SQL Programmer Jobs in London

SQL Programmer
England > London

The median SQL Programmer salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 June 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 - 614
Rank change year-on-year - - +290
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Programmer 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.016% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% - 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.77%
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £66,250
% change year-on-year -17.65% +28.30% +20.45%

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 11,472 22,826 30,325
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.47% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,917 16,908 22,701
10th Percentile £40,903 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,315
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.96% +0.53%

SQL Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Programmer in London

SQL Programmer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Programmer in London.

Salary trend for SQL Programmer in London

SQL Programmer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 2 June 2025, SQL Programmer 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 London region featuring SQL Programmer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Trayport
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) BYOD
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns

SQL Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) BYOD
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Trayport