SQL Jobs in Central London

SQL (Structured Query Language)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 700 883 1,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 18.62% 17.23% 18.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.63% 34.29% 35.31%
Number of salaries quoted 509 802 1,304
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +7.41% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £106,500 £112,500 £103,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%

All Programming Languages
Central London

SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,642 2,575 4,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 43.68% 50.25% 51.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,312 2,327 3,669
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,250 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% +3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
London median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +6.67% +7.14%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Central London

SQL
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in Central London.

Salary trend for SQL in Central London

SQL
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Central London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in Central London

SQL
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 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
City of London +3 637 £72,500 - 115
City of Westminster +17 39 £75,000 -16.67% 4
West End of London +11 29 £110,000 +62.96% 4
Camden -5 8 £55,000 -18.52% 1
Lambeth +9 4 £45,000 -
Southwark +8 2 £63,750 +32.16% 1
Kensington and Chelsea +4 2 £68,750 -
SQL
London

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 21 (3.00%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.71%) CMS
3 11 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.57%) SAS
4 10 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.29%) IIS
6 8 (1.14%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.86%) Apache
7 6 (0.86%) Confluence
7 6 (0.86%) Drupal
8 5 (0.71%) EPiServer
9 3 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.43%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.29%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.29%) Moodle
11 1 (0.14%) Documentum
11 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.14%) Site Server
11 1 (0.14%) Tornado
11 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 69 (9.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.14%) Photoshop
4 6 (0.86%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.43%) SPSS
7 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (2.71%) Aladdin
1 19 (2.71%) thinkFolio
2 12 (1.71%) SDL Web 8
3 9 (1.29%) Elite 3E
4 5 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.57%) Relativity
6 2 (0.29%) Endur
6 2 (0.29%) Farmplan
6 2 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
6 2 (0.29%) KEYPrime
6 2 (0.29%) MIS ActiveH
6 2 (0.29%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.29%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 2 (0.29%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.14%) Finacle
7 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.14%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 254 (36.29%) Azure
2 140 (20.00%) AWS
3 134 (19.14%) Power Platform
4 47 (6.71%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (5.14%) GCP
6 31 (4.43%) SaaS
7 30 (4.29%) Serverless
8 23 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
10 21 (3.00%) Snowflake
11 17 (2.43%) Amazon S3
12 16 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 14 (2.00%) Google Sheets
14 13 (1.86%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.71%) Entra ID
16 11 (1.57%) Amazon EC2
16 11 (1.57%) Azure API Management
16 11 (1.57%) GitHub
17 10 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
17 10 (1.43%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.57%) Internet
2 15 (2.14%) HTTP
3 10 (1.43%) DNS
4 9 (1.29%) WAN
5 8 (1.14%) Firewall
5 8 (1.14%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.57%) Network Security
6 4 (0.57%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.43%) PSTN
7 3 (0.43%) VPN
8 2 (0.29%) SAN
8 2 (0.29%) SNA
8 2 (0.29%) SSL
9 1 (0.14%) 4G
9 1 (0.14%) Intranet
9 1 (0.14%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.14%) LAN
9 1 (0.14%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (24.14%) SQL Server
2 126 (18.00%) Power BI
3 124 (17.71%) Tableau
4 65 (9.29%) Data Warehouse
5 50 (7.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 42 (6.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 39 (5.57%) Relational Database
8 28 (4.00%) MySQL
8 28 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (3.71%) Azure SQL Database
10 23 (3.29%) NoSQL
10 23 (3.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 20 (2.86%) Oracle Database
12 16 (2.29%) Data Lake
13 13 (1.86%) GIS
14 12 (1.71%) MongoDB
15 11 (1.57%) Data Mining
15 11 (1.57%) RDBMS
16 8 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
16 8 (1.14%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 121 (17.29%) Git
2 27 (3.86%) JIRA
2 27 (3.86%) Visual Studio
3 22 (3.14%) TeamCity
4 19 (2.71%) GitLab
5 18 (2.57%) SpecFlow
6 16 (2.29%) NUnit
7 14 (2.00%) Eclipse
8 13 (1.86%) Jenkins
9 12 (1.71%) Moq
10 9 (1.29%) git-flow
11 8 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
11 8 (1.14%) Postman
11 8 (1.14%) Sourcetree
12 7 (1.00%) Cucumber
12 7 (1.00%) Katalon Studio
13 6 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 5 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
15 4 (0.57%) MLflow
16 3 (0.43%) MSTest
General
1 251 (35.86%) Social Skills
2 177 (25.29%) Finance
3 159 (22.71%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (9.57%) Retail
5 53 (7.57%) Presentation Skills
6 31 (4.43%) Marketing
7 29 (4.14%) Law
8 28 (4.00%) Front Office
9 24 (3.43%) Legal
10 21 (3.00%) Banking
11 17 (2.43%) Back Office
12 12 (1.71%) Advertising
12 12 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.14%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.00%) Games
16 6 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (0.71%) Public Sector
18 4 (0.57%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 215 (30.71%) Senior
2 185 (26.43%) Analyst
3 146 (20.86%) Developer
4 93 (13.29%) Lead
5 73 (10.43%) Data Analyst
6 62 (8.86%) Senior Developer
7 59 (8.43%) Data Engineer
8 54 (7.71%) Senior Analyst
9 47 (6.71%) Data Scientist
10 45 (6.43%) Applications Support
11 41 (5.86%) Support Analyst
12 36 (5.14%) Full Stack Developer
12 36 (5.14%) Senior Data Scientist
13 35 (5.00%) Senior Data Analyst
14 32 (4.57%) Systems Analyst
15 31 (4.43%) C# Developer
15 31 (4.43%) Software Engineer
16 30 (4.29%) Software Developer
17 26 (3.71%) .NET Developer
17 26 (3.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (17.57%) .NET
2 83 (11.86%) HTML
3 80 (11.43%) CSS
4 51 (7.29%) PySpark
5 48 (6.86%) React
5 48 (6.86%) REST
6 47 (6.71%) .NET Framework
6 47 (6.71%) Pandas
7 41 (5.86%) ASP.NET
8 37 (5.29%) AngularJS
9 35 (5.00%) TensorFlow
10 33 (4.71%) scikit-learn
10 33 (4.71%) Web Services
11 32 (4.57%) RESTful
12 25 (3.57%) jQuery
13 24 (3.43%) HTML5
14 23 (3.29%) Entity Framework
15 22 (3.14%) XML
16 21 (3.00%) WPF
17 20 (2.86%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (5.86%) Algorithms
2 35 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
3 27 (3.86%) Management Information System
4 25 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.71%) Fixed Income
6 18 (2.57%) Product Ownership
6 18 (2.57%) Reinsurance
7 13 (1.86%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.71%) Legacy Code
8 12 (1.71%) Life Science
9 11 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.43%) Hedge funds
11 8 (1.14%) Clustering
11 8 (1.14%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.00%) Cloud Security Posture
12 7 (1.00%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.00%) Equities
12 7 (1.00%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 76 (10.86%) Windows
2 36 (5.14%) Windows Server
3 31 (4.43%) Linux
4 10 (1.43%) Unix
4 10 (1.43%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.43%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.14%) AIX
7 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (22.71%) Visualisation
2 151 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
3 140 (20.00%) Analytics
4 131 (18.71%) Business Intelligence
5 111 (15.86%) Agile
6 108 (15.43%) Actionable Insight
7 107 (15.29%) Data Science
8 102 (14.57%) Data Analysis
9 98 (14.00%) DevOps
9 98 (14.00%) Statistics
10 92 (13.14%) Mathematics
11 90 (12.86%) Computer Science
12 84 (12.00%) ETL
13 83 (11.86%) Decision-Making
14 77 (11.00%) Data Pipeline
15 74 (10.57%) Root Cause Analysis
15 74 (10.57%) Storytelling
16 69 (9.86%) Data Modelling
17 67 (9.57%) Artificial Intelligence
17 67 (9.57%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 243 (34.71%) Python
2 125 (17.86%) C#
3 102 (14.57%) JavaScript
4 85 (12.14%) T-SQL
5 31 (4.43%) PowerShell
6 30 (4.29%) Java
6 30 (4.29%) R
7 22 (3.14%) PHP
8 20 (2.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (2.29%) TypeScript
10 15 (2.14%) XPath
11 14 (2.00%) C++
12 13 (1.86%) PL/SQL
12 13 (1.86%) VBA
13 9 (1.29%) C
14 5 (0.71%) Scala
15 4 (0.57%) MATLAB
15 4 (0.57%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.43%) SAS Macro
17 2 (0.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 215 (30.71%) Degree
2 71 (10.14%) DBS Check
3 46 (6.57%) Master's Degree
4 37 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (0.86%) SC Cleared
5 6 (0.86%) Security Cleared
6 5 (0.71%) Azure Certification
6 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (0.71%) PMI Certification
6 5 (0.71%) PMP
7 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.43%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.29%) PhD
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.14%) ISEB
10 1 (0.14%) MCP
10 1 (0.14%) MCSE
10 1 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.00%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.57%) QA
3 14 (2.00%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.43%) SLA
5 6 (0.86%) SOC 1
6 2 (0.29%) COBIT
6 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 25 (3.57%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.00%) Docker
3 10 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.29%) vSphere
5 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.14%) XenApp
5 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 33 (4.71%) Terraform
2 32 (4.57%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (0.43%) Backup Exec
4 3 (0.43%) SCCM
5 2 (0.29%) Ansible
5 2 (0.29%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.29%) Foglight
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.29%) SCOM
6 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.14%) cPanel
6 1 (0.14%) Kibana
6 1 (0.14%) logstash
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 135 (19.29%) Microsoft
2 101 (14.43%) Databricks
3 53 (7.57%) Oracle
4 36 (5.14%) Google
5 27 (3.86%) Bloomberg
6 19 (2.71%) Charles River
7 17 (2.43%) Aderant
8 13 (1.86%) Guidewire
9 12 (1.71%) Adobe
10 10 (1.43%) VMware
11 8 (1.14%) Cisco
11 8 (1.14%) Cognizant
11 8 (1.14%) Veeam
12 7 (1.00%) Alteryx
13 6 (0.86%) Citrix
13 6 (0.86%) FFastFill
13 6 (0.86%) Refinitiv
14 5 (0.71%) HP
14 5 (0.71%) Informatica
14 5 (0.71%) Murex