Azure SQL Database Jobs in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 470 574
Rank change year-on-year +79 +104 -206
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 562 509 771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.63% 0.59% 0.55%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.64% 2.73% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 496 433 596
10th Percentile £38,750 £46,400 £43,023
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £68,375 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +8.33%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 15,424 18,626 38,981
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.24% 21.56% 27.92%
Number of salaries quoted 11,436 11,746 18,836
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £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 £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure SQL Database in England

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure SQL Database in England.

Salary trend for Azure SQL Database in England

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in England

Azure SQL Database
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 29 May 2024. 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
London +24 177 £71,250 -5.00% 71
North of England +79 135 £55,000 -3.69% 25
South East +26 101 £57,500 -11.54% 30
North West +33 91 £55,000 -3.69% 15
East of England +42 58 £51,333 +36.89% 11
South West +16 49 £57,500 -8.00% 17
Midlands -27 35 £55,000 +3.29% 11
Yorkshire +85 28 £57,500 - 6
West Midlands -19 21 £53,500 +0.47% 8
North East +9 16 £42,500 -19.05% 4
East Midlands -18 14 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Azure SQL Database
UK

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 33 (5.87%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.42%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.25%) Confluence
5 6 (1.07%) CMS
6 3 (0.53%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.71%) Trello
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.36%) Primavera
3 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 562 (100.00%) Azure
2 180 (32.03%) Power Platform
3 132 (23.49%) Azure DevOps
4 99 (17.62%) Azure Data Factory
5 57 (10.14%) Serverless
6 56 (9.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 50 (8.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 49 (8.72%) Entra ID
9 46 (8.19%) Microsoft 365
10 41 (7.30%) Azure Functions
11 40 (7.12%) PowerApps
12 38 (6.76%) Azure Logic Apps
13 37 (6.58%) PaaS
14 32 (5.69%) GitHub
15 30 (5.34%) Azure Service Bus
16 28 (4.98%) Power Automate
17 23 (4.09%) Azure Storage
18 20 (3.56%) Azure AKS
19 19 (3.38%) Azure Monitor
20 18 (3.20%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (11.21%) Broadband
2 43 (7.65%) Internet
3 20 (3.56%) DNS
3 20 (3.56%) Firewall
4 17 (3.02%) Network Security
5 12 (2.14%) WAN
6 8 (1.42%) VPN
7 7 (1.25%) LAN
8 5 (0.89%) DHCP
8 5 (0.89%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.89%) SSL
8 5 (0.89%) VLAN
8 5 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.36%) MPLS
10 1 (0.18%) 3GPP
10 1 (0.18%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 345 (61.39%) SQL Server
2 160 (28.47%) Power BI
3 67 (11.92%) Data Lake
4 58 (10.32%) Data Warehouse
5 46 (8.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 40 (7.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 22 (3.91%) Relational Database
8 18 (3.20%) MySQL
9 16 (2.85%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 16 (2.85%) Redis
10 14 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (2.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 12 (2.14%) Delta Lake
12 12 (2.14%) MariaDB
12 12 (2.14%) MongoDB
13 11 (1.96%) RDBMS
13 11 (1.96%) Tableau
14 10 (1.78%) NoSQL
15 8 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
16 7 (1.25%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 44 (7.83%) Git
2 19 (3.38%) NUnit
3 15 (2.67%) Visual Studio
4 14 (2.49%) Moq
5 13 (2.31%) JIRA
6 9 (1.60%) Jenkins
7 8 (1.42%) Octopus Deploy
7 8 (1.42%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.71%) GitLab
8 4 (0.71%) MSTest
9 3 (0.53%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.18%) JMeter
11 1 (0.18%) Postman
11 1 (0.18%) Selenium
11 1 (0.18%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.18%) Sourcetree
11 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 149 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 70 (12.46%) Finance
3 44 (7.83%) Advertising
4 35 (6.23%) Marketing
5 25 (4.45%) Games
6 21 (3.74%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (3.02%) Retail
8 14 (2.49%) Legal
8 14 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (1.78%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.07%) Aviation
11 6 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.07%) Law
12 3 (0.53%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.53%) Tech for Good
13 2 (0.36%) Back Office
13 2 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 240 (42.70%) Developer
2 165 (29.36%) .NET Developer
3 89 (15.84%) DBA
4 84 (14.95%) SQL DBA
5 70 (12.46%) Senior
6 68 (12.10%) Azure Engineer
7 64 (11.39%) Data Engineer
8 53 (9.43%) C# Developer
9 49 (8.72%) C# .NET Developer
10 48 (8.54%) Lead
11 37 (6.58%) Internet Developer
12 35 (6.23%) Azure Data Engineer
13 28 (4.98%) DevOps Engineer
14 27 (4.80%) Analyst
15 25 (4.45%) Senior Data Engineer
15 25 (4.45%) Senior Developer
16 23 (4.09%) Architect
16 23 (4.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 22 (3.91%) Azure Developer
18 21 (3.74%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 246 (43.77%) .NET
2 191 (33.99%) .NET Core
3 184 (32.74%) ASP.NET
4 182 (32.38%) CSS
5 179 (31.85%) HTML
6 170 (30.25%) Entity Framework
7 164 (29.18%) ASP.NET MVC
8 161 (28.65%) Blazor
9 160 (28.47%) CSS3
9 160 (28.47%) HTML5
10 44 (7.83%) .NET Framework
11 30 (5.34%) React
12 28 (4.98%) AngularJS
13 20 (3.56%) ASP.NET Web API
14 17 (3.02%) Razor View Engine
15 16 (2.85%) ARM Templates
15 16 (2.85%) jQuery
15 16 (2.85%) PySpark
16 13 (2.31%) LINQ
16 13 (2.31%) LINQ to SQL
Miscellaneous
1 47 (8.36%) Greenfield Project
2 25 (4.45%) Digital TV
3 19 (3.38%) Cloud Native
4 16 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (2.31%) Public Cloud
6 12 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (1.78%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.60%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.25%) Social Media
11 6 (1.07%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.71%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.71%) NHS
14 3 (0.53%) BBC
14 3 (0.53%) Private Cloud
14 3 (0.53%) Reinsurance
14 3 (0.53%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.53%) Wiki
15 2 (0.36%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 72 (12.81%) VMS
2 25 (4.45%) Windows
3 8 (1.42%) Linux
4 7 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (45.91%) Agile
2 182 (32.38%) Full Stack Development
2 182 (32.38%) MVC
3 174 (30.96%) DevOps
4 169 (30.07%) Business Intelligence
4 169 (30.07%) TDD
5 158 (28.11%) BDD
6 103 (18.33%) Analytics
7 80 (14.23%) Disaster Recovery
8 78 (13.88%) CI/CD
9 76 (13.52%) Performance Tuning
10 73 (12.99%) Collaborative Working
11 71 (12.63%) High Availability
12 64 (11.39%) ETL
13 57 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
14 48 (8.54%) Data Engineering
14 48 (8.54%) Data Modelling
15 46 (8.19%) Data Analytics
16 43 (7.65%) Data Pipeline
17 39 (6.94%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 542 (96.44%) SQL
2 255 (45.37%) C#
3 205 (36.48%) JavaScript
4 114 (20.28%) T-SQL
5 97 (17.26%) PowerShell
6 73 (12.99%) Python
7 29 (5.16%) TypeScript
8 17 (3.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (2.85%) Bash
9 16 (2.85%) R
10 13 (2.31%) Java
11 11 (1.96%) Go
11 11 (1.96%) U-SQL
12 10 (1.78%) Scala
13 9 (1.60%) VB.NET
14 7 (1.25%) Groovy
14 7 (1.25%) PHP
14 7 (1.25%) Ruby
15 5 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.53%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 104 (18.51%) Microsoft Certification
2 48 (8.54%) Degree
3 40 (7.12%) Azure Certification
4 26 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.96%) Security Cleared
6 8 (1.42%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.07%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.89%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.53%) CIPD
10 3 (0.53%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.36%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.36%) CIMA
11 2 (0.36%) MCSA
11 2 (0.36%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.09%) Data Quality
2 15 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (2.31%) QA
4 6 (1.07%) SLA
5 5 (0.89%) GDPR
6 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.36%) PMO
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 81 (14.41%) Virtual Machines
2 45 (8.01%) Active Directory
3 38 (6.76%) Docker
4 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.36%) vSphere
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 48 (8.54%) Terraform
2 34 (6.05%) Kubernetes
3 19 (3.38%) Ansible
4 8 (1.42%) Progress Chef
5 7 (1.25%) Grafana
5 7 (1.25%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.25%) Puppet
6 6 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 401 (71.35%) Microsoft
2 66 (11.74%) Databricks
3 21 (3.74%) Facebook
4 15 (2.67%) Commvault
5 14 (2.49%) Oracle
6 10 (1.78%) New Relic
7 9 (1.60%) Apple
8 8 (1.42%) Google
9 7 (1.25%) SaltStack
10 6 (1.07%) Adobe
10 6 (1.07%) Citrix
10 6 (1.07%) Sun
10 6 (1.07%) VMware
11 5 (0.89%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.71%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.71%) Nintex
12 4 (0.71%) SAP
13 3 (0.53%) RedGate
13 3 (0.53%) Xamarin
13 3 (0.53%) Yahoo!