SQL Server Jobs in Yorkshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 34 64
Rank change year-on-year -5 +30 -36
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 146 305 428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.45% 5.30% 5.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 39.04% 32.38% 22.89%
Number of salaries quoted 123 287 312
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £61,563
90th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.82%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Yorkshire

SQL Server 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 374 942 1,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 13.96% 16.35% 22.68%
Number of salaries quoted 322 736 844
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,375 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,779 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.18% -11.54% +8.33%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Yorkshire

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for SQL Server in Yorkshire

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Yorkshire

SQL Server
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +11 71 £53,000 -3.64% 33
South Yorkshire +10 37 £60,000 +11.63% 15
North Yorkshire -31 17 £55,000 +10.00% 9
East Yorkshire -5 1 £40,000 -5.88% 3
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 7 (4.79%) Confluence
2 6 (4.11%) IIS
3 2 (1.37%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.37%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.37%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.37%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.37%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.68%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.68%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 95 (65.07%) Azure
2 34 (23.29%) AWS
3 23 (15.75%) GitHub
4 21 (14.38%) SaaS
5 16 (10.96%) Power Platform
6 11 (7.53%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (5.48%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (4.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 7 (4.79%) GCP
9 6 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (4.11%) Azure Functions
9 6 (4.11%) Serverless
10 4 (2.74%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (2.74%) Azure Stack
10 4 (2.74%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.37%) Azure AKS
11 2 (1.37%) Azure App Service
11 2 (1.37%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (1.37%) Figma
11 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.16%) SAN
2 8 (5.48%) Firewall
2 8 (5.48%) Multicast
3 5 (3.42%) DNS
3 5 (3.42%) VPN
4 4 (2.74%) DHCP
4 4 (2.74%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.05%) LAN
5 3 (2.05%) WAN
6 2 (1.37%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.37%) FCoE
6 2 (1.37%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (1.37%) IP Telephony
6 2 (1.37%) iSCSI
6 2 (1.37%) NAS
6 2 (1.37%) Wireless
7 1 (0.68%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.96%) Power BI
2 13 (8.90%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (8.90%) MySQL
3 12 (8.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (6.85%) NoSQL
4 10 (6.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (6.16%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (5.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (4.11%) DB2
8 5 (3.42%) MongoDB
8 5 (3.42%) Relational Database
9 4 (2.74%) Biml
9 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 3 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (2.05%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.37%) Endeca
11 2 (1.37%) SQLite
12 1 (0.68%) Apache Cassandra
12 1 (0.68%) Big Data
12 1 (0.68%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 14 (9.59%) JIRA
2 12 (8.22%) Git
3 8 (5.48%) Octopus Deploy
3 8 (5.48%) TeamCity
4 7 (4.79%) Visual Studio
5 4 (2.74%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.37%) GitLab
6 2 (1.37%) Selenium
6 2 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.37%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.68%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 54 (36.99%) Social Skills
2 24 (16.44%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (10.96%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (10.27%) Finance
5 12 (8.22%) Manufacturing
5 12 (8.22%) Retail
6 7 (4.79%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.74%) Banking
7 4 (2.74%) Marketing
8 3 (2.05%) Legal
9 2 (1.37%) Automotive
9 2 (1.37%) Electronics
9 2 (1.37%) Local Government
10 1 (0.68%) Cantonese Language
10 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (43.84%) Developer
2 33 (22.60%) SQL Developer
3 27 (18.49%) Support Engineer
4 23 (15.75%) Senior
5 21 (14.38%) IT Engineer
6 18 (12.33%) IT Support
6 18 (12.33%) IT Support Engineer
7 16 (10.96%) Database Developer
7 16 (10.96%) Software Support Engineer
7 16 (10.96%) SQL Database Developer
8 14 (9.59%) Software Engineer
9 11 (7.53%) Analyst
9 11 (7.53%) Senior Developer
10 9 (6.16%) .NET Software Engineer
10 9 (6.16%) Applications Support
11 8 (5.48%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (5.48%) Data Engineer
11 8 (5.48%) Software Developer
11 8 (5.48%) Support Analyst
12 7 (4.79%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (28.77%) .NET
2 20 (13.70%) React
3 15 (10.27%) CSS
3 15 (10.27%) HTML
4 14 (9.59%) .NET Core
4 14 (9.59%) .NET Framework
4 14 (9.59%) AngularJS
5 13 (8.90%) Vue
6 11 (7.53%) ASP.NET
7 10 (6.85%) WPF
8 9 (6.16%) Bootstrap
8 9 (6.16%) LINQ
9 8 (5.48%) Laravel
10 7 (4.79%) ASP.NET MVC
10 7 (4.79%) Node.js
11 6 (4.11%) Entity Framework
11 6 (4.11%) NHibernate
11 6 (4.11%) React Native
12 5 (3.42%) Blazor
13 4 (2.74%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.33%) Mobile App
2 17 (11.64%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.48%) Replication
4 5 (3.42%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (2.74%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.05%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.37%) Clustering
7 2 (1.37%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.37%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (1.37%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.37%) HP Storage
7 2 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.37%) NHS
8 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.68%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (23.29%) Windows
2 16 (10.96%) Android
3 10 (6.85%) Windows Server 2012
4 8 (5.48%) Windows 10
4 8 (5.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (4.11%) Linux
5 6 (4.11%) Windows Server
5 6 (4.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.05%) Unix
6 3 (2.05%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.37%) Solaris
8 1 (0.68%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (29.45%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (23.29%) Agile
3 26 (17.81%) CRM
4 25 (17.12%) DevOps
5 23 (15.75%) Customer Service
6 21 (14.38%) Migration
7 20 (13.70%) Business Intelligence
7 20 (13.70%) Software Testing
8 18 (12.33%) Mathematics
8 18 (12.33%) Software Engineering
9 17 (11.64%) CI/CD
10 16 (10.96%) Analytical Thinking
10 16 (10.96%) Data Privacy
10 16 (10.96%) Exploratory Testing
11 14 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (8.22%) Containerisation
13 11 (7.53%) MVC
14 10 (6.85%) Computer Science
14 10 (6.85%) Continuous Integration
15 9 (6.16%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 91 (62.33%) SQL
2 42 (28.77%) T-SQL
3 36 (24.66%) C#
4 26 (17.81%) JavaScript
5 10 (6.85%) PHP
6 7 (4.79%) Java
7 6 (4.11%) PowerShell
7 6 (4.11%) Python
8 5 (3.42%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.74%) Bicep
9 4 (2.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.37%) Bash
10 2 (1.37%) C++
10 2 (1.37%) VB
10 2 (1.37%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.68%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.68%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.68%) C
11 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.68%) XPath
Qualifications
1 30 (20.55%) DBS Check
2 22 (15.07%) Degree
3 7 (4.79%) Azure Certification
4 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.05%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.05%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.37%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.37%) HND
7 2 (1.37%) MCITP
7 2 (1.37%) MCSE
8 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.68%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.79%) QA
2 3 (2.05%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.05%) SLA
3 1 (0.68%) GDPR
3 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (8.22%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.53%) Hyper-V
3 7 (4.79%) Docker
4 6 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.05%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.05%) vSphere
6 2 (1.37%) KVM
6 2 (1.37%) NFS
6 2 (1.37%) SRDF
6 2 (1.37%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (1.37%) Xen
7 1 (0.68%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 9 (6.16%) Kubernetes
1 9 (6.16%) Terraform
2 6 (4.11%) Ansible
2 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.05%) vCenter Server
4 2 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.37%) Puppet
4 2 (1.37%) SCCM
5 1 (0.68%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.68%) SCOM
Vendors
1 87 (59.59%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.96%) Zoho
3 9 (6.16%) Cisco
3 9 (6.16%) Oracle
4 8 (5.48%) VMware
5 7 (4.79%) IBM
6 4 (2.74%) Databricks
6 4 (2.74%) EMC
7 3 (2.05%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.05%) Veeam
8 2 (1.37%) Adobe
8 2 (1.37%) Avaya
8 2 (1.37%) Dell
8 2 (1.37%) F5
8 2 (1.37%) Google
8 2 (1.37%) HP
8 2 (1.37%) Intapp
8 2 (1.37%) NetApp
8 2 (1.37%) SAP
8 2 (1.37%) SonicWALL