SQL Contracts in Belfast

SQL (Structured Query Language)
County Antrim > Belfast

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast 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 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 10 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL 13 22 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 10.83% 13.92% 17.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.94% 46.81% 39.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 16
10th Percentile £317 £403 £338
25th Percentile £328 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +7.65%
75th Percentile £435 £500 £560
90th Percentile £436 £543 £570
County Antrim median daily rate £400 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +7.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
County Antrim median hourly rate - £13.50 -

All Programming Languages
Belfast

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 advertised in Belfast with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 31 47 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 25.83% 29.75% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 27 43
10th Percentile £328 £400 £383
25th Percentile £384 £406 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +16.01%
75th Percentile £613 £569 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £572
County Antrim median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +16.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
County Antrim median hourly rate £31.25 £13.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +131.48% -28.95% -

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Belfast

SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in Belfast.

Daily rate trend for SQL in Belfast

SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in Belfast.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in Belfast

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 1 (7.69%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 2 (15.38%) Azure Service Bus
1 2 (15.38%) Serverless
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Tableau
2 2 (15.38%) MongoDB
2 2 (15.38%) Relational Database
3 1 (7.69%) Apache Hive
3 1 (7.69%) Big Data
3 1 (7.69%) Hadoop
3 1 (7.69%) Impala
3 1 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Banking
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Developer
1 4 (30.77%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Data Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Java Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Banking Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Business Data Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Dashboard Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Excel Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Tableau Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Spring
2 2 (15.38%) AngularJS
2 2 (15.38%) CSS
2 2 (15.38%) CSS3
2 2 (15.38%) HTML
2 2 (15.38%) HTML5
2 2 (15.38%) React
2 2 (15.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
2 3 (23.08%) Analytics
2 3 (23.08%) Data Visualisation
2 3 (23.08%) Visualisation
3 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (15.38%) Architectural Design
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) Customer Experience
3 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Data Integration
3 2 (15.38%) Domain-Driven Design
3 2 (15.38%) ETL
3 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
3 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) User Experience
3 2 (15.38%) UX Design
4 1 (7.69%) Economics
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) Java
3 2 (15.38%) C#
3 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Tableau Certification