.48%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.18%) Data Quality
2 15 (7.25%) QA
3 2 (0.97%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.48%) GDPR
4 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (15.46%) Docker
2 22 (10.63%) Active Directory
3 19 (9.18%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.45%) vSphere
5 2 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 35 (16.91%) Terraform
2 31 (14.98%) Kubernetes
3 16 (7.73%) Ansible
4 8 (3.86%) Grafana
4 8 (3.86%) Prometheus
5 7 (3.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 125 (60.39%) Microsoft
2 55 (26.57%) Databricks
3 40 (19.32%) Xamarin
4 15 (7.25%) Google
5 4 (1.93%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.93%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.45%) Oracle
7 2 (0.97%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.97%) Cisco
7 2 (0.97%) ESRI
7 2 (0.97%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.97%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.97%) SAP
7 2 (0.97%) VMware
8 1 (0.48%) BT
8 1 (0.48%) Facebook
8 1 (0.48%) Lets Encrypt
8 1 (0.48%) PagerDuty
8 1 (0.48%) YouTube