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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 34 29
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 203 367 554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 6.04% 7.74% 7.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.06% 32.11% 30.06%
Number of salaries quoted 158 340 487
10th Percentile £42,500 £48,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% - -
75th Percentile £88,438 £87,500 £86,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £105,000
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

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 810 1,143 1,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 24.11% 24.10% 26.10%
Number of salaries quoted 617 1,017 1,617
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £44,200
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £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 28 April 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 19 (9.36%) SharePoint
2 17 (8.37%) CMS
2 17 (8.37%) IIS
3 11 (5.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.46%) EPiServer
5 3 (1.48%) Apache
6 2 (0.99%) WordPress
7 1 (0.49%) JBoss
7 1 (0.49%) SAS
7 1 (0.49%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.49%) Tornado
7 1 (0.49%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.49%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.49%) WildFly
Applications
1 9 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.94%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (5.91%) SDL Web 8
2 10 (4.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.99%) Farmplan
3 2 (0.99%) KEYPrime
3 2 (0.99%) MIS ActiveH
3 2 (0.99%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.49%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.49%) Endur
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 123 (60.59%) Azure
2 34 (16.75%) Azure DevOps
2 34 (16.75%) Power Platform
3 22 (10.84%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (9.85%) AWS
5 16 (7.88%) SaaS
6 15 (7.39%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (6.40%) PowerApps
7 13 (6.40%) Snowflake
8 8 (3.94%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 8 (3.94%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (3.94%) NuGet
9 6 (2.96%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.96%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (2.46%) PaaS
10 5 (2.46%) Serverless
10 5 (2.46%) WhatsApp
11 4 (1.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (1.97%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.42%) Internet
2 6 (2.96%) DNS
3 5 (2.46%) VPN
4 4 (1.97%) DHCP
4 4 (1.97%) WAN
5 3 (1.48%) Firewall
5 3 (1.48%) LAN
5 3 (1.48%) SAN
6 2 (0.99%) Network Security
6 2 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.99%) SSL
6 2 (0.99%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.99%) Wireless
7 1 (0.49%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.49%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.49%) NAS
7 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (13.79%) Power BI
2 25 (12.32%) Relational Database
2 25 (12.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 18 (8.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (6.40%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (4.93%) MySQL
6 9 (4.43%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (4.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 8 (3.94%) Tableau
8 7 (3.45%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.96%) Delta Lake
9 6 (2.96%) RDBMS
10 5 (2.46%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (1.48%) DB2
11 3 (1.48%) Metadata
12 2 (0.99%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.99%) Data Vault
12 2 (0.99%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (0.99%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 31 (15.27%) Git
2 27 (13.30%) Visual Studio
3 21 (10.34%) JIRA
4 14 (6.90%) Moq
4 14 (6.90%) TeamCity
5 13 (6.40%) NUnit
6 10 (4.93%) SpecFlow
7 8 (3.94%) git-flow
7 8 (3.94%) Octopus Deploy
7 8 (3.94%) Sourcetree
8 4 (1.97%) GitLab
8 4 (1.97%) Jenkins
9 3 (1.48%) Protractor
9 3 (1.48%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.99%) MSTest
10 2 (0.99%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.49%) Selenium
General
1 66 (32.51%) Social Skills
2 35 (17.24%) Finance
3 25 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.34%) Marketing
5 18 (8.87%) Law
6 14 (6.90%) Legal
7 5 (2.46%) Retail
8 4 (1.97%) Advertising
8 4 (1.97%) Banking
9 3 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.48%) Games
10 2 (0.99%) Front Office
10 2 (0.99%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.99%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.49%) Back Office
11 1 (0.49%) Billing
11 1 (0.49%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 95 (46.80%) Developer
2 71 (34.98%) Senior
3 35 (17.24%) C# Developer
4 33 (16.26%) Senior Developer
5 32 (15.76%) .NET Developer
6 28 (13.79%) Software Developer
7 25 (12.32%) Analyst
8 22 (10.84%) Full Stack Developer
9 21 (10.34%) C# .NET Developer
10 19 (9.36%) Senior Software Developer
11 17 (8.37%) Consultant
11 17 (8.37%) Full-Stack C# Developer
12 16 (7.88%) Lead
13 14 (6.90%) Applications Support
14 12 (5.91%) Support Consultant
15 11 (5.42%) Senior C# Developer
16 10 (4.93%) .NET Applications Developer
16 10 (4.93%) Applications Developer
16 10 (4.93%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 10 (4.93%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (48.77%) .NET
2 68 (33.50%) HTML
3 63 (31.03%) CSS
4 51 (25.12%) ASP.NET
5 41 (20.20%) .NET Framework
6 33 (16.26%) Web Services
7 31 (15.27%) RESTful
8 30 (14.78%) jQuery
8 30 (14.78%) XML
9 23 (11.33%) Entity Framework
10 22 (10.84%) HTML5
11 21 (10.34%) ASP.NET MVC
11 21 (10.34%) React
11 21 (10.34%) WPF
12 19 (9.36%) AngularJS
12 19 (9.36%) SOAP
13 18 (8.87%) JSON
13 18 (8.87%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 17 (8.37%) .NET Core
15 13 (6.40%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.33%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (5.91%) Legacy Code
2 12 (5.91%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (4.93%) Life Science
4 7 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (2.96%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.96%) Reinsurance
6 5 (2.46%) Replication
7 4 (1.97%) Clustering
7 4 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.97%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.99%) Biopharmaceutical
9 2 (0.99%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.99%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.99%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.99%) LIMS
9 2 (0.99%) NHS
9 2 (0.99%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.99%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 62 (30.54%) Windows
2 33 (16.26%) Windows Server
3 11 (5.42%) Linux
4 8 (3.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (2.96%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.46%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.48%) Unix
9 1 (0.49%) CentOS
9 1 (0.49%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.49%) VMS
9 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (29.06%) DevOps
2 56 (27.59%) Computer Science
3 51 (25.12%) Agile
4 45 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (15.76%) Business Intelligence
6 31 (15.27%) MVC
7 27 (13.30%) Full Stack Development
8 26 (12.81%) Collaborative Working
8 26 (12.81%) ETL
9 25 (12.32%) Data Modelling
10 22 (10.84%) Multithreaded Programming
10 22 (10.84%) Multithreading
11 21 (10.34%) Scrum
12 18 (8.87%) Analytics
12 18 (8.87%) Performance Tuning
12 18 (8.87%) Unit Testing
13 17 (8.37%) Mentoring
14 13 (6.40%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (6.40%) Line Management
14 13 (6.40%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 147 (72.41%) SQL
2 95 (46.80%) C#
3 74 (36.45%) JavaScript
4 56 (27.59%) T-SQL
5 23 (11.33%) Python
6 19 (9.36%) PowerShell
7 15 (7.39%) XPath
8 9 (4.43%) Java
9 7 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (2.96%) TypeScript
11 5 (2.46%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.97%) C++
13 3 (1.48%) Bash
13 3 (1.48%) Erlang
14 2 (0.99%) VBA
15 1 (0.49%) PHP
15 1 (0.49%) R
15 1 (0.49%) Scala
Qualifications
1 74 (36.45%) Degree
2 16 (7.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (1.97%) AWS Certification
3 4 (1.97%) Azure Certification
3 4 (1.97%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.99%) A+ Certification
5 2 (0.99%) CCNA
5 2 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (0.99%) MCP
5 2 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.36%) QA
2 9 (4.43%) SLA
3 7 (3.45%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.49%) NIST
5 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (11.33%) Active Directory
2 16 (7.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.97%) vSphere
4 3 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.99%) Docker
5 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.49%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (2.96%) SCCM
2 4 (1.97%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.99%) Ansible
4 2 (0.99%) Foglight
4 2 (0.99%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.99%) SCOM
4 2 (0.99%) Terraform
5 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.49%) cPanel
5 1 (0.49%) Packer
5 1 (0.49%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 78 (38.42%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.33%) Oracle
3 17 (8.37%) VMware
4 9 (4.43%) Aderant
4 9 (4.43%) Databricks
4 9 (4.43%) HP
5 8 (3.94%) Adobe
5 8 (3.94%) Citrix
5 8 (3.94%) Cognizant
6 7 (3.45%) SolarWinds
7 6 (2.96%) Cisco
7 6 (2.96%) Informatica
8 4 (1.97%) Canon
9 3 (1.48%) SAP
9 3 (1.48%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.99%) Commvault
10 2 (0.99%) NEC
10 2 (0.99%) NetApp
10 2 (0.99%) Sage
10 2 (0.99%) Sun