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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 35 35
Rank change year-on-year -16 0 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 96 217 330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 4.95% 6.50% 7.33%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.24% 25.56% 31.64%
Number of salaries quoted 81 169 306
10th Percentile £55,000 £42,700 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £51,250 £53,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £102,500 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £102,000 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% -

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 413 849 1,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 21.30% 25.41% 23.18%
Number of salaries quoted 322 614 909
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £110,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +5.63%

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 30 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 11 (11.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (2.08%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (2.08%) Moodle
3 2 (2.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.04%) Apache
4 1 (1.04%) IIS
4 1 (1.04%) NServiceBus
4 1 (1.04%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (10.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (4.17%) Endur
3 3 (3.13%) Fidessa
4 2 (2.08%) Elite 3E
5 1 (1.04%) Eikon
5 1 (1.04%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 51 (53.13%) Azure
2 25 (26.04%) Power Platform
3 13 (13.54%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (11.46%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (10.42%) GitHub
6 8 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (8.33%) PowerApps
7 6 (6.25%) AWS
7 6 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (6.25%) Power Automate
7 6 (6.25%) SaaS
8 4 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (3.13%) Azure Functions
9 3 (3.13%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (3.13%) Entra ID
9 3 (3.13%) PaaS
9 3 (3.13%) Serverless
10 2 (2.08%) GCP
10 2 (2.08%) IaaS
10 2 (2.08%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.21%) Firewall
2 4 (4.17%) NetScaler
3 3 (3.13%) Network Security
3 3 (3.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (22.92%) Power BI
1 22 (22.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 20 (20.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (10.42%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (10.42%) DB2
4 8 (8.33%) Tableau
5 7 (7.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (7.29%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (6.25%) Relational Database
7 5 (5.21%) Data Lake
7 5 (5.21%) Metadata
8 4 (4.17%) MongoDB
8 4 (4.17%) RDBMS
8 4 (4.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (2.08%) Data Hub
9 2 (2.08%) Data Mining
9 2 (2.08%) NoSQL
9 2 (2.08%) OLAP
9 2 (2.08%) SQL CLR
10 1 (1.04%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 6 (6.25%) Git
2 3 (3.13%) Bitbucket
2 3 (3.13%) JIRA
3 2 (2.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (2.08%) MSTest
3 2 (2.08%) NUnit
3 2 (2.08%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.04%) JetBrains Rider
4 1 (1.04%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (1.04%) Selenium
4 1 (1.04%) SoapUI
4 1 (1.04%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 48 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 37 (38.54%) Finance
3 13 (13.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (8.33%) Banking
6 5 (5.21%) Front Office
7 4 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.13%) Law
9 2 (2.08%) Back Office
9 2 (2.08%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.08%) Legal
9 2 (2.08%) Marketing
10 1 (1.04%) Advertising
10 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (37.50%) Senior
2 26 (27.08%) Developer
3 24 (25.00%) Analyst
4 19 (19.79%) Applications Support
4 19 (19.79%) Applications Support Analyst
4 19 (19.79%) Support Analyst
5 17 (17.71%) Senior Developer
6 14 (14.58%) Lead
7 13 (13.54%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (10.42%) Architect
8 10 (10.42%) Senior Applications Support
8 10 (10.42%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
8 10 (10.42%) Senior Support Analyst
9 8 (8.33%) Data Engineer
10 7 (7.29%) .NET Developer
10 7 (7.29%) Software Developer
11 6 (6.25%) Senior Software Developer
11 6 (6.25%) Senior SQL Developer
11 6 (6.25%) SQL Analyst
11 6 (6.25%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (47.92%) .NET
2 17 (17.71%) HTML
3 16 (16.67%) CSS
4 13 (13.54%) AngularJS
5 10 (10.42%) .NET Framework
5 10 (10.42%) React
6 9 (9.38%) HTML5
7 8 (8.33%) ASP.NET Web API
7 8 (8.33%) XML
8 7 (7.29%) .NET Core
8 7 (7.29%) JSON
8 7 (7.29%) RESTful
8 7 (7.29%) WPF
9 5 (5.21%) Kafka
10 4 (4.17%) WCF
11 3 (3.13%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (3.13%) Sass
11 3 (3.13%) Vue
12 2 (2.08%) GraphQL
12 2 (2.08%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.42%) Legacy Applications
2 8 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.17%) Cloud Native
3 4 (4.17%) Swaptions
4 3 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.08%) Derivative
5 2 (2.08%) Fixed Income
5 2 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.08%) Learning Management System
5 2 (2.08%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.08%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.04%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.04%) Equities
6 1 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.04%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.04%) Replication
6 1 (1.04%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 31 (32.29%) Windows
2 7 (7.29%) Linux
2 7 (7.29%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.17%) Unix
3 4 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.04%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (26.04%) Migration
2 22 (22.92%) Mentoring
3 21 (21.88%) DevOps
4 19 (19.79%) Agile
4 19 (19.79%) Business Intelligence
5 15 (15.63%) ETL
5 15 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (14.58%) Data Modelling
7 12 (12.50%) CRM
8 11 (11.46%) Collaborative Working
8 11 (11.46%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (11.46%) Technology Strategy
9 10 (10.42%) Customer-Centric Approach
9 10 (10.42%) Customer-Centricity
9 10 (10.42%) Data Integration
9 10 (10.42%) Microservices
10 9 (9.38%) Analytics
10 9 (9.38%) IT Strategy
11 8 (8.33%) Decision-Making
11 8 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 54 (56.25%) SQL
2 37 (38.54%) C#
3 23 (23.96%) JavaScript
4 17 (17.71%) T-SQL
5 16 (16.67%) Java
6 14 (14.58%) Python
6 14 (14.58%) TypeScript
7 10 (10.42%) PL/SQL
7 10 (10.42%) VB.NET
8 9 (9.38%) PowerShell
9 4 (4.17%) VB
10 1 (1.04%) Bash
10 1 (1.04%) C
10 1 (1.04%) PHP
10 1 (1.04%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (12.50%) Degree
2 5 (5.21%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (2.08%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.04%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.08%) GDPR
1 2 (2.08%) QA
2 1 (1.04%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.04%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.04%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.13%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.17%) SCCM
3 3 (3.13%) Ansible
3 3 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (3.13%) Terraform
3 3 (3.13%) vCenter Server
4 2 (2.08%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (2.08%) SCOM
5 1 (1.04%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 51 (53.13%) Microsoft
2 18 (18.75%) Oracle
3 9 (9.38%) Databricks
4 8 (8.33%) VMware
5 6 (6.25%) Guidewire
6 5 (5.21%) Cisco
7 4 (4.17%) Bloomberg
7 4 (4.17%) Citrix
7 4 (4.17%) OpenLink
7 4 (4.17%) Sybase
7 4 (4.17%) TIBCO
8 3 (3.13%) Cognos
8 3 (3.13%) FactSet
8 3 (3.13%) Fortinet
8 3 (3.13%) Informatica
8 3 (3.13%) Mitel
8 3 (3.13%) NetApp
8 3 (3.13%) Refinitiv
8 3 (3.13%) Veeam
9 2 (2.08%) Nimble Storage