SQL Jobs in Central London

SQL (Structured Query Language)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL 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 10 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 436 667 930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 17.17% 17.63% 17.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.91% 40.04% 34.73%
Number of salaries quoted 303 508 843
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £56,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £114,500 £107,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% - +3.70%

All Programming Languages
Central London

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,150 1,666 2,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 45.28% 44.04% 50.55%
Number of salaries quoted 915 1,366 2,431
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £79,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% +1.94% +3.33%
75th Percentile £103,750 £98,750 £102,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% - +6.67%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Central London

SQL
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for SQL in Central London

SQL
Salary Histogram in Central London

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

Salary histogram for SQL in Central London

SQL
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 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 -2 369 £72,500 - 104
City of Westminster -14 25 £61,339 -18.22% 3
Camden +5 23 £65,000 +18.18% 6
West End of London -6 16 - - 10
Southwark -1 7 £55,000 -13.73% 1
Lambeth 0 3 - -
SQL
London

SQL
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 14 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.75%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.06%) Apache
4 8 (1.83%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.38%) CMS
7 4 (0.92%) nginx
7 4 (0.92%) SAS
8 2 (0.46%) CoreMedia CMS
8 2 (0.46%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.46%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.46%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.23%) Confluence
9 1 (0.23%) Drupal
9 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.23%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.23%) IIS
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 31 (7.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.23%) Simulink
3 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.38%) Elite 3E
2 4 (0.92%) Orchestrade
3 3 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.46%) Endur
4 2 (0.46%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.46%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.23%) Actimize
5 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.23%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.23%) Relativity
5 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.23%) Shopify
5 1 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 158 (36.24%) Azure
2 87 (19.95%) Power Platform
3 79 (18.12%) AWS
4 40 (9.17%) GCP
5 36 (8.26%) Azure Data Factory
6 24 (5.50%) SaaS
7 21 (4.82%) Serverless
8 20 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (4.36%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (4.36%) GitHub
10 18 (4.13%) Snowflake
11 14 (3.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 11 (2.52%) Amazon S3
13 9 (2.06%) Power Automate
14 8 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (1.83%) dbt
15 7 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (1.61%) PaaS
15 7 (1.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.06%) HTTP
2 7 (1.61%) DNS
2 7 (1.61%) Firewall
3 4 (0.92%) LAN
4 3 (0.69%) VLAN
5 2 (0.46%) DHCP
5 2 (0.46%) Multicast
5 2 (0.46%) Telnet
5 2 (0.46%) WAN
6 1 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.23%) VoIP
6 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (18.58%) Power BI
2 78 (17.89%) SQL Server
3 66 (15.14%) Tableau
4 60 (13.76%) Data Warehouse
5 48 (11.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 47 (10.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 42 (9.63%) NoSQL
8 30 (6.88%) Relational Database
9 22 (5.05%) DB2
9 22 (5.05%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (3.67%) Data Lake
10 16 (3.67%) MongoDB
11 14 (3.21%) MySQL
12 12 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (2.75%) Big Data
13 10 (2.29%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (2.06%) DynamoDB
14 9 (2.06%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 7 (1.61%) Amazon QuickSight
15 7 (1.61%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 61 (13.99%) Git
2 30 (6.88%) JIRA
3 7 (1.61%) Eclipse
3 7 (1.61%) Maven
3 7 (1.61%) Visual Studio
4 6 (1.38%) Gradle
5 4 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.92%) NUnit
5 4 (0.92%) Selenium
6 3 (0.69%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.69%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.69%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.46%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.46%) GitLab
7 2 (0.46%) MSTest
7 2 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.46%) Postman
7 2 (0.46%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.46%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.46%) XCTest
General
1 198 (45.41%) Social Skills
2 170 (38.99%) Finance
3 89 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (9.40%) Banking
5 29 (6.65%) Games
5 29 (6.65%) Retail
6 25 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (4.82%) Law
7 21 (4.82%) Legal
8 13 (2.98%) Front Office
9 12 (2.75%) Billing
9 12 (2.75%) Marketing
10 11 (2.52%) Back Office
11 10 (2.29%) Investment Banking
12 9 (2.06%) Financial Institution
12 9 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.61%) General Ledger
14 5 (1.15%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.92%) Advertising
15 4 (0.92%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 147 (33.72%) Senior
2 131 (30.05%) Analyst
3 93 (21.33%) Developer
4 65 (14.91%) Senior Analyst
5 51 (11.70%) Data Engineer
6 41 (9.40%) Data Analyst
7 38 (8.72%) Applications Support
8 34 (7.80%) Support Analyst
9 33 (7.57%) Senior Developer
10 30 (6.88%) Applications Support Analyst
11 27 (6.19%) Lead
12 23 (5.28%) Senior Applications Support
13 21 (4.82%) Senior Data Analyst
14 20 (4.59%) Software Engineer
15 18 (4.13%) Architect
15 18 (4.13%) Systems Analyst
16 17 (3.90%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
16 17 (3.90%) Senior Support Analyst
17 16 (3.67%) Senior Systems Analyst
18 15 (3.44%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (18.81%) .NET
2 30 (6.88%) RESTful
3 27 (6.19%) React
4 25 (5.73%) HTML
5 23 (5.28%) .NET Framework
6 22 (5.05%) CSS
7 19 (4.36%) AngularJS
7 19 (4.36%) Kafka
8 18 (4.13%) Pandas
9 17 (3.90%) REST
10 15 (3.44%) .NET Core
11 13 (2.98%) FIX Protocol
11 13 (2.98%) JSON
12 12 (2.75%) PySpark
12 12 (2.75%) RabbitMQ
13 11 (2.52%) Entity Framework
13 11 (2.52%) HTML5
13 11 (2.52%) Vue
13 11 (2.52%) Web Services
14 10 (2.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.50%) Cloud Native
2 23 (5.28%) Legacy Applications
3 18 (4.13%) Mobile Games
4 15 (3.44%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (2.98%) Algorithms
5 13 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.52%) Equities
7 11 (2.52%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (2.29%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (2.06%) Reinsurance
10 8 (1.83%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.61%) Credit Risk
11 7 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.61%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 45 (10.32%) Windows
2 33 (7.57%) Linux
3 15 (3.44%) Unix
4 10 (2.29%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.92%) Rocky
6 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.69%) CentOS
7 3 (0.69%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.46%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (27.75%) Analytics
2 113 (25.92%) Agile
3 109 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (17.89%) ETL
5 76 (17.43%) Business Intelligence
6 74 (16.97%) Visualisation
7 69 (15.83%) DevOps
8 61 (13.99%) Data Pipeline
9 56 (12.84%) Data Modelling
10 55 (12.61%) Computer Science
11 49 (11.24%) Decision-Making
12 47 (10.78%) CI/CD
12 47 (10.78%) Software Engineering
13 45 (10.32%) Data Analytics
13 45 (10.32%) Data Science
14 41 (9.40%) Data Visualisation
14 41 (9.40%) Mentoring
15 37 (8.49%) Root Cause Analysis
16 36 (8.26%) Microservices
16 36 (8.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 156 (35.78%) Python
2 96 (22.02%) C#
3 42 (9.63%) JavaScript
4 39 (8.94%) Java
5 38 (8.72%) T-SQL
6 26 (5.96%) PL/SQL
7 25 (5.73%) VB.NET
8 17 (3.90%) TypeScript
9 16 (3.67%) R
10 10 (2.29%) Bash
10 10 (2.29%) PowerShell
11 9 (2.06%) C
12 8 (1.83%) C++
13 7 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (1.61%) VBA
14 6 (1.38%) MATLAB
15 4 (0.92%) Scala
15 4 (0.92%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.69%) Go
16 3 (0.69%) PHP
Qualifications
1 100 (22.94%) Degree
2 39 (8.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (6.65%) DBS Check
4 13 (2.98%) Master's Degree
5 10 (2.29%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.06%) Numerate Degree
7 6 (1.38%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 5 (1.15%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.69%) ACCA
9 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.69%) CIMA
10 2 (0.46%) MBA
10 2 (0.46%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.23%) CCENT
11 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.23%) MCTS
11 1 (0.23%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.05%) QA
2 20 (4.59%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.29%) GDPR
4 9 (2.06%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.61%) SLA
6 3 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.46%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 32 (7.34%) Docker
2 11 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.29%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.92%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 31 (7.11%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.52%) Terraform
3 9 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.15%) Argo
4 5 (1.15%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.15%) SCCM
5 3 (0.69%) Ansible
6 2 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.46%) Grafana
6 2 (0.46%) Nagios
6 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
6 2 (0.46%) SCOM
7 1 (0.23%) Kibana
7 1 (0.23%) logstash
7 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.23%) Puppet
7 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 89 (20.41%) Microsoft
2 64 (14.68%) Databricks
3 27 (6.19%) Google
4 16 (3.67%) Oracle
5 14 (3.21%) Guidewire
6 13 (2.98%) VMware
7 12 (2.75%) Aderant
7 12 (2.75%) SAP
8 9 (2.06%) Alteryx
8 9 (2.06%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.38%) Intapp
9 6 (1.38%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.15%) Cisco
10 5 (1.15%) Informatica
10 5 (1.15%) New Relic
10 5 (1.15%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.92%) iManage
11 4 (0.92%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.69%) Arista
12 3 (0.69%) Xero