SQL Contracts in the North West

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 13 7
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 +6
Contract jobs citing SQL 231 344 541
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 8.33% 10.68% 13.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.53% 36.56% 39.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 262 375
10th Percentile £288 £325 £313
25th Percentile £387 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.75%
75th Percentile £550 £587 £563
90th Percentile £610 £656 £638
England median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 19
10th Percentile £37.63 £21.57 -
25th Percentile £41.25 £33.95 £14.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.59 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +47.60% +20.96%
75th Percentile £45.57 £53.84 £46.25
90th Percentile £46.18 £59.28 £61.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £49.79 £35.25
% change year-on-year -14.63% +41.23% +35.58%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 West with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 689 941 1,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 24.85% 29.22% 34.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 517 713 1,068
10th Percentile £325 £325 £318
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +22.70%
75th Percentile £540 £594 £588
90th Percentile £611 £650 £663
England median daily rate £540 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -4.26% +2.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 15 33
10th Percentile £41.25 £20.74 £14.25
25th Percentile £44.72 £36.40 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.43 £40.59 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.32% -2.19% +22.06%
75th Percentile £69.53 £50.87 £53.75
90th Percentile £80.15 £62.01 £60.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% +14.94%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the North West

SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for SQL in the North West

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in the North West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in the North West

SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Manchester -3 121 £450 - 161
Cheshire -5 68 £505 -3.81% 45
Merseyside +1 25 £375 -33.04% 26
Lancashire -9 7 £600 +34.83% 16
Cumbria -22 3 £470 -6.00% 3
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (3.90%) Apache Spark
1 9 (3.90%) SAS
2 8 (3.46%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.03%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (3.03%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (2.16%) Apache
4 5 (2.16%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.87%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.43%) CMS
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (10.82%) Chatbot
2 15 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.46%) CATIA
4 5 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.87%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.46%) DELMIA
1 8 (3.46%) Teamcenter
2 3 (1.30%) Aareon QL
3 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 56 (24.24%) Power Platform
2 39 (16.88%) Azure
3 27 (11.69%) AWS
4 26 (11.26%) Snowflake
5 12 (5.19%) Power Automate
6 11 (4.76%) Amazon EC2
6 11 (4.76%) GCP
7 10 (4.33%) Serverless
8 9 (3.90%) Google Analytics
9 8 (3.46%) Amazon S3
9 8 (3.46%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (2.60%) Amazon ELB
10 6 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.60%) Collibra
10 6 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.60%) GitHub
11 5 (2.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.16%) FTP
2 4 (1.73%) DNS
2 4 (1.73%) Firewall
2 4 (1.73%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.30%) DHCP
4 1 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.43%) LAN
4 1 (0.43%) NAS
4 1 (0.43%) Network Security
4 1 (0.43%) SAN
4 1 (0.43%) WAN
4 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (24.24%) Power BI
2 45 (19.48%) SQL Server
3 33 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (10.39%) Data Lake
5 19 (8.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (6.93%) Tableau
7 11 (4.76%) Metadata
8 10 (4.33%) Big Data
9 9 (3.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (3.46%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (3.46%) BigQuery
10 8 (3.46%) MySQL
10 8 (3.46%) NoSQL
10 8 (3.46%) Relational Database
11 7 (3.03%) PowerPivot
12 6 (2.60%) Ataccama
12 6 (2.60%) DynamoDB
12 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Power View
12 6 (2.60%) Qlik Sense
13 5 (2.16%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 19 (8.23%) Git
2 15 (6.49%) JIRA
3 7 (3.03%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.60%) SonarQube
4 6 (2.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (1.73%) Jasmine
5 4 (1.73%) Karma Test Runner
5 4 (1.73%) Mocha
5 4 (1.73%) TeamCity
5 4 (1.73%) webpack
6 3 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.30%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (1.30%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.87%) JMeter
7 2 (0.87%) Postman
7 2 (0.87%) Selenium
8 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.43%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.43%) RStudio
8 1 (0.43%) SpecFlow
General
1 46 (19.91%) Social Skills
2 25 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (8.23%) Pharmaceutical
4 18 (7.79%) Finance
5 14 (6.06%) Manufacturing
6 9 (3.90%) Retail
7 6 (2.60%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.60%) Publishing
8 5 (2.16%) Banking
8 5 (2.16%) Legal
8 5 (2.16%) Marketing
9 3 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.87%) Automotive
10 2 (0.87%) German Language
10 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.43%) French Language
11 1 (0.43%) Games
11 1 (0.43%) Law
11 1 (0.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 81 (35.06%) Developer
2 42 (18.18%) Analyst
3 31 (13.42%) Data Analyst
4 28 (12.12%) Software Developer
5 19 (8.23%) Data Engineer
6 17 (7.36%) Senior
7 14 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
8 12 (5.19%) Lead
9 11 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 10 (4.33%) .NET Developer
11 9 (3.90%) Architect
11 9 (3.90%) Data Quality Analyst
11 9 (3.90%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.90%) QA Analyst
11 9 (3.90%) Quality Analyst
11 9 (3.90%) SQL Developer
12 8 (3.46%) Power BI Developer
12 8 (3.46%) Senior QA Analyst
12 8 (3.46%) Senior Quality Analyst
12 8 (3.46%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (15.15%) HTML
2 21 (9.09%) .NET
3 10 (4.33%) .NET Framework
3 10 (4.33%) CSS
4 9 (3.90%) XML
5 8 (3.46%) RESTful
6 7 (3.03%) .NET Core
6 7 (3.03%) AngularJS
6 7 (3.03%) Kafka
7 6 (2.60%) Node.js
7 6 (2.60%) React
7 6 (2.60%) Web Services
8 5 (2.16%) Entity Framework
8 5 (2.16%) JSON
9 4 (1.73%) REST
10 3 (1.30%) PySpark
11 2 (0.87%) ODBC
11 2 (0.87%) SOAP
12 1 (0.43%) Django
12 1 (0.43%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.03%) Product Ownership
2 6 (2.60%) Data Structures
2 6 (2.60%) Life Science
2 6 (2.60%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.16%) Algorithms
3 5 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.73%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.30%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.30%) CMDB
5 3 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.30%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.30%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.30%) Smartphone
6 2 (0.87%) Clustering
7 1 (0.43%) NHS
7 1 (0.43%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.60%) Windows
2 4 (1.73%) Unix
2 4 (1.73%) Windows Server
2 4 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (0.87%) Linux
3 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.43%) VMS
4 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.43%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (25.54%) Business Intelligence
2 44 (19.05%) Agile
3 43 (18.61%) Analytics
4 41 (17.75%) Software Engineering
5 37 (16.02%) ETL
6 30 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (12.55%) Visualisation
8 28 (12.12%) Code Quality
9 26 (11.26%) Artificial Intelligence
10 25 (10.82%) Conversational UI
10 25 (10.82%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (10.39%) CI/CD
12 22 (9.52%) Data Modelling
13 21 (9.09%) DevOps
13 21 (9.09%) Migration
14 20 (8.66%) Data Management
15 18 (7.79%) Data Analysis
16 17 (7.36%) CRM
16 17 (7.36%) Data Visualisation
17 16 (6.93%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (32.47%) Python
2 51 (22.08%) C#
3 42 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 15 (6.49%) PowerShell
5 11 (4.76%) Java
5 11 (4.76%) PL/SQL
6 10 (4.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 9 (3.90%) Go
8 8 (3.46%) Shell Script
9 7 (3.03%) Bash
10 5 (2.16%) Search Processing Language
11 4 (1.73%) R
11 4 (1.73%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.87%) C++
12 2 (0.87%) PHP
12 2 (0.87%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.43%) Bicep
13 1 (0.43%) Julia
13 1 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.43%) X++
Qualifications
1 37 (16.02%) Degree
2 9 (3.90%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.46%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.30%) Azure Certification
4 3 (1.30%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.87%) CCNA
5 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.87%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.36%) QA
2 16 (6.93%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.16%) GAMP
3 5 (2.16%) GxP
4 4 (1.73%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.30%) ISO 22301
5 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 10 (4.33%) Docker
2 8 (3.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.30%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (4.33%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.90%) Terraform
3 6 (2.60%) Ansible
3 6 (2.60%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.87%) Nagios
4 2 (0.87%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.43%) Control-M
5 1 (0.43%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 28 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.82%) PayPal
3 16 (6.93%) Oracle
4 13 (5.63%) Google
5 12 (5.19%) SAP
5 12 (5.19%) Splunk
6 9 (3.90%) Databricks
6 9 (3.90%) VMware
7 8 (3.46%) Salesforce
7 8 (3.46%) Siemens
8 7 (3.03%) Alteryx
8 7 (3.03%) Avaloq
9 6 (2.60%) Dataiku
9 6 (2.60%) Trillium
10 5 (2.16%) Informatica
10 5 (2.16%) Talend
11 3 (1.30%) Aareon
12 2 (0.87%) HP
12 2 (0.87%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 2 (0.87%) SolarWinds