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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 150 171
Rank change year-on-year -12 +21 +3
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 26 6 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.34% 0.18% 0.24%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.37% 2.19% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 24 6 11
10th Percentile - £43,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £53,750 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +26.32% -13.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,313 £67,500
90th Percentile - £66,367 £68,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -

All Database & 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 484 274 451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 6.36% 8.11% 9.76%
Number of salaries quoted 351 219 253
10th Percentile £37,500 £30,650 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £49,274
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +21.77% -6.14%
75th Percentile £74,987 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £77,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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 7 October 2026.

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 7 October 2026. 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 -31 10 £57,500 -4.17% 7
East Yorkshire - 6 £47,500 - 1
South Yorkshire -28 5 £55,000 +12.82% 8
North Yorkshire - 4 £55,000 - 6
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.69%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (100.00%) Azure
2 10 (38.46%) Azure AI
2 10 (38.46%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (19.23%) AWS
4 4 (15.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 4 (15.38%) Google Play
5 2 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (7.69%) GitHub
5 2 (7.69%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (3.85%) Azure App Service
6 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.85%) IaaS
6 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (3.85%) Nutanix
6 1 (3.85%) PaaS
6 1 (3.85%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) DNS
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
1 1 (3.85%) LAN
1 1 (3.85%) Network Security
1 1 (3.85%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (73.08%) MongoDB
2 5 (19.23%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (7.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 2 (7.69%) Data Lake
3 2 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (7.69%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Git
General
1 2 (7.69%) Advertising
1 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.85%) Finance
2 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 21 (80.77%) .NET Developer
1 21 (80.77%) Developer
2 2 (7.69%) Data Engineer
2 2 (7.69%) Senior
2 2 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
2 2 (7.69%) Software Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (88.46%) .NET
2 21 (80.77%) .NET Core
2 21 (80.77%) ASP.NET
2 21 (80.77%) ASP.NET Core
3 14 (53.85%) RESTful
4 13 (50.00%) React
5 11 (42.31%) AngularJS
5 11 (42.31%) ASP.NET Web API
5 11 (42.31%) Entity Framework
5 11 (42.31%) Vue
6 10 (38.46%) ML.NET
7 8 (30.77%) Blazor
8 6 (23.08%) LINQ
9 5 (19.23%) .NET Framework
9 5 (19.23%) Node.js
9 5 (19.23%) WinForms
9 5 (19.23%) WPF
10 2 (7.69%) CSS
10 2 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (19.23%) Social Media
3 4 (15.38%) BBC
3 4 (15.38%) iPhone
3 4 (15.38%) Mobile App
4 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 2 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Android
2 1 (3.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (88.46%) Full-Stack Development
2 21 (80.77%) Agile
3 14 (53.85%) Multithreading
4 11 (42.31%) DevOps
5 10 (38.46%) AI
5 10 (38.46%) Machine Learning
6 7 (26.92%) BDD
6 7 (26.92%) TDD
7 6 (23.08%) CI/CD
7 6 (23.08%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
7 6 (23.08%) OO
8 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (19.23%) Kanban
8 5 (19.23%) Microservices
8 5 (19.23%) MVVM
8 5 (19.23%) Scrum
8 5 (19.23%) Web Application Development
9 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (7.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 2 (7.69%) FinOps
Programming Languages
1 26 (100.00%) SQL
2 23 (88.46%) C#
3 15 (57.69%) JavaScript
4 11 (42.31%) TypeScript
5 2 (7.69%) C++
5 2 (7.69%) Java
5 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
5 2 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Docker
2 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.85%) VxRail
Vendors
1 22 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 8 (30.77%) Google
3 4 (15.38%) Apple
3 4 (15.38%) Facebook
3 4 (15.38%) Sony
3 4 (15.38%) Yahoo!
4 2 (7.69%) Databricks
5 1 (3.85%) Cisco
5 1 (3.85%) Meraki
5 1 (3.85%) VMware