SQL Server Jobs in the City of London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 37 34
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 128 204 367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 6.15% 6.06% 7.73%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 26.56% 25.06% 32.05%
Number of salaries quoted 108 159 340
10th Percentile £45,125 £42,500 £48,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £63,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.17% -9.29% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £89,375 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £100,000 £106,250
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% -7.14% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 482 814 1,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 23.15% 24.20% 24.12%
Number of salaries quoted 370 620 1,018
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 £97,500 £92,813 £97,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £107,750 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the City of London

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in the City of London

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the City of London

SQL Server
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 12 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.56%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (1.56%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.78%) Apache
4 1 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (10.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.34%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (2.34%) Elite 3E
2 3 (2.34%) Endur
2 3 (2.34%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.78%) Eikon
3 1 (0.78%) PlanetPress Connect
3 1 (0.78%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 71 (55.47%) Azure
2 23 (17.97%) Power Platform
3 14 (10.94%) Dynamics 365
4 13 (10.16%) GitHub
4 13 (10.16%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (7.03%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (6.25%) AWS
6 8 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (5.47%) PowerApps
8 6 (4.69%) SaaS
9 5 (3.91%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (3.91%) Power Automate
10 4 (3.13%) Azure Functions
10 4 (3.13%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (3.13%) PaaS
10 4 (3.13%) Serverless
11 3 (2.34%) GCP
11 3 (2.34%) IaaS
12 2 (1.56%) Entra ID
12 2 (1.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.91%) NetScaler
2 4 (3.13%) Firewall
2 4 (3.13%) Network Security
2 4 (3.13%) VPN
3 2 (1.56%) DNS
4 1 (0.78%) DHCP
4 1 (0.78%) LAN
4 1 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.78%) VLAN
4 1 (0.78%) WAN
4 1 (0.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (30.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 34 (26.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 22 (17.19%) DB2
4 20 (15.63%) Power BI
5 12 (9.38%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (7.81%) Tableau
7 8 (6.25%) Data Lake
7 8 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (5.47%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (4.69%) Relational Database
10 5 (3.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (3.13%) Metadata
11 4 (3.13%) MongoDB
12 3 (2.34%) NoSQL
12 3 (2.34%) RDBMS
13 2 (1.56%) Data Mining
13 2 (1.56%) OLAP
13 2 (1.56%) OLTP
14 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 1 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (7.03%) Git
2 5 (3.91%) JIRA
3 3 (2.34%) Bitbucket
3 3 (2.34%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (1.56%) MSTest
4 2 (1.56%) NUnit
4 2 (1.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.78%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.78%) GitLab
5 1 (0.78%) JetBrains Rider
5 1 (0.78%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.78%) Selenium
5 1 (0.78%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.78%) Vite
General
1 69 (53.91%) Social Skills
2 53 (41.41%) Finance
3 18 (14.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (7.03%) Banking
5 7 (5.47%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.91%) Front Office
7 4 (3.13%) Law
7 4 (3.13%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.34%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.56%) Back Office
9 2 (1.56%) Legal
9 2 (1.56%) Marketing
10 1 (0.78%) Advertising
10 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 56 (43.75%) Senior
2 40 (31.25%) Analyst
3 38 (29.69%) Developer
4 35 (27.34%) Applications Support
5 34 (26.56%) Applications Support Analyst
5 34 (26.56%) Support Analyst
6 25 (19.53%) Senior Developer
7 20 (15.63%) Senior Analyst
8 17 (13.28%) Senior Applications Support
8 17 (13.28%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
8 17 (13.28%) Senior Support Analyst
9 16 (12.50%) Lead
10 13 (10.16%) Data Engineer
11 11 (8.59%) Software Developer
12 10 (7.81%) Architect
13 9 (7.03%) .NET Developer
13 9 (7.03%) Senior Data Engineer
14 8 (6.25%) Senior Software Developer
15 7 (5.47%) SQL Analyst
16 5 (3.91%) Dynamics CRM Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (54.69%) .NET
2 26 (20.31%) HTML
3 25 (19.53%) CSS
4 21 (16.41%) AngularJS
5 17 (13.28%) React
6 16 (12.50%) HTML5
7 15 (11.72%) .NET Framework
8 14 (10.94%) .NET Core
9 13 (10.16%) ASP.NET Web API
9 13 (10.16%) WPF
10 12 (9.38%) RESTful
11 8 (6.25%) JSON
11 8 (6.25%) XML
12 7 (5.47%) Sass
12 7 (5.47%) Vue
13 5 (3.91%) WCF
14 3 (2.34%) Kafka
14 3 (2.34%) RabbitMQ
15 2 (1.56%) Entity Framework
15 2 (1.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 22 (17.19%) Legacy Applications
2 8 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.91%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.34%) Swaptions
6 2 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.56%) Derivative
6 2 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.56%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.56%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.78%) Equities
7 1 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.78%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.78%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) PropTech
7 1 (0.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 49 (38.28%) Windows
2 9 (7.03%) Linux
3 8 (6.25%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.91%) Unix
5 3 (2.34%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.34%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (24.22%) Mentoring
2 24 (18.75%) DevOps
3 22 (17.19%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 22 (17.19%) Customer-Centricity
4 21 (16.41%) Agile
4 21 (16.41%) Migration
5 19 (14.84%) ETL
5 19 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (14.06%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (13.28%) Collaborative Working
8 13 (10.16%) Analytics
8 13 (10.16%) Computer Science
8 13 (10.16%) CRM
8 13 (10.16%) Data Modelling
9 12 (9.38%) Data Integration
9 12 (9.38%) ITIL
9 12 (9.38%) Mathematics
10 11 (8.59%) Technology Strategy
11 10 (7.81%) Data Pipeline
12 9 (7.03%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 75 (58.59%) SQL
2 61 (47.66%) C#
3 33 (25.78%) JavaScript
4 22 (17.19%) PL/SQL
4 22 (17.19%) TypeScript
4 22 (17.19%) VB.NET
5 19 (14.84%) T-SQL
6 14 (10.94%) Java
7 13 (10.16%) Python
8 6 (4.69%) PowerShell
9 5 (3.91%) C
10 3 (2.34%) VB
11 1 (0.78%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (14.06%) Degree
2 10 (7.81%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.34%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (1.56%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.78%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.78%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.56%) Accessibility
1 2 (1.56%) Data Quality
1 2 (1.56%) QA
2 1 (0.78%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (7.03%) Active Directory
1 9 (7.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.13%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.34%) Docker
3 3 (2.34%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (7.03%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.91%) SCCM
3 3 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.34%) vCenter Server
4 2 (1.56%) Ansible
4 2 (1.56%) SCOM
4 2 (1.56%) Terraform
5 1 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 65 (50.78%) Microsoft
2 18 (14.06%) Oracle
3 14 (10.94%) Databricks
4 9 (7.03%) VMware
5 8 (6.25%) Citrix
5 8 (6.25%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.91%) Cisco
6 5 (3.91%) Guidewire
7 4 (3.13%) Bloomberg
7 4 (3.13%) Cognos
7 4 (3.13%) Informatica
7 4 (3.13%) Veeam
8 3 (2.34%) FactSet
8 3 (2.34%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.34%) Mitel
8 3 (2.34%) NetApp
8 3 (2.34%) OpenLink
8 3 (2.34%) Reuters
8 3 (2.34%) Sybase
8 3 (2.34%) TIBCO