SQL Server Jobs in Central London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 39 34
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 138 220 395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 5.43% 5.82% 7.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.83% 24.53% 32.01%
Number of salaries quoted 112 175 368
10th Percentile £42,875 £42,600 £48,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £51,250 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £105,375
London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £68,823
% change year-on-year +7.69% -5.55% +5.88%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Central London

SQL Server falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 579 897 1,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 22.80% 23.71% 23.29%
Number of salaries quoted 403 670 1,100
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £96,125 £92,500 £96,375
90th Percentile £117,500 £105,250 £111,250
London median annual salary £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +7.14%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Central London

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in Central London

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Central London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Central London

SQL Server
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 Server within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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 -1 127 £72,500 +14.17% 37
City of Westminster -6 7 £61,339 +19.68% 3
Camden -5 6 - -
SQL Server
London

SQL Server
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 17 (12.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.17%) IIS
4 2 (1.45%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (1.45%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.72%) Apache
5 1 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (9.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.17%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (2.17%) Elite 3E
3 2 (1.45%) Endur
3 2 (1.45%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.72%) Eikon
4 1 (0.72%) PlanetPress Connect
4 1 (0.72%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 76 (55.07%) Azure
2 24 (17.39%) Power Platform
3 17 (12.32%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (10.14%) Dynamics 365
4 14 (10.14%) GitHub
5 9 (6.52%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (5.80%) AWS
6 8 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (5.80%) SaaS
7 7 (5.07%) Power Automate
7 7 (5.07%) PowerApps
8 6 (4.35%) Entra ID
9 5 (3.62%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (2.90%) Azure Functions
10 4 (2.90%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (2.90%) PaaS
10 4 (2.90%) Serverless
11 3 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (2.17%) IaaS
11 3 (2.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.35%) Firewall
2 4 (2.90%) NetScaler
3 3 (2.17%) DNS
3 3 (2.17%) Network Security
3 3 (2.17%) VPN
4 2 (1.45%) DHCP
5 1 (0.72%) LAN
5 1 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.72%) VLAN
5 1 (0.72%) WAN
5 1 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (28.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 35 (25.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 22 (15.94%) DB2
4 21 (15.22%) Power BI
5 12 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (7.25%) Tableau
7 8 (5.80%) Data Lake
7 8 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (5.07%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (4.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (3.62%) Metadata
10 5 (3.62%) Relational Database
11 4 (2.90%) MongoDB
12 3 (2.17%) Data Hub
12 3 (2.17%) NoSQL
12 3 (2.17%) SQL CLR
13 2 (1.45%) Data Mining
13 2 (1.45%) OLAP
13 2 (1.45%) OLTP
13 2 (1.45%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (6.52%) Git
2 5 (3.62%) JIRA
3 3 (2.17%) Bitbucket
3 3 (2.17%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (1.45%) MSTest
4 2 (1.45%) NUnit
4 2 (1.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.72%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.72%) GitLab
5 1 (0.72%) JetBrains Rider
5 1 (0.72%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.72%) Selenium
5 1 (0.72%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.72%) Vite
General
1 70 (50.72%) Social Skills
2 55 (39.86%) Finance
3 18 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (6.52%) Banking
4 9 (6.52%) Law
5 6 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.35%) Front Office
5 6 (4.35%) Legal
6 4 (2.90%) Back Office
6 4 (2.90%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.17%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.45%) Marketing
9 1 (0.72%) Advertising
9 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 57 (41.30%) Senior
2 44 (31.88%) Developer
3 42 (30.43%) Analyst
4 37 (26.81%) Applications Support
5 36 (26.09%) Applications Support Analyst
5 36 (26.09%) Support Analyst
6 27 (19.57%) Senior Developer
7 20 (14.49%) Senior Analyst
8 17 (12.32%) Senior Applications Support
8 17 (12.32%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
8 17 (12.32%) Senior Support Analyst
9 16 (11.59%) Lead
10 13 (9.42%) Data Engineer
11 12 (8.70%) Architect
12 11 (7.97%) Software Developer
13 9 (6.52%) .NET Developer
13 9 (6.52%) Senior Data Engineer
14 8 (5.80%) Senior Software Developer
15 7 (5.07%) SQL Analyst
16 6 (4.35%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (51.45%) .NET
2 26 (18.84%) HTML
3 25 (18.12%) CSS
4 21 (15.22%) AngularJS
5 17 (12.32%) React
6 16 (11.59%) .NET Framework
6 16 (11.59%) HTML5
7 15 (10.87%) .NET Core
8 13 (9.42%) ASP.NET Web API
8 13 (9.42%) WPF
9 12 (8.70%) RESTful
10 8 (5.80%) JSON
10 8 (5.80%) XML
11 7 (5.07%) Sass
11 7 (5.07%) Vue
12 5 (3.62%) WCF
13 3 (2.17%) Entity Framework
13 3 (2.17%) Kafka
13 3 (2.17%) RabbitMQ
14 2 (1.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 22 (15.94%) Legacy Applications
2 8 (5.80%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.62%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.90%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (2.17%) Derivative
5 3 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.17%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.45%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.45%) Swaptions
7 1 (0.72%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.72%) Equities
7 1 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.72%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 49 (35.51%) Windows
2 9 (6.52%) Linux
3 8 (5.80%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.62%) Unix
5 3 (2.17%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (21.74%) Mentoring
2 25 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (17.39%) DevOps
4 22 (15.94%) Agile
4 22 (15.94%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 22 (15.94%) Customer-Centricity
5 21 (15.22%) Collaborative Working
5 21 (15.22%) Migration
6 19 (13.77%) Business Intelligence
6 19 (13.77%) ETL
7 14 (10.14%) Analytics
7 14 (10.14%) Computer Science
8 13 (9.42%) CRM
9 12 (8.70%) Data Integration
9 12 (8.70%) Data Modelling
9 12 (8.70%) ITIL
9 12 (8.70%) Mathematics
10 11 (7.97%) Fintech
11 10 (7.25%) Collaborative Culture
11 10 (7.25%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 78 (56.52%) SQL
2 64 (46.38%) C#
3 33 (23.91%) JavaScript
4 22 (15.94%) PL/SQL
4 22 (15.94%) TypeScript
4 22 (15.94%) VB.NET
5 20 (14.49%) T-SQL
6 14 (10.14%) Java
6 14 (10.14%) Python
7 7 (5.07%) PowerShell
8 5 (3.62%) C
9 4 (2.90%) VB
10 1 (0.72%) C++
10 1 (0.72%) Scala
10 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (13.77%) Degree
2 10 (7.25%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.17%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.45%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.72%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.45%) Accessibility
1 2 (1.45%) Data Quality
1 2 (1.45%) QA
2 1 (0.72%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 10 (7.25%) Active Directory
1 10 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.90%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.17%) Docker
3 3 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (6.52%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.07%) SCCM
3 5 (3.62%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.45%) Ansible
4 2 (1.45%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (1.45%) Terraform
4 2 (1.45%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.72%) SCOM
Vendors
1 69 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.32%) Oracle
3 14 (10.14%) Databricks
4 10 (7.25%) VMware
5 8 (5.80%) ServiceNow
6 7 (5.07%) Citrix
7 6 (4.35%) iManage
8 5 (3.62%) Guidewire
9 4 (2.90%) Cisco
9 4 (2.90%) Cognos
9 4 (2.90%) Informatica
9 4 (2.90%) Intapp
10 3 (2.17%) Aderant
10 3 (2.17%) Bloomberg
10 3 (2.17%) Reuters
10 3 (2.17%) Veeam
11 2 (1.45%) Alteryx
11 2 (1.45%) FactSet
11 2 (1.45%) Fortinet
11 2 (1.45%) Refinitiv