SQL Server Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 67 34
Rank change year-on-year +34 -33 -13
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 974 781 1,390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.94% 4.92% 7.39%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.88% 24.18% 35.22%
Number of salaries quoted 882 635 1,016
10th Percentile £31,621 £32,600 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,375 £75,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North of England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,154 3,230 3,947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.99% 20.36% 20.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,255 1,759 2,453
10th Percentile £31,579 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,603 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the North of England

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the North of England.

Salary trend for SQL Server in the North of England

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the North of England

SQL Server
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
North West +34 558 £50,000 - 117
Yorkshire +27 302 £49,254 -1.49% 62
North East +34 114 £47,500 -0.36% 34
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 36 (3.70%) IIS
2 32 (3.29%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (2.05%) Umbraco
5 13 (1.33%) ArcGIS
5 13 (1.33%) CMS
6 9 (0.92%) Apache Solr
7 7 (0.72%) Confluence
8 6 (0.62%) Apache
8 6 (0.62%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.21%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.21%) Drupal
10 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.21%) SAS
10 2 (0.21%) WordPress
11 1 (0.10%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.10%) Kentico
11 1 (0.10%) Moodle
Applications
1 36 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.13%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (0.72%) Epicor Tropos
2 7 (0.72%) NEC Housing
3 6 (0.62%) Dynamics GP
3 6 (0.62%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.10%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 594 (60.99%) Azure
2 133 (13.66%) Power Platform
3 128 (13.14%) Azure DevOps
4 125 (12.83%) AWS
5 50 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (3.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 35 (3.59%) Azure Data Factory
7 34 (3.49%) GCP
8 29 (2.98%) SaaS
9 27 (2.77%) Snowflake
10 22 (2.26%) Matillion
11 21 (2.16%) Serverless
12 17 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 16 (1.64%) GitHub
13 16 (1.64%) Google Play
14 15 (1.54%) OCI
15 14 (1.44%) Power Automate
16 13 (1.33%) PowerApps
17 12 (1.23%) Azure App Service
17 12 (1.23%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.62%) SAN
2 44 (4.52%) DNS
3 39 (4.00%) Firewall
4 36 (3.70%) Internet
5 29 (2.98%) Broadband
5 29 (2.98%) DHCP
6 22 (2.26%) VPN
7 21 (2.16%) LAN
8 18 (1.85%) WAN
9 16 (1.64%) NAS
9 16 (1.64%) SSL
10 11 (1.13%) TCP/IP
10 11 (1.13%) VLAN
11 9 (0.92%) Intranet
11 9 (0.92%) Multicast
12 8 (0.82%) Mobile Broadband
13 7 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (0.62%) HTTP
15 5 (0.51%) VoIP
15 5 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (12.42%) Power BI
2 99 (10.16%) Azure SQL Database
3 93 (9.55%) Data Warehouse
4 90 (9.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 81 (8.32%) MySQL
6 78 (8.01%) Relational Database
7 77 (7.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 64 (6.57%) MongoDB
9 61 (6.26%) PostgreSQL
10 57 (5.85%) Elasticsearch
11 45 (4.62%) Data Lake
12 34 (3.49%) Data Vault
13 28 (2.87%) NoSQL
14 27 (2.77%) DB2
15 26 (2.67%) Delta Lake
15 26 (2.67%) Tableau
16 22 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
17 20 (2.05%) Oracle Database
18 18 (1.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 18 (1.85%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 77 (7.91%) Git
2 72 (7.39%) JIRA
3 34 (3.49%) GitLab
4 18 (1.85%) Visual Studio
5 16 (1.64%) Jasmine
5 16 (1.64%) Karma Test Runner
6 11 (1.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 10 (1.03%) NUnit
8 7 (0.72%) Jenkins
9 6 (0.62%) Dreamweaver
9 6 (0.62%) MSTest
10 5 (0.51%) InstallShield
11 4 (0.41%) IBM UrbanCode
11 4 (0.41%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.31%) Toad
13 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.21%) Moq
13 2 (0.21%) WebDriver
General
1 227 (23.31%) Social Skills
2 111 (11.40%) Finance
3 102 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (6.88%) Retail
5 56 (5.75%) Public Sector
6 43 (4.41%) Law
7 42 (4.31%) Legal
8 37 (3.80%) Manufacturing
9 34 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (3.18%) Games
11 26 (2.67%) Advertising
12 25 (2.57%) Marketing
13 11 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.13%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.03%) Back Office
14 10 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (0.92%) Music Industry
16 8 (0.82%) Local Government
16 8 (0.82%) Police
17 6 (0.62%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 458 (47.02%) Developer
2 246 (25.26%) .NET Developer
3 127 (13.04%) C# Developer
4 95 (9.75%) Data Engineer
5 92 (9.45%) C# .NET Developer
6 89 (9.14%) Senior
7 73 (7.49%) DBA
8 69 (7.08%) Lead
9 60 (6.16%) Software Engineer
10 56 (5.75%) Software Developer
11 54 (5.54%) Support Engineer
12 53 (5.44%) Analyst
13 46 (4.72%) SQL DBA
14 45 (4.62%) IT Engineer
15 41 (4.21%) IT Support
16 38 (3.90%) Administrator
17 36 (3.70%) SQL Developer
18 32 (3.29%) IT Support Engineer
19 30 (3.08%) Consultant
20 28 (2.87%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 444 (45.59%) .NET
2 264 (27.10%) ASP.NET
3 252 (25.87%) .NET Core
4 214 (21.97%) AngularJS
5 197 (20.23%) HTML
6 183 (18.79%) ASP.NET MVC
7 171 (17.56%) ASP.NET Web API
8 169 (17.35%) Entity Framework
9 155 (15.91%) .NET Framework
10 143 (14.68%) CSS
11 114 (11.70%) React
12 111 (11.40%) HTML5
13 91 (9.34%) Node.js
14 81 (8.32%) Vue
15 73 (7.49%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 72 (7.39%) RESTful
17 61 (6.26%) XML
18 60 (6.16%) Blazor
19 57 (5.85%) JSON
20 46 (4.72%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 68 (6.98%) Public Cloud
2 57 (5.85%) Greenfield Project
3 53 (5.44%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (5.34%) Data Structures
5 41 (4.21%) Reinsurance
6 28 (2.87%) Driving Licence
7 26 (2.67%) Replication
8 22 (2.26%) Management Information System
8 22 (2.26%) Mobile App
8 22 (2.26%) NHS
9 20 (2.05%) Enterprise Storage
10 19 (1.95%) Cloud Native
11 17 (1.75%) Social Media
12 16 (1.64%) iPhone
12 16 (1.64%) Product Ownership
13 15 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.44%) BBC
15 12 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (1.13%) Life Science
17 10 (1.03%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 159 (16.32%) Windows
2 80 (8.21%) Windows Server
3 79 (8.11%) Linux
4 28 (2.87%) VMS
5 24 (2.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 23 (2.36%) Unix
7 19 (1.95%) Windows 10
8 17 (1.75%) Android
9 15 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
10 14 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.62%) AIX
12 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (38.30%) Agile
2 230 (23.61%) Full Stack Development
3 224 (23.00%) MVC
4 199 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
5 173 (17.76%) Microservices
6 160 (16.43%) DevOps
7 134 (13.76%) Business Intelligence
8 130 (13.35%) ETL
9 110 (11.29%) Scrum
9 110 (11.29%) TDD
10 91 (9.34%) OO
11 90 (9.24%) Data Modelling
12 81 (8.32%) BDD
13 77 (7.91%) Software Engineering
14 76 (7.80%) Analytics
14 76 (7.80%) Migration
15 75 (7.70%) Roadmaps
16 73 (7.49%) Mentoring
17 67 (6.88%) CI/CD
17 67 (6.88%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 516 (52.98%) SQL
2 455 (46.71%) C#
3 313 (32.14%) JavaScript
4 154 (15.81%) T-SQL
5 112 (11.50%) Python
6 83 (8.52%) TypeScript
7 73 (7.49%) PowerShell
8 43 (4.41%) VB.NET
9 39 (4.00%) VB
10 31 (3.18%) Java
11 16 (1.64%) VB6
12 15 (1.54%) VBScript
13 13 (1.33%) PHP
13 13 (1.33%) Ruby
14 11 (1.13%) Delphi
14 11 (1.13%) PL/SQL
14 11 (1.13%) VBA
15 10 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.92%) Perl
17 8 (0.82%) C++
Qualifications
1 127 (13.04%) Degree
2 55 (5.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 41 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (2.46%) Security Cleared
5 21 (2.16%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.54%) Oracle Certification
7 13 (1.33%) SC Cleared
8 12 (1.23%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.13%) AWS Certification
10 9 (0.92%) MCSE
11 8 (0.82%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.82%) OCP
12 7 (0.72%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.62%) CCNA
13 6 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 4 (0.41%) HNC
15 4 (0.41%) HND
15 4 (0.41%) MCP
15 4 (0.41%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 47 (4.83%) QA
3 20 (2.05%) GDPR
4 14 (1.44%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.13%) SLA
6 9 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 72 (7.39%) Active Directory
2 34 (3.49%) Hyper-V
3 33 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (2.16%) Docker
5 19 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
6 17 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (1.13%) vSphere
8 4 (0.41%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.21%) Firmware
9 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.21%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.10%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 33 (3.39%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.75%) Terraform
3 12 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.72%) WSUS
5 6 (0.62%) SCCM
6 4 (0.41%) Ansible
7 2 (0.21%) CSIRT
7 2 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.21%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.21%) vRealize
8 1 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.10%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.10%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.10%) yum
Vendors
1 541 (55.54%) Microsoft
2 134 (13.76%) Oracle
3 51 (5.24%) Google
4 47 (4.83%) VMware
5 41 (4.21%) Informatica
6 39 (4.00%) Databricks
7 33 (3.39%) Facebook
8 30 (3.08%) IBM
9 28 (2.87%) Cisco
10 20 (2.05%) Apple
11 15 (1.54%) Commvault
11 15 (1.54%) SAP
12 14 (1.44%) Sony
12 14 (1.44%) Yahoo!
13 9 (0.92%) Citrix
14 8 (0.82%) Sage
14 8 (0.82%) Veeam
15 7 (0.72%) Epicor
15 7 (0.72%) ESRI
15 7 (0.72%) NEC