SQL Contracts in the North of England

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 12 11
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL 416 536 811
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 8.77% 9.73% 11.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.85% 34.54% 36.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 389 585
10th Percentile £307 £331 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £463
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +5.95% +12.12%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £550
90th Percentile £615 £651 £638
England median daily rate £545 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -0.91% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 15
10th Percentile £37.63 £26.16 £14.10
25th Percentile £41.25 £30.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.59 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +150.09% -30.85%
75th Percentile £45.57 £52.99 £26.50
90th Percentile £46.18 £58.32 £52.50
England median hourly rate £42.50 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -15.00% +42.86% +34.62%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,229 1,552 2,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.92% 28.17% 31.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 856 1,137 1,713
10th Percentile £323 £359 £325
25th Percentile £401 £420 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £625 £688 £650
England median daily rate £543 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% +2.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 26 50
10th Percentile £37.57 £28.55 £14.25
25th Percentile £42.41 £37.80 £21.57
Median hourly rate £47.75 £48.00 £43.59
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +10.12% +67.65%
75th Percentile £68.75 £62.19 £68.75
90th Percentile £73.90 £68.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +20.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for SQL in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
North West -4 245 £475 - 265
Yorkshire -2 138 £500 -1.96% 161
North East +19 33 £475 -5.00% 55
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 22 (5.29%) Apache Spark
2 20 (4.81%) Apache
3 12 (2.88%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.16%) SAS
5 8 (1.92%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.68%) SharePoint 2010
6 7 (1.68%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.96%) IIS
9 2 (0.48%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.48%) CMS
9 2 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.48%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.24%) Confluence
10 1 (0.24%) Kentico
10 1 (0.24%) nginx
10 1 (0.24%) Site Server
10 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 61 (14.66%) Chatbot
2 23 (5.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.92%) CATIA
4 5 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (1.92%) DELMIA
1 8 (1.92%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.72%) Aareon QL
3 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.48%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 91 (21.88%) Azure
2 86 (20.67%) Power Platform
3 56 (13.46%) AWS
4 32 (7.69%) Snowflake
5 26 (6.25%) GCP
6 24 (5.77%) Serverless
7 22 (5.29%) Azure Data Factory
8 20 (4.81%) Amazon S3
9 18 (4.33%) Cloud Computing
10 14 (3.37%) Amazon EC2
10 14 (3.37%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (3.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 13 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (3.13%) GitHub
12 12 (2.88%) Power Automate
13 10 (2.40%) Google Analytics
14 8 (1.92%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
15 7 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
16 6 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 6 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.44%) Firewall
2 5 (1.20%) DNS
2 5 (1.20%) FTP
2 5 (1.20%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.96%) DHCP
4 3 (0.72%) AMQP
4 3 (0.72%) MQTT
5 2 (0.48%) Modbus
5 2 (0.48%) NAS
5 2 (0.48%) Network Security
5 2 (0.48%) SAN
5 2 (0.48%) WAN
5 2 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.24%) DMZ
6 1 (0.24%) Internet
6 1 (0.24%) LAN
6 1 (0.24%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.24%) VLAN
6 1 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (20.67%) Power BI
2 71 (17.07%) SQL Server
3 51 (12.26%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (10.10%) Data Lake
5 37 (8.89%) Tableau
6 27 (6.49%) MySQL
6 27 (6.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 25 (6.01%) Big Data
8 24 (5.77%) BigQuery
8 24 (5.77%) Relational Database
9 22 (5.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (4.09%) NoSQL
11 16 (3.85%) Amazon Redshift
12 14 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (3.37%) Qlik Sense
13 13 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (3.13%) MongoDB
14 12 (2.88%) Hadoop
14 12 (2.88%) Metadata
14 12 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 40 (9.62%) Git
2 22 (5.29%) JIRA
3 18 (4.33%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (1.44%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.20%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (1.20%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.96%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.96%) Jasmine
7 4 (0.96%) Karma Test Runner
7 4 (0.96%) Mocha
7 4 (0.96%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.96%) webpack
8 3 (0.72%) GitLab
8 3 (0.72%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.48%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.48%) JMeter
9 2 (0.48%) Selenium
9 2 (0.48%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
General
1 74 (17.79%) Social Skills
2 46 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (8.41%) Finance
4 17 (4.09%) Pharmaceutical
5 16 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.61%) Manufacturing
6 15 (3.61%) Retail
7 11 (2.64%) Banking
8 9 (2.16%) Marketing
9 6 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.44%) Legal
9 6 (1.44%) Publishing
10 5 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.96%) Automotive
12 3 (0.72%) Law
12 3 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.48%) German Language
13 2 (0.48%) Local Government
14 1 (0.24%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.24%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 158 (37.98%) Developer
2 65 (15.63%) Software Developer
3 63 (15.14%) Analyst
4 37 (8.89%) Data Analyst
5 31 (7.45%) Data Engineer
6 26 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 23 (5.53%) Senior
8 22 (5.29%) Architect
9 21 (5.05%) Lead
10 19 (4.57%) Senior Analyst
11 17 (4.09%) DBA
12 15 (3.61%) .NET Developer
13 13 (3.13%) SQL Developer
14 12 (2.88%) Azure Engineer
14 12 (2.88%) Power BI Developer
14 12 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.40%) Project Manager
15 10 (2.40%) SQL DBA
16 9 (2.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 9 (2.16%) Quality Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (20.43%) HTML
2 33 (7.93%) .NET
3 21 (5.05%) CSS
4 19 (4.57%) AngularJS
5 18 (4.33%) Kafka
6 16 (3.85%) XML
7 15 (3.61%) React
8 13 (3.13%) RESTful
9 12 (2.88%) .NET Core
10 11 (2.64%) JSON
11 10 (2.40%) .NET Framework
11 10 (2.40%) Web Services
12 8 (1.92%) Node.js
13 6 (1.44%) FastAPI
13 6 (1.44%) Flask
13 6 (1.44%) PySpark
14 5 (1.20%) Blazor
14 5 (1.20%) Entity Framework
15 4 (0.96%) JSP
15 4 (0.96%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (2.64%) NHS
2 8 (1.92%) Clustering
2 8 (1.92%) Data Centre
2 8 (1.92%) Mobile App
3 7 (1.68%) Onboarding
4 6 (1.44%) Data Structures
4 6 (1.44%) Life Science
4 6 (1.44%) Management Information System
4 6 (1.44%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.20%) Algorithms
5 5 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (0.72%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.72%) CMDB
7 3 (0.72%) Data Fabric
7 3 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.01%) Windows
2 15 (3.61%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.40%) Linux
3 10 (2.40%) Unix
4 7 (1.68%) VMS
5 6 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.72%) Android
8 3 (0.72%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.72%) zOS
9 2 (0.48%) HPUX
9 2 (0.48%) Solaris
9 2 (0.48%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.24%) CentOS
10 1 (0.24%) Fedora
10 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.24%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (23.56%) Business Intelligence
2 88 (21.15%) Software Engineering
3 72 (17.31%) ETL
4 71 (17.07%) Data Modelling
5 69 (16.59%) Analytics
6 64 (15.38%) Code Quality
7 62 (14.90%) Artificial Intelligence
8 61 (14.66%) Agile
8 61 (14.66%) Conversational UI
9 50 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (11.30%) Migration
11 46 (11.06%) CI/CD
12 45 (10.82%) Visualisation
13 44 (10.58%) DevOps
14 32 (7.69%) Data Integration
14 32 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
15 30 (7.21%) Data Engineering
16 29 (6.97%) Data Pipeline
16 29 (6.97%) Data Visualisation
17 26 (6.25%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 146 (35.10%) Python
2 100 (24.04%) JavaScript
3 94 (22.60%) C#
4 36 (8.65%) Java
5 28 (6.73%) PowerShell
6 14 (3.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 12 (2.88%) Bash
7 12 (2.88%) PL/SQL
8 10 (2.40%) T-SQL
9 9 (2.16%) Go
10 8 (1.92%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.44%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.20%) C++
12 5 (1.20%) Search Processing Language
13 4 (0.96%) PHP
13 4 (0.96%) R
13 4 (0.96%) Scala
14 3 (0.72%) C
15 2 (0.48%) Bicep
15 2 (0.48%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 91 (21.88%) Degree
2 19 (4.57%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.09%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.16%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.68%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.68%) PMP
7 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.72%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.48%) CCNA
9 2 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.48%) MCSE
9 2 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.77%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.57%) QA
3 8 (1.92%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.20%) GAMP
4 5 (1.20%) GxP
5 3 (0.72%) ISO 22301
5 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.24%) GDPR
System Software
1 26 (6.25%) Docker
2 11 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.48%) HDFS
4 2 (0.48%) vSphere
5 1 (0.24%) ACF2
5 1 (0.24%) Firmware
5 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.24%) IAG
5 1 (0.24%) RACF
5 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 24 (5.77%) Terraform
2 22 (5.29%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.16%) Ansible
4 7 (1.68%) Grafana
5 6 (1.44%) HP Fortify
6 3 (0.72%) ZABBIX
7 2 (0.48%) Nagios
8 1 (0.24%) Control-M
8 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.24%) Graylog
8 1 (0.24%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.24%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.24%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.24%) Rsyslog
8 1 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 63 (15.14%) Microsoft
2 61 (14.66%) PayPal
3 27 (6.49%) Oracle
4 24 (5.77%) Google
5 16 (3.85%) Databricks
6 13 (3.13%) Splunk
7 12 (2.88%) VMware
8 10 (2.40%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.40%) SAP
8 10 (2.40%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.92%) Informatica
9 8 (1.92%) Siemens
10 7 (1.68%) Alteryx
10 7 (1.68%) Avaloq
11 6 (1.44%) Dataiku
11 6 (1.44%) Trillium
12 5 (1.20%) Talend
13 4 (0.96%) IBM
14 3 (0.72%) F5
14 3 (0.72%) HP