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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 9 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 3,703 5,717 13,561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 15.64% 16.94% 19.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.89% 34.10% 32.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,821 4,031 6,608
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 £55,140
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.81% +5.03%

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 9,521 16,767 41,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.20% 49.68% 60.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7,564 12,497 18,842
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 19 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 19 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 +2 700 £70,000 -3.45% 140
South London -24 71 £60,000 +9.09% 17
West London -58 37 £64,500 +29.00% 23
East London +4 23 £57,500 +4.55% 230
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 (3.62%) Apache Spark
2 119 (3.21%) Apache
3 111 (3.00%) Apache Airflow
4 105 (2.84%) SharePoint
5 82 (2.21%) SAS
6 66 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
7 52 (1.40%) IIS
8 47 (1.27%) CMS
9 27 (0.73%) Confluence
10 15 (0.41%) Drupal
11 13 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
12 11 (0.30%) Tomcat
13 10 (0.27%) EPiServer
14 9 (0.24%) Apache Pig
15 8 (0.22%) OpenStack
16 7 (0.19%) Jupyter
17 6 (0.16%) WebSphere
18 5 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
19 4 (0.11%) WordPress
20 3 (0.081%) nginx
Applications
1 282 (7.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 117 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.54%) 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 69 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 36 (0.97%) Aladdin
3 27 (0.73%) SDL Web 8
3 27 (0.73%) thinkFolio
4 21 (0.57%) Elite 3E
5 16 (0.43%) Fidessa
5 16 (0.43%) NEC Housing
6 11 (0.30%) Relativity
7 9 (0.24%) Sage X3
7 9 (0.24%) SAP Business One
8 8 (0.22%) NetSuite
8 8 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
9 7 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
9 7 (0.19%) Endur
10 6 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
10 6 (0.16%) Oracle EBS R12
10 6 (0.16%) Primavera
11 5 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
11 5 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 1,250 (33.76%) Azure
2 864 (23.33%) AWS
3 679 (18.34%) Power Platform
4 319 (8.61%) GCP
5 224 (6.05%) Azure DevOps
6 175 (4.73%) Serverless
7 174 (4.70%) Azure Data Factory
8 131 (3.54%) Snowflake
9 127 (3.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 113 (3.05%) SaaS
11 108 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
12 89 (2.40%) GitHub
13 87 (2.35%) PowerApps
14 78 (2.11%) Amazon S3
15 77 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
16 76 (2.05%) Power Automate
17 74 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
18 57 (1.54%) dbt
19 54 (1.46%) PaaS
20 53 (1.43%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 78 (2.11%) Firewall
2 53 (1.43%) DNS
3 45 (1.22%) VPN
4 39 (1.05%) Internet
5 32 (0.86%) DHCP
6 29 (0.78%) Network Security
6 29 (0.78%) TCP/IP
7 25 (0.68%) WAN
8 23 (0.62%) 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
1 645 (17.42%) SQL Server
2 615 (16.61%) Power BI
3 417 (11.26%) Tableau
4 382 (10.32%) Data Warehouse
5 259 (6.99%) NoSQL
6 227 (6.13%) PostgreSQL
7 219 (5.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 186 (5.02%) Relational Database
9 177 (4.78%) Data Lake
10 174 (4.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 171 (4.62%) Azure SQL Database
12 144 (3.89%) MongoDB
13 141 (3.81%) Big Data
14 113 (3.05%) MySQL
15 88 (2.38%) Data Mining
16 78 (2.11%) Hadoop
17 74 (2.00%) BigQuery
18 72 (1.94%) Oracle Database
19 62 (1.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
20 58 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 380 (10.26%) Git
2 148 (4.00%) JIRA
3 96 (2.59%) Visual Studio
4 87 (2.35%) Jenkins
5 71 (1.92%) GitLab
6 45 (1.22%) TeamCity
7 38 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 37 (1.00%) NUnit
9 29 (0.78%) SpecFlow
10 27 (0.73%) Moq
11 26 (0.70%) Octopus Deploy
12 23 (0.62%) Eclipse
12 23 (0.62%) Oracle APEX
13 20 (0.54%) Postman
14 19 (0.51%) Sourcetree
15 17 (0.46%) Cucumber
15 17 (0.46%) JUnit
16 16 (0.43%) git-flow
16 16 (0.43%) SonarQube
16 16 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,183 (31.95%) Finance
2 1,062 (28.68%) Social Skills
3 685 (18.50%) Analytical Skills
4 343 (9.26%) Banking
5 320 (8.64%) Front Office
6 238 (6.43%) Retail
7 191 (5.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 182 (4.91%) Presentation Skills
9 180 (4.86%) Marketing
10 147 (3.97%) Back Office
11 146 (3.94%) Law
12 115 (3.11%) Legal
13 75 (2.03%) Public Sector
14 54 (1.46%) Games
15 50 (1.35%) Investment Banking
16 40 (1.08%) Retail Banking
17 34 (0.92%) Health Technology
18 33 (0.89%) Advertising
19 32 (0.86%) Financial Institution
20 31 (0.84%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1,007 (27.19%) Senior
2 965 (26.06%) Analyst
3 917 (24.76%) Developer
4 391 (10.56%) Data Engineer
5 332 (8.97%) Data Analyst
6 320 (8.64%) Lead
7 288 (7.78%) Senior Developer
8 243 (6.56%) Senior Analyst
9 216 (5.83%) Software Engineer
10 201 (5.43%) Full Stack Developer
11 191 (5.16%) .NET Developer
11 191 (5.16%) Applications Support
12 184 (4.97%) Support Analyst
13 135 (3.65%) Data Scientist
13 135 (3.65%) Financial Analyst
14 128 (3.46%) Business Analyst
15 125 (3.38%) Senior Data Analyst
15 125 (3.38%) Senior Data Engineer
16 116 (3.13%) Python Engineer
17 113 (3.05%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 591 (15.96%) .NET
2 297 (8.02%) React
3 271 (7.32%) AngularJS
4 261 (7.05%) HTML
5 247 (6.67%) CSS
6 228 (6.16%) REST
7 211 (5.70%) ASP.NET
8 164 (4.43%) Web Services
9 163 (4.40%) PySpark
10 157 (4.24%) .NET Framework
11 146 (3.94%) .NET Core
12 145 (3.92%) XML
13 133 (3.59%) JSON
14 123 (3.32%) Kafka
15 111 (3.00%) RESTful
16 110 (2.97%) jQuery
17 106 (2.86%) Pandas
18 102 (2.75%) Spring
19 100 (2.70%) SOAP
20 91 (2.46%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 254 (6.86%) Hedge funds
2 173 (4.67%) Fixed Income
3 171 (4.62%) Derivative
4 163 (4.40%) Product Ownership
5 161 (4.35%) Equities
6 158 (4.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 147 (3.97%) Algorithms
8 129 (3.48%) Onboarding
9 121 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
10 119 (3.21%) Management Information System
11 92 (2.48%) Data Structures
12 81 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
13 59 (1.59%) Client/Server
14 48 (1.30%) Reinsurance
15 46 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
16 44 (1.19%) Cloud Native
17 38 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
18 35 (0.95%) Public Cloud
19 32 (0.86%) IoT
20 31 (0.84%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 332 (8.97%) Windows
2 269 (7.26%) Linux
3 121 (3.27%) Windows Server
4 111 (3.00%) Unix
5 42 (1.13%) Windows 10
6 27 (0.73%) CentOS
7 24 (0.65%) Ubuntu
8 22 (0.59%) Android
8 22 (0.59%) 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
1 829 (22.39%) Agile
2 827 (22.33%) Analytics
3 705 (19.04%) Problem-Solving
4 684 (18.47%) Business Intelligence
5 542 (14.64%) Visualisation
6 517 (13.96%) ETL
7 490 (13.23%) DevOps
8 449 (12.13%) Data Modelling
9 446 (12.04%) Data Science
10 418 (11.29%) Data Analysis
11 399 (10.78%) Computer Science
12 386 (10.42%) Software Engineering
13 381 (10.29%) Machine Learning
14 380 (10.26%) Data Pipeline
15 367 (9.91%) Full Stack Development
16 340 (9.18%) Mathematics
17 337 (9.10%) Statistics
18 324 (8.75%) Mentoring
19 321 (8.67%) Artificial Intelligence
20 309 (8.34%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1,555 (41.99%) Python
2 700 (18.90%) C#
3 511 (13.80%) JavaScript
4 342 (9.24%) Java
5 323 (8.72%) T-SQL
6 198 (5.35%) TypeScript
7 194 (5.24%) R
8 172 (4.64%) PowerShell
9 114 (3.08%) PL/SQL
10 83 (2.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 75 (2.03%) VBA
12 55 (1.49%) Bash
13 54 (1.46%) C++
13 54 (1.46%) Scala
14 49 (1.32%) C
15 45 (1.22%) XPath
16 43 (1.16%) PHP
17 24 (0.65%) Ruby
18 23 (0.62%) Perl
19 22 (0.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 937 (25.30%) Degree
2 177 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 173 (4.67%) DBS Check
4 153 (4.13%) Master's Degree
5 87 (2.35%) Security Cleared
6 71 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 62 (1.67%) SC Cleared
8 46 (1.24%) PhD
9 44 (1.19%) DV Cleared
10 36 (0.97%) Azure Certification
11 25 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
12 22 (0.59%) AWS Certification
13 21 (0.57%) MCSE
14 17 (0.46%) MCSA
15 15 (0.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 14 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
16 14 (0.38%) PMI Certification
17 9 (0.24%) MBA
17 9 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 8 (0.22%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 236 (6.37%) Data Quality
2 128 (3.46%) 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
1 195 (5.27%) Docker
2 144 (3.89%) Active Directory
3 46 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (0.76%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.54%) vSphere
6 18 (0.49%) HDFS
7 12 (0.32%) vCloud
8 9 (0.24%) Firmware
8 9 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
9 8 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (0.16%) Forefront TMG
11 6 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
12 5 (0.14%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
13 4 (0.11%) XenApp
14 3 (0.081%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.054%) Microsoft App-V
15 2 (0.054%) RACF
Systems Management
1 213 (5.75%) Kubernetes
2 182 (4.91%) Terraform
3 40 (1.08%) Ansible
4 25 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (0.65%) Grafana
6 23 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 15 (0.41%) SCCM
8 12 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (0.32%) WSUS
9 10 (0.27%) logstash
9 10 (0.27%) SCOM
10 9 (0.24%) Control-M
10 9 (0.24%) Prometheus
11 8 (0.22%) Data Guard
12 7 (0.19%) Istio
13 6 (0.16%) CloudHub
14 5 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
14 5 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.14%) Kibana
14 5 (0.14%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 693 (18.71%) Microsoft
2 423 (11.42%) Databricks
3 300 (8.10%) Oracle
4 157 (4.24%) Google
5 84 (2.27%) Bloomberg
6 60 (1.62%) SAP
7 58 (1.57%) VMware
8 47 (1.27%) Salesforce
9 41 (1.11%) Alteryx
10 40 (1.08%) Cisco
11 38 (1.03%) Red Hat
12 35 (0.95%) F5
13 32 (0.86%) IBM
14 30 (0.81%) ION Trading
15 26 (0.70%) Murex
16 25 (0.68%) Adobe
16 25 (0.68%) Juniper
16 25 (0.68%) Veeam
17 24 (0.65%) Sage
17 24 (0.65%) ServiceNow