SQL Analyst Jobs in the City of London

SQL Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median SQL Analyst salary in the City of London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 176 207
Rank change year-on-year +48 +31 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Analyst 10 4 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.52% 0.12% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.12% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 17
10th Percentile £53,000 - £43,150
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,750 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% -1.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £58,125 £62,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £58,500 - £75,500
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.57% -1.60% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,788 3,216 4,356
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 96.14% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,355 2,524 3,637
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,150
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,441 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% -2.08% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
% change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%

SQL Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured SQL Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Analyst in the City of London

SQL Analyst
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for SQL Analyst in the City of London

SQL Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, SQL Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring SQL Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (60.00%) T-SQL
2 6 (60.00%) .NET
2 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (30.00%) Power BI
5 3 (30.00%) Fintech
5 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (30.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (30.00%) Cognos
5 3 (30.00%) Azure
5 3 (30.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (30.00%) Banking
5 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (30.00%) Java
5 3 (30.00%) Unix
5 3 (30.00%) Windows
5 3 (30.00%) Linux
5 3 (30.00%) Oracle
5 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
5 3 (30.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (30.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (30.00%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (20.00%) GDPR

SQL Analyst Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
1 3 (30.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (30.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (30.00%) Power BI
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (20.00%) Tableau
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Financial Institution
4 2 (20.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (30.00%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (30.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
1 3 (30.00%) Unix
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (30.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (30.00%) Fintech
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (20.00%) Data Management
3 2 (20.00%) Data Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) Economics
3 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (20.00%) Physics
3 2 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (10.00%) Data Entry
4 1 (10.00%) Data Lineage
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (60.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (30.00%) Java
4 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (20.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Cognos
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle