SQL Jobs in the City of London

SQL (Structured Query Language)
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 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 10 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 +1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 611 846 1,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 18.19% 17.72% 18.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.84% 34.13% 35.23%
Number of salaries quoted 467 766 1,188
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,875 £45,000
25th Percentile £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £104,125
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% +7.41% -

All Programming Languages
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,573 2,479 3,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 46.83% 51.92% 53.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,298 2,252 3,359
10th Percentile £47,500 £49,775 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,750 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -
75th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £95,625
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £79,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.33% +3.45%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the City of London

SQL
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for SQL in the City of London

SQL
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in the City of London

SQL
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the City of London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London Bridge +22 1 £72,500 +34.88%
SQL
Central London

SQL
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 21 (3.44%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.11%) CMS
3 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.80%) SAS
5 10 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.47%) IIS
7 8 (1.31%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.98%) Apache
8 6 (0.98%) Confluence
8 6 (0.98%) Drupal
9 5 (0.82%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.33%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.33%) Moodle
12 1 (0.16%) Documentum
12 1 (0.16%) Site Server
12 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.16%) Tornado
12 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 63 (10.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.31%) Photoshop
4 7 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.49%) SPSS
7 2 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.13%) Aladdin
1 13 (2.13%) thinkFolio
2 12 (1.96%) SDL Web 8
3 7 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.65%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.65%) Relativity
5 2 (0.33%) Endur
5 2 (0.33%) Farmplan
5 2 (0.33%) Infor SunSystems
5 2 (0.33%) KEYPrime
5 2 (0.33%) MIS ActiveH
5 2 (0.33%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.33%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 2 (0.33%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.16%) Finacle
6 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 235 (38.46%) Azure
2 119 (19.48%) Power Platform
3 112 (18.33%) AWS
4 48 (7.86%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (6.22%) GCP
6 27 (4.42%) SaaS
7 26 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (4.26%) Serverless
8 23 (3.76%) Azure Data Factory
9 19 (3.11%) Snowflake
10 15 (2.45%) PowerApps
11 14 (2.29%) Google Sheets
12 13 (2.13%) Amazon S3
12 13 (2.13%) Entra ID
13 12 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 11 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (1.80%) Power Automate
14 11 (1.80%) WhatsApp
15 10 (1.64%) Azure API Management
16 9 (1.47%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.09%) Internet
2 14 (2.29%) HTTP
3 8 (1.31%) DNS
4 6 (0.98%) Firewall
4 6 (0.98%) SD-WAN
4 6 (0.98%) WAN
5 4 (0.65%) Network Security
5 4 (0.65%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.65%) VPN
6 3 (0.49%) PSTN
7 2 (0.33%) SAN
7 2 (0.33%) SNA
7 2 (0.33%) SSL
8 1 (0.16%) DHCP
8 1 (0.16%) LAN
8 1 (0.16%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (24.06%) SQL Server
2 111 (18.17%) Power BI
3 75 (12.27%) Tableau
4 56 (9.17%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (5.07%) Relational Database
6 30 (4.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 26 (4.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 25 (4.09%) MySQL
8 25 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
9 24 (3.93%) Azure SQL Database
10 20 (3.27%) NoSQL
11 16 (2.62%) Data Lake
12 13 (2.13%) GIS
12 13 (2.13%) Oracle Database
13 11 (1.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 10 (1.64%) Data Mining
15 9 (1.47%) BigQuery
16 8 (1.31%) Metadata
16 8 (1.31%) MongoDB
17 7 (1.15%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 73 (11.95%) Git
2 24 (3.93%) Visual Studio
3 21 (3.44%) JIRA
4 20 (3.27%) TeamCity
5 18 (2.95%) SpecFlow
6 16 (2.62%) GitLab
7 14 (2.29%) NUnit
8 12 (1.96%) Jenkins
8 12 (1.96%) Moq
9 11 (1.80%) Eclipse
10 9 (1.47%) git-flow
11 8 (1.31%) Octopus Deploy
11 8 (1.31%) Postman
11 8 (1.31%) Sourcetree
12 7 (1.15%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.82%) Katalon Studio
14 4 (0.65%) MLflow
15 3 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
15 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
16 2 (0.33%) Selenium
General
1 194 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 155 (25.37%) Finance
3 125 (20.46%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.20%) Retail
5 30 (4.91%) Marketing
6 29 (4.75%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (4.26%) Law
8 22 (3.60%) Legal
9 21 (3.44%) Banking
9 21 (3.44%) Front Office
10 16 (2.62%) Back Office
11 13 (2.13%) Advertising
12 10 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.31%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.15%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.15%) Games
15 6 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (0.82%) Public Sector
17 4 (0.65%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 175 (28.64%) Senior
2 148 (24.22%) Analyst
3 142 (23.24%) Developer
4 81 (13.26%) Lead
5 60 (9.82%) Senior Developer
6 53 (8.67%) Data Engineer
7 48 (7.86%) Data Analyst
8 40 (6.55%) Senior Analyst
9 38 (6.22%) Applications Support
10 36 (5.89%) Support Analyst
11 31 (5.07%) Data Scientist
11 31 (5.07%) Software Developer
12 30 (4.91%) Full Stack Developer
13 29 (4.75%) Software Engineer
14 28 (4.58%) C# Developer
15 24 (3.93%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 23 (3.76%) Senior Software Developer
16 23 (3.76%) Systems Analyst
17 22 (3.60%) .NET Developer
17 22 (3.60%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (18.99%) .NET
2 79 (12.93%) HTML
3 75 (12.27%) CSS
4 48 (7.86%) REST
5 45 (7.36%) React
6 42 (6.87%) .NET Framework
7 36 (5.89%) ASP.NET
8 33 (5.40%) Web Services
9 31 (5.07%) PySpark
10 29 (4.75%) AngularJS
10 29 (4.75%) Pandas
11 28 (4.58%) RESTful
12 25 (4.09%) HTML5
13 24 (3.93%) XML
14 22 (3.60%) jQuery
15 21 (3.44%) WPF
16 20 (3.27%) Entity Framework
16 20 (3.27%) SOAP
17 18 (2.95%) JSON
17 18 (2.95%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.40%) Greenfield Project
2 26 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (4.09%) Management Information System
4 23 (3.76%) Algorithms
5 18 (2.95%) Fixed Income
5 18 (2.95%) Reinsurance
6 15 (2.45%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.96%) Legacy Code
8 11 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (1.80%) Life Science
8 11 (1.80%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.31%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.15%) Clustering
10 7 (1.15%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.15%) Equities
11 6 (0.98%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.82%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.82%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (0.82%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 71 (11.62%) Windows
2 34 (5.56%) Linux
3 33 (5.40%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.45%) Unix
5 9 (1.47%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.49%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.16%) AIX
9 1 (0.16%) Android
9 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (19.97%) Problem-Solving
2 115 (18.82%) Analytics
3 113 (18.49%) Business Intelligence
4 103 (16.86%) Visualisation
5 99 (16.20%) Agile
5 99 (16.20%) DevOps
6 83 (13.58%) Computer Science
7 82 (13.42%) Data Science
7 82 (13.42%) ETL
8 81 (13.26%) Data Analysis
9 66 (10.80%) Decision-Making
10 65 (10.64%) Data Modelling
11 64 (10.47%) Actionable Insight
12 56 (9.17%) Full Stack Development
13 55 (9.00%) Data Visualisation
13 55 (9.00%) Statistics
14 52 (8.51%) Data Pipeline
15 49 (8.02%) Artificial Intelligence
15 49 (8.02%) Mathematics
16 48 (7.86%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 190 (31.10%) Python
2 125 (20.46%) C#
3 95 (15.55%) JavaScript
4 65 (10.64%) T-SQL
5 28 (4.58%) Java
6 25 (4.09%) PowerShell
7 22 (3.60%) PHP
8 21 (3.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 19 (3.11%) R
10 16 (2.62%) TypeScript
11 15 (2.45%) C++
11 15 (2.45%) PL/SQL
11 15 (2.45%) XPath
12 14 (2.29%) VBA
13 8 (1.31%) C
14 4 (0.65%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.65%) Scala
15 3 (0.49%) SAS Macro
15 3 (0.49%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.16%) Perl
Qualifications
1 169 (27.66%) Degree
2 33 (5.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (5.07%) DBS Check
4 27 (4.42%) Master's Degree
5 6 (0.98%) SC Cleared
5 6 (0.98%) Security Cleared
6 5 (0.82%) Azure Certification
6 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (0.82%) PMI Certification
6 5 (0.82%) PMP
7 4 (0.65%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.49%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.49%) PhD
9 2 (0.33%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.33%) CFA
9 2 (0.33%) ISEB
9 2 (0.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.16%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.87%) Data Quality
2 35 (5.73%) QA
3 14 (2.29%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.64%) SLA
5 2 (0.33%) COBIT
5 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.33%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 26 (4.26%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.64%) Docker
4 4 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.33%) vSphere
6 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.16%) XenApp
6 1 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 31 (5.07%) Terraform
2 29 (4.75%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (0.65%) SCCM
4 3 (0.49%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.33%) Ansible
5 2 (0.33%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.33%) Foglight
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.33%) SCOM
6 1 (0.16%) cPanel
6 1 (0.16%) Kibana
6 1 (0.16%) logstash
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 125 (20.46%) Microsoft
2 60 (9.82%) Databricks
3 43 (7.04%) Oracle
4 37 (6.06%) Google
5 26 (4.26%) Bloomberg
6 13 (2.13%) Charles River
6 13 (2.13%) VMware
7 12 (1.96%) Adobe
8 11 (1.80%) Guidewire
9 10 (1.64%) Aderant
10 8 (1.31%) Citrix
10 8 (1.31%) Cognizant
11 7 (1.15%) Alteryx
11 7 (1.15%) Cisco
11 7 (1.15%) HP
11 7 (1.15%) SolarWinds
12 6 (0.98%) FFastFill
12 6 (0.98%) Informatica
12 6 (0.98%) Refinitiv
13 4 (0.65%) Murex