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 job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Azure SQL Database skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 398 459
Rank change year-on-year +139 +61 -193
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 417 286 448
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.24% 0.69% 0.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.42% 2.78% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 378 255 301
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,900 £41,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £84,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £100,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% +3.85% +8.33%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

Azure SQL Database is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,697 10,292 20,295
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.88% 24.75% 29.54%
Number of salaries quoted 6,179 7,051 11,059
10th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £49,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +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 7 May 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 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.44%) CMS
3 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.48%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 417 (100.00%) Azure
2 131 (31.41%) Power Platform
3 51 (12.23%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (11.51%) Azure Data Factory
5 28 (6.71%) Entra ID
6 26 (6.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 26 (6.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 26 (6.24%) PaaS
7 24 (5.76%) Serverless
8 22 (5.28%) PowerApps
9 20 (4.80%) Azure Service Bus
10 19 (4.56%) IaaS
11 18 (4.32%) AWS
11 18 (4.32%) Azure Functions
12 17 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
13 16 (3.84%) Azure AKS
13 16 (3.84%) Power Automate
13 16 (3.84%) SaaS
14 12 (2.88%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (2.16%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 74 (17.75%) Broadband
2 42 (10.07%) Internet
3 11 (2.64%) Network Security
4 10 (2.40%) DNS
5 8 (1.92%) Firewall
6 7 (1.68%) LAN
6 7 (1.68%) WAN
7 5 (1.20%) DHCP
7 5 (1.20%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.20%) SSL
7 5 (1.20%) VPN
7 5 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.48%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 293 (70.26%) SQL Server
2 118 (28.30%) Power BI
3 40 (9.59%) Data Lake
4 24 (5.76%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (3.36%) MySQL
6 13 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (3.12%) Redis
7 10 (2.40%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 10 (2.40%) MongoDB
8 9 (2.16%) MariaDB
9 6 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (1.20%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.20%) Oracle Database
10 5 (1.20%) Tableau
11 4 (0.96%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.72%) DBAmp
12 3 (0.72%) Ingres
13 2 (0.48%) Power Query
14 1 (0.24%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (2.64%) Git
2 7 (1.68%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.68%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (1.20%) MLflow
4 4 (0.96%) GitLab
4 4 (0.96%) Moq
4 4 (0.96%) NUnit
4 4 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.24%) JIRA
6 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 121 (29.02%) Social Skills
2 43 (10.31%) Advertising
3 36 (8.63%) Marketing
4 29 (6.95%) Finance
5 23 (5.52%) Games
6 13 (3.12%) Retail
7 10 (2.40%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (2.40%) Music Industry
8 6 (1.44%) Aviation
9 5 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (0.96%) Banking
10 4 (0.96%) Police
11 3 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.48%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.48%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.24%) Law
13 1 (0.24%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 218 (52.28%) Developer
2 163 (39.09%) .NET Developer
3 84 (20.14%) DBA
4 77 (18.47%) SQL DBA
5 56 (13.43%) C# Developer
6 49 (11.75%) C# .NET Developer
7 48 (11.51%) Senior
8 40 (9.59%) Azure Engineer
9 37 (8.87%) Internet Developer
10 31 (7.43%) Data Engineer
11 26 (6.24%) Senior Developer
12 21 (5.04%) Architect
12 21 (5.04%) Azure Data Engineer
12 21 (5.04%) Senior Data Engineer
13 20 (4.80%) Software Developer
14 19 (4.56%) Lead
15 15 (3.60%) Platform Engineer
15 15 (3.60%) Senior Software Developer
16 13 (3.12%) Azure Architect
16 13 (3.12%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (51.80%) .NET
2 182 (43.65%) .NET Core
3 175 (41.97%) CSS
4 174 (41.73%) HTML
5 169 (40.53%) ASP.NET
5 169 (40.53%) Blazor
5 169 (40.53%) Entity Framework
6 162 (38.85%) ASP.NET MVC
7 160 (38.37%) CSS3
7 160 (38.37%) HTML5
8 26 (6.24%) .NET Framework
9 17 (4.08%) React
10 16 (3.84%) REST
11 13 (3.12%) PySpark
12 12 (2.88%) JSON
13 10 (2.40%) AngularJS
14 9 (2.16%) SOAP
15 8 (1.92%) ARM Templates
15 8 (1.92%) Web Services
16 6 (1.44%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.79%) Greenfield Project
2 25 (6.00%) Digital TV
3 13 (3.12%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.16%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (1.68%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.44%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.96%) Cloud Native
8 4 (0.96%) Life Science
8 4 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (0.72%) BBC
9 3 (0.72%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.72%) NHS
9 3 (0.72%) Social Media
9 3 (0.72%) Wiki
10 2 (0.48%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.48%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 76 (18.23%) VMS
2 21 (5.04%) Windows
3 5 (1.20%) Linux
4 3 (0.72%) Unix
5 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (48.68%) Agile
2 167 (40.05%) TDD
3 166 (39.81%) Full Stack Development
3 166 (39.81%) MVC
4 160 (38.37%) BDD
5 125 (29.98%) Business Intelligence
6 79 (18.94%) Performance Tuning
7 78 (18.71%) DevOps
8 76 (18.23%) Collaborative Working
9 75 (17.99%) Disaster Recovery
10 74 (17.75%) High Availability
11 64 (15.35%) Analytics
12 34 (8.15%) Data Analytics
13 32 (7.67%) Problem-Solving
14 29 (6.95%) CI/CD
15 27 (6.47%) OO
15 27 (6.47%) Platform Engineering
16 23 (5.52%) Mentoring
17 21 (5.04%) Data Engineering
18 20 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 413 (99.04%) SQL
2 221 (53.00%) C#
3 180 (43.17%) JavaScript
4 90 (21.58%) T-SQL
5 38 (9.11%) Python
6 36 (8.63%) PowerShell
7 20 (4.80%) TypeScript
8 14 (3.36%) Bash
9 12 (2.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 11 (2.64%) Go
11 10 (2.40%) Java
11 10 (2.40%) R
12 9 (2.16%) U-SQL
13 7 (1.68%) Groovy
13 7 (1.68%) PHP
13 7 (1.68%) Ruby
14 5 (1.20%) C
15 3 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.72%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 91 (21.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (5.28%) Degree
3 16 (3.84%) Azure Certification
4 11 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.16%) Security Cleared
6 7 (1.68%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.44%) CISM
7 6 (1.44%) CISSP
7 6 (1.44%) GIAC
7 6 (1.44%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.44%) SANS
8 5 (1.20%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.72%) CIPD
9 3 (0.72%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.72%) HND
10 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.48%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (1.68%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.44%) COBIT
3 6 (1.44%) NIST
3 6 (1.44%) Web Application Security Consortium
4 5 (1.20%) SLA
5 2 (0.48%) PMO
6 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 82 (19.66%) Virtual Machines
2 25 (6.00%) Docker
3 22 (5.28%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (5.52%) Terraform
2 22 (5.28%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.64%) Ansible
4 7 (1.68%) Grafana
4 7 (1.68%) Progress Chef
4 7 (1.68%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.68%) Puppet
5 6 (1.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 310 (74.34%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.39%) Databricks
3 21 (5.04%) Facebook
4 10 (2.40%) New Relic
4 10 (2.40%) Oracle
5 9 (2.16%) Apple
6 7 (1.68%) SaltStack
7 6 (1.44%) Adobe
8 5 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.72%) Google
9 3 (0.72%) Pardot
9 3 (0.72%) RedGate
9 3 (0.72%) SAP
9 3 (0.72%) Sony
9 3 (0.72%) VMware
9 3 (0.72%) Yahoo!
10 1 (0.24%) Commvault
10 1 (0.24%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.24%) Xamarin