SQL Server Jobs in London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 51 43
Rank change year-on-year -58 -8 +25
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 400 1,184 1,744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.07% 4.87% 5.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 14.25% 21.90% 23.71%
Number of salaries quoted 307 900 1,454
10th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £51,938 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £67,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -0.37% +4.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,950 £105,250 £97,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +3.64% -0.90% +0.91%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,807 5,407 7,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.54% 22.22% 24.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,812 3,974 5,357
10th Percentile £48,775 £46,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £142,500 £116,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £58,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.84% -10.00% +8.33%

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 3 July 2025.

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 3 July 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 -21 113 £72,500 +7.41% 134
West London +10 15 £47,000 -6.00% 13
North London -9 8 £72,500 +31.82% 5
South London -13 4 £57,500 +4.55% 7
East London -24 3 £49,500 -13.91% 6
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 48 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (6.50%) SharePoint
3 20 (5.00%) IIS
4 18 (4.50%) Confluence
5 9 (2.25%) Moodle
6 5 (1.25%) Apache Spark
7 4 (1.00%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.75%) CMS
8 3 (0.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.50%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.50%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.25%) Apache
10 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.25%) Appian
10 1 (0.25%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (4.75%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.75%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.75%) Trello
4 2 (0.50%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.50%) Revit
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (6.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (2.25%) Fidessa
3 5 (1.25%) Endur
4 4 (1.00%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.50%) Eikon
6 2 (0.50%) RMDS
7 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.25%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 234 (58.50%) Azure
2 111 (27.75%) Power Platform
3 51 (12.75%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (12.00%) AWS
5 46 (11.50%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (11.25%) Dynamics 365
7 38 (9.50%) Azure Logic Apps
8 37 (9.25%) Azure Data Factory
8 37 (9.25%) GitHub
9 36 (9.00%) PowerApps
10 34 (8.50%) Serverless
11 33 (8.25%) Power Automate
12 29 (7.25%) SaaS
13 20 (5.00%) Azure Functions
14 18 (4.50%) Cloud Computing
14 18 (4.50%) Entra ID
15 14 (3.50%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (2.25%) Azure Service Bus
16 9 (2.25%) OneDrive
17 7 (1.75%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 35 (8.75%) Firewall
2 20 (5.00%) DNS
3 15 (3.75%) DHCP
4 14 (3.50%) HTTP
5 11 (2.75%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.75%) NetScaler
6 7 (1.75%) VPN
7 6 (1.50%) SAN
8 5 (1.25%) FIX Connectivity
8 5 (1.25%) LAN
8 5 (1.25%) Network Security
8 5 (1.25%) WAN
9 3 (0.75%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.75%) VoIP
10 2 (0.50%) FTP
10 2 (0.50%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.50%) NAS
10 2 (0.50%) PBX
10 2 (0.50%) Skype
10 2 (0.50%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (21.75%) Power BI
2 49 (12.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 46 (11.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 35 (8.75%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (8.50%) Relational Database
6 32 (8.00%) PostgreSQL
7 30 (7.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 18 (4.50%) Data Lake
8 18 (4.50%) MongoDB
9 17 (4.25%) NoSQL
10 15 (3.75%) Data Hub
10 15 (3.75%) DB2
10 15 (3.75%) SQL CLR
10 15 (3.75%) Tableau
11 13 (3.25%) MySQL
11 13 (3.25%) Oracle Reports
12 12 (3.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 11 (2.75%) Metadata
14 10 (2.50%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 9 (2.25%) Redis
Development Applications
1 53 (13.25%) Git
2 42 (10.50%) JIRA
3 25 (6.25%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.75%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.75%) PowerBuilder
5 10 (2.50%) NUnit
6 9 (2.25%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (2.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 7 (1.75%) Octopus Deploy
9 4 (1.00%) Postman
9 4 (1.00%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.75%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.75%) MSTest
10 3 (0.75%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.50%) Gatling
11 2 (0.50%) JetBrains Rider
11 2 (0.50%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.50%) Selenium
11 2 (0.50%) SpecFlow
General
1 147 (36.75%) Finance
2 136 (34.00%) Social Skills
3 60 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (10.75%) Banking
5 27 (6.75%) Front Office
6 26 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (5.50%) Back Office
8 16 (4.00%) Law
9 13 (3.25%) Public Sector
10 12 (3.00%) Legal
10 12 (3.00%) Retail
11 11 (2.75%) Investment Banking
12 9 (2.25%) Marketing
13 8 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.50%) Advertising
15 5 (1.25%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.25%) Retail Banking
16 4 (1.00%) Local Government
16 4 (1.00%) Spanish Language
17 3 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 140 (35.00%) Developer
2 82 (20.50%) Senior
3 56 (14.00%) Analyst
4 53 (13.25%) Lead
5 44 (11.00%) Senior Developer
6 41 (10.25%) Support Analyst
7 35 (8.75%) Applications Support
7 35 (8.75%) C# Developer
7 35 (8.75%) Data Engineer
8 34 (8.50%) .NET Developer
9 32 (8.00%) Applications Support Analyst
10 28 (7.00%) Architect
11 22 (5.50%) Lead Developer
12 21 (5.25%) SQL Developer
13 20 (5.00%) Azure Engineer
13 20 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
14 19 (4.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (4.50%) Full-Stack Developer
16 17 (4.25%) Microsoft Developer
17 16 (4.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (38.75%) .NET
2 61 (15.25%) .NET Framework
3 50 (12.50%) React
4 46 (11.50%) HTML
5 43 (10.75%) REST
6 42 (10.50%) .NET Core
7 41 (10.25%) AngularJS
7 41 (10.25%) CSS
8 30 (7.50%) XML
9 29 (7.25%) Entity Framework
9 29 (7.25%) SOAP
10 28 (7.00%) ASP.NET
11 26 (6.50%) RESTful
12 24 (6.00%) JSON
13 23 (5.75%) GraphQL
13 23 (5.75%) Web Services
14 19 (4.75%) ASP.NET Web API
15 18 (4.50%) Kafka
16 13 (3.25%) HTML5
17 11 (2.75%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.50%) Product Ownership
2 20 (5.00%) Cloud Native
3 17 (4.25%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.75%) Private Cloud
5 13 (3.25%) Hedge funds
5 13 (3.25%) Reinsurance
6 12 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.50%) Equities
7 10 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.25%) Learning Management System
9 8 (2.00%) Derivative
9 8 (2.00%) Fixed Income
9 8 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.75%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 6 (1.50%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (1.25%) BYOD
12 5 (1.25%) Eurex
12 5 (1.25%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.25%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 86 (21.50%) Windows
2 48 (12.00%) Linux
3 47 (11.75%) Windows Server
4 21 (5.25%) Unix
5 7 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.50%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.25%) Android
7 5 (1.25%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.00%) CentOS
8 4 (1.00%) Rocky
8 4 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.25%) VMS
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (28.00%) Agile
2 108 (27.00%) DevOps
3 88 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
4 87 (21.75%) CI/CD
5 81 (20.25%) Business Intelligence
6 61 (15.25%) Migration
7 56 (14.00%) ETL
8 49 (12.25%) Computer Science
8 49 (12.25%) Microservices
9 43 (10.75%) Data Modelling
10 41 (10.25%) Mentoring
11 39 (9.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 37 (9.25%) Analytics
12 37 (9.25%) CRM
13 36 (9.00%) Full-Stack Development
13 36 (9.00%) ITIL
14 34 (8.50%) Data Integration
14 34 (8.50%) Roadmaps
14 34 (8.50%) SDLC
15 33 (8.25%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 234 (58.50%) SQL
2 162 (40.50%) C#
3 86 (21.50%) JavaScript
4 70 (17.50%) Python
5 59 (14.75%) T-SQL
6 48 (12.00%) PowerShell
7 36 (9.00%) Java
8 33 (8.25%) TypeScript
9 25 (6.25%) PL/SQL
10 16 (4.00%) VB.NET
11 12 (3.00%) Bash
12 6 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (1.25%) C
13 5 (1.25%) VB
14 4 (1.00%) Perl
15 3 (0.75%) Gremlin
15 3 (0.75%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.75%) VBA
16 2 (0.50%) R
16 2 (0.50%) X++
Qualifications
1 68 (17.00%) Degree
2 21 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (3.50%) Azure Certification
4 13 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (3.25%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.00%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.75%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.00%) MCP
7 4 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.75%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.50%) Dell Certification
9 2 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.50%) MCSA
9 2 (0.50%) MCSE
10 1 (0.25%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.25%) PhD
10 1 (0.25%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.50%) QA
2 14 (3.50%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.50%) GDPR
3 10 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.00%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.00%) SLA
5 3 (0.75%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.75%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.75%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.50%) GAAP
6 2 (0.50%) IFRS
6 2 (0.50%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.50%) NCSC
6 2 (0.50%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.25%) MiFID
7 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (9.00%) Docker
2 34 (8.50%) Active Directory
3 32 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.75%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.25%) vSphere
8 4 (1.00%) zsh
9 1 (0.25%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.25%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 52 (13.00%) Kubernetes
2 23 (5.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (5.50%) Terraform
4 18 (4.50%) SCCM
5 16 (4.00%) Ansible
6 12 (3.00%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (2.50%) Grafana
8 9 (2.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.00%) Prometheus
10 4 (1.00%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.50%) SCOM
11 2 (0.50%) WSUS
12 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.25%) Kibana
12 1 (0.25%) logstash
12 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.25%) WMI
Vendors
1 206 (51.50%) Microsoft
2 66 (16.50%) Oracle
3 34 (8.50%) VMware
4 29 (7.25%) Databricks
5 22 (5.50%) Cisco
6 14 (3.50%) Bloomberg
6 14 (3.50%) ServiceNow
6 14 (3.50%) Trayport
7 10 (2.50%) Citrix
7 10 (2.50%) Dell
7 10 (2.50%) Red Hat
7 10 (2.50%) Reuters
7 10 (2.50%) SolarWinds
8 8 (2.00%) NetApp
8 8 (2.00%) Okta
9 7 (1.75%) Sybase
10 6 (1.50%) Google
10 6 (1.50%) HP
10 6 (1.50%) Informatica
10 6 (1.50%) Veeam