SQL Contracts in Central London

SQL (Structured Query Language)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL 319 597 638
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 13.15% 15.49% 14.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.16% 36.63% 32.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 379 494
10th Percentile £411 £413 £413
25th Percentile £481 £468 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
London median daily rate £575 £580 £580
% change year-on-year -0.86% - +10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £41.75
25th Percentile £46.75 £51.25 £48.38
Median hourly rate £48.50 £52.50 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% -7.89% +123.75%
75th Percentile £50.25 £53.75 £69.25
90th Percentile - - £74.63
London median hourly rate £45.00 £58.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.40% +30.56% +4.65%

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 contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 836 1,630 1,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 34.46% 42.28% 43.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 1,074 1,556
10th Percentile £411 £423 £413
25th Percentile £463 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £623 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.64% +3.75% +9.09%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £700
90th Percentile £800 £825 £800
London median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 11
10th Percentile - £35.00 £44.25
25th Percentile £46.75 £47.19 £46.75
Median hourly rate £48.50 £57.50 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% -4.96% +137.49%
75th Percentile £50.25 £65.00 £74.38
90th Percentile - £84.13 £77.50
London median hourly rate £50.50 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -12.17% +15.00% +11.11%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for SQL in Central London

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in Central London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in Central London

SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL in Central London

SQL
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 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
City of London -1 280 £581 +1.09% 111
West End of London +15 14 £505 -12.17% 6
City of Westminster +5 13 £750 +25.00% 4
Camden - 12 £496 -
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 9 (2.82%) Apache
2 7 (2.19%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.19%) BizTalk Server
3 6 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.25%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.94%) MTS
5 3 (0.94%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.63%) CMS
6 2 (0.63%) IIS
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.31%) nginx
7 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.31%) SAS
7 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.31%) Tornado
7 1 (0.31%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.19%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (1.88%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (3.45%) NEC Housing
2 10 (3.13%) Dynamics GP
3 6 (1.88%) Endur
4 3 (0.94%) Aligne
4 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.94%) EuroRunner
5 2 (0.63%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.63%) MIS ActiveH
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.63%) Primavera
5 2 (0.63%) Unica
6 1 (0.31%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.31%) Front Arena
6 1 (0.31%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.31%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 87 (27.27%) Azure
2 64 (20.06%) AWS
3 50 (15.67%) Power Platform
4 25 (7.84%) Serverless
5 21 (6.58%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (5.02%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (4.39%) GitHub
8 11 (3.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 10 (3.13%) Amazon S3
9 10 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (2.82%) GCP
11 8 (2.51%) Azure Functions
11 8 (2.51%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (2.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (2.19%) Amazon MSK
12 7 (2.19%) AWS Step Functions
12 7 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (2.19%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.88%) Azure Storage
13 6 (1.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.19%) Firewall
2 4 (1.25%) DNS
2 4 (1.25%) WAN
3 3 (0.94%) Internet
4 2 (0.63%) LAN
4 2 (0.63%) SAN
4 2 (0.63%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.31%) DHCP
5 1 (0.31%) HTTP
5 1 (0.31%) MQTT
5 1 (0.31%) NAS
5 1 (0.31%) Network Security
5 1 (0.31%) Skype
5 1 (0.31%) SSL
5 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (21.00%) SQL Server
2 47 (14.73%) Power BI
3 39 (12.23%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (8.78%) NoSQL
5 27 (8.46%) Relational Database
6 18 (5.64%) Tableau
7 17 (5.33%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (5.02%) Amazon Redshift
9 15 (4.70%) Data Lake
10 14 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (4.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (4.08%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (4.08%) MongoDB
12 12 (3.76%) Oracle Database
13 11 (3.45%) DynamoDB
13 11 (3.45%) Parquet
14 10 (3.13%) Big Data
15 8 (2.51%) MySQL
16 7 (2.19%) Data Mart
16 7 (2.19%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 17 (5.33%) Git
2 9 (2.82%) JIRA
2 9 (2.82%) TeamCity
3 7 (2.19%) GitLab
3 7 (2.19%) SpecFlow
4 5 (1.57%) Selenium
5 4 (1.25%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.25%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.94%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.94%) Mercurial
6 3 (0.94%) PHPUnit
6 3 (0.94%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.63%) Deequ
7 2 (0.63%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.63%) JMeter
7 2 (0.63%) Postman
7 2 (0.63%) TestComplete
7 2 (0.63%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.31%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 100 (31.35%) Finance
2 77 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 37 (11.60%) Banking
4 34 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.21%) Investment Banking
6 18 (5.64%) Public Sector
7 16 (5.02%) Front Office
8 12 (3.76%) Retail
9 10 (3.13%) Retail Banking
10 9 (2.82%) Back Office
11 7 (2.19%) Billing
11 7 (2.19%) Marketing
12 4 (1.25%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.94%) Agriculture
13 3 (0.94%) Local Government
13 3 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 100 (31.35%) Developer
2 72 (22.57%) Analyst
3 41 (12.85%) Data Engineer
4 32 (10.03%) Senior
5 31 (9.72%) Business Analyst
6 21 (6.58%) Data Analyst
7 20 (6.27%) Full Stack Developer
8 17 (5.33%) Consultant
9 16 (5.02%) Python Developer
10 14 (4.39%) C# Developer
11 12 (3.76%) Senior Analyst
11 12 (3.76%) SQL Developer
12 11 (3.45%) Architect
12 11 (3.45%) Lead
13 9 (2.82%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (2.82%) Great Plains Consultant
13 9 (2.82%) Microsoft Consultant
13 9 (2.82%) Test Analyst
14 8 (2.51%) Data Business Analyst
15 7 (2.19%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.60%) .NET
2 23 (7.21%) Kafka
3 19 (5.96%) React
4 15 (4.70%) JSON
5 13 (4.08%) HTML
6 12 (3.76%) PySpark
7 11 (3.45%) .NET Core
7 11 (3.45%) Apache Avro
8 10 (3.13%) Web Services
9 8 (2.51%) CSS
9 8 (2.51%) RESTful
9 8 (2.51%) XML
10 7 (2.19%) .NET Framework
10 7 (2.19%) AngularJS
10 7 (2.19%) pytest
11 6 (1.88%) Blazor
11 6 (1.88%) Node.js
11 6 (1.88%) REST
11 6 (1.88%) Svelte
11 6 (1.88%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.70%) Market Risk
2 13 (4.08%) Hedge funds
3 12 (3.76%) Cloud Native
4 10 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
4 10 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.19%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.57%) Replication
9 4 (1.25%) Derivative
9 4 (1.25%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.94%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.94%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.94%) Equities
11 2 (0.63%) Life Science
11 2 (0.63%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.63%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.34%) Windows
2 18 (5.64%) Linux
3 12 (3.76%) Unix
3 12 (3.76%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.94%) VMS
5 3 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.63%) CentOS
7 1 (0.31%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (24.14%) Agile
2 57 (17.87%) Business Intelligence
3 54 (16.93%) Data Modelling
4 49 (15.36%) DevOps
5 43 (13.48%) ETL
6 42 (13.17%) Analytics
6 42 (13.17%) CI/CD
7 40 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (11.60%) SDLC
9 35 (10.97%) Migration
9 35 (10.97%) Software Engineering
10 30 (9.40%) Data Pipeline
11 29 (9.09%) Test Automation
12 28 (8.78%) User Acceptance Testing
13 27 (8.46%) Data Analysis
14 26 (8.15%) Full Stack Development
14 26 (8.15%) Microservices
14 26 (8.15%) Visualisation
15 22 (6.90%) Data Engineering
15 22 (6.90%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 108 (33.86%) Python
2 49 (15.36%) C#
3 29 (9.09%) Java
3 29 (9.09%) PowerShell
4 25 (7.84%) JavaScript
4 25 (7.84%) T-SQL
5 17 (5.33%) PL/SQL
6 11 (3.45%) R
7 10 (3.13%) C++
8 9 (2.82%) Perl
9 8 (2.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 8 (2.51%) Go
9 8 (2.51%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.88%) Scala
10 6 (1.88%) XPath
10 6 (1.88%) XQuery
11 5 (1.57%) Bash
12 4 (1.25%) PHP
12 4 (1.25%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.94%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (11.29%) Degree
2 27 (8.46%) Security Cleared
3 19 (5.96%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.25%) ISTQB
6 3 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.94%) ISEB
7 2 (0.63%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.63%) CIMA
7 2 (0.63%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.31%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.31%) PMP
8 1 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.31%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.46%) QA
2 19 (5.96%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (1.57%) SLA
5 4 (1.25%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.25%) PMO
6 3 (0.94%) EMIR
7 2 (0.63%) GDPR
7 2 (0.63%) MiFID
7 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.31%) FATCA
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (6.58%) Docker
2 13 (4.08%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.25%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.31%) HDFS
6 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (9.72%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.76%) Terraform
3 2 (0.63%) SCCM
4 1 (0.31%) Ansible
4 1 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.31%) Grafana
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.31%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.31%) vRealize
4 1 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (0.31%) WSUS
4 1 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 53 (16.61%) Microsoft
1 53 (16.61%) Oracle
2 24 (7.52%) Databricks
3 17 (5.33%) SAP
4 11 (3.45%) NEC
5 7 (2.19%) Sybase
6 6 (1.88%) IBM
6 6 (1.88%) MuleSoft
6 6 (1.88%) Northgate
6 6 (1.88%) VMware
7 5 (1.57%) Alteryx
7 5 (1.57%) Citrix
7 5 (1.57%) Google
7 5 (1.57%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.57%) Veritas
8 4 (1.25%) CA Agile Central
8 4 (1.25%) Siebel
8 4 (1.25%) Sun
9 3 (0.94%) Adobe
9 3 (0.94%) Salesforce