SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Summer 2025
In this quarter’s update of our SQL ConstantCare® population report, showing how quickly (or slowly) folks adopt new versions of SQL Server, the data is very similar to last quarter. SQL Server 2019 still rules the market:
- SQL Server 2022: 24%, up from 21% last quarter
- SQL Server 2019: 45%, was 44%
- SQL Server 2017: 11%, was 12%
- SQL Server 2016: 12%, was 15%
- SQL Server 2014: 5%, was 4%
- SQL Server 2012 & prior: 1%, same
- Azure SQL DB and Managed Instances: 2%, same
We had exactly one brave soul monitoring a new SQL Server 2025 instance as well! Here’s how adoption is trending over time, with the most recent data at the right:
In last quarter’s update, I said I expected to see a big jump in SQL Server 2022’s adoption rate as folks prepared for next year when SQL Server 2016 goes out of support. Sure enough, we saw about a 20% drop in SQL Server 2016 deployments, and the bulk of those numbers moved to SQL Server 2022’s market share.
Right now, a stunning 96% of the audience are running supported major builds – aka, SQL Server 2016 or newer! That’s great! I’m so happy with y’all. (Not to say the entire audience is running supported builds, though – a lot of folks are behind on their patching.)
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This somewhat mirrors what we see this quarter for SQL Server on AWS (PAYG) with AWS customers a little more ‘progressive’ :
SQL Server 2022: 24%, up from 21% last quarter (AWS 31%, up from 28% last quarter)
SQL Server 2019: 45%, was 44% (AWS 46% was 47%)
SQL Server 2017: 11%, was 12% (AWS 11.3% was 11.4%)
SQL Server 2016: 12%, was 15% (AWS 9.8% was 11.05%)
SQL Server 2014: 5%, was 4% (0.87% was 1.02%)
SQL Server 2012 & prior: 1%, same (AWS < 1%)
Thanks for the confirmation sir! It’s interesting to see the 2022 market share up there.
With 2% market share, why does MS still insist on Azure qualifications…. Makes my blood boil…
Because Microsoft certifications are a marketing tool. Microsoft uses it to incentivize job seekers to evangelize Azure. If you gotta have MS certs to get the job, then that means MS gets to pick the indoctrination subjects.
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Thanks for catching the error in the email that was sent earlier:
SQL Server 2016: 15%, was 12%
which has been updated to:
SQL Server 2016: 12%, was 15% (AWS 9.8% was 11.05%)