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 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 7 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL 634 816 1,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 18.89% 17.62% 18.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.56% 34.06% 35.46%
Number of salaries quoted 473 733 1,192
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £103,750
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 1,563 2,396 3,813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 46.57% 51.74% 53.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,275 2,165 3,344
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,073 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £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 11 May 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 11 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
London Bridge +24 1 £72,500 +61.11%
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 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.00%) CMS
3 12 (1.89%) SAS
4 11 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.42%) IIS
7 7 (1.10%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.95%) Apache
8 6 (0.95%) Drupal
9 5 (0.79%) Confluence
9 5 (0.79%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.47%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.32%) Moodle
12 1 (0.16%) Documentum
12 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.16%) Site Server
12 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.16%) Tornado
12 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 65 (10.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.26%) Photoshop
4 7 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.47%) SPSS
7 2 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.05%) Aladdin
1 13 (2.05%) thinkFolio
2 12 (1.89%) SDL Web 8
3 6 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.63%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.63%) Relativity
5 2 (0.32%) Endur
5 2 (0.32%) Farmplan
5 2 (0.32%) Infor SunSystems
5 2 (0.32%) KEYPrime
5 2 (0.32%) MIS ActiveH
5 2 (0.32%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.32%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 2 (0.32%) 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
1 244 (38.49%) Azure
2 121 (19.09%) Power Platform
3 118 (18.61%) AWS
4 45 (7.10%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (5.52%) GCP
6 27 (4.26%) SaaS
7 26 (4.10%) Serverless
8 24 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (3.47%) Azure Data Factory
10 20 (3.15%) Snowflake
11 16 (2.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 14 (2.21%) Amazon S3
12 14 (2.21%) Google Sheets
13 13 (2.05%) Entra ID
13 13 (2.05%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.89%) Azure API Management
15 11 (1.74%) GitHub
16 10 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
17 9 (1.42%) Azure Functions
17 9 (1.42%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.94%) Internet
2 14 (2.21%) HTTP
3 11 (1.74%) DNS
4 9 (1.42%) WAN
5 8 (1.26%) Firewall
5 8 (1.26%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.63%) Network Security
6 4 (0.63%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.47%) PSTN
7 3 (0.47%) VPN
8 2 (0.32%) SAN
8 2 (0.32%) SNA
8 2 (0.32%) SSL
9 1 (0.16%) 4G
9 1 (0.16%) DHCP
9 1 (0.16%) Intranet
9 1 (0.16%) LAN
9 1 (0.16%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (24.61%) SQL Server
2 113 (17.82%) Power BI
3 89 (14.04%) Tableau
4 59 (9.31%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (5.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 34 (5.36%) Relational Database
6 34 (5.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 26 (4.10%) MySQL
8 25 (3.94%) Azure SQL Database
8 25 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (3.00%) NoSQL
9 19 (3.00%) Oracle Database
10 17 (2.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 16 (2.52%) Data Lake
12 13 (2.05%) GIS
13 12 (1.89%) Data Mining
14 10 (1.58%) RDBMS
15 8 (1.26%) BigQuery
15 8 (1.26%) Metadata
15 8 (1.26%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 87 (13.72%) Git
2 24 (3.79%) JIRA
3 23 (3.63%) Visual Studio
4 21 (3.31%) TeamCity
5 18 (2.84%) GitLab
5 18 (2.84%) SpecFlow
6 14 (2.21%) Eclipse
6 14 (2.21%) NUnit
7 12 (1.89%) Moq
8 11 (1.74%) Jenkins
9 9 (1.42%) git-flow
10 8 (1.26%) Octopus Deploy
10 8 (1.26%) Postman
10 8 (1.26%) Sourcetree
11 7 (1.10%) Cucumber
11 7 (1.10%) Katalon Studio
12 4 (0.63%) MLflow
13 3 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
14 2 (0.32%) PeopleTools
14 2 (0.32%) Selenium
General
1 211 (33.28%) Social Skills
2 160 (25.24%) Finance
3 131 (20.66%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (8.20%) Retail
5 36 (5.68%) Presentation Skills
6 30 (4.73%) Marketing
7 27 (4.26%) Law
8 22 (3.47%) Front Office
9 21 (3.31%) Banking
10 20 (3.15%) Legal
11 17 (2.68%) Back Office
12 12 (1.89%) Advertising
12 12 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.26%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.10%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.10%) Games
16 6 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 188 (29.65%) Senior
2 158 (24.92%) Analyst
3 138 (21.77%) Developer
4 85 (13.41%) Lead
5 60 (9.46%) Senior Developer
6 56 (8.83%) Data Engineer
7 53 (8.36%) Data Analyst
8 43 (6.78%) Applications Support
8 43 (6.78%) Senior Analyst
9 40 (6.31%) Support Analyst
10 36 (5.68%) Data Scientist
11 33 (5.21%) Full Stack Developer
12 30 (4.73%) C# Developer
12 30 (4.73%) Software Developer
13 29 (4.57%) Software Engineer
14 25 (3.94%) Systems Analyst
15 23 (3.63%) .NET Developer
15 23 (3.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 23 (3.63%) Senior Data Analyst
15 23 (3.63%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (18.93%) .NET
2 80 (12.62%) HTML
3 76 (11.99%) CSS
4 45 (7.10%) .NET Framework
4 45 (7.10%) REST
5 44 (6.94%) React
6 39 (6.15%) ASP.NET
7 38 (5.99%) PySpark
8 34 (5.36%) Web Services
9 33 (5.21%) Pandas
10 32 (5.05%) AngularJS
11 30 (4.73%) RESTful
12 25 (3.94%) HTML5
13 24 (3.79%) jQuery
13 24 (3.79%) TensorFlow
14 22 (3.47%) Entity Framework
14 22 (3.47%) XML
15 21 (3.31%) scikit-learn
15 21 (3.31%) WPF
16 19 (3.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.21%) Greenfield Project
2 28 (4.42%) Algorithms
3 26 (4.10%) Management Information System
4 24 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (3.00%) Fixed Income
6 17 (2.68%) Reinsurance
7 15 (2.37%) Product Ownership
8 12 (1.89%) Legacy Code
8 12 (1.89%) Life Science
8 12 (1.89%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.10%) Cloud Security Posture
10 7 (1.10%) Clustering
10 7 (1.10%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.10%) Equities
10 7 (1.10%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.10%) Security Posture
11 6 (0.95%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 75 (11.83%) Windows
2 35 (5.52%) Windows Server
3 32 (5.05%) Linux
4 13 (2.05%) Unix
5 10 (1.58%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.47%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.16%) AIX
8 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
2 122 (19.24%) Analytics
3 114 (17.98%) Business Intelligence
4 113 (17.82%) Visualisation
5 102 (16.09%) Agile
6 96 (15.14%) DevOps
7 89 (14.04%) Data Science
8 84 (13.25%) Computer Science
8 84 (13.25%) Data Analysis
9 82 (12.93%) ETL
10 75 (11.83%) Actionable Insight
11 70 (11.04%) Decision-Making
12 68 (10.73%) Statistics
13 66 (10.41%) Data Modelling
14 62 (9.78%) Mathematics
15 61 (9.62%) Data Pipeline
16 60 (9.46%) Full Stack Development
17 55 (8.68%) Data Visualisation
18 54 (8.52%) Artificial Intelligence
19 51 (8.04%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 201 (31.70%) Python
2 123 (19.40%) C#
3 94 (14.83%) JavaScript
4 73 (11.51%) T-SQL
5 31 (4.89%) PowerShell
6 23 (3.63%) Java
7 22 (3.47%) PHP
7 22 (3.47%) R
8 20 (3.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (2.52%) TypeScript
10 15 (2.37%) XPath
11 14 (2.21%) PL/SQL
11 14 (2.21%) VBA
12 13 (2.05%) C++
13 8 (1.26%) C
14 5 (0.79%) MATLAB
15 4 (0.63%) Scala
16 3 (0.47%) SAS Macro
16 3 (0.47%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.16%) Perl
Qualifications
1 182 (28.71%) Degree
2 43 (6.78%) DBS Check
3 34 (5.36%) Master's Degree
4 33 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (0.79%) Azure Certification
5 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (0.79%) PMI Certification
5 5 (0.79%) PMP
5 5 (0.79%) SC Cleared
5 5 (0.79%) Security Cleared
6 4 (0.63%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.47%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.47%) PhD
8 2 (0.32%) CFA
8 2 (0.32%) ISEB
8 2 (0.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.16%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.62%) Data Quality
2 35 (5.52%) QA
3 14 (2.21%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.58%) SLA
5 2 (0.32%) COBIT
5 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 26 (4.10%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.58%) Docker
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.32%) vSphere
5 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.16%) XenApp
5 1 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 33 (5.21%) Terraform
2 29 (4.57%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (0.63%) SCCM
4 3 (0.47%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.32%) Ansible
5 2 (0.32%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.32%) Foglight
5 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.32%) SCOM
6 1 (0.16%) cPanel
6 1 (0.16%) Kibana
6 1 (0.16%) logstash
Vendors
1 132 (20.82%) Microsoft
2 71 (11.20%) Databricks
3 51 (8.04%) Oracle
4 35 (5.52%) Google
5 27 (4.26%) Bloomberg
6 13 (2.05%) Charles River
6 13 (2.05%) Guidewire
7 12 (1.89%) Adobe
8 11 (1.74%) Aderant
8 11 (1.74%) VMware
9 8 (1.26%) Cisco
9 8 (1.26%) Cognizant
10 7 (1.10%) Alteryx
10 7 (1.10%) Veeam
11 6 (0.95%) Citrix
11 6 (0.95%) FFastFill
11 6 (0.95%) Refinitiv
12 5 (0.79%) HP
12 5 (0.79%) Informatica
12 5 (0.79%) SolarWinds