SQL Server Jobs in London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 46 61
Rank change year-on-year +4 +15 -19
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1,244 2,167 3,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.28% 6.01% 6.09%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.70% 23.98% 19.33%
Number of salaries quoted 997 1,730 2,582
10th Percentile £44,622 £47,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,405 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,823 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.55% +5.88% +4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% +8.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
London

SQL Server is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,037 9,038 20,533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.38% 25.08% 31.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,802 6,191 9,100
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £117,236 £107,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
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 Server within the London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Central London -5 224 £65,000 -7.14% 60
West London -36 30 £53,750 +7.50% 12
South London -21 24 £60,000 - 5
East London +10 18 £57,500 +4.55% 18
North London +2 8 £55,000 -26.67%
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
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:

Application Platforms
1 109 (8.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 78 (6.27%) SharePoint
3 71 (5.71%) IIS
4 54 (4.34%) CMS
5 20 (1.61%) Apache Spark
6 18 (1.45%) Apache
7 16 (1.29%) WordPress
8 15 (1.21%) EPiServer
9 12 (0.96%) Tomcat
10 11 (0.88%) Sitecore CMS
10 11 (0.88%) Umbraco
11 7 (0.56%) Confluence
11 7 (0.56%) JBoss
11 7 (0.56%) WebLogic
11 7 (0.56%) WebSphere
11 7 (0.56%) WildFly
12 6 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 6 (0.48%) Apache Solr
12 6 (0.48%) SAS
13 5 (0.40%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 47 (3.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.05%) Photoshop
4 10 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.48%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.24%) SPSS
7 1 (0.080%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 74 (5.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 47 (3.78%) Endur
3 23 (1.85%) SDL Web 8
4 22 (1.77%) NEC Housing
5 16 (1.29%) Fidessa
6 14 (1.13%) Elite 3E
7 12 (0.96%) PlanetPress Connect
8 9 (0.72%) OpenLink RightAngle
8 9 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
8 9 (0.72%) Sage X3
8 9 (0.72%) SAP Business One
9 7 (0.56%) Teamcenter
10 6 (0.48%) BusinessWorks
11 4 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
11 4 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
12 3 (0.24%) Infor SunSystems
12 3 (0.24%) JDE EnterpriseOne
12 3 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
12 3 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
12 3 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 629 (50.56%) Azure
2 199 (16.00%) AWS
2 199 (16.00%) Power Platform
3 166 (13.34%) Azure DevOps
4 107 (8.60%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (5.55%) SaaS
6 62 (4.98%) Azure Data Factory
7 46 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 43 (3.46%) PaaS
9 42 (3.38%) GitHub
10 38 (3.05%) Serverless
11 37 (2.97%) Azure Monitor
11 37 (2.97%) GCP
12 34 (2.73%) Snowflake
13 33 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
14 32 (2.57%) IaaS
14 32 (2.57%) PowerApps
15 31 (2.49%) Azure Service Bus
16 28 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
17 26 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 70 (5.63%) Firewall
2 68 (5.47%) DNS
3 43 (3.46%) Internet
4 34 (2.73%) DHCP
5 30 (2.41%) SAN
6 28 (2.25%) VPN
7 27 (2.17%) TCP/IP
8 16 (1.29%) FIX Connectivity
9 14 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (1.05%) Wireless
11 12 (0.96%) iSCSI
12 11 (0.88%) VLAN
13 10 (0.80%) Fibre Channel
13 10 (0.80%) HTTP
13 10 (0.80%) Network Security
13 10 (0.80%) WAN
14 9 (0.72%) LAN
15 8 (0.64%) NAS
15 8 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
16 6 (0.48%) Mobile Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (16.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 177 (14.23%) Power BI
3 138 (11.09%) Relational Database
4 130 (10.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 126 (10.13%) Data Warehouse
6 83 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
7 73 (5.87%) MongoDB
7 73 (5.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 67 (5.39%) RDBMS
9 66 (5.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 65 (5.23%) MySQL
11 41 (3.30%) Data Lake
12 40 (3.22%) Elasticsearch
13 38 (3.05%) Tableau
14 32 (2.57%) DB2
15 29 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
16 23 (1.85%) NoSQL
17 20 (1.61%) Delta Lake
18 18 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
19 17 (1.37%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 124 (9.97%) Git
2 86 (6.91%) JIRA
2 86 (6.91%) Visual Studio
3 52 (4.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 35 (2.81%) TeamCity
5 26 (2.09%) Moq
5 26 (2.09%) NUnit
6 23 (1.85%) Jenkins
7 21 (1.69%) Octopus Deploy
8 18 (1.45%) SpecFlow
9 15 (1.21%) GitLab
10 13 (1.05%) git-flow
10 13 (1.05%) Sourcetree
11 11 (0.88%) SonarQube
11 11 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
12 10 (0.80%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.64%) Mercurial
14 6 (0.48%) Selenium
14 6 (0.48%) Subversion
15 5 (0.40%) FitNesse
General
1 328 (26.37%) Finance
2 298 (23.95%) Social Skills
3 144 (11.58%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (7.40%) Marketing
5 82 (6.59%) Banking
6 71 (5.71%) Games
7 61 (4.90%) Legal
8 46 (3.70%) Law
9 42 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 41 (3.30%) Back Office
11 39 (3.14%) Local Government
12 32 (2.57%) Retail
13 26 (2.09%) Financial Institution
13 26 (2.09%) Public Sector
14 23 (1.85%) Front Office
15 18 (1.45%) Investment Banking
16 15 (1.21%) Billing
17 12 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
18 8 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
19 7 (0.56%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 488 (39.23%) Developer
2 283 (22.75%) Senior
3 207 (16.64%) .NET Developer
4 163 (13.10%) Analyst
5 144 (11.58%) C# Developer
6 123 (9.89%) Lead
7 114 (9.16%) Senior Developer
8 80 (6.43%) Applications Support
9 78 (6.27%) C# .NET Developer
10 74 (5.95%) Architect
10 74 (5.95%) Full Stack Developer
11 73 (5.87%) Support Analyst
12 67 (5.39%) Data Engineer
13 63 (5.06%) Consultant
14 52 (4.18%) Software Developer
15 49 (3.94%) DBA
16 47 (3.78%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 46 (3.70%) Applications Support Analyst
18 45 (3.62%) Senior C# Developer
19 37 (2.97%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 476 (38.26%) .NET
2 238 (19.13%) ASP.NET
3 223 (17.93%) HTML
4 183 (14.71%) AngularJS
5 173 (13.91%) .NET Framework
6 171 (13.75%) CSS
7 165 (13.26%) .NET Core
8 142 (11.41%) ASP.NET MVC
9 131 (10.53%) Web Services
10 122 (9.81%) Entity Framework
11 110 (8.84%) ASP.NET Web API
12 108 (8.68%) RESTful
13 102 (8.20%) REST
14 101 (8.12%) React
14 101 (8.12%) XML
15 97 (7.80%) HTML5
16 76 (6.11%) SOAP
17 72 (5.79%) jQuery
18 67 (5.39%) JSON
19 54 (4.34%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 69 (5.55%) Greenfield Project
2 58 (4.66%) Self-Motivation
3 55 (4.42%) Management Information System
4 46 (3.70%) Swaptions
5 32 (2.57%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (2.49%) Public Cloud
6 31 (2.49%) Replication
7 28 (2.25%) Hedge funds
8 27 (2.17%) Cloud Native
9 26 (2.09%) Clustering
9 26 (2.09%) Product Ownership
10 24 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
11 23 (1.85%) Life Science
12 22 (1.77%) Data Centre
12 22 (1.77%) Legacy Code
13 20 (1.61%) Virtual Team
14 19 (1.53%) Data Structures
14 19 (1.53%) Housing Association
15 18 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 16 (1.29%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 268 (21.54%) Windows
2 124 (9.97%) Linux
3 95 (7.64%) Windows Server
4 46 (3.70%) Unix
5 31 (2.49%) Windows 10
6 28 (2.25%) Ubuntu
7 26 (2.09%) CentOS
8 24 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
9 20 (1.61%) Solaris
9 20 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
9 20 (1.61%) zOS
10 10 (0.80%) Mac OS
11 9 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (0.64%) VMS
13 7 (0.56%) Android
14 6 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 6 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.40%) Apple iOS
16 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.16%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (31.59%) Agile
2 281 (22.59%) DevOps
3 221 (17.77%) ETL
4 204 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
5 202 (16.24%) Business Intelligence
6 192 (15.43%) MVC
7 184 (14.79%) Full Stack Development
8 166 (13.34%) Scrum
9 162 (13.02%) Microservices
10 158 (12.70%) Computer Science
11 145 (11.66%) TDD
12 144 (11.58%) Data Modelling
13 135 (10.85%) Analytics
14 127 (10.21%) ITIL
15 119 (9.57%) Software Engineering
16 109 (8.76%) CI/CD
17 97 (7.80%) Mentoring
18 94 (7.56%) CRM
19 88 (7.07%) Roadmaps
20 85 (6.83%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 641 (51.53%) SQL
2 468 (37.62%) C#
3 338 (27.17%) JavaScript
4 267 (21.46%) T-SQL
5 196 (15.76%) Python
6 118 (9.49%) PowerShell
7 113 (9.08%) Java
8 77 (6.19%) TypeScript
9 50 (4.02%) Bash
9 50 (4.02%) PL/SQL
10 48 (3.86%) VB
11 38 (3.05%) XPath
12 31 (2.49%) Perl
13 25 (2.01%) R
14 23 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 22 (1.77%) Bicep
16 21 (1.69%) Ruby
17 13 (1.05%) Scala
18 10 (0.80%) VBA
19 9 (0.72%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 280 (22.51%) Degree
2 71 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (2.57%) Security Cleared
4 25 (2.01%) Azure Certification
5 22 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (1.61%) Master's Degree
7 19 (1.53%) SC Cleared
8 11 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 7 (0.56%) CTC Cleared
9 7 (0.56%) MCSE
10 6 (0.48%) MCP
11 5 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.32%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.32%) CISM
12 4 (0.32%) CISSP
12 4 (0.32%) MCSA
13 3 (0.24%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.24%) Oracle Certification
14 2 (0.16%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.16%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (4.02%) Data Quality
2 38 (3.05%) QA
3 37 (2.97%) SLA
4 16 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.05%) Accessibility
6 12 (0.96%) GDPR
7 9 (0.72%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.40%) NIST
10 4 (0.32%) ISO 9000
10 4 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.32%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.24%) MiFID
12 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.080%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.080%) WCAG
System Software
1 123 (9.89%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.97%) Docker
3 35 (2.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.45%) vSphere
5 13 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.16%) XenApp
10 1 (0.080%) ACF2
10 1 (0.080%) Apache Flume
10 1 (0.080%) IAG
10 1 (0.080%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.080%) RACF
10 1 (0.080%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 69 (5.55%) Kubernetes
2 62 (4.98%) Terraform
3 27 (2.17%) SCCM
4 22 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.61%) Ansible
5 20 (1.61%) Grafana
6 18 (1.45%) Prometheus
7 14 (1.13%) Microsoft Clustering
8 9 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
8 9 (0.72%) Foglight
9 8 (0.64%) Nagios
9 8 (0.64%) Puppet
10 7 (0.56%) Control-M
10 7 (0.56%) WSUS
11 6 (0.48%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.40%) Istio
13 4 (0.32%) Nessus
13 4 (0.32%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.24%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 555 (44.61%) Microsoft
2 208 (16.72%) Oracle
3 71 (5.71%) Databricks
4 64 (5.14%) VMware
5 61 (4.90%) Sybase
6 52 (4.18%) TIBCO
7 46 (3.70%) OpenLink
8 31 (2.49%) Red Hat
8 31 (2.49%) ServiceNow
9 29 (2.33%) HP
10 26 (2.09%) Citrix
11 23 (1.85%) Bloomberg
12 22 (1.77%) NEC
12 22 (1.77%) SAP
13 21 (1.69%) Veeam
14 20 (1.61%) Dynatrace
14 20 (1.61%) Reuters
15 19 (1.53%) Adobe
16 18 (1.45%) Cisco
17 17 (1.37%) IBM