SQL Jobs in London

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 9 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 3,694 5,714 13,700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 15.62% 16.94% 19.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.88% 34.11% 32.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,808 4,028 6,641
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,611
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £91,250 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £106,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,100
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.89% +4.95%

All Programming Languages
London

SQL is in the Programming Languages 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 coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9,502 16,750 42,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.17% 49.66% 60.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,537 12,484 18,986
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in London

SQL
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for SQL in London

SQL
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in London

SQL
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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 +4 699 £70,000 -3.45% 141
South London -26 68 £62,500 +13.64% 18
West London -57 36 £64,500 +29.00% 23
East London +4 23 £57,500 +4.55% 260
North London -3 8 £70,000 +33.33% 3
SQL
England

SQL
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
1 134 (3.63%) Apache Spark
2 118 (3.19%) Apache
3 108 (2.92%) Apache Airflow
4 106 (2.87%) SharePoint
5 82 (2.22%) SAS
6 66 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
7 52 (1.41%) IIS
8 49 (1.33%) CMS
9 26 (0.70%) Confluence
10 15 (0.41%) Drupal
11 13 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
12 11 (0.30%) Tomcat
13 10 (0.27%) EPiServer
14 8 (0.22%) Apache Pig
14 8 (0.22%) OpenStack
15 7 (0.19%) Jupyter
16 6 (0.16%) WebSphere
17 5 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
18 4 (0.11%) WordPress
19 3 (0.081%) nginx
Applications
1 283 (7.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 115 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 17 (0.46%) SPSS
6 15 (0.41%) Photoshop
7 8 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.11%) Trello
9 3 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.054%) FileZilla
10 2 (0.054%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 68 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (0.95%) Aladdin
3 29 (0.79%) SDL Web 8
4 26 (0.70%) thinkFolio
5 21 (0.57%) Elite 3E
6 16 (0.43%) Fidessa
6 16 (0.43%) NEC Housing
7 11 (0.30%) Relativity
8 9 (0.24%) Sage X3
8 9 (0.24%) SAP Business One
9 8 (0.22%) NetSuite
9 8 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
10 7 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
10 7 (0.19%) Endur
11 6 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
11 6 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
11 6 (0.16%) Oracle EBS R12
11 6 (0.16%) Primavera
12 5 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
12 5 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 1,246 (33.73%) Azure
2 859 (23.25%) AWS
3 680 (18.41%) Power Platform
4 316 (8.55%) GCP
5 221 (5.98%) Azure DevOps
6 172 (4.66%) Azure Data Factory
7 171 (4.63%) Serverless
8 131 (3.55%) Snowflake
9 127 (3.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 113 (3.06%) SaaS
11 107 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
12 88 (2.38%) GitHub
12 88 (2.38%) PowerApps
13 77 (2.08%) Amazon S3
13 77 (2.08%) Power Automate
14 76 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
15 72 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
16 56 (1.52%) dbt
17 55 (1.49%) PaaS
18 53 (1.43%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 77 (2.08%) Firewall
2 53 (1.43%) DNS
3 45 (1.22%) VPN
4 39 (1.06%) Internet
5 32 (0.87%) DHCP
6 29 (0.79%) Network Security
6 29 (0.79%) TCP/IP
7 25 (0.68%) WAN
8 22 (0.60%) SAN
9 20 (0.54%) HTTP
10 16 (0.43%) FIX Connectivity
11 15 (0.41%) SD-WAN
11 15 (0.41%) VLAN
12 11 (0.30%) BGP
12 11 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
12 11 (0.30%) MPLS
13 10 (0.27%) LAN
14 9 (0.24%) FTP
14 9 (0.24%) Wireless
15 8 (0.22%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 649 (17.57%) SQL Server
2 617 (16.70%) Power BI
3 417 (11.29%) Tableau
4 380 (10.29%) Data Warehouse
5 257 (6.96%) NoSQL
6 224 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
7 218 (5.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 186 (5.04%) Relational Database
9 175 (4.74%) Data Lake
9 175 (4.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 169 (4.57%) Azure SQL Database
11 144 (3.90%) MongoDB
12 141 (3.82%) Big Data
13 112 (3.03%) MySQL
14 88 (2.38%) Data Mining
15 77 (2.08%) Hadoop
16 74 (2.00%) BigQuery
16 74 (2.00%) Oracle Database
17 63 (1.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 57 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 382 (10.34%) Git
2 149 (4.03%) JIRA
3 96 (2.60%) Visual Studio
4 87 (2.36%) Jenkins
5 73 (1.98%) GitLab
6 46 (1.25%) TeamCity
7 39 (1.06%) NUnit
8 38 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 29 (0.79%) Moq
9 29 (0.79%) SpecFlow
10 25 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
11 23 (0.62%) Eclipse
11 23 (0.62%) Oracle APEX
12 20 (0.54%) Postman
13 19 (0.51%) Sourcetree
14 17 (0.46%) Cucumber
15 16 (0.43%) git-flow
15 16 (0.43%) JUnit
15 16 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
16 15 (0.41%) SonarQube
General
1 1,180 (31.94%) Finance
2 1,064 (28.80%) Social Skills
3 681 (18.44%) Analytical Skills
4 344 (9.31%) Banking
5 320 (8.66%) Front Office
6 241 (6.52%) Retail
7 192 (5.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 184 (4.98%) Presentation Skills
9 182 (4.93%) Marketing
10 149 (4.03%) Back Office
11 147 (3.98%) Law
12 116 (3.14%) Legal
13 75 (2.03%) Public Sector
14 53 (1.43%) Games
15 49 (1.33%) Investment Banking
16 40 (1.08%) Retail Banking
17 34 (0.92%) Health Technology
18 33 (0.89%) Advertising
19 32 (0.87%) Financial Institution
19 32 (0.87%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1,011 (27.37%) Senior
2 969 (26.23%) Analyst
3 912 (24.69%) Developer
4 384 (10.40%) Data Engineer
5 337 (9.12%) Data Analyst
6 316 (8.55%) Lead
7 286 (7.74%) Senior Developer
8 248 (6.71%) Senior Analyst
9 217 (5.87%) Software Engineer
10 199 (5.39%) Full Stack Developer
11 191 (5.17%) .NET Developer
11 191 (5.17%) Applications Support
12 183 (4.95%) Support Analyst
13 136 (3.68%) Financial Analyst
14 135 (3.65%) Data Scientist
15 129 (3.49%) Business Analyst
15 129 (3.49%) Senior Data Analyst
16 124 (3.36%) Senior Data Engineer
17 115 (3.11%) Python Engineer
18 114 (3.09%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 591 (16.00%) .NET
2 298 (8.07%) React
3 268 (7.26%) AngularJS
4 262 (7.09%) HTML
5 248 (6.71%) CSS
6 228 (6.17%) REST
7 214 (5.79%) ASP.NET
8 166 (4.49%) Web Services
9 163 (4.41%) PySpark
10 160 (4.33%) .NET Framework
11 146 (3.95%) .NET Core
12 145 (3.93%) XML
13 133 (3.60%) JSON
14 123 (3.33%) Kafka
15 112 (3.03%) jQuery
15 112 (3.03%) RESTful
16 105 (2.84%) Pandas
17 102 (2.76%) SOAP
18 98 (2.65%) Spring
19 91 (2.46%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 254 (6.88%) Hedge funds
2 174 (4.71%) Fixed Income
3 172 (4.66%) Derivative
4 161 (4.36%) Equities
5 159 (4.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 159 (4.30%) Product Ownership
6 147 (3.98%) Algorithms
7 129 (3.49%) Onboarding
8 120 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
9 119 (3.22%) Management Information System
10 92 (2.49%) Data Structures
11 80 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
12 58 (1.57%) Client/Server
13 48 (1.30%) Reinsurance
14 46 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
15 43 (1.16%) Cloud Native
16 39 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
17 35 (0.95%) Public Cloud
18 32 (0.87%) IoT
19 31 (0.84%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 333 (9.01%) Windows
2 266 (7.20%) Linux
3 122 (3.30%) Windows Server
4 110 (2.98%) Unix
5 42 (1.14%) Windows 10
6 27 (0.73%) CentOS
7 24 (0.65%) Ubuntu
8 22 (0.60%) Android
8 22 (0.60%) Apple iOS
9 16 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (0.32%) Solaris
10 12 (0.32%) zOS
11 11 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 11 (0.30%) SUSE
11 11 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
12 9 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
13 7 (0.19%) VMS
13 7 (0.19%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.14%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 827 (22.39%) Analytics
2 824 (22.31%) Agile
3 706 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
4 684 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
5 543 (14.70%) Visualisation
6 512 (13.86%) ETL
7 484 (13.10%) DevOps
8 447 (12.10%) Data Modelling
9 444 (12.02%) Data Science
10 420 (11.37%) Data Analysis
11 401 (10.86%) Computer Science
12 386 (10.45%) Software Engineering
13 380 (10.29%) Machine Learning
14 379 (10.26%) Data Pipeline
15 366 (9.91%) Full Stack Development
16 341 (9.23%) Mathematics
17 338 (9.15%) Statistics
18 324 (8.77%) Mentoring
19 321 (8.69%) Artificial Intelligence
20 309 (8.36%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1,550 (41.96%) Python
2 696 (18.84%) C#
3 511 (13.83%) JavaScript
4 337 (9.12%) Java
5 326 (8.83%) T-SQL
6 198 (5.36%) TypeScript
7 194 (5.25%) R
8 175 (4.74%) PowerShell
9 114 (3.09%) PL/SQL
10 83 (2.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 76 (2.06%) VBA
12 55 (1.49%) Bash
13 54 (1.46%) C++
13 54 (1.46%) Scala
14 49 (1.33%) C
15 45 (1.22%) XPath
16 44 (1.19%) PHP
17 25 (0.68%) Ruby
18 23 (0.62%) Perl
19 22 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 943 (25.53%) Degree
2 178 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 175 (4.74%) DBS Check
4 153 (4.14%) Master's Degree
5 88 (2.38%) Security Cleared
6 71 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 63 (1.71%) SC Cleared
8 46 (1.25%) PhD
9 45 (1.22%) DV Cleared
10 37 (1.00%) Azure Certification
11 25 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
12 21 (0.57%) AWS Certification
12 21 (0.57%) MCSE
13 17 (0.46%) MCSA
14 14 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (0.38%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 9 (0.24%) MBA
15 9 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 8 (0.22%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 235 (6.36%) Data Quality
2 124 (3.36%) QA
3 48 (1.30%) SLA
4 35 (0.95%) Accessibility
5 24 (0.65%) GDPR
6 12 (0.32%) PMO
7 10 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.19%) COBIT
8 7 (0.19%) IFRS
8 7 (0.19%) MiFID
8 7 (0.19%) SOC 1
9 6 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 6 (0.16%) GMP
9 6 (0.16%) ITGC
10 5 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.14%) IFRS 17
11 4 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.11%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.081%) EMIR
12 3 (0.081%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 193 (5.22%) Docker
2 145 (3.93%) Active Directory
3 45 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (0.76%) Hyper-V
5 19 (0.51%) vSphere
6 17 (0.46%) HDFS
7 12 (0.32%) vCloud
8 9 (0.24%) Firmware
8 9 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
9 8 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (0.16%) Forefront TMG
10 6 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
11 5 (0.14%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.11%) XenApp
13 3 (0.081%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.081%) RACF
13 3 (0.081%) Virtual Desktop
14 2 (0.054%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 210 (5.68%) Kubernetes
2 181 (4.90%) Terraform
3 41 (1.11%) Ansible
4 24 (0.65%) Grafana
4 24 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 15 (0.41%) SCCM
7 12 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.32%) WSUS
8 10 (0.27%) logstash
8 10 (0.27%) SCOM
9 9 (0.24%) Control-M
9 9 (0.24%) Prometheus
10 8 (0.22%) Data Guard
11 7 (0.19%) Istio
12 6 (0.16%) CloudHub
13 5 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
13 5 (0.14%) Kiali
13 5 (0.14%) Kibana
13 5 (0.14%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 695 (18.81%) Microsoft
2 423 (11.45%) Databricks
3 302 (8.18%) Oracle
4 156 (4.22%) Google
5 85 (2.30%) Bloomberg
6 60 (1.62%) SAP
7 57 (1.54%) VMware
8 46 (1.25%) Salesforce
9 40 (1.08%) Alteryx
10 39 (1.06%) Cisco
11 38 (1.03%) Red Hat
12 35 (0.95%) F5
13 31 (0.84%) IBM
14 30 (0.81%) ION Trading
15 27 (0.73%) Murex
16 26 (0.70%) Juniper
16 26 (0.70%) Veeam
17 25 (0.68%) Adobe
18 24 (0.65%) Sage
18 24 (0.65%) ServiceNow