SQL Server Jobs in the City of London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 33 30
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 211 351 562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 6.29% 7.58% 7.83%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.30% 32.05% 29.91%
Number of salaries quoted 164 323 488
10th Percentile £42,575 £48,150 £43,025
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £56,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,250 £105,000
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +3.70%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
City of 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 City of London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 834 1,095 1,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 24.85% 23.65% 26.20%
Number of salaries quoted 621 966 1,636
10th Percentile £45,750 £48,875 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the City of London

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the City of London.

Salary trend for SQL Server in the City of London

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the City of London

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 17 (8.06%) CMS
2 15 (7.11%) SharePoint
3 14 (6.64%) IIS
4 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (2.37%) EPiServer
6 3 (1.42%) Apache
7 1 (0.47%) JBoss
7 1 (0.47%) SAS
7 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.47%) Tornado
7 1 (0.47%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.47%) WildFly
7 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.79%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (5.69%) SDL Web 8
2 9 (4.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.95%) Farmplan
3 2 (0.95%) KEYPrime
3 2 (0.95%) MIS ActiveH
3 2 (0.95%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.47%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.47%) Endur
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.47%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 127 (60.19%) Azure
2 35 (16.59%) Azure DevOps
3 33 (15.64%) Power Platform
4 22 (10.43%) AWS
5 18 (8.53%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (7.58%) SaaS
7 14 (6.64%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (6.16%) Snowflake
9 12 (5.69%) PowerApps
10 8 (3.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 8 (3.79%) NuGet
11 7 (3.32%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (2.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (2.37%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (2.37%) PaaS
12 5 (2.37%) Power Automate
12 5 (2.37%) Serverless
13 4 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (1.90%) Entra ID
13 4 (1.90%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.21%) Internet
2 6 (2.84%) DNS
3 4 (1.90%) DHCP
3 4 (1.90%) WAN
4 3 (1.42%) LAN
5 2 (0.95%) Firewall
5 2 (0.95%) Network Security
5 2 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.95%) SAN
5 2 (0.95%) SSL
5 2 (0.95%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.95%) VPN
6 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (15.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 27 (12.80%) Power BI
2 27 (12.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 26 (12.32%) Relational Database
4 15 (7.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 13 (6.16%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (5.21%) MySQL
6 11 (5.21%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (4.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (4.27%) Oracle Database
8 9 (4.27%) RDBMS
9 8 (3.79%) Tableau
10 7 (3.32%) Data Lake
11 6 (2.84%) Delta Lake
12 5 (2.37%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (1.42%) DB2
13 3 (1.42%) Metadata
13 3 (1.42%) SQLite
14 2 (0.95%) Data Vault
14 2 (0.95%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 34 (16.11%) Git
2 24 (11.37%) JIRA
2 24 (11.37%) Visual Studio
3 15 (7.11%) Moq
3 15 (7.11%) TeamCity
4 13 (6.16%) NUnit
5 10 (4.74%) SpecFlow
6 8 (3.79%) git-flow
6 8 (3.79%) Octopus Deploy
6 8 (3.79%) Sourcetree
7 4 (1.90%) GitLab
7 4 (1.90%) Jenkins
8 3 (1.42%) MSTest
8 3 (1.42%) Protractor
8 3 (1.42%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.95%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.95%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.47%) JMeter
10 1 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
General
1 67 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 39 (18.48%) Finance
3 30 (14.22%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.95%) Marketing
5 16 (7.58%) Law
6 13 (6.16%) Legal
7 5 (2.37%) Retail
8 4 (1.90%) Advertising
8 4 (1.90%) Banking
9 3 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.42%) Games
9 3 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.95%) Back Office
10 2 (0.95%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.95%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Billing
11 1 (0.47%) Front Office
11 1 (0.47%) iGaming
11 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 96 (45.50%) Developer
2 77 (36.49%) Senior
3 36 (17.06%) Senior Developer
4 35 (16.59%) C# Developer
5 30 (14.22%) .NET Developer
5 30 (14.22%) Software Developer
6 27 (12.80%) Analyst
7 25 (11.85%) Full Stack Developer
8 21 (9.95%) Senior Software Developer
9 20 (9.48%) Full-Stack C# Developer
10 19 (9.00%) C# .NET Developer
11 18 (8.53%) Consultant
11 18 (8.53%) Lead
12 15 (7.11%) Applications Support
13 12 (5.69%) Senior C# Developer
13 12 (5.69%) Support Consultant
14 11 (5.21%) Architect
14 11 (5.21%) Full Stack .NET Developer
14 11 (5.21%) Support Analyst
15 10 (4.74%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (48.82%) .NET
2 71 (33.65%) HTML
3 68 (32.23%) CSS
4 53 (25.12%) ASP.NET
5 44 (20.85%) .NET Framework
6 34 (16.11%) Web Services
7 33 (15.64%) jQuery
7 33 (15.64%) RESTful
8 28 (13.27%) XML
9 25 (11.85%) Entity Framework
10 24 (11.37%) HTML5
10 24 (11.37%) React
11 22 (10.43%) AngularJS
11 22 (10.43%) ASP.NET MVC
12 21 (9.95%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 21 (9.95%) WPF
13 18 (8.53%) SOAP
14 17 (8.06%) .NET Core
15 16 (7.58%) JSON
16 15 (7.11%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.90%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (5.69%) Legacy Code
2 12 (5.69%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (5.21%) Life Science
4 7 (3.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (2.84%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.37%) Reinsurance
7 4 (1.90%) Clustering
7 4 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.90%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.90%) Replication
8 3 (1.42%) Biopharmaceutical
8 3 (1.42%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.42%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.42%) LIMS
9 2 (0.95%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.95%) NHS
9 2 (0.95%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.95%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 63 (29.86%) Windows
2 31 (14.69%) Windows Server
3 10 (4.74%) Linux
4 7 (3.32%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (2.84%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.37%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (1.90%) Unix
8 3 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.47%) CentOS
9 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (27.96%) DevOps
2 58 (27.49%) Computer Science
3 49 (23.22%) Agile
4 44 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (15.17%) MVC
6 31 (14.69%) Business Intelligence
6 31 (14.69%) Collaborative Working
7 30 (14.22%) Full Stack Development
8 25 (11.85%) Data Modelling
9 24 (11.37%) ETL
9 24 (11.37%) Multithreaded Programming
9 24 (11.37%) Multithreading
10 22 (10.43%) Scrum
11 21 (9.95%) Mentoring
12 20 (9.48%) Analytics
13 19 (9.00%) Performance Tuning
13 19 (9.00%) Unit Testing
14 18 (8.53%) ITIL
15 17 (8.06%) Migration
16 14 (6.64%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 156 (73.93%) SQL
2 97 (45.97%) C#
3 79 (37.44%) JavaScript
4 62 (29.38%) T-SQL
5 21 (9.95%) PowerShell
5 21 (9.95%) Python
6 15 (7.11%) XPath
7 9 (4.27%) Java
8 7 (3.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (2.84%) TypeScript
10 5 (2.37%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.90%) C++
12 3 (1.42%) Erlang
13 2 (0.95%) Bash
13 2 (0.95%) VBA
14 1 (0.47%) PHP
14 1 (0.47%) R
14 1 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 79 (37.44%) Degree
2 16 (7.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.37%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.90%) AWS Certification
4 4 (1.90%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.95%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.95%) CCNA
6 2 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.95%) MCP
6 2 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.95%) QA
2 9 (4.27%) SLA
3 7 (3.32%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.47%) NIST
5 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (9.48%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.42%) Docker
3 3 (1.42%) vSphere
4 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.47%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (2.37%) SCCM
2 4 (1.90%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (1.42%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.95%) Ansible
4 2 (0.95%) Foglight
4 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.95%) SCOM
4 2 (0.95%) Terraform
5 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.47%) cPanel
5 1 (0.47%) Packer
5 1 (0.47%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 84 (39.81%) Microsoft
2 34 (16.11%) Oracle
3 14 (6.64%) VMware
4 9 (4.27%) Aderant
4 9 (4.27%) Databricks
5 8 (3.79%) Adobe
5 8 (3.79%) Cognizant
6 7 (3.32%) HP
7 6 (2.84%) Cisco
7 6 (2.84%) Citrix
8 5 (2.37%) Informatica
8 5 (2.37%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.90%) Canon
9 4 (1.90%) Dell
9 4 (1.90%) Veeam
10 3 (1.42%) SAP
10 3 (1.42%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.95%) AppDynamics
11 2 (0.95%) IDERA
11 2 (0.95%) Sun