SQL Developer Job Trends in London

SQL Developer
England > London

The median SQL Developer salary in London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 366 367
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 14 65 82
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.10% 0.41% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.43% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 13 38 78
10th Percentile £24,000 £46,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -14.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £100,000 £82,375 £80,000
90th Percentile - £116,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 12,350 14,970 16,601
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 93.47% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,168 8,864 13,419
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SQL Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

SQL Developer job vacancy trend in London

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in London

SQL Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Developer in London over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Developer in London

SQL Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Central London +29 2 £78,750 +5.00% 1
SQL Developer
England

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 13 (92.86%) SQL
2 10 (71.43%) C#
3 9 (64.29%) .NET
4 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
5 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
6 4 (28.57%) Agile
6 4 (28.57%) Azure
6 4 (28.57%) Software Engineering
7 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
7 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
7 3 (21.43%) PHP
7 3 (21.43%) Python
8 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET
8 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
8 2 (14.29%) Business Development
8 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (14.29%) Change Management
8 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (14.29%) Data Integration
8 2 (14.29%) Data Transformation
8 2 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
8 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (14.29%) Dataiku
8 2 (14.29%) Degree
8 2 (14.29%) ETL
8 2 (14.29%) HNC
8 2 (14.29%) HND
8 2 (14.29%) JIRA
8 2 (14.29%) Mathematics

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (14.29%) MongoDB
2 2 (14.29%) MySQL
2 2 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (14.29%) Power BI
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (14.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Front Office
4 2 (14.29%) Back Office
5 1 (7.14%) Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Financial Institution
5 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (64.29%) .NET
2 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET
2 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (14.29%) React
2 2 (14.29%) REST
2 2 (14.29%) Web Services
3 1 (7.14%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Hedge funds
2 2 (14.29%) Data Structures
2 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.14%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
4 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 2 (14.29%) Business Development
4 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) Change Management
4 2 (14.29%) Data Integration
4 2 (14.29%) Data Transformation
4 2 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (14.29%) ETL
4 2 (14.29%) Mathematics
4 2 (14.29%) MVC
4 2 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (14.29%) Quantitative Trading
4 2 (14.29%) Visualisation
5 1 (7.14%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (7.14%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) SQL
2 10 (71.43%) C#
3 3 (21.43%) PHP
3 3 (21.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
1 2 (14.29%) HNC
1 2 (14.29%) HND
1 2 (14.29%) MCSA
1 2 (14.29%) MCSE
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Dataiku
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (7.14%) ION Trading