SQL (Structured Query Language)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | -2 | -2 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL | 4,230 | 6,357 | 10,702 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 9.86% | 11.32% | 12.22% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 32.79% | 33.08% | 33.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,066 | 4,570 | 7,730 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £363 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £418 | £425 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £536 | £534 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.96% | +0.33% | +7.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £470 | £490 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.08% | +3.16% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 60 | 85 | 134 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.61 | £21.10 | £16.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £29.34 | £30.00 | £20.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £42.50 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.00% | +42.86% | +29.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £70.25 | £53.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.97 | £82.80 | £63.71 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £42.50 | £49.28 | £26.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.76% | +89.55% | +9.54% |
All Programming Languages
UK
SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,901 | 19,215 | 31,568 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.06% | 34.22% | 36.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,166 | 13,825 | 23,073 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £678 | £657 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £487 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.65% | - | +16.01% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 516 | 439 | 489 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.43 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.25 | £62.50 | £51.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.40% | +21.95% | +17.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.24 | £71.90 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.85 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +22.91% | +24.02% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.
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Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | -1 | 3,652 | £545 | -0.91% | 2,682 |
| London | +1 | 2,308 | £575 | -0.86% | 1,227 |
| Work from Home | +3 | 1,701 | £525 | +2.44% | 1,335 |
| UK excluding London | -5 | 1,487 | £470 | -4.08% | 1,544 |
| North of England | -3 | 413 | £475 | -5.00% | 475 |
| South East | -11 | 347 | £470 | -9.62% | 288 |
| North West | -4 | 247 | £475 | - | 271 |
| Midlands | -4 | 231 | £418 | -7.22% | 302 |
| Scotland | +1 | 216 | £450 | -7.69% | 109 |
| South West | -14 | 158 | £538 | +7.50% | 195 |
| West Midlands | -4 | 147 | £425 | -15.00% | 178 |
| Yorkshire | -3 | 133 | £488 | -4.88% | 163 |
| East Midlands | +1 | 83 | £400 | - | 124 |
| East of England | -17 | 81 | £450 | +4.96% | 136 |
| Wales | +16 | 33 | £450 | -16.67% | 40 |
| North East | +15 | 33 | £475 | -5.00% | 48 |
| Northern Ireland | -1 | 14 | £400 | -11.11% | 28 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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