SQL Server Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 55 32
Rank change year-on-year +12 -23 -8
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 3,739 2,914 5,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.76% 5.21% 7.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.94% 26.83% 33.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,329 2,304 3,978
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,498 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% +9.47% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 12,488 10,861 16,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.91% 19.40% 22.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8,138 6,538 10,148
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,723 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,325 £80,000
UK 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 UK excluding London

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the UK excluding London

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SQL Server in the UK excluding London

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the UK excluding London

SQL Server
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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 of England +35 973 £50,000 - 206
South East +8 881 £55,000 - 114
Midlands +20 752 £50,000 - 154
North West +39 557 £50,000 - 115
West Midlands +13 484 £52,500 +5.00% 96
South West +9 428 £52,500 +5.00% 70
East of England +26 411 £47,500 -8.65% 55
Yorkshire +28 301 £50,000 - 58
East Midlands +33 268 £47,500 - 58
Scotland -34 186 £52,500 +10.53% 43
North East +30 115 £47,500 -0.18% 35
Wales +22 83 £50,000 +16.28% 12
Northern Ireland -9 30 £50,000 - 18
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 198 (5.30%) SharePoint
2 164 (4.39%) IIS
3 121 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 58 (1.55%) CMS
5 38 (1.02%) Apache
6 36 (0.96%) Umbraco
7 17 (0.45%) Apache Spark
8 15 (0.40%) Confluence
9 13 (0.35%) ArcGIS
10 12 (0.32%) WebSphere
11 10 (0.27%) Tomcat
12 9 (0.24%) Apache Solr
13 8 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
13 8 (0.21%) JBoss
13 8 (0.21%) WordPress
14 7 (0.19%) Kentico
14 7 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
15 6 (0.16%) NServiceBus
16 5 (0.13%) Drupal
16 5 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 139 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 112 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.32%) Chatbot
5 10 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.13%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.080%) S-PLUS
10 1 (0.027%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 55 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.48%) NEC Housing
3 16 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
4 14 (0.37%) Sage 200
5 11 (0.29%) Shopify
6 9 (0.24%) Maximo
7 7 (0.19%) Epicor Tropos
7 7 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
7 7 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
8 6 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
8 6 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
8 6 (0.16%) PlanetPress Connect
9 5 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.13%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 4 (0.11%) SDL Web 8
11 3 (0.080%) iTrent
11 3 (0.080%) Magento
12 2 (0.053%) Infor LN
12 2 (0.053%) nopCommerce
Cloud Services
1 2,187 (58.49%) Azure
2 589 (15.75%) AWS
3 577 (15.43%) Power Platform
4 385 (10.30%) Azure DevOps
5 284 (7.60%) Microsoft 365
6 136 (3.64%) SaaS
7 105 (2.81%) GCP
8 98 (2.62%) Azure Data Factory
9 72 (1.93%) PowerApps
9 72 (1.93%) Serverless
10 69 (1.85%) Power Automate
11 68 (1.82%) Entra ID
12 64 (1.71%) PaaS
13 63 (1.68%) GitHub
14 61 (1.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 61 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
14 61 (1.63%) Snowflake
15 54 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 47 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
17 46 (1.23%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 194 (5.19%) Firewall
2 139 (3.72%) DNS
3 119 (3.18%) Internet
4 104 (2.78%) WAN
5 103 (2.75%) SAN
6 82 (2.19%) Broadband
7 76 (2.03%) DHCP
8 74 (1.98%) VPN
9 67 (1.79%) TCP/IP
10 63 (1.68%) LAN
11 39 (1.04%) VoIP
11 39 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (0.99%) SSL
13 28 (0.75%) HTTP
14 24 (0.64%) NAS
14 24 (0.64%) Wireless
15 17 (0.45%) SD-WAN
16 16 (0.43%) Hyperconnected
16 16 (0.43%) VLAN
17 15 (0.40%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 536 (14.34%) Power BI
2 352 (9.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 321 (8.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 321 (8.59%) Data Warehouse
4 278 (7.44%) Relational Database
5 263 (7.03%) MongoDB
6 255 (6.82%) Elasticsearch
6 255 (6.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 253 (6.77%) MySQL
8 176 (4.71%) PostgreSQL
9 123 (3.29%) NoSQL
10 122 (3.26%) Data Lake
11 115 (3.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 87 (2.33%) Oracle Database
13 56 (1.50%) MS Access
14 52 (1.39%) Tableau
15 43 (1.15%) DB2
16 42 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
17 41 (1.10%) RDBMS
18 37 (0.99%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 337 (9.01%) Git
2 192 (5.14%) Visual Studio
3 135 (3.61%) JIRA
4 52 (1.39%) NUnit
5 51 (1.36%) GitLab
6 50 (1.34%) Jasmine
6 50 (1.34%) Team Foundation Server
7 49 (1.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 39 (1.04%) Karma Test Runner
9 31 (0.83%) Jenkins
9 31 (0.83%) Moq
10 30 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
11 27 (0.72%) Selenium
12 25 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
13 24 (0.64%) TeamCity
14 22 (0.59%) MSTest
15 21 (0.56%) Postman
16 13 (0.35%) Bitbucket
16 13 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
17 12 (0.32%) SonarQube
General
1 912 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 518 (13.85%) Finance
3 285 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
4 238 (6.37%) Retail
5 162 (4.33%) Manufacturing
6 153 (4.09%) Public Sector
7 130 (3.48%) Law
8 83 (2.22%) Marketing
8 83 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
9 80 (2.14%) Games
10 77 (2.06%) Legal
11 75 (2.01%) Advertising
12 73 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 53 (1.42%) Banking
14 45 (1.20%) Back Office
15 39 (1.04%) Local Government
16 38 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
17 32 (0.86%) Aerospace
17 32 (0.86%) Police
18 31 (0.83%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 1,960 (52.42%) Developer
2 1,029 (27.52%) .NET Developer
3 520 (13.91%) C# Developer
4 396 (10.59%) Senior
5 375 (10.03%) C# .NET Developer
6 342 (9.15%) Software Developer
7 232 (6.20%) DBA
8 221 (5.91%) Senior Developer
9 220 (5.88%) Lead
10 197 (5.27%) Data Engineer
11 191 (5.11%) Support Engineer
12 190 (5.08%) Analyst
13 169 (4.52%) Software Engineer
14 157 (4.20%) Consultant
15 153 (4.09%) SQL DBA
16 144 (3.85%) Administrator
17 118 (3.16%) Full Stack Developer
18 115 (3.08%) IT Engineer
19 114 (3.05%) IT Support
20 110 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,953 (52.23%) .NET
2 1,222 (32.68%) ASP.NET
3 983 (26.29%) .NET Core
4 931 (24.90%) AngularJS
5 844 (22.57%) HTML
6 800 (21.40%) ASP.NET MVC
7 744 (19.90%) ASP.NET Web API
8 727 (19.44%) Entity Framework
9 726 (19.42%) .NET Framework
10 643 (17.20%) CSS
11 619 (16.56%) React
12 463 (12.38%) Vue
13 407 (10.89%) HTML5
14 288 (7.70%) RESTful
15 278 (7.44%) Node.js
16 223 (5.96%) Blazor
16 223 (5.96%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 210 (5.62%) CSS3
18 207 (5.54%) jQuery
18 207 (5.54%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 162 (4.33%) Greenfield Project
2 156 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 123 (3.29%) Public Cloud
4 109 (2.92%) Management Information System
4 109 (2.92%) Mobile App
5 108 (2.89%) Data Structures
6 99 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
7 95 (2.54%) Replication
8 69 (1.85%) Clustering
9 63 (1.68%) Cloud Native
10 54 (1.44%) Product Ownership
11 50 (1.34%) Driving Licence
12 47 (1.26%) Algorithms
13 44 (1.18%) NHS
14 41 (1.10%) Reinsurance
15 38 (1.02%) Data Centre
15 38 (1.02%) iPhone
16 36 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
17 34 (0.91%) Social Network
18 33 (0.88%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 576 (15.41%) Windows
2 297 (7.94%) Windows Server
3 262 (7.01%) Linux
4 104 (2.78%) VMS
5 59 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 55 (1.47%) Android
6 55 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 52 (1.39%) Windows 10
8 49 (1.31%) Unix
9 41 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
10 25 (0.67%) AIX
11 24 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
12 16 (0.43%) Windows 7
13 14 (0.37%) Debian
14 13 (0.35%) CentOS
15 12 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 8 (0.21%) SUSE
16 8 (0.21%) Ubuntu
17 6 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
18 5 (0.13%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,416 (37.87%) Agile
2 1,043 (27.90%) MVC
3 984 (26.32%) Full Stack Development
4 712 (19.04%) Microservices
5 666 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
6 609 (16.29%) DevOps
7 558 (14.92%) Business Intelligence
8 457 (12.22%) TDD
9 421 (11.26%) Scrum
10 371 (9.92%) ETL
11 356 (9.52%) BDD
12 277 (7.41%) CI/CD
13 271 (7.25%) OO
14 269 (7.19%) Computer Science
15 267 (7.14%) Mentoring
16 256 (6.85%) Software Engineering
17 242 (6.47%) Artificial Intelligence
18 226 (6.04%) Kanban
18 226 (6.04%) Migration
19 224 (5.99%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,989 (53.20%) C#
2 1,866 (49.91%) SQL
3 1,332 (35.62%) JavaScript
4 507 (13.56%) TypeScript
5 504 (13.48%) T-SQL
6 276 (7.38%) Python
7 199 (5.32%) Java
8 194 (5.19%) PowerShell
9 156 (4.17%) VB.NET
10 119 (3.18%) VB
11 86 (2.30%) PHP
12 71 (1.90%) C++
13 48 (1.28%) C
14 32 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 32 (0.86%) PL/SQL
14 32 (0.86%) XAML
15 29 (0.78%) Bash
15 29 (0.78%) R
15 29 (0.78%) VB6
16 27 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 540 (14.44%) Degree
2 190 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 182 (4.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 153 (4.09%) Security Cleared
5 84 (2.25%) SC Cleared
6 44 (1.18%) Azure Certification
7 36 (0.96%) DBS Check
8 32 (0.86%) Master's Degree
9 29 (0.78%) CCNA
9 29 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 26 (0.70%) Oracle Certification
11 24 (0.64%) DV Cleared
12 16 (0.43%) MCSE
13 15 (0.40%) HND
14 13 (0.35%) ISTQB
14 13 (0.35%) MCP
15 12 (0.32%) Network+ Certification
15 12 (0.32%) OCP
15 12 (0.32%) PMI Certification
16 11 (0.29%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (5.48%) QA
2 141 (3.77%) Data Quality
3 52 (1.39%) GDPR
4 46 (1.23%) Accessibility
5 40 (1.07%) SLA
6 26 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.29%) WAI
8 10 (0.27%) HIPAA
9 7 (0.19%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.16%) GMP
11 5 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.11%) COBIT
12 4 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.11%) WCAG
13 3 (0.080%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.053%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 2 (0.053%) PMO
15 1 (0.027%) HL7
15 1 (0.027%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 254 (6.79%) Active Directory
2 192 (5.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 172 (4.60%) Docker
4 114 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
5 102 (2.73%) Hyper-V
6 41 (1.10%) vSphere
7 39 (1.04%) VMware NSX
8 30 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (0.40%) XenApp
10 11 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.16%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.080%) Firmware
14 2 (0.053%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.027%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.027%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.027%) NFS
15 1 (0.027%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.027%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 150 (4.01%) Kubernetes
2 90 (2.41%) Terraform
3 36 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (0.91%) Ansible
5 29 (0.78%) SCCM
6 17 (0.45%) Nagios
7 14 (0.37%) FortiGate
7 14 (0.37%) vCenter Server
8 13 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
9 11 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
9 11 (0.29%) MIIS
10 10 (0.27%) WSUS
11 8 (0.21%) EMC VPLEX
11 8 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.19%) Prometheus
13 6 (0.16%) Data Guard
13 6 (0.16%) Progress Chef
13 6 (0.16%) SCOM
14 5 (0.13%) Grafana
14 5 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2,049 (54.80%) Microsoft
2 346 (9.25%) Oracle
3 292 (7.81%) VMware
4 150 (4.01%) Google
5 91 (2.43%) Veeam
6 82 (2.19%) Facebook
7 80 (2.14%) Databricks
8 79 (2.11%) Citrix
9 69 (1.85%) Cisco
10 61 (1.63%) Apple
11 50 (1.34%) IBM
12 46 (1.23%) Informatica
13 38 (1.02%) SAP
14 30 (0.80%) Sony
14 30 (0.80%) Yahoo!
15 26 (0.70%) Red Hat
16 25 (0.67%) Adobe
17 24 (0.64%) EMC
17 24 (0.64%) Xamarin
18 23 (0.62%) HP