SQL Jobs in the City of London

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL 621 827 1,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 18.48% 17.57% 18.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.68% 34.03% 35.55%
Number of salaries quoted 469 746 1,201
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £105,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% +7.41% -

All Programming Languages
City of London

SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,565 2,430 3,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 46.58% 51.61% 53.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,284 2,201 3,366
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,563 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -
75th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £78,250 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +0.97% +3.33% +3.45%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the City of London

SQL
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for SQL in the City of London

SQL
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in the City of London

SQL
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the City of London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
London Bridge +27 1 £72,500 +61.11%
SQL
Central London

SQL
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 21 (3.38%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.06%) CMS
3 11 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.77%) SAS
4 10 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.45%) IIS
6 8 (1.29%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.97%) Apache
7 6 (0.97%) Confluence
7 6 (0.97%) Drupal
8 5 (0.81%) EPiServer
9 3 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.48%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.32%) Moodle
11 1 (0.16%) Documentum
11 1 (0.16%) Site Server
11 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.16%) Tornado
11 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 65 (10.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.29%) Photoshop
4 7 (1.13%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.48%) SPSS
7 2 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.09%) Aladdin
1 13 (2.09%) thinkFolio
2 12 (1.93%) SDL Web 8
3 7 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.64%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.64%) Relativity
5 2 (0.32%) Endur
5 2 (0.32%) Farmplan
5 2 (0.32%) Infor SunSystems
5 2 (0.32%) KEYPrime
5 2 (0.32%) MIS ActiveH
5 2 (0.32%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.32%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 2 (0.32%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.16%) Finacle
6 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 240 (38.65%) Azure
2 122 (19.65%) Power Platform
3 114 (18.36%) AWS
4 48 (7.73%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (5.64%) GCP
6 28 (4.51%) SaaS
7 26 (4.19%) Serverless
8 25 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (3.86%) Azure Data Factory
10 19 (3.06%) Snowflake
11 15 (2.42%) PowerApps
12 14 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 14 (2.25%) Google Sheets
13 13 (2.09%) Amazon S3
13 13 (2.09%) Entra ID
14 11 (1.77%) Azure API Management
14 11 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (1.77%) Power Automate
15 10 (1.61%) GitHub
15 10 (1.61%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.03%) Internet
2 14 (2.25%) HTTP
3 10 (1.61%) DNS
4 7 (1.13%) Firewall
4 7 (1.13%) SD-WAN
4 7 (1.13%) WAN
5 4 (0.64%) Network Security
5 4 (0.64%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.48%) PSTN
6 3 (0.48%) VPN
7 2 (0.32%) SAN
7 2 (0.32%) SNA
7 2 (0.32%) SSL
8 1 (0.16%) DHCP
8 1 (0.16%) LAN
8 1 (0.16%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (24.48%) SQL Server
2 114 (18.36%) Power BI
3 82 (13.20%) Tableau
4 56 (9.02%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (5.31%) Relational Database
6 32 (5.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 29 (4.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 27 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (4.19%) MySQL
10 25 (4.03%) Azure SQL Database
11 20 (3.22%) NoSQL
12 16 (2.58%) Data Lake
12 16 (2.58%) Oracle Database
13 13 (2.09%) GIS
13 13 (2.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 10 (1.61%) Data Mining
15 9 (1.45%) BigQuery
15 9 (1.45%) RDBMS
16 8 (1.29%) Metadata
16 8 (1.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 79 (12.72%) Git
2 24 (3.86%) Visual Studio
3 23 (3.70%) JIRA
4 21 (3.38%) TeamCity
5 18 (2.90%) SpecFlow
6 17 (2.74%) GitLab
7 14 (2.25%) NUnit
8 12 (1.93%) Eclipse
8 12 (1.93%) Jenkins
8 12 (1.93%) Moq
9 9 (1.45%) git-flow
10 8 (1.29%) Octopus Deploy
10 8 (1.29%) Postman
10 8 (1.29%) Sourcetree
11 7 (1.13%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.97%) Katalon Studio
13 4 (0.64%) MLflow
14 3 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
15 2 (0.32%) PeopleTools
15 2 (0.32%) Selenium
General
1 205 (33.01%) Social Skills
2 154 (24.80%) Finance
3 127 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (7.73%) Retail
5 33 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
6 30 (4.83%) Marketing
7 26 (4.19%) Law
8 22 (3.54%) Front Office
9 21 (3.38%) Banking
9 21 (3.38%) Legal
10 16 (2.58%) Back Office
11 12 (1.93%) Advertising
12 11 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.29%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.13%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.13%) Games
15 6 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (0.81%) Public Sector
17 4 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 181 (29.15%) Senior
2 153 (24.64%) Analyst
3 140 (22.54%) Developer
4 85 (13.69%) Lead
5 61 (9.82%) Senior Developer
6 54 (8.70%) Data Engineer
7 51 (8.21%) Data Analyst
8 41 (6.60%) Senior Analyst
9 39 (6.28%) Applications Support
10 35 (5.64%) Support Analyst
11 33 (5.31%) Data Scientist
12 32 (5.15%) Full Stack Developer
13 30 (4.83%) C# Developer
13 30 (4.83%) Software Developer
14 29 (4.67%) Software Engineer
15 24 (3.86%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 24 (3.86%) Systems Analyst
16 23 (3.70%) .NET Developer
16 23 (3.70%) Senior Software Developer
17 22 (3.54%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (18.84%) .NET
2 79 (12.72%) HTML
3 75 (12.08%) CSS
4 45 (7.25%) REST
5 44 (7.09%) .NET Framework
6 43 (6.92%) React
7 38 (6.12%) ASP.NET
8 35 (5.64%) PySpark
9 33 (5.31%) Web Services
10 31 (4.99%) Pandas
11 30 (4.83%) AngularJS
12 28 (4.51%) RESTful
13 25 (4.03%) HTML5
14 24 (3.86%) XML
15 23 (3.70%) jQuery
16 21 (3.38%) Entity Framework
16 21 (3.38%) TensorFlow
16 21 (3.38%) WPF
17 19 (3.06%) SOAP
18 18 (2.90%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.31%) Greenfield Project
2 26 (4.19%) Algorithms
2 26 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (4.03%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.06%) Fixed Income
5 17 (2.74%) Reinsurance
6 15 (2.42%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.93%) Legacy Code
7 12 (1.93%) Life Science
8 11 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (1.77%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.13%) Clustering
9 7 (1.13%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.13%) Equities
9 7 (1.13%) Mobile App
10 6 (0.97%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.97%) Cloud Security Posture
10 6 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (0.97%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 73 (11.76%) Windows
2 35 (5.64%) Windows Server
3 34 (5.48%) Linux
4 14 (2.25%) Unix
5 9 (1.45%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.81%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.48%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.16%) AIX
9 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
2 121 (19.48%) Analytics
3 115 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
4 108 (17.39%) Visualisation
5 101 (16.26%) Agile
6 99 (15.94%) DevOps
7 85 (13.69%) Data Science
8 83 (13.37%) Data Analysis
9 82 (13.20%) Computer Science
10 81 (13.04%) ETL
11 72 (11.59%) Actionable Insight
12 70 (11.27%) Decision-Making
13 65 (10.47%) Data Modelling
14 61 (9.82%) Statistics
15 58 (9.34%) Full Stack Development
16 56 (9.02%) Data Pipeline
16 56 (9.02%) Data Visualisation
16 56 (9.02%) Mathematics
17 52 (8.37%) Artificial Intelligence
18 49 (7.89%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 194 (31.24%) Python
2 124 (19.97%) C#
3 94 (15.14%) JavaScript
4 70 (11.27%) T-SQL
5 27 (4.35%) PowerShell
6 25 (4.03%) Java
7 22 (3.54%) PHP
8 21 (3.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 19 (3.06%) R
10 15 (2.42%) PL/SQL
10 15 (2.42%) XPath
11 14 (2.25%) C++
11 14 (2.25%) TypeScript
11 14 (2.25%) VBA
12 8 (1.29%) C
13 4 (0.64%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.64%) Scala
14 3 (0.48%) SAS Macro
14 3 (0.48%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.16%) Perl
Qualifications
1 174 (28.02%) Degree
2 37 (5.96%) DBS Check
3 32 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 31 (4.99%) Master's Degree
5 6 (0.97%) SC Cleared
5 6 (0.97%) Security Cleared
6 5 (0.81%) Azure Certification
6 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (0.81%) PMI Certification
6 5 (0.81%) PMP
7 4 (0.64%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.48%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.48%) PhD
9 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.32%) CFA
9 2 (0.32%) ISEB
9 2 (0.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.16%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (6.92%) Data Quality
2 35 (5.64%) QA
3 14 (2.25%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.61%) SLA
5 2 (0.32%) COBIT
5 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 26 (4.19%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.61%) Docker
4 3 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.32%) vSphere
6 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.16%) XenApp
6 1 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 32 (5.15%) Terraform
2 28 (4.51%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.64%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (0.64%) SCCM
4 3 (0.48%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.32%) Ansible
5 2 (0.32%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.32%) Foglight
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.32%) SCOM
6 1 (0.16%) cPanel
6 1 (0.16%) Kibana
6 1 (0.16%) logstash
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 130 (20.93%) Microsoft
2 66 (10.63%) Databricks
3 47 (7.57%) Oracle
4 36 (5.80%) Google
5 27 (4.35%) Bloomberg
6 13 (2.09%) Charles River
7 12 (1.93%) Adobe
7 12 (1.93%) Guidewire
7 12 (1.93%) VMware
8 10 (1.61%) Aderant
9 8 (1.29%) Cognizant
10 7 (1.13%) Alteryx
10 7 (1.13%) Cisco
10 7 (1.13%) Citrix
11 6 (0.97%) FFastFill
11 6 (0.97%) HP
11 6 (0.97%) Refinitiv
11 6 (0.97%) SolarWinds
12 5 (0.81%) Informatica
13 4 (0.64%) Murex