SQL (Structured Query Language)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 | 14 | 12 | 9 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -3 | -1 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL | 4,235 | 7,075 | 11,012 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 9.78% | 11.83% | 12.40% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 33.22% | 33.75% | 34.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,042 | 5,114 | 7,955 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £369 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £431 | £427 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £538 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +2.38% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £455 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | +7.69% | +7.06% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 63 | 94 | 151 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.64 | £20.77 | £16.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.12 | £31.84 | £20.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £42.50 | £50.00 | £35.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.00% | +40.85% | +31.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.81 | £70.00 | £52.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.96 | £84.40 | £63.60 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £42.50 | £40.59 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.71% | +47.60% | +14.58% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,747 | 20,965 | 32,275 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.44% | 35.05% | 36.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,054 | 15,147 | 23,495 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 480 | 477 | 511 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.39 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.07 | £60.70 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.04% | +21.40% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.88 | £77.00 | £67.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.25 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +26.90% | +15.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
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Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 |
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| England | -1 | 3,629 | £550 | - | 2,442 |
| London | +2 | 2,291 | £575 | - | 1,104 |
| Work from Home | +2 | 1,747 | £525 | +1.69% | 1,359 |
| UK excluding London | -6 | 1,473 | £475 | -3.06% | 1,467 |
| North of England | -4 | 382 | £475 | -2.56% | 396 |
| South East | -11 | 350 | £475 | -7.09% | 277 |
| North West | -6 | 230 | £475 | - | 236 |
| Scotland | -1 | 225 | £475 | -2.56% | 123 |
| Midlands | -7 | 220 | £425 | -10.53% | 298 |
| South West | -16 | 164 | £538 | +7.50% | 174 |
| West Midlands | -9 | 148 | £425 | -19.05% | 172 |
| Yorkshire | -8 | 117 | £450 | -10.00% | 117 |
| East of England | -22 | 85 | £450 | +5.88% | 163 |
| East Midlands | -2 | 70 | £405 | +1.25% | 126 |
| North East | +23 | 35 | £475 | -5.00% | 48 |
| Wales | +3 | 33 | £450 | -10.00% | 46 |
| Northern Ireland | -1 | 19 | £413 | -8.33% | 21 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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