56 Sql Server jobs in the United Kingdom

Senior Cloud Database Engineer - SQL Server

• Salary: 62,000 + bonus
• Benefits: Pension, healthcare, career development
• Hybrid working: Only 2 days per week onsite in Southampton
• Career growth: Genuine opportunities to progress within a world-class tech company

Are you an experienced SQL Server expert looking for your next big challenge?

Join a global tech leader where innovation, high performance, and career growth are at the heart of everything they do. This is your chance to make a real impact as a Senior Cloud Database Engineer , working on mission-critical systems in a cutting-edge environment.

What you'll be doing:

• Install, configure, upgrade, monitor, and maintain multiple SQL Server databases in a 24/7 environment
• Optimise database and application performance
• Manage backup and recovery policies and procedures
• Implement robust database security measures
• Create, maintain, and monitor SQL scripts and processes
• Collaborate with both technical and non-technical teams to solve complex challenges

What we're looking for:

• 5+ years' experience managing mission-critical SQL Server databases
• Strong T-SQL programming skills
• Experience with database replication and Availability Groups
• Proven problem-solving ability and a track record of meeting deadlines
• Excellent communication skills for cross-team collaboration

Desirable skills (not essential, but a big plus):

• SSAS, SSRS, SSIS
• Kafka, MSK, Snowflake, Aurora DB, SNS
• AWS or Azure database management

If you're ready to join a company that challenges limits, delivers excellence, and offers a truly rewarding career path, we want to hear from you.

Hit apply to upload your CV.

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Senior Cloud Database Engineer - SQL Server

• Salary: 62,000 + bonus
• Benefits: Pension, healthcare, career development
• Hybrid working: Only 2 days per week onsite in Southampton
• Career growth: Genuine opportunities to progress within a world-class tech company

Are you an experienced SQL Server expert looking for your next big challenge?

Join a global tech leader where innovation, high performance, and career growth are at the heart of everything they do. This is your chance to make a real impact as a Senior Cloud Database Engineer , working on mission-critical systems in a cutting-edge environment.

What you'll be doing:

• Install, configure, upgrade, monitor, and maintain multiple SQL Server databases in a 24/7 environment
• Optimise database and application performance
• Manage backup and recovery policies and procedures
• Implement robust database security measures
• Create, maintain, and monitor SQL scripts and processes
• Collaborate with both technical and non-technical teams to solve complex challenges

What we're looking for:

• 5+ years' experience managing mission-critical SQL Server databases
• Strong T-SQL programming skills
• Experience with database replication and Availability Groups
• Proven problem-solving ability and a track record of meeting deadlines
• Excellent communication skills for cross-team collaboration

Desirable skills (not essential, but a big plus):

• SSAS, SSRS, SSIS
• Kafka, MSK, Snowflake, Aurora DB, SNS
• AWS or Azure database management

If you're ready to join a company that challenges limits, delivers excellence, and offers a truly rewarding career path, we want to hear from you.

Hit apply to upload your CV.

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

A product-focused software company helping project-based businesses thrive are currently looking for a skilled SQL Server DBA with Azure experience.

• 3+ years' experience in SQL Serverwith hands-on Azure SQL Database administration
• Strong T-SQL (queries, stored procedures, indexing, performance tuning)
• Proven experience maintaining, optimising, and scalin.

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Senior IT Database and Web Platform Engineer
Location: Birmingham (Hybrid, 2–3 days per week in office)
Contract: 6 Month FTC
Salary: £65,000 – £5,000

A leading international law firm is seeking a Senior IT Database and Web Platform Engineer to join their Birmingham-based IT Services team on a 6-month fixed-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity to play a critical role in maintaining and enhancing SQL, SharePoint, and web platform infrastructure, supporting services that underpin high-profile legal and business systems across the globe.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Core Services and Platforms , you will provide expert third-line support across a wide range of systems, including SQL Server, SharePoint, Web Applications, Single Sign-On, Azure Services, and Identity Management. You will also lead on architecture, optimisation, troubleshooting, and project delivery, ensuring the stability, performance, and continuous improvement of mission-critical IT services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the support and optimisation of SQL, SharePoint, Web and Azure environments.

• Delivering deployments, platform upgrades and code releases in line with change processes.

• Proactively identifying and resolving infrastructure issues before they impact users.

• Coaching and guiding team members, acting as a trusted SME within Core Services and Platforms.

• Driving process improvement and technology innovation to keep systems modern, secure, and resilient.

• Collaborating with business services and vendor teams to deliver reliable, high-quality solutions.

We are looking for a technically strong and collaborative professional with:

• Previous experience as a Business/Systems Analyst, Senior Systems Consultant, or similar .

• Significant experience in SQL Server configuration, optimisation, and support .

• Hands-on expertise with SharePoint architecture and administration .

• Strong knowledge of Azure services, identity management, SSO and MFA .

• A proven ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues in high-pressure environments.

• Experience leading projects, coaching others, and acting as a subject matter expert.

• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset, with excellent communication skills and stakeholder management.

Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or contact Phoebe Rees via the VIQU IT website.

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Senior IT Database and Web Platform Engineer
Location: Birmingham (Hybrid, 2–3 days per week in office)
Contract: 6 Month FTC
Salary: £65,000 – £5,000

A leading international law firm is seeking a Senior IT Database and Web Platform Engineer to join their Birmingham-based IT Services team on a 6-month fixed-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity to play a critical role in maintaining and enhancing SQL, SharePoint, and web platform infrastructure, supporting services that underpin high-profile legal and business systems across the globe.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Core Services and Platforms , you will provide expert third-line support across a wide range of systems, including SQL Server, SharePoint, Web Applications, Single Sign-On, Azure Services, and Identity Management. You will also lead on architecture, optimisation, troubleshooting, and project delivery, ensuring the stability, performance, and continuous improvement of mission-critical IT services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the support and optimisation of SQL, SharePoint, Web and Azure environments.

• Delivering deployments, platform upgrades and code releases in line with change processes.

• Proactively identifying and resolving infrastructure issues before they impact users.

• Coaching and guiding team members, acting as a trusted SME within Core Services and Platforms.

• Driving process improvement and technology innovation to keep systems modern, secure, and resilient.

• Collaborating with business services and vendor teams to deliver reliable, high-quality solutions.

We are looking for a technically strong and collaborative professional with:

• Previous experience as a Business/Systems Analyst, Senior Systems Consultant, or similar .

• Significant experience in SQL Server configuration, optimisation, and support .

• Hands-on expertise with SharePoint architecture and administration .

• Strong knowledge of Azure services, identity management, SSO and MFA .

• A proven ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues in high-pressure environments.

• Experience leading projects, coaching others, and acting as a subject matter expert.

• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset, with excellent communication skills and stakeholder management.

Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or contact Phoebe Rees via the VIQU IT website.

Know someone great? Refer them and receive up to ,000 if successful (terms apply).

For more exciting roles and opportunities, follow us on LinkedIn @VIQU IT Recruitment

Job Title: Senior SQL Server Developer

Location: Completely Remote role, can be Located anywhere in the UK!

Salary: 45k - 53k per annum depending on experience

We're proud to be a trusted leader in SQL development services, and in database, server, cloud, and application services. We enjoy helping our clients, many of which are well-known household brands, stay connected and supported.

The Senior SQL Server Developer will be responsible for developing and enhancing high quality data solutions for clients.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Undertake consultancy work to create and develop high quality data and/or BI solutions to a range of clients
• Work closely with colleagues and clients to analyse requirements and identify solutions
• Build functional and technical designs; build, document, test and implement as required
• Understand the needs of multiple clients and their users
• Combine high customer service standards with a strong commercial awareness to deliver high client satisfaction
• Take a proactive approach to assessing client's current and future requirements, providing advice and recommendations and promoting additional WellData services
• Represent WellData in a technical role in discussion with clients as needed, with the confidence to lead technical meetings where appropriate
• Ensure development and implementation support efforts meet integration and performance expectations
• There is no on call support requirement with this role
• Undertake ongoing training and professional development to support strong performance in job role and meet the needs of the Company, its partners and clients

Knowledge and experience:

• SQL Development
• Extensive knowledge of performance tuning
• Ideally BI Development included Data Warehouse architecture and development
• Requirements gathering
• Project scoping
• Effort estimation
• Development methodologies
• Source control
• Continuous Integration methodologies
• Testing
• Documentation
• Power BI/Fabric and/or other BI tools
• Ideally a good knowledge of PowerShell
• Very good understanding of the principles of database design
• Very good knowledge and extensive experience of relevant database technologies
• Very good knowledge of database performance and security optimisations
• Research into areas of technical interest and support colleagues by documenting and sharing technical know-how and providing advice and guidance to peers and helping to train and mentor colleagues
• Commercial awareness

Qualifications:

• Relevant certifications (e.g. Microsoft, Azure etc.) - desirable

Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to work effectively with groups and individuals including those with differing perspectives
• Ability to explain complex concepts and issues to non-technical experts
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to work logically from first principles to respond to novel, unusual, or particularly complex issues
• Strong customer service skills
• Strong organisational skills with ability to manage changing priorities and competing demands

Ability and aptitude

• Ability to create and maintain strong working relationships with clients and colleagues
• Willingness and aptitude to learn, keep up to date with developments in new technology with an enthusiasm for continuing professional development and willingness to achieve certifications relevant to job role and Company requirements
• Flexible and adaptable
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage own workload and productivity whilst working remotely

Benefits:

• Generous Pension Contribution Scheme matching contributions up to 10%
• Income Protection/Life Insurance
• 5 Weeks' Annual Leave with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days per annum
• Company sponsored training allowing you to keep abreast of current technologies
• Paid Birthday Leave; Up to 2 days' Volunteering/leave year; Additional annual leave for long service
• Quarterly training meetings and get-togethers for all employees

Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with experience of; Database Consultant, BI Developer, Data Engineer, SQL Server Specialist, Data Warehouse Developer, Data Analyst, T-SQL Developer, UK Remote Work also be considered for this role.

Job Title: Senior SQL Server Developer

Location: Completely Remote role, can be Located anywhere in the UK!

Salary: 45k - 53k per annum depending on experience

We're proud to be a trusted leader in SQL development services, and in database, server, cloud, and application services. We enjoy helping our clients, many of which are well-known household brands, stay connected and supported.

The Senior SQL Server Developer will be responsible for developing and enhancing high quality data solutions for clients.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Undertake consultancy work to create and develop high quality data and/or BI solutions to a range of clients
• Work closely with colleagues and clients to analyse requirements and identify solutions
• Build functional and technical designs; build, document, test and implement as required
• Understand the needs of multiple clients and their users
• Combine high customer service standards with a strong commercial awareness to deliver high client satisfaction
• Take a proactive approach to assessing client's current and future requirements, providing advice and recommendations and promoting additional WellData services
• Represent WellData in a technical role in discussion with clients as needed, with the confidence to lead technical meetings where appropriate
• Ensure development and implementation support efforts meet integration and performance expectations
• There is no on call support requirement with this role
• Undertake ongoing training and professional development to support strong performance in job role and meet the needs of the Company, its partners and clients

Knowledge and experience:

• SQL Development
• Extensive knowledge of performance tuning
• Ideally BI Development included Data Warehouse architecture and development
• Requirements gathering
• Project scoping
• Effort estimation
• Development methodologies
• Source control
• Continuous Integration methodologies
• Testing
• Documentation
• Power BI/Fabric and/or other BI tools
• Ideally a good knowledge of PowerShell
• Very good understanding of the principles of database design
• Very good knowledge and extensive experience of relevant database technologies
• Very good knowledge of database performance and security optimisations
• Research into areas of technical interest and support colleagues by documenting and sharing technical know-how and providing advice and guidance to peers and helping to train and mentor colleagues
• Commercial awareness

Qualifications:

• Relevant certifications (e.g. Microsoft, Azure etc.) - desirable

Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to work effectively with groups and individuals including those with differing perspectives
• Ability to explain complex concepts and issues to non-technical experts
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to work logically from first principles to respond to novel, unusual, or particularly complex issues
• Strong customer service skills
• Strong organisational skills with ability to manage changing priorities and competing demands

Ability and aptitude

• Ability to create and maintain strong working relationships with clients and colleagues
• Willingness and aptitude to learn, keep up to date with developments in new technology with an enthusiasm for continuing professional development and willingness to achieve certifications relevant to job role and Company requirements
• Flexible and adaptable
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage own workload and productivity whilst working remotely

Benefits:

• Generous Pension Contribution Scheme matching contributions up to 10%
• Income Protection/Life Insurance
• 5 Weeks' Annual Leave with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days per annum
• Company sponsored training allowing you to keep abreast of current technologies
• Paid Birthday Leave; Up to 2 days' Volunteering/leave year; Additional annual leave for long service
• Quarterly training meetings and get-togethers for all employees

Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with experience of; Database Consultant, BI Developer, Data Engineer, SQL Server Specialist, Data Warehouse Developer, Data Analyst, T-SQL Developer, UK Remote Work also be considered for this role.

Job Title: Mid-level / Senior SQL Server DBA

Location: Completely Remote role, can be Located anywhere in the UK!

Salary: 50k - 65k per annum Depending on Experience, 26 days annual leave, 10% pension contribution, Life Insurance.

We're proud to be a trusted leader in database administration managed services. Our expertise keeps some of the nation's most recognisable household brands running smoothly, securely, and efficiently. At the heart of everything we do is a passion for solving complex challenges, ensuring our clients stay connected, supported, and ready for the future. The Mid / Senior SQL Server DBA will be responsible for ensuring the performance, security, and effective administration of client databases.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Configure and maintain a range of client environments including monitoring system health and proactively managing performance to ensure high levels of performance, availability and security.
• Extensive experience managing SQL Server Infrastructure
• Understand the needs of multiple clients and their users.
• Combine high customer service standards with a strong commercial awareness.
• Take a proactive approach to assessing client's current and future requirements, providing advice and recommendations to client's technical teams and promoting additional WellData services.
• Represent WellData in a technical role in discussion with clients as needed, with the confidence to lead technical meetings where appropriate.
• Install, upgrade and manage database applications.
• Undertake performance tuning of databases
• Develop processes for database security.
• Optimise performance and mitigate risk.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot database errors.
• Refine and automate regular processes.
• Perform scheduled maintenance and release deployment activities after-hours.
• Reviewing database architectures and provide guidance on implementing best practice
• Hands on experience of monitoring SQL Server
• Research into areas of technical interest and support colleagues by documenting and sharing technical know-how and providing advice and guidance to peers and helping to train and mentor colleagues.
• Track issues and record and document work undertaken
• Take part in an on-call rota to provide 24/7 on-call support as needed to any WellData client.

Knowledge and experience:

• Expert understanding of the principles of database design and maintenance.
• Expert knowledge and extensive experience of database technologies.
• Proven ability to fully administer critical and complex database environments.
• Extensive knowledge of security and database maintenance with experience of monitoring, troubleshooting and resolving database issues.

Experience in database installation, back-up, restore and maintenance including extensive practical experience of the following:

• Database back-ups, restores and recovery models
• Management of database access and security
• Database performance tuning and maintenance - identifying performance bottlenecks and index tuning
• Configuring and troubleshooting Replication
• Proficient in T-SQL and PowerShell scripting (desirable)
• Experience with SQL Server high availability and provisioning and configuring - highlight availability groups, log shipping, failover clustering, mirroring
• Knowledge of hardware and server configuration
• Experience with cloud platform technologies (Azure, AWS)
• Good knowledge of IaaS, PaaS and Managed instance database offerings
• Hands on experience with database migrations - on premise and into the cloud
• Experience with other database technologies e.g. PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL

Qualifications:

Relevant certifications (e.g. Microsoft, Oracle etc) - desirable but not a requirement.

Skills:

• Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to work on own initiative and organise own work at an operational level and deliver work for multiple clients to agreed timescales and standards.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to work effectively with groups and individuals including those with differing perspectives.
• Ability to explain complex concepts and issues to non-technical experts.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to work logically from first principles to respond to novel, unusual, or particularly complex issues.
• Strong customer service skills.

Benefits:

• Generous Pension Contribution Scheme matching contributions up to 10%
• Income Protection/Life Insurance
• 5 Weeks' Annual Leave with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days per annum
• Company sponsored training allowing you to keep abreast of current technologies
• Paid Birthday Leave; Up to 2 days' Volunteering/leave year; Additional annual leave for long service
• Quarterly training meetings and get-togethers for all employees

Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with experience of; SQL Server DBA, Senior SQL Server Database Administrator, SQL Database Administrator, Database Administrator (SQL Server), UK Database Engineer (SQL Server), SQL Server Engineer, Database Specialist (SQL Server), SQL Server Systems Administrator, SQL Server Consultant, UK Remote Work also be considered for this role.

Job Title: Mid-level / Senior SQL Server DBA

Location: Completely Remote role, can be Located anywhere in the UK!

Salary: 50k - 65k per annum Depending on Experience, 26 days annual leave, 10% pension contribution, Life Insurance.

We're proud to be a trusted leader in database administration managed services. Our expertise keeps some of the nation's most recognisable household brands running smoothly, securely, and efficiently. At the heart of everything we do is a passion for solving complex challenges, ensuring our clients stay connected, supported, and ready for the future. The Mid / Senior SQL Server DBA will be responsible for ensuring the performance, security, and effective administration of client databases.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Configure and maintain a range of client environments including monitoring system health and proactively managing performance to ensure high levels of performance, availability and security.
• Extensive experience managing SQL Server Infrastructure
• Understand the needs of multiple clients and their users.
• Combine high customer service standards with a strong commercial awareness.
• Take a proactive approach to assessing client's current and future requirements, providing advice and recommendations to client's technical teams and promoting additional WellData services.
• Represent WellData in a technical role in discussion with clients as needed, with the confidence to lead technical meetings where appropriate.
• Install, upgrade and manage database applications.
• Undertake performance tuning of databases
• Develop processes for database security.
• Optimise performance and mitigate risk.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot database errors.
• Refine and automate regular processes.
• Perform scheduled maintenance and release deployment activities after-hours.
• Reviewing database architectures and provide guidance on implementing best practice
• Hands on experience of monitoring SQL Server
• Research into areas of technical interest and support colleagues by documenting and sharing technical know-how and providing advice and guidance to peers and helping to train and mentor colleagues.
• Track issues and record and document work undertaken
• Take part in an on-call rota to provide 24/7 on-call support as needed to any WellData client.

Knowledge and experience:

• Expert understanding of the principles of database design and maintenance.
• Expert knowledge and extensive experience of database technologies.
• Proven ability to fully administer critical and complex database environments.
• Extensive knowledge of security and database maintenance with experience of monitoring, troubleshooting and resolving database issues.

Experience in database installation, back-up, restore and maintenance including extensive practical experience of the following:

• Database back-ups, restores and recovery models
• Management of database access and security
• Database performance tuning and maintenance - identifying performance bottlenecks and index tuning
• Configuring and troubleshooting Replication
• Proficient in T-SQL and PowerShell scripting (desirable)
• Experience with SQL Server high availability and provisioning and configuring - highlight availability groups, log shipping, failover clustering, mirroring
• Knowledge of hardware and server configuration
• Experience with cloud platform technologies (Azure, AWS)
• Good knowledge of IaaS, PaaS and Managed instance database offerings
• Hands on experience with database migrations - on premise and into the cloud
• Experience with other database technologies e.g. PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL

Qualifications:

Relevant certifications (e.g. Microsoft, Oracle etc) - desirable but not a requirement.

Skills:

• Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to work on own initiative and organise own work at an operational level and deliver work for multiple clients to agreed timescales and standards.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to work effectively with groups and individuals including those with differing perspectives.
• Ability to explain complex concepts and issues to non-technical experts.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to work logically from first principles to respond to novel, unusual, or particularly complex issues.
• Strong customer service skills.

Benefits:

• Generous Pension Contribution Scheme matching contributions up to 10%
• Income Protection/Life Insurance
• 5 Weeks' Annual Leave with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days per annum
• Company sponsored training allowing you to keep abreast of current technologies
• Paid Birthday Leave; Up to 2 days' Volunteering/leave year; Additional annual leave for long service
• Quarterly training meetings and get-togethers for all employees

Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with experience of; SQL Server DBA, Senior SQL Server Database Administrator, SQL Database Administrator, Database Administrator (SQL Server), UK Database Engineer (SQL Server), SQL Server Engineer, Database Specialist (SQL Server), SQL Server Systems Administrator, SQL Server Consultant, UK Remote Work also be considered for this role.