Azure SQL Database Job Trends in Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 162 170
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 +82
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 5 7 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.14% 0.17% 0.40%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.71% 1.73% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 12
10th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £46,375
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +15.56% -31.82%
75th Percentile £61,992 £67,500 £63,125
90th Percentile £64,686 £68,000 £81,125
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.14%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Yorkshire

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 requiring database or business intelligence skills in Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 293 405 798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 8.10% 9.64% 24.34%
Number of salaries quoted 221 225 595
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,250 £49,274 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.19% -5.24% -5.45%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £80,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,450
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.08% -0.08%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Azure SQL Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in Yorkshire

Azure SQL Database
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 8 November 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
West Yorkshire +5 4 £58,867 -9.44% 3
South Yorkshire +9 1 £35,000 -26.32% 4
Azure SQL Database
England

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (20.00%) Azure API Management
4 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (20.00%) GitHub
4 1 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Power BI
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) Redis
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Billing
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Commercial Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Insight Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Insight Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IoT Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Dynamics 365 Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Power Apps Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) OpenAPI
1 1 (20.00%) RESTful
1 1 (20.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) IoT
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Visual Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (40.00%) WFM
3 1 (20.00%) Android Development
3 1 (20.00%) API Design
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft