Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 19 October 2021

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 19 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
19 Oct 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 28 24 25
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 -15
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2,261 605 659
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.21% 9.77% 8.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.88% 32.18% 29.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,895 541 618
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,805 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +1.01% +1.02%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -

SQL Server 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.

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,830 1,880 2,230
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.43% 30.36% 29.23%
Number of salaries quoted 5,923 1,735 2,012
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% +7.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £76,250 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

SQL Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SQL Server trend for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SQL Server salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SQL Server over the 6 months to 19 October 2021.

SQL Server salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 19 October 2021, SQL Server job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for SQL Server.

1 1,195 (52.85%) C#
2 1,188 (52.54%) .NET
3 1,155 (51.08%) SQL
4 1,098 (48.56%) Azure
5 1,000 (44.23%) Microsoft
6 843 (37.28%) Agile Software Development
7 679 (30.03%) JavaScript
8 545 (24.10%) DevOps
9 540 (23.88%) ASP.NET
10 517 (22.87%) MVC
11 434 (19.20%) AngularJS
12 424 (18.75%) Social Skills
13 397 (17.56%) .NET Core
14 392 (17.34%) HTML
15 387 (17.12%) React
16 386 (17.07%) Windows
17 378 (16.72%) Full Stack Development
18 369 (16.32%) AWS
19 366 (16.19%) Business Intelligence
20 359 (15.88%) CSS
21 357 (15.79%) Git (software)
22 343 (15.17%) .NET Framework
23 321 (14.20%) Finance
24 313 (13.84%) T-SQL
25 302 (13.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
25 302 (13.36%) Power Platform
26 298 (13.18%) Scrum
27 291 (12.87%) Power BI
28 270 (11.94%) Web Services
28 270 (11.94%) Software Engineering

SQL Server
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 163 (7.21%) IIS
2 121 (5.35%) SharePoint
3 107 (4.73%) CMS
4 77 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
5 75 (3.32%) Umbraco
6 69 (3.05%) Sitecore CMS
7 63 (2.79%) EPiServer
8 58 (2.57%) Kentico
9 56 (2.48%) Confluence
10 51 (2.26%) Apache
11 46 (2.03%) Headless CMS
12 32 (1.42%) Apache Spark
13 31 (1.37%) Tomcat
14 30 (1.33%) BizTalk Server
15 24 (1.06%) MS Exchange
16 23 (1.02%) WordPress
17 17 (0.75%) SharePoint 2010
18 15 (0.66%) JBoss
19 11 (0.49%) WebLogic
20 10 (0.44%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 150 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.18%) InfoPath
5 4 (0.18%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.088%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.088%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.088%) SPSS
7 1 (0.044%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.044%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 37 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (0.57%) Sage 200
4 7 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (0.31%) Salesforce.com CRM
5 6 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
6 5 (0.22%) Sentinel
7 4 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.088%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.088%) FastStats
8 2 (0.088%) Maximo
8 2 (0.088%) nopCommerce
8 2 (0.088%) R3 Corda
8 2 (0.088%) Sage 50
8 2 (0.088%) Sage BI
8 2 (0.088%) Sage CRM
8 2 (0.088%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.044%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 1,098 (48.56%) Azure
2 369 (16.32%) AWS
3 302 (13.36%) Power Platform
4 181 (8.01%) SaaS
5 151 (6.68%) Serverless
6 129 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
7 86 (3.80%) Azure Data Factory
8 78 (3.45%) GCP
9 72 (3.18%) PaaS
10 68 (3.01%) Azure Functions
11 62 (2.74%) IaaS
12 55 (2.43%) Azure Service Bus
13 45 (1.99%) GitHub
14 42 (1.86%) Azure Storage
15 41 (1.81%) Azure Active Directory
16 40 (1.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 39 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
18 34 (1.50%) Snowflake
19 31 (1.37%) PowerApps
20 28 (1.24%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 67 (2.96%) DNS
2 59 (2.61%) Firewall
3 44 (1.95%) DHCP
4 35 (1.55%) VPN
5 34 (1.50%) TCP/IP
6 31 (1.37%) Internet
7 28 (1.24%) VLAN
8 27 (1.19%) SAN
9 24 (1.06%) HTTP
10 20 (0.88%) IPv6
11 17 (0.75%) LAN
11 17 (0.75%) SSL
12 16 (0.71%) VoIP
12 16 (0.71%) WAN
13 15 (0.66%) NAS
14 12 (0.53%) Intranet
14 12 (0.53%) IPsec
15 11 (0.49%) Modbus
16 10 (0.44%) IPv4
17 8 (0.35%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 302 (13.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 291 (12.87%) Power BI
3 249 (11.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 243 (10.75%) MySQL
5 232 (10.26%) Data Warehouse
6 168 (7.43%) Relational Database
7 155 (6.86%) PostgreSQL
8 141 (6.24%) NoSQL
9 136 (6.02%) Azure SQL Database
10 124 (5.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 102 (4.51%) MongoDB
12 93 (4.11%) SQL Server 2016
13 85 (3.76%) SQL Server 2012
14 76 (3.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 69 (3.05%) Data Lake
15 69 (3.05%) RDBMS
16 58 (2.57%) SQL Server 2019
17 50 (2.21%) Big Data
17 50 (2.21%) Oracle Database
18 45 (1.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 357 (15.79%) Git (software)
2 227 (10.04%) Visual Studio
3 105 (4.64%) JIRA
4 90 (3.98%) Team Foundation Server
5 77 (3.41%) Octopus Deploy
6 75 (3.32%) Jenkins
7 66 (2.92%) TeamCity
8 47 (2.08%) ReSharper
9 40 (1.77%) NUnit
10 36 (1.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 34 (1.50%) Visual Studio Team System
12 33 (1.46%) Maven
13 32 (1.42%) Selenium
14 25 (1.11%) Gradle
14 25 (1.11%) VSS/SourceSafe
15 24 (1.06%) Bitbucket
16 23 (1.02%) Postman
17 21 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 21 (0.93%) Moq
17 21 (0.93%) SpecFlow
General
1 424 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 321 (14.20%) Finance
3 178 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (5.48%) Retail
5 106 (4.69%) Marketing
6 90 (3.98%) Public Sector
7 83 (3.67%) Banking
8 53 (2.34%) Publishing
9 47 (2.08%) Automotive
10 43 (1.90%) Manufacturing
10 43 (1.90%) Telecoms
11 33 (1.46%) Electronics
12 32 (1.42%) Advertising
13 27 (1.19%) Back Office
13 27 (1.19%) Law
13 27 (1.19%) Legal
14 25 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (0.97%) Games
16 17 (0.75%) Local Government
16 17 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,290 (57.05%) Developer
2 552 (24.41%) .NET Developer
3 379 (16.76%) C# Developer
4 320 (14.15%) Senior Developer
5 312 (13.80%) Software Developer
6 246 (10.88%) C# .NET Developer
7 160 (7.08%) SQL Developer
8 145 (6.41%) Senior .NET Developer
9 144 (6.37%) Analyst
10 143 (6.32%) Architect
11 139 (6.15%) C# Software Developer
12 134 (5.93%) .NET Software Developer
13 116 (5.13%) Full Stack Developer
14 93 (4.11%) Administrator
15 90 (3.98%) Software Engineer
16 84 (3.72%) DBA
17 80 (3.54%) Angular Developer
18 78 (3.45%) Azure Developer
19 73 (3.23%) SQL DBA
20 68 (3.01%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,188 (52.54%) .NET
2 540 (23.88%) ASP.NET
3 434 (19.20%) AngularJS
4 397 (17.56%) .NET Core
5 392 (17.34%) HTML
6 387 (17.12%) React
7 359 (15.88%) CSS
8 343 (15.17%) .NET Framework
9 270 (11.94%) Web Services
10 266 (11.76%) jQuery
11 222 (9.82%) REST
12 219 (9.69%) ASP.NET MVC
13 184 (8.14%) ASP.NET Web API
14 173 (7.65%) Node.js
15 167 (7.39%) Entity Framework
16 162 (7.16%) HTML5
17 147 (6.50%) RESTful
18 130 (5.75%) XML
19 118 (5.22%) WCF
20 115 (5.09%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 94 (4.16%) Greenfield Project
2 86 (3.80%) Public Cloud
3 77 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
4 76 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
5 63 (2.79%) Driving Licence
6 58 (2.57%) User Experience
7 57 (2.52%) Data Centre
8 51 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
9 44 (1.95%) Virtual Team
10 41 (1.81%) Management Information System
11 32 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
12 31 (1.37%) Replication
13 28 (1.24%) Data Structures
13 28 (1.24%) Mobile App
14 25 (1.11%) Algorithms
14 25 (1.11%) Clustering
15 19 (0.84%) Private Cloud
16 16 (0.71%) FMCG
17 14 (0.62%) CMDB
18 13 (0.57%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 386 (17.07%) Windows
2 222 (9.82%) Windows Server
3 204 (9.02%) Linux
4 45 (1.99%) Windows Server 2012
5 44 (1.95%) Windows 10
6 43 (1.90%) Unix
7 34 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 31 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 26 (1.15%) Android
10 19 (0.84%) Apple iOS
11 17 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
12 13 (0.57%) CentOS
13 10 (0.44%) Fedora
14 9 (0.40%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.18%) AIX
16 3 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
17 2 (0.088%) HPUX
17 2 (0.088%) Mac OS X
17 2 (0.088%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 843 (37.28%) Agile Software Development
2 545 (24.10%) DevOps
3 517 (22.87%) MVC
4 378 (16.72%) Full Stack Development
5 366 (16.19%) Business Intelligence
6 298 (13.18%) Scrum
7 270 (11.94%) Software Engineering
8 269 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
9 255 (11.28%) Microservices
10 235 (10.39%) ETL
11 217 (9.60%) Analytics
12 193 (8.54%) TDD
13 168 (7.43%) E-Commerce
14 159 (7.03%) Unit Testing
14 159 (7.03%) Web Development
15 148 (6.55%) Data Modelling
16 147 (6.50%) OO
17 145 (6.41%) Migration
18 141 (6.24%) Computer Science
19 130 (5.75%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1,195 (52.85%) C#
2 1,155 (51.08%) SQL
3 679 (30.03%) JavaScript
4 313 (13.84%) T-SQL
5 243 (10.75%) Python
6 179 (7.92%) Java
6 179 (7.92%) PowerShell
7 129 (5.71%) TypeScript
8 114 (5.04%) PHP
9 77 (3.41%) Go
9 77 (3.41%) VB
10 75 (3.32%) VB.NET
11 59 (2.61%) R
12 50 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
13 45 (1.99%) C++
14 34 (1.50%) PL/SQL
15 30 (1.33%) VBA
16 22 (0.97%) Shell Script
17 18 (0.80%) Bash Shell
17 18 (0.80%) Scala
Qualifications
1 241 (10.66%) Degree
2 99 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 77 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 63 (2.79%) Security Cleared
5 50 (2.21%) SC Cleared
6 42 (1.86%) AWS Certification
7 25 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (1.02%) MCSE
9 22 (0.97%) CCNA
10 19 (0.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 18 (0.80%) Numerate Degree
12 17 (0.75%) ISTQB
13 16 (0.71%) ISEB
14 14 (0.62%) Master's Degree
15 13 (0.57%) MCSA
16 12 (0.53%) HND
17 10 (0.44%) DV Cleared
18 9 (0.40%) CCNP
18 9 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
18 9 (0.40%) NCSIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (7.08%) QA
2 64 (2.83%) Accessibility
3 42 (1.86%) Data Quality
3 42 (1.86%) GDPR
4 26 (1.15%) SLA
5 13 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.53%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.27%) ISO 22301
8 5 (0.22%) HL7
8 5 (0.22%) PMO
9 3 (0.13%) GAMP
9 3 (0.13%) NIST
10 1 (0.044%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.044%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.044%) NCSC
10 1 (0.044%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 239 (10.57%) Docker
2 203 (8.98%) Active Directory
3 80 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (1.77%) Hyper-V
5 28 (1.24%) vSphere
6 19 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.22%) XenDesktop
10 4 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
10 4 (0.18%) XenApp
11 3 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 3 (0.13%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.088%) iptables
12 2 (0.088%) KVM
12 2 (0.088%) QEMU
13 1 (0.044%) vCloud
13 1 (0.044%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 167 (7.39%) Kubernetes
2 75 (3.32%) Terraform
3 44 (1.95%) Ansible
4 36 (1.59%) Puppet
5 35 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (1.06%) Grafana
7 22 (0.97%) Opscode Chef
8 17 (0.75%) SCCM
9 15 (0.66%) HAProxy
10 14 (0.62%) Rancher
11 13 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
12 10 (0.44%) Icinga
13 8 (0.35%) ITRS Geneos
14 7 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
15 6 (0.27%) logstash
15 6 (0.27%) Prometheus
16 5 (0.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
16 5 (0.22%) Oracle RMAN
16 5 (0.22%) SCOM
17 4 (0.18%) MIIS
Vendors
1 1,000 (44.23%) Microsoft
2 254 (11.23%) Oracle
3 104 (4.60%) VMware
4 92 (4.07%) Google
5 78 (3.45%) Sitecore
6 65 (2.87%) Zend
7 64 (2.83%) Xamarin
8 42 (1.86%) Databricks
9 41 (1.81%) SAP
10 40 (1.77%) Cisco
11 24 (1.06%) Salesforce.com
12 20 (0.88%) Atlassian
12 20 (0.88%) Citrix
12 20 (0.88%) Meraki
13 19 (0.84%) HP
14 18 (0.80%) Sage
14 18 (0.80%) ServiceNow
15 17 (0.75%) Red Hat
15 17 (0.75%) Sophos
16 14 (0.62%) NetApp