Salary: £61,000 - 101,000 per year Requirements: 5 years SQL Server development experience Strong T-SQL and performance tuning skills Solid database design knowledge Experience managing changes across environments Strong problem-solving ability Experience working with application teams Exposure to high-availability environments Familiarity with deployment and version control tools Responsibilities: Design, build, and optimise database solutions that support business-critical systems Develop and maintain high-quality T-SQL procedures, views, functions, and indexes Diagnose and fix performance issues using execution plans and query tuning Optimise transactional systems, reporting, and integrations Support structured database changes across Dev, Test, and Production Work with release and CI processes to deliver safe, reliable deployments Troubleshoot complex data and performance issues Help improve database standards and practices Technologies: Support SQL More: We are a well-established, fast-scaling global logistics and e-commerce business and a Sunday Times Top Track 250 company. We are hiring a SQL Server Database Developer to join our growing IT Development team in Dartford on a hybrid working basis. This is a new role offering the opportunity to work on business-critical systems, with a salary of £40K to £50K plus benefits including up to 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, profit-related pay, pension and life cover, private healthcare, a discount platform, an Employee Assistance Programme, training and development, and free parking. last updated 24 week of 2026