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 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 40 48 51
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 -20
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1,136 2,962 3,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.08% 6.27% 6.50%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.79% 24.89% 21.49%
Number of salaries quoted 930 2,287 2,564
10th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £96,250
England median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +0.87% +11.65% +3.00%

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 4,088 11,899 15,459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.88% 25.17% 30.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3,225 7,768 9,537
10th Percentile £48,750 £46,225 £43,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £107,500
England median annual salary £61,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.40% +4.17% +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 6 December 2023.

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 6 December 2023. 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 -17 219 £67,500 -3.57% 71
South London +19 26 £57,500 -4.65% 11
East London +5 19 £57,500 +4.55% 51
West London +20 17 £57,500 +4.55% 17
North London +17 3 £55,000 -8.33% 1
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 77 (6.78%) SharePoint
2 70 (6.16%) IIS
3 21 (1.85%) Confluence
4 17 (1.50%) MS Exchange
5 13 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.97%) CMS
7 9 (0.79%) Apache
8 7 (0.62%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.26%) nginx
10 3 (0.26%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.26%) SAS
10 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.26%) WordPress
11 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.18%) Appian
12 1 (0.088%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.088%) Tornado
Applications
1 31 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.088%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.088%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 81 (7.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 68 (5.99%) Endur
3 19 (1.67%) Elite 3E
4 18 (1.58%) Remedy ITSM
5 14 (1.23%) PlanetPress Connect
6 13 (1.14%) BusinessWorks
6 13 (1.14%) Fidessa
7 11 (0.97%) Unit4 Business World
8 5 (0.44%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 5 (0.44%) JDE OneWorld
8 5 (0.44%) OpenLink RightAngle
9 4 (0.35%) Cerner Millennium
9 4 (0.35%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.18%) EuroRunner
10 2 (0.18%) ReMetrica
10 2 (0.18%) Salerio
10 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.18%) Siebel CRM
11 1 (0.088%) Dynamics AX
11 1 (0.088%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 592 (52.11%) Azure
2 242 (21.30%) Power Platform
3 189 (16.64%) Azure DevOps
4 113 (9.95%) AWS
5 100 (8.80%) Microsoft 365
6 92 (8.10%) SaaS
7 82 (7.22%) PowerApps
8 80 (7.04%) PaaS
9 63 (5.55%) Azure Data Factory
10 62 (5.46%) Dynamics 365
11 61 (5.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 57 (5.02%) Serverless
13 55 (4.84%) Azure Service Bus
14 46 (4.05%) Power Automate
15 44 (3.87%) IaaS
16 43 (3.79%) Azure Monitor
17 35 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
18 34 (2.99%) Snowflake
19 32 (2.82%) Entra ID
20 29 (2.55%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 97 (8.54%) DNS
2 87 (7.66%) Firewall
3 66 (5.81%) DHCP
4 55 (4.84%) VPN
5 48 (4.23%) SAN
6 40 (3.52%) VLAN
7 38 (3.35%) TCP/IP
8 35 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (1.41%) Internet
10 14 (1.23%) HTTP
11 13 (1.14%) FIX Connectivity
11 13 (1.14%) SMTP
12 12 (1.06%) NAS
13 9 (0.79%) Network Security
14 8 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
14 8 (0.70%) WAN
15 7 (0.62%) iSCSI
15 7 (0.62%) LAN
15 7 (0.62%) NetScaler
15 7 (0.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (17.43%) Power BI
2 185 (16.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 168 (14.79%) Relational Database
4 121 (10.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 115 (10.12%) RDBMS
6 102 (8.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 93 (8.19%) Data Warehouse
8 75 (6.60%) MySQL
9 65 (5.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 55 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
11 46 (4.05%) Tableau
12 40 (3.52%) Data Lake
13 31 (2.73%) NoSQL
14 25 (2.20%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 25 (2.20%) MongoDB
15 24 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
16 21 (1.85%) DB2
17 19 (1.67%) Oracle Database
18 15 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
18 15 (1.32%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 116 (10.21%) Git
2 59 (5.19%) JIRA
3 53 (4.67%) Visual Studio
4 42 (3.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 17 (1.50%) Jenkins
5 17 (1.50%) Postman
6 16 (1.41%) TeamCity
7 15 (1.32%) Selenium
8 13 (1.14%) SonarQube
8 13 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
9 12 (1.06%) GitLab
10 10 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
11 9 (0.79%) JUnit
12 8 (0.70%) JMeter
12 8 (0.70%) LoadRunner
13 7 (0.62%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.62%) eggPlant
13 7 (0.62%) Maven
13 7 (0.62%) SoapUI
13 7 (0.62%) Subversion
General
1 341 (30.02%) Finance
2 265 (23.33%) Social Skills
3 113 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (5.90%) Games
5 64 (5.63%) Banking
6 60 (5.28%) Legal
7 40 (3.52%) Marketing
8 37 (3.26%) Retail
9 28 (2.46%) Back Office
10 25 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
10 25 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 24 (2.11%) Law
12 21 (1.85%) Front Office
13 19 (1.67%) Public Sector
14 17 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.41%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.79%) Advertising
16 9 (0.79%) Investment Banking
17 7 (0.62%) Publishing
18 6 (0.53%) Billing
Job Titles
1 433 (38.12%) Developer
2 208 (18.31%) Senior
3 134 (11.80%) Analyst
4 125 (11.00%) .NET Developer
5 124 (10.92%) Lead
6 99 (8.71%) C# Developer
7 94 (8.27%) Architect
8 90 (7.92%) Full Stack Developer
9 85 (7.48%) Senior Developer
10 82 (7.22%) Data Engineer
11 70 (6.16%) SQL Developer
12 65 (5.72%) Applications Support
13 62 (5.46%) Solutions Architect
14 58 (5.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 50 (4.40%) Support Analyst
16 49 (4.31%) Lead Developer
17 47 (4.14%) DBA
18 45 (3.96%) Azure Engineer
19 44 (3.87%) Software Developer
20 39 (3.43%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 362 (31.87%) .NET
2 150 (13.20%) REST
3 143 (12.59%) ASP.NET
4 142 (12.50%) HTML
5 132 (11.62%) .NET Framework
6 113 (9.95%) CSS
7 110 (9.68%) AngularJS
8 107 (9.42%) .NET Core
9 92 (8.10%) React
10 85 (7.48%) JSON
10 85 (7.48%) XML
11 77 (6.78%) ASP.NET MVC
12 66 (5.81%) Web Services
13 65 (5.72%) ASP.NET Web API
13 65 (5.72%) SOAP
14 53 (4.67%) RESTful
15 47 (4.14%) Entity Framework
15 47 (4.14%) Spring
16 36 (3.17%) jQuery
17 33 (2.90%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.90%) Swaptions
2 62 (5.46%) Virtual Team
3 46 (4.05%) Management Information System
4 44 (3.87%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
6 38 (3.35%) Replication
7 31 (2.73%) Product Ownership
8 27 (2.38%) Reinsurance
9 23 (2.02%) Cloud Native
10 21 (1.85%) Low-Code
10 21 (1.85%) Public Cloud
11 20 (1.76%) Data Structures
11 20 (1.76%) Hedge funds
12 18 (1.58%) Clustering
13 17 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
14 16 (1.41%) Data Centre
14 16 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
14 16 (1.41%) IoT
15 14 (1.23%) Housing Association
16 13 (1.14%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 226 (19.89%) Windows
2 120 (10.56%) Windows Server
3 85 (7.48%) Linux
4 34 (2.99%) Unix
5 28 (2.46%) Windows 10
6 18 (1.58%) Ubuntu
7 13 (1.14%) Solaris
7 13 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (1.06%) CentOS
9 10 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.79%) Mac OS
10 9 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.62%) VMS
12 6 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.26%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.088%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (31.34%) Agile
2 295 (25.97%) DevOps
3 227 (19.98%) Problem-Solving
4 203 (17.87%) Business Intelligence
5 139 (12.24%) CI/CD
6 138 (12.15%) Data Modelling
6 138 (12.15%) Full Stack Development
7 126 (11.09%) SDLC
8 109 (9.60%) MVC
9 107 (9.42%) Analytics
10 106 (9.33%) Migration
11 105 (9.24%) CRM
12 102 (8.98%) ETL
13 101 (8.89%) Microservices
13 101 (8.89%) Software Engineering
14 98 (8.63%) Data Science
14 98 (8.63%) OO
15 97 (8.54%) Scrum
16 94 (8.27%) ITIL
17 90 (7.92%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 599 (52.73%) SQL
2 427 (37.59%) C#
3 238 (20.95%) JavaScript
4 188 (16.55%) T-SQL
5 176 (15.49%) Python
6 166 (14.61%) PowerShell
7 157 (13.82%) Java
8 89 (7.83%) VB
9 47 (4.14%) PL/SQL
10 45 (3.96%) TypeScript
11 42 (3.70%) Bash
11 42 (3.70%) VB.NET
12 39 (3.43%) Perl
13 32 (2.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 26 (2.29%) R
15 15 (1.32%) Scala
16 13 (1.14%) C
16 13 (1.14%) Ruby
17 12 (1.06%) Groovy
17 12 (1.06%) VBA
Qualifications
1 179 (15.76%) Degree
2 48 (4.23%) Azure Certification
3 44 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (2.82%) Security Cleared
6 26 (2.29%) SC Cleared
7 16 (1.41%) Master's Degree
8 10 (0.88%) MCSE
9 9 (0.79%) AWS Certification
9 9 (0.79%) MCSA
10 6 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.35%) PhD
12 4 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.26%) CCNA
13 3 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.26%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.26%) MCP
14 2 (0.18%) CCA
14 2 (0.18%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (3.61%) Data Quality
2 31 (2.73%) QA
3 24 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.58%) PCI DSS
5 13 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 11 (0.97%) SLA
7 7 (0.62%) HL7
8 6 (0.53%) ISO 9000
9 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.26%) DICOM
11 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.18%) PMO
12 1 (0.088%) IFRS
12 1 (0.088%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.088%) ISO 15022
12 1 (0.088%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.088%) MiFID
12 1 (0.088%) WCAG
System Software
1 118 (10.39%) Active Directory
2 51 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (3.79%) Docker
4 13 (1.14%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.14%) vSphere
5 11 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.44%) Firmware
9 3 (0.26%) Ceph
9 3 (0.26%) KVM
9 3 (0.26%) NFS
9 3 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.18%) ACF2
10 2 (0.18%) IAG
10 2 (0.18%) pfSense
10 2 (0.18%) RACF
10 2 (0.18%) XenApp
11 1 (0.088%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 71 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 38 (3.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (3.35%) Terraform
3 25 (2.20%) SCCM
4 24 (2.11%) Ansible
5 9 (0.79%) Grafana
6 8 (0.70%) Control-M
6 8 (0.70%) Puppet
7 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.53%) Nagios
8 6 (0.53%) Packer
8 6 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
9 5 (0.44%) WSUS
10 4 (0.35%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.26%) Foglight
11 3 (0.26%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.26%) Istio
11 3 (0.26%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 458 (40.32%) Microsoft
2 210 (18.49%) Oracle
3 106 (9.33%) VMware
4 80 (7.04%) TIBCO
5 70 (6.16%) Sybase
6 68 (5.99%) OpenLink
7 46 (4.05%) Databricks
8 38 (3.35%) ServiceNow
9 31 (2.73%) Dynatrace
10 30 (2.64%) HP
11 29 (2.55%) AppDynamics
12 24 (2.11%) Citrix
13 23 (2.02%) Alteryx
14 19 (1.67%) Bloomberg
14 19 (1.67%) Veeam
15 18 (1.58%) BMC
15 18 (1.58%) Informatica
15 18 (1.58%) Remedy
16 17 (1.50%) Cisco
16 17 (1.50%) Red Hat