SQL Server Jobs in the South East

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 51 30
Rank change year-on-year +13 -21 -10
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 862 801 1,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.10% 5.61% 8.45%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.25% 31.77% 33.63%
Number of salaries quoted 796 662 1,202
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,563
90th Percentile £73,750 £92,500 £76,200
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,001 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,673 2,521 5,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.83% 17.65% 25.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,994 1,692 3,081
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,125 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,408 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% +4.38% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £83,750
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the South East

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the South East.

Salary trend for SQL Server in the South East

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the South East

SQL Server
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 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
Thames Valley +3 290 £52,500 -12.50% 43
Hampshire +5 154 £57,500 +9.52% 34
Kent +56 135 £60,000 +20.00% 19
Surrey +10 133 £55,000 +4.76% 25
Berkshire -4 131 £62,500 -5.66% 18
Oxfordshire +35 97 £47,500 +5.56% 13
East Sussex -9 67 £47,500 -13.64% 9
Buckinghamshire -8 62 £52,500 -2.33% 12
West Sussex +11 55 £55,000 -8.33% 6
Sussex - 11 £60,000 -
Middlesex -12 6 £44,658 -42.38%
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 65 (7.54%) SharePoint
2 33 (3.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (3.36%) IIS
4 11 (1.28%) Apache
5 10 (1.16%) CMS
6 6 (0.70%) Kentico
6 6 (0.70%) WebSphere
6 6 (0.70%) WordPress
7 5 (0.58%) Confluence
7 5 (0.58%) Headless CMS
7 5 (0.58%) JBoss
8 4 (0.46%) ColdFusion
8 4 (0.46%) TWiki
9 3 (0.35%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.23%) Drupal
10 2 (0.23%) IBM Domino
11 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
11 1 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 32 (3.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.58%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.12%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.46%) SDL Web 8
4 2 (0.23%) Magento
4 2 (0.23%) nopCommerce
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.23%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.23%) SAP WM
4 2 (0.23%) Shopify
5 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.12%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 487 (56.50%) Azure
2 154 (17.87%) AWS
3 103 (11.95%) Power Platform
4 86 (9.98%) Microsoft 365
5 65 (7.54%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (5.10%) SaaS
7 27 (3.13%) PaaS
8 26 (3.02%) OneDrive
9 21 (2.44%) Entra ID
9 21 (2.44%) IaaS
10 18 (2.09%) PowerApps
11 17 (1.97%) Power Automate
12 15 (1.74%) Serverless
13 14 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (1.51%) Azure Service Bus
15 12 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (1.39%) GCP
16 11 (1.28%) GitHub
16 11 (1.28%) Google Play
17 10 (1.16%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 68 (7.89%) Firewall
2 42 (4.87%) Internet
3 25 (2.90%) DNS
4 24 (2.78%) VoIP
5 18 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (1.86%) Broadband
7 13 (1.51%) TCP/IP
8 12 (1.39%) SAN
9 11 (1.28%) VPN
10 10 (1.16%) DHCP
11 9 (1.04%) HTTP
11 9 (1.04%) WAN
12 8 (0.93%) Network Security
12 8 (0.93%) SSL
13 7 (0.81%) LAN
14 5 (0.58%) Hyperconnected
14 5 (0.58%) iSCSI
14 5 (0.58%) Wireless
15 4 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
15 4 (0.46%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (10.79%) Power BI
2 86 (9.98%) Elasticsearch
3 78 (9.05%) MongoDB
4 71 (8.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 66 (7.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 48 (5.57%) Data Warehouse
7 46 (5.34%) NoSQL
8 40 (4.64%) Relational Database
9 36 (4.18%) MySQL
9 36 (4.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 19 (2.20%) Data Lake
11 16 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
12 15 (1.74%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.93%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.93%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.93%) MariaDB
13 8 (0.93%) Redis
14 7 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
14 7 (0.81%) Power Query
14 7 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 86 (9.98%) Git
2 49 (5.68%) Visual Studio
3 36 (4.18%) JIRA
4 27 (3.13%) NUnit
5 14 (1.62%) Selenium
6 12 (1.39%) Team Foundation Server
6 12 (1.39%) TeamCity
7 11 (1.28%) Postman
8 8 (0.93%) eggPlant
8 8 (0.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 8 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
9 7 (0.81%) Jasmine
10 6 (0.70%) Jenkins
11 5 (0.58%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.58%) MSTest
11 5 (0.58%) Subversion
12 4 (0.46%) GitLab
12 4 (0.46%) Moq
13 2 (0.23%) Burp Suite
13 2 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 179 (20.77%) Social Skills
2 123 (14.27%) Finance
3 54 (6.26%) Retail
4 40 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (4.52%) Documentation Skills
6 33 (3.83%) Public Sector
7 27 (3.13%) Games
8 26 (3.02%) Marketing
9 22 (2.55%) Law
9 22 (2.55%) Manufacturing
10 15 (1.74%) Aerospace
11 14 (1.62%) Advertising
12 13 (1.51%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.39%) Back Office
14 11 (1.28%) Banking
15 9 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 6 (0.70%) Billing
17 6 (0.70%) Music Industry
17 6 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 547 (63.46%) Developer
2 324 (37.59%) .NET Developer
3 154 (17.87%) C# Developer
4 120 (13.92%) C# .NET Developer
5 95 (11.02%) Senior
6 85 (9.86%) Software Developer
7 76 (8.82%) Senior Developer
8 68 (7.89%) Support Engineer
9 50 (5.80%) Lead
10 47 (5.45%) Full Stack Developer
11 41 (4.76%) IT Support
12 38 (4.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 38 (4.41%) IT Engineer
13 37 (4.29%) DBA
13 37 (4.29%) IT Support Engineer
14 35 (4.06%) 3rd Line Support
14 35 (4.06%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 34 (3.94%) Consultant
16 33 (3.83%) C# Software Developer
17 32 (3.71%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 545 (63.23%) .NET
2 337 (39.10%) ASP.NET
3 281 (32.60%) .NET Core
4 264 (30.63%) AngularJS
5 241 (27.96%) ASP.NET MVC
6 227 (26.33%) Entity Framework
7 215 (24.94%) ASP.NET Web API
8 213 (24.71%) React
9 211 (24.48%) .NET Framework
10 185 (21.46%) HTML
11 148 (17.17%) CSS
11 148 (17.17%) Vue
12 122 (14.15%) HTML5
13 87 (10.09%) Node.js
14 80 (9.28%) RESTful
15 64 (7.42%) LINQ
16 62 (7.19%) CSS3
16 62 (7.19%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 57 (6.61%) Blazor
18 55 (6.38%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 68 (7.89%) Greenfield Project
2 30 (3.48%) Management Information System
2 30 (3.48%) Replication
3 25 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (2.55%) Mobile App
5 21 (2.44%) Algorithms
6 12 (1.39%) N-Tier
7 11 (1.28%) iPhone
7 11 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.16%) BBC
8 10 (1.16%) Cloud Native
8 10 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
8 10 (1.16%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.16%) Social Media
9 8 (0.93%) Digital TV
9 8 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (0.81%) Social Network
11 6 (0.70%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.58%) Clustering
12 5 (0.58%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 124 (14.39%) Windows
2 64 (7.42%) Windows Server
3 31 (3.60%) Linux
4 29 (3.36%) VMS
5 16 (1.86%) Android
6 15 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.70%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.46%) AIX
10 4 (0.46%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.46%) CentOS
10 4 (0.46%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.35%) Rocky
12 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.23%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.12%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.12%) Unix
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (44.78%) Agile
2 304 (35.27%) Full Stack Development
3 292 (33.87%) MVC
4 223 (25.87%) Microservices
5 160 (18.56%) TDD
6 126 (14.62%) BDD
7 113 (13.11%) DevOps
8 108 (12.53%) Problem-Solving
8 108 (12.53%) Scrum
9 107 (12.41%) Computer Science
10 103 (11.95%) Business Intelligence
11 80 (9.28%) Artificial Intelligence
12 78 (9.05%) Kanban
13 68 (7.89%) OO
14 63 (7.31%) CI/CD
15 59 (6.84%) ETL
16 55 (6.38%) Unit Testing
17 53 (6.15%) Mentoring
18 49 (5.68%) Test Automation
19 48 (5.57%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 563 (65.31%) C#
2 381 (44.20%) JavaScript
3 346 (40.14%) SQL
4 173 (20.07%) TypeScript
5 86 (9.98%) T-SQL
6 66 (7.66%) Java
7 33 (3.83%) Python
8 29 (3.36%) PHP
9 24 (2.78%) C++
9 24 (2.78%) PowerShell
10 20 (2.32%) VB.NET
11 13 (1.51%) Bicep
12 11 (1.28%) R
13 10 (1.16%) C
14 7 (0.81%) Objective-C
14 7 (0.81%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.70%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.70%) VB
16 5 (0.58%) VBScript
17 4 (0.46%) RPG
Qualifications
1 159 (18.45%) Degree
2 75 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 44 (5.10%) Security Cleared
4 32 (3.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (3.25%) SC Cleared
6 20 (2.32%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.16%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.16%) PhD
8 9 (1.04%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.70%) CTC Cleared
10 5 (0.58%) HNC
10 5 (0.58%) HND
11 4 (0.46%) CCNA
11 4 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.46%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.46%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.23%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.23%) MCITP
12 2 (0.23%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (5.92%) QA
2 15 (1.74%) GDPR
3 10 (1.16%) HIPAA
4 8 (0.93%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.58%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.46%) COBIT
6 4 (0.46%) SLA
7 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 74 (8.58%) Active Directory
2 63 (7.31%) Docker
3 60 (6.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (1.74%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.51%) vSphere
7 5 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 61 (7.08%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.44%) Terraform
3 8 (0.93%) MIIS
4 7 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
4 7 (0.81%) SCCM
5 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.46%) Nagios
6 4 (0.46%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.35%) Ansible
7 3 (0.35%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.12%) Kibana
8 1 (0.12%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.12%) NetCrunch
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.12%) SCOM
8 1 (0.12%) vRealize
8 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 469 (54.41%) Microsoft
2 79 (9.16%) VMware
3 51 (5.92%) Veeam
4 46 (5.34%) Oracle
5 42 (4.87%) Google
6 41 (4.76%) Citrix
7 17 (1.97%) Facebook
8 14 (1.62%) Apple
9 10 (1.16%) Sony
9 10 (1.16%) Yahoo!
10 9 (1.04%) Adobe
11 8 (0.93%) Cisco
11 8 (0.93%) EMC
11 8 (0.93%) Palo Alto
11 8 (0.93%) Zerto
12 6 (0.70%) Aruba
13 5 (0.58%) Adaptive Insights
13 5 (0.58%) Anaplan
13 5 (0.58%) RedGate
13 5 (0.58%) Tagetik