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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 48 46
Rank change year-on-year -48 -2 +17
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 427 1,219 2,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.34% 5.17% 5.91%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 15.75% 23.77% 23.90%
Number of salaries quoted 313 972 1,637
10th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £58,759 £52,500 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £65,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% -6.40% +6.84%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +6.28%

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 2,711 5,129 8,501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.22% 21.74% 24.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,903 3,822 5,908
10th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £115,000 £97,500 £97,290
90th Percentile £137,500 £122,861 £116,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -13 128 £72,500 +11.54% 69
West London +19 15 £45,000 -14.29% 15
South London -3 7 £57,500 - 7
North London 0 3 £70,000 +27.27% 1
East London -15 3 £49,500 -13.91% 7
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 43 (10.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (4.92%) SharePoint
3 20 (4.68%) Confluence
4 17 (3.98%) IIS
5 12 (2.81%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (2.34%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.94%) Moodle
7 4 (0.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.70%) Apache
9 2 (0.47%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.47%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.23%) Appian
10 1 (0.23%) Tornado
Applications
1 24 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.94%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.94%) Trello
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 34 (7.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.58%) Fidessa
3 5 (1.17%) Elite 3E
3 5 (1.17%) Endur
4 3 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.47%) Eikon
5 2 (0.47%) RMDS
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.23%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 228 (53.40%) Azure
2 111 (26.00%) Power Platform
3 53 (12.41%) AWS
3 53 (12.41%) Dynamics 365
4 48 (11.24%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (10.07%) Azure Data Factory
6 39 (9.13%) Microsoft 365
7 38 (8.90%) Power Automate
8 37 (8.67%) PowerApps
9 28 (6.56%) GitHub
9 28 (6.56%) Serverless
10 27 (6.32%) Azure Logic Apps
11 21 (4.92%) Cloud Computing
12 19 (4.45%) SaaS
13 18 (4.22%) Azure Monitor
14 15 (3.51%) Entra ID
14 15 (3.51%) GCP
15 13 (3.04%) Azure Functions
15 13 (3.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 11 (2.58%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 36 (8.43%) Firewall
2 24 (5.62%) DNS
3 19 (4.45%) DHCP
4 14 (3.28%) TCP/IP
5 13 (3.04%) HTTP
6 8 (1.87%) NetScaler
6 8 (1.87%) VPN
7 7 (1.64%) FIX Connectivity
7 7 (1.64%) Network Security
8 5 (1.17%) SAN
9 3 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.70%) LAN
9 3 (0.70%) WAN
10 2 (0.47%) NAS
10 2 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.47%) VLAN
10 2 (0.47%) VSAN
10 2 (0.47%) Wireless
11 1 (0.23%) ADSL
11 1 (0.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (19.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 79 (18.50%) Power BI
3 68 (15.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 49 (11.48%) Data Warehouse
5 47 (11.01%) Relational Database
6 30 (7.03%) Azure SQL Database
7 26 (6.09%) PostgreSQL
8 25 (5.85%) DB2
9 23 (5.39%) Data Lake
10 20 (4.68%) MongoDB
10 20 (4.68%) MySQL
11 19 (4.45%) Tableau
12 17 (3.98%) NoSQL
12 17 (3.98%) Oracle Reports
13 13 (3.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (2.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 9 (2.11%) Data Hub
14 9 (2.11%) SQL CLR
15 8 (1.87%) Apache Hive
15 8 (1.87%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 59 (13.82%) Git
2 45 (10.54%) JIRA
3 26 (6.09%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.58%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.58%) PowerBuilder
5 10 (2.34%) NUnit
6 9 (2.11%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (1.64%) TeamCity
8 6 (1.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (1.17%) Selenium
10 4 (0.94%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.94%) Postman
11 3 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.70%) FitNesse
11 3 (0.70%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.47%) JMeter
12 2 (0.47%) JUnit
12 2 (0.47%) MSTest
12 2 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
General
1 176 (41.22%) Finance
2 158 (37.00%) Social Skills
3 58 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (11.71%) Banking
5 33 (7.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (4.45%) Legal
7 16 (3.75%) Retail
8 15 (3.51%) Investment Banking
9 14 (3.28%) Marketing
10 13 (3.04%) Back Office
11 12 (2.81%) Front Office
11 12 (2.81%) Law
11 12 (2.81%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.17%) Agriculture
13 5 (1.17%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.94%) Advertising
14 4 (0.94%) Local Government
14 4 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.70%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 146 (34.19%) Developer
2 107 (25.06%) Senior
3 75 (17.56%) Analyst
4 62 (14.52%) Support Analyst
5 55 (12.88%) Lead
5 55 (12.88%) Senior Developer
6 49 (11.48%) Applications Support
7 46 (10.77%) Applications Support Analyst
8 36 (8.43%) Data Engineer
9 35 (8.20%) .NET Developer
10 28 (6.56%) Architect
10 28 (6.56%) C# Developer
10 28 (6.56%) Senior Analyst
11 23 (5.39%) Full-Stack Developer
11 23 (5.39%) Senior Applications Support
11 23 (5.39%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
11 23 (5.39%) Senior Support Analyst
12 19 (4.45%) SQL Analyst
13 16 (3.75%) Lead Developer
14 14 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (40.98%) .NET
2 67 (15.69%) .NET Framework
3 52 (12.18%) React
4 51 (11.94%) HTML
5 48 (11.24%) AngularJS
5 48 (11.24%) CSS
6 44 (10.30%) REST
7 43 (10.07%) ASP.NET
8 39 (9.13%) .NET Core
9 32 (7.49%) Entity Framework
10 30 (7.03%) RESTful
10 30 (7.03%) SOAP
11 28 (6.56%) GraphQL
11 28 (6.56%) XML
12 24 (5.62%) ASP.NET Web API
13 21 (4.92%) Web Services
14 20 (4.68%) JSON
15 15 (3.51%) HTML5
16 14 (3.28%) Kafka
17 13 (3.04%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.03%) Management Information System
2 28 (6.56%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.15%) Legacy Applications
4 19 (4.45%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.81%) Reinsurance
6 10 (2.34%) Hedge funds
6 10 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (2.34%) Replication
7 9 (2.11%) Clustering
7 9 (2.11%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.11%) Private Cloud
8 7 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.64%) Equities
8 7 (1.64%) Eurex
8 7 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.41%) Derivative
9 6 (1.41%) Distributed Applications
9 6 (1.41%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.17%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 93 (21.78%) Windows
2 56 (13.11%) Linux
3 39 (9.13%) Windows Server
4 32 (7.49%) Unix
5 7 (1.64%) CentOS
6 5 (1.17%) Android
6 5 (1.17%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.94%) Rocky
8 3 (0.70%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.23%) Solaris
10 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (26.93%) Agile
2 111 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
3 105 (24.59%) DevOps
4 70 (16.39%) Business Intelligence
5 69 (16.16%) CI/CD
6 66 (15.46%) Computer Science
7 65 (15.22%) ETL
8 64 (14.99%) Migration
9 49 (11.48%) Mentoring
10 48 (11.24%) SDLC
11 43 (10.07%) CRM
12 40 (9.37%) Disaster Recovery
13 39 (9.13%) Software Engineering
14 38 (8.90%) Data Integration
15 37 (8.67%) Containerisation
15 37 (8.67%) Data Pipeline
15 37 (8.67%) Microservices
15 37 (8.67%) TDD
16 36 (8.43%) Data Modelling
17 35 (8.20%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 260 (60.89%) SQL
2 189 (44.26%) C#
3 96 (22.48%) JavaScript
4 82 (19.20%) T-SQL
5 71 (16.63%) Python
6 56 (13.11%) PowerShell
7 38 (8.90%) TypeScript
8 37 (8.67%) Java
9 33 (7.73%) PL/SQL
10 27 (6.32%) VB.NET
11 10 (2.34%) Bash
12 7 (1.64%) C
13 6 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (1.41%) VB
14 5 (1.17%) Perl
14 5 (1.17%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.94%) PHP
16 3 (0.70%) C++
16 3 (0.70%) Gremlin
17 2 (0.47%) Go
Qualifications
1 86 (20.14%) Degree
2 30 (7.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (4.68%) Security Cleared
4 17 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (3.28%) Azure Certification
6 12 (2.81%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.58%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.94%) PhD
8 4 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.70%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.47%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.47%) MCP
10 2 (0.47%) MCSE
11 1 (0.23%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.23%) Dell Certification
11 1 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.23%) MCSA
11 1 (0.23%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.45%) Data Quality
2 15 (3.51%) QA
3 14 (3.28%) GDPR
4 8 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.17%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.94%) SLA
7 3 (0.70%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.70%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.47%) NCSC
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (8.90%) Docker
2 35 (8.20%) Active Directory
3 26 (6.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (4.45%) Hyper-V
5 9 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.64%) vSphere
8 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.23%) GPFS
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.23%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 46 (10.77%) Kubernetes
2 26 (6.09%) Terraform
3 24 (5.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (4.22%) SCCM
5 17 (3.98%) Ansible
6 13 (3.04%) Failover Clustering
7 11 (2.58%) Grafana
8 10 (2.34%) Prometheus
9 8 (1.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.17%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.70%) Control-M
11 3 (0.70%) Puppet
12 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.47%) SCOM
13 1 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
13 1 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.23%) WMI
13 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 209 (48.95%) Microsoft
2 70 (16.39%) Oracle
3 32 (7.49%) VMware
4 19 (4.45%) Databricks
5 17 (3.98%) ServiceNow
6 16 (3.75%) Cisco
7 14 (3.28%) Bloomberg
8 12 (2.81%) Red Hat
8 12 (2.81%) Reuters
9 11 (2.58%) iManage
10 10 (2.34%) SolarWinds
11 9 (2.11%) Citrix
11 9 (2.11%) Intapp
11 9 (2.11%) Trayport
12 8 (1.87%) NetApp
12 8 (1.87%) Veeam
13 7 (1.64%) CQG
13 7 (1.64%) Dell
13 7 (1.64%) ION Trading
14 6 (1.41%) Patsystems