SQL Contracts in the City of London

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +3
Contract jobs citing SQL 277 566 618
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 12.58% 15.56% 14.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.23% 35.75% 32.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 351 474
10th Percentile £410 £413 £425
25th Percentile £480 £485 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.09% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £41.75
25th Percentile £46.75 £51.25 £48.00
Median hourly rate £48.50 £52.50 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% -6.25% +86.82%
75th Percentile £50.25 £53.75 £69.25
90th Percentile - - £74.63
Central London median hourly rate £48.50 £52.50 £56.00
% change year-on-year -7.62% -6.25% +138.81%

All Programming Languages
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 744 1,583 1,903
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 33.79% 43.52% 44.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 1,035 1,474
10th Percentile £413 £425 £419
25th Percentile £463 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £690 £738 £703
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
Central London median daily rate £565 £620 £600
% change year-on-year -8.87% +3.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 10
10th Percentile - £35.00 £43.45
25th Percentile £46.75 £47.19 £46.50
Median hourly rate £48.50 £57.50 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +2.68% +86.82%
75th Percentile £50.25 £65.00 £69.25
90th Percentile - £84.13 £77.63
Central London median hourly rate £48.50 £57.50 £56.00
% change year-on-year -15.65% +2.68% +138.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for SQL in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 7 (2.53%) BizTalk Server
2 6 (2.17%) Apache
3 5 (1.81%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.44%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.08%) MTS
6 2 (0.72%) CMS
6 2 (0.72%) IIS
7 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.36%) SAS
7 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.36%) Tornado
7 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.17%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.61%) Dynamics GP
2 6 (2.17%) Endur
3 5 (1.81%) NEC Housing
4 3 (1.08%) Aligne
4 3 (1.08%) EuroRunner
5 2 (0.72%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.72%) MIS ActiveH
5 2 (0.72%) Primavera
5 2 (0.72%) Unica
6 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.36%) Front Arena
6 1 (0.36%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 79 (28.52%) Azure
2 57 (20.58%) AWS
3 43 (15.52%) Power Platform
4 26 (9.39%) Serverless
5 21 (7.58%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (5.78%) GitHub
7 15 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (3.61%) Amazon S3
9 9 (3.25%) Azure Functions
10 8 (2.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 8 (2.89%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (2.89%) GCP
11 7 (2.53%) Amazon MSK
11 7 (2.53%) AWS Step Functions
12 6 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (2.17%) Azure Storage
12 6 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.17%) SaaS
13 5 (1.81%) Azure Key Vault
13 5 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.17%) Firewall
2 3 (1.08%) DNS
2 3 (1.08%) WAN
3 2 (0.72%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.36%) HTTP
4 1 (0.36%) LAN
4 1 (0.36%) MQTT
4 1 (0.36%) Network Security
4 1 (0.36%) SAN
4 1 (0.36%) SSL
4 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (17.33%) SQL Server
2 40 (14.44%) Power BI
3 29 (10.47%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (7.94%) NoSQL
4 22 (7.94%) Relational Database
5 20 (7.22%) Tableau
6 17 (6.14%) Amazon Redshift
7 13 (4.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (4.69%) Data Lake
8 11 (3.97%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (3.97%) DynamoDB
8 11 (3.97%) MongoDB
8 11 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (3.25%) Big Data
9 9 (3.25%) Parquet
10 8 (2.89%) Data Mart
11 7 (2.53%) MySQL
12 6 (2.17%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (2.17%) Delta Lake
12 6 (2.17%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (5.78%) Git
2 9 (3.25%) TeamCity
3 8 (2.89%) JIRA
4 7 (2.53%) GitLab
4 7 (2.53%) SpecFlow
5 4 (1.44%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.44%) Selenium
5 4 (1.44%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.08%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.08%) Mercurial
7 2 (0.72%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.72%) PHPUnit
7 2 (0.72%) Postman
7 2 (0.72%) TestComplete
7 2 (0.72%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.72%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.36%) Ant
8 1 (0.36%) ERwin
8 1 (0.36%) JMeter
8 1 (0.36%) MSI
General
1 91 (32.85%) Finance
2 72 (25.99%) Social Skills
3 34 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (12.27%) Banking
4 19 (6.86%) Investment Banking
5 16 (5.78%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.69%) Front Office
7 9 (3.25%) Retail Banking
8 8 (2.89%) Back Office
9 7 (2.53%) Marketing
10 5 (1.81%) Retail
11 4 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.08%) Agriculture
12 3 (1.08%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.08%) Law
12 3 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.36%) Billing
Job Titles
1 84 (30.32%) Developer
2 54 (19.49%) Analyst
3 36 (13.00%) Data Engineer
4 25 (9.03%) Senior
5 22 (7.94%) Business Analyst
6 19 (6.86%) Data Analyst
7 17 (6.14%) Consultant
7 17 (6.14%) Full Stack Developer
7 17 (6.14%) Python Developer
8 12 (4.33%) C# Developer
9 10 (3.61%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (3.25%) Great Plains Consultant
10 9 (3.25%) Lead
10 9 (3.25%) Microsoft Consultant
10 9 (3.25%) SQL Developer
11 8 (2.89%) Architect
11 8 (2.89%) Test Analyst
12 7 (2.53%) Data Business Analyst
12 7 (2.53%) Quantitative Developer
12 7 (2.53%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (11.91%) .NET
2 22 (7.94%) Kafka
3 18 (6.50%) React
4 14 (5.05%) HTML
5 13 (4.69%) JSON
6 12 (4.33%) PySpark
7 11 (3.97%) Web Services
8 10 (3.61%) .NET Core
9 9 (3.25%) Apache Avro
10 8 (2.89%) CSS
10 8 (2.89%) RESTful
11 7 (2.53%) .NET Framework
11 7 (2.53%) pytest
12 6 (2.17%) AngularJS
12 6 (2.17%) Blazor
12 6 (2.17%) Node.js
12 6 (2.17%) REST
12 6 (2.17%) WCF
13 5 (1.81%) RabbitMQ
13 5 (1.81%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.78%) Market Risk
2 12 (4.33%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.61%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.25%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.17%) Hedge funds
5 6 (2.17%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (1.81%) Replication
7 4 (1.44%) Derivative
7 4 (1.44%) Equities
8 3 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.72%) BYOD
9 2 (0.72%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.72%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.72%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.72%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.47%) Windows
2 16 (5.78%) Linux
3 12 (4.33%) Unix
4 9 (3.25%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.72%) VMS
6 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.36%) CentOS
7 1 (0.36%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.36%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (24.19%) Agile
2 49 (17.69%) Business Intelligence
3 48 (17.33%) DevOps
4 45 (16.25%) Data Modelling
5 41 (14.80%) Analytics
6 40 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (14.08%) CI/CD
8 36 (13.00%) SDLC
9 34 (12.27%) Software Engineering
10 31 (11.19%) ETL
11 29 (10.47%) Migration
12 28 (10.11%) Test Automation
13 26 (9.39%) Data Pipeline
13 26 (9.39%) Visualisation
14 24 (8.66%) Microservices
15 23 (8.30%) Data Analysis
15 23 (8.30%) Full Stack Development
15 23 (8.30%) User Acceptance Testing
16 22 (7.94%) Data Visualisation
17 19 (6.86%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 105 (37.91%) Python
2 44 (15.88%) C#
3 31 (11.19%) Java
4 26 (9.39%) JavaScript
4 26 (9.39%) PowerShell
5 17 (6.14%) T-SQL
6 11 (3.97%) PL/SQL
6 11 (3.97%) R
7 10 (3.61%) C++
8 9 (3.25%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 8 (2.89%) Perl
10 7 (2.53%) Go
11 5 (1.81%) Scala
12 4 (1.44%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.08%) Bash
13 3 (1.08%) PHP
13 3 (1.08%) Rust
14 2 (0.72%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (13.36%) Degree
2 20 (7.22%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.86%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.44%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.08%) ISEB
7 2 (0.72%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.72%) CIMA
8 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.36%) PMP
8 1 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.36%) Tableau Certification
8 1 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.75%) QA
2 14 (5.05%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (1.81%) SLA
5 4 (1.44%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.44%) PMO
6 2 (0.72%) EMIR
6 2 (0.72%) MiFID
7 1 (0.36%) GDPR
7 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (6.14%) Docker
2 12 (4.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.44%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 4 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.72%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.36%) ACF2
5 1 (0.36%) HDFS
5 1 (0.36%) IAG
5 1 (0.36%) RACF
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (10.11%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.25%) Terraform
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.36%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.36%) SCCM
3 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.36%) vRealize
3 1 (0.36%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 1 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 46 (16.61%) Microsoft
2 39 (14.08%) Oracle
3 20 (7.22%) Databricks
4 10 (3.61%) SAP
5 7 (2.53%) Sybase
6 6 (2.17%) IBM
6 6 (2.17%) MuleSoft
6 6 (2.17%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.81%) Alteryx
7 5 (1.81%) Citrix
7 5 (1.81%) Google
7 5 (1.81%) NEC
7 5 (1.81%) Veritas
8 4 (1.44%) CA Agile Central
8 4 (1.44%) Siebel
8 4 (1.44%) Sun
8 4 (1.44%) VMware
9 3 (1.08%) Adobe
9 3 (1.08%) Informatica
9 3 (1.08%) Salesforce