SQL Jobs in Central London

SQL (Structured Query Language)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 710 872 1,484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 18.83% 17.06% 17.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.19% 34.06% 35.12%
Number of salaries quoted 519 792 1,297
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,750 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £92,813 £88,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £103,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%

All Programming Languages
Central 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 Central London with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,644 2,560 4,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 43.60% 50.10% 51.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,312 2,307 3,666
10th Percentile £47,500 £49,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
London median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +6.67% +7.14%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Central London

SQL
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for SQL in Central London

SQL
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Central London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in Central London

SQL
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Central London region over the 6 months to 23 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
City of London +5 646 £72,500 - 112
City of Westminster +17 39 £75,000 -16.67% 2
West End of London +12 29 £110,000 +62.96% 2
Camden -6 8 £55,000 -18.52% 1
Lambeth +9 4 £45,000 -
Kensington and Chelsea +6 2 £68,750 -
Southwark +9 1 £55,000 +10.00% 1
SQL
London

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 21 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.68%) CMS
3 11 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.55%) SAS
4 10 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.27%) IIS
6 7 (0.99%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.85%) Apache
7 6 (0.85%) Confluence
7 6 (0.85%) Drupal
8 5 (0.70%) EPiServer
9 4 (0.56%) Cloud Foundry
10 3 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.42%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.28%) Moodle
12 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.14%) Site Server
12 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.14%) Tornado
12 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 72 (10.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.13%) Photoshop
4 6 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.85%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.42%) SPSS
6 2 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (2.68%) Aladdin
1 19 (2.68%) thinkFolio
2 12 (1.69%) SDL Web 8
3 9 (1.27%) Elite 3E
4 6 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.56%) Relativity
6 2 (0.28%) Endur
6 2 (0.28%) Farmplan
6 2 (0.28%) Infor SunSystems
6 2 (0.28%) KEYPrime
6 2 (0.28%) MIS ActiveH
6 2 (0.28%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.28%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 2 (0.28%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.28%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 257 (36.20%) Azure
2 141 (19.86%) AWS
3 136 (19.15%) Power Platform
4 45 (6.34%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (4.93%) GCP
6 33 (4.65%) Serverless
7 32 (4.51%) SaaS
8 23 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (3.10%) Azure Data Factory
9 22 (3.10%) Snowflake
10 18 (2.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 17 (2.39%) Amazon S3
12 14 (1.97%) Google Sheets
13 13 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
13 13 (1.83%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.69%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.41%) Azure Functions
15 10 (1.41%) GitHub
15 10 (1.41%) WhatsApp
16 9 (1.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.52%) Internet
2 16 (2.25%) HTTP
3 10 (1.41%) DNS
4 9 (1.27%) WAN
5 8 (1.13%) Firewall
5 8 (1.13%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.56%) Network Security
6 4 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.42%) PSTN
7 3 (0.42%) VPN
8 2 (0.28%) SAN
8 2 (0.28%) SNA
8 2 (0.28%) SSL
9 1 (0.14%) 4G
9 1 (0.14%) Intranet
9 1 (0.14%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.14%) LAN
9 1 (0.14%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (24.51%) SQL Server
2 129 (18.17%) Power BI
3 124 (17.46%) Tableau
4 67 (9.44%) Data Warehouse
5 54 (7.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 47 (6.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 40 (5.63%) Relational Database
8 27 (3.80%) MySQL
8 27 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (3.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 25 (3.52%) Azure SQL Database
11 23 (3.24%) Oracle Database
12 22 (3.10%) NoSQL
13 17 (2.39%) Data Lake
14 13 (1.83%) GIS
15 12 (1.69%) MongoDB
15 12 (1.69%) RDBMS
16 11 (1.55%) Data Mining
17 9 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
17 9 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 123 (17.32%) Git
2 27 (3.80%) JIRA
2 27 (3.80%) Visual Studio
3 22 (3.10%) TeamCity
4 19 (2.68%) GitLab
4 19 (2.68%) SpecFlow
5 17 (2.39%) NUnit
6 16 (2.25%) Eclipse
7 12 (1.69%) Jenkins
7 12 (1.69%) Moq
8 9 (1.27%) git-flow
9 8 (1.13%) Octopus Deploy
9 8 (1.13%) Postman
9 8 (1.13%) Sourcetree
10 7 (0.99%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.99%) Katalon Studio
10 7 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (0.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 5 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.56%) MLflow
General
1 249 (35.07%) Social Skills
2 180 (25.35%) Finance
3 158 (22.25%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (9.44%) Retail
5 53 (7.46%) Presentation Skills
6 32 (4.51%) Marketing
7 31 (4.37%) Law
8 27 (3.80%) Front Office
9 25 (3.52%) Legal
10 20 (2.82%) Banking
11 18 (2.54%) Back Office
12 12 (1.69%) Advertising
12 12 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.99%) Games
14 7 (0.99%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (0.70%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.70%) Public Sector
17 4 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 217 (30.56%) Senior
2 188 (26.48%) Analyst
3 147 (20.70%) Developer
4 96 (13.52%) Lead
5 73 (10.28%) Data Analyst
6 61 (8.59%) Data Engineer
6 61 (8.59%) Senior Developer
7 54 (7.61%) Senior Analyst
8 46 (6.48%) Applications Support
8 46 (6.48%) Data Scientist
9 42 (5.92%) Support Analyst
10 37 (5.21%) Full Stack Developer
11 36 (5.07%) Senior Data Scientist
12 35 (4.93%) Senior Data Analyst
13 32 (4.51%) C# Developer
13 32 (4.51%) Systems Analyst
14 31 (4.37%) Software Engineer
15 30 (4.23%) Software Developer
16 27 (3.80%) .NET Developer
17 25 (3.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (17.32%) .NET
2 82 (11.55%) HTML
3 80 (11.27%) CSS
4 51 (7.18%) PySpark
5 50 (7.04%) REST
6 48 (6.76%) .NET Framework
6 48 (6.76%) Pandas
6 48 (6.76%) React
7 42 (5.92%) ASP.NET
8 39 (5.49%) AngularJS
9 35 (4.93%) TensorFlow
10 33 (4.65%) RESTful
10 33 (4.65%) scikit-learn
11 32 (4.51%) Web Services
12 25 (3.52%) jQuery
13 24 (3.38%) Entity Framework
14 23 (3.24%) XML
15 22 (3.10%) HTML5
16 21 (2.96%) WPF
17 20 (2.82%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.92%) Algorithms
2 34 (4.79%) Greenfield Project
3 28 (3.94%) Management Information System
4 25 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (2.82%) Reinsurance
6 19 (2.68%) Fixed Income
7 18 (2.54%) Product Ownership
8 13 (1.83%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.69%) Legacy Code
9 12 (1.69%) Life Science
10 11 (1.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.41%) Hedge funds
12 8 (1.13%) Clustering
12 8 (1.13%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.99%) Cloud Security Posture
13 7 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
13 7 (0.99%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.99%) Security Posture
14 6 (0.85%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 76 (10.70%) Windows
2 36 (5.07%) Windows Server
3 29 (4.08%) Linux
4 10 (1.41%) Windows 10
5 9 (1.27%) Unix
6 5 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.42%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.14%) AIX
8 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (22.25%) Visualisation
2 149 (20.99%) Problem-Solving
3 138 (19.44%) Analytics
4 133 (18.73%) Business Intelligence
5 110 (15.49%) Agile
6 108 (15.21%) Actionable Insight
7 107 (15.07%) Data Science
8 102 (14.37%) Data Analysis
9 97 (13.66%) Statistics
10 94 (13.24%) DevOps
11 91 (12.82%) Computer Science
11 91 (12.82%) Mathematics
12 84 (11.83%) ETL
13 82 (11.55%) Decision-Making
14 76 (10.70%) Data Pipeline
15 74 (10.42%) Root Cause Analysis
15 74 (10.42%) Storytelling
16 71 (10.00%) Data Modelling
17 67 (9.44%) Artificial Intelligence
18 66 (9.30%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 244 (34.37%) Python
2 126 (17.75%) C#
3 104 (14.65%) JavaScript
4 88 (12.39%) T-SQL
5 35 (4.93%) PowerShell
6 31 (4.37%) R
7 30 (4.23%) Java
8 22 (3.10%) PHP
9 19 (2.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (2.25%) TypeScript
11 15 (2.11%) XPath
12 14 (1.97%) C++
12 14 (1.97%) VBA
13 13 (1.83%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.27%) C
15 4 (0.56%) MATLAB
15 4 (0.56%) Scala
15 4 (0.56%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.42%) SAS Macro
17 2 (0.28%) Bash
Qualifications
1 218 (30.70%) Degree
2 71 (10.00%) DBS Check
3 46 (6.48%) Master's Degree
4 39 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (0.85%) SC Cleared
5 6 (0.85%) Security Cleared
6 5 (0.70%) Azure Certification
6 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (0.70%) PMI Certification
6 5 (0.70%) PMP
7 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.42%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.28%) ISEB
9 2 (0.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (0.28%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.28%) PhD
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (6.06%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.77%) QA
3 14 (1.97%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.41%) SLA
5 6 (0.85%) SOC 1
6 2 (0.28%) COBIT
6 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 25 (3.52%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.39%) Docker
3 10 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.28%) vSphere
5 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.14%) XenApp
5 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 33 (4.65%) Kubernetes
1 33 (4.65%) Terraform
2 4 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (0.42%) Backup Exec
3 3 (0.42%) SCCM
4 2 (0.28%) Ansible
4 2 (0.28%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.28%) Foglight
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.28%) SCOM
5 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.14%) cPanel
5 1 (0.14%) Kibana
5 1 (0.14%) logstash
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 138 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 100 (14.08%) Databricks
3 56 (7.89%) Oracle
4 35 (4.93%) Google
5 27 (3.80%) Bloomberg
6 19 (2.68%) Charles River
7 18 (2.54%) Aderant
8 14 (1.97%) Guidewire
9 12 (1.69%) Adobe
10 10 (1.41%) Veeam
10 10 (1.41%) VMware
11 8 (1.13%) Cisco
11 8 (1.13%) Cognizant
12 7 (0.99%) Alteryx
12 7 (0.99%) Dell
13 6 (0.85%) Citrix
13 6 (0.85%) FFastFill
13 6 (0.85%) Intapp
13 6 (0.85%) Refinitiv
14 5 (0.70%) Informatica