SQL Contracts in the West Midlands

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 19 10 9
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL 148 306 465
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.68% 12.79% 13.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.82% 48.57% 50.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 216 333
10th Percentile £260 £361 £325
25th Percentile £310 £411 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £523 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.66% +16.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £540 £538
90th Percentile £625 £631 £600
England median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £24.13 £16.35
25th Percentile - £24.31 £16.51
Median hourly rate £30.37 £25.25 £17.39
Median % change year-on-year +20.28% +45.20% +2.29%
75th Percentile - £30.48 £18.38
90th Percentile - £33.24 £18.60
England median hourly rate £42.50 £49.79 £35.25
% change year-on-year -14.63% +41.23% +35.58%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 425 630 925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 22.04% 26.34% 26.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 439 678
10th Percentile £260 £360 £325
25th Percentile £350 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £525 £459
Median % change year-on-year -13.10% +14.38% +14.75%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £541
90th Percentile £638 £700 £638
England median daily rate £540 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -4.26% +2.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 2
10th Percentile £40.10 £21.73 £16.35
25th Percentile £55.00 £23.81 £16.51
Median hourly rate £57.50 £29.32 £17.39
Median % change year-on-year +96.13% +68.59% -53.63%
75th Percentile £58.75 £64.69 £18.38
90th Percentile £69.75 £98.25 £18.60
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the West Midlands

SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for SQL in the West Midlands

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for SQL in the West Midlands

SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL in the West Midlands

SQL
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +1 77 £400 -6.98% 69
Warwickshire -3 17 £607 +12.93% 12
Coventry -10 11 £525 +23.53% 19
Shropshire -15 11 £529 -1.99% 5
Worcestershire +7 5 £425 -10.53% 13
Staffordshire -3 3 £338 -10.06% 31
Dudley - 3 £525 -
Wolverhampton - 2 - - 3
Walsall +3 1 £325 - 3
Herefordshire -12 1 £400 -27.27% 4
Wednesbury - 1 £250 -
West Bromwich - 1 £338 -
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.35%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.35%) Confluence
4 1 (0.68%) CMS
4 1 (0.68%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.68%) IIS
4 1 (0.68%) SAS
4 1 (0.68%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.68%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (8.78%) Chatbot
2 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.03%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.03%) NetSuite
1 3 (2.03%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 3 (2.03%) Workday HCM
2 2 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.68%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 50 (33.78%) Azure
2 30 (20.27%) Power Platform
3 16 (10.81%) AWS
4 14 (9.46%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (8.11%) Azure Data Factory
6 11 (7.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (6.76%) GCP
8 8 (5.41%) Serverless
9 7 (4.73%) Power Automate
10 6 (4.05%) Azure AKS
10 6 (4.05%) Azure App Service
10 6 (4.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 6 (4.05%) Azure Functions
10 6 (4.05%) Snowflake
11 5 (3.38%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.70%) Apigee
12 4 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (2.70%) SaaS
13 3 (2.03%) dbt
13 3 (2.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.03%) Firewall
2 2 (1.35%) SAN
2 2 (1.35%) SSL
3 1 (0.68%) DHCP
3 1 (0.68%) DNS
3 1 (0.68%) IPsec
3 1 (0.68%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.68%) LAN
3 1 (0.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (19.59%) Power BI
2 21 (14.19%) SQL Server
3 20 (13.51%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (10.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 15 (10.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (7.43%) NoSQL
6 8 (5.41%) Relational Database
7 7 (4.73%) Big Data
8 6 (4.05%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (3.38%) BigQuery
9 5 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (3.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (2.03%) Data Lake
10 3 (2.03%) Data Vault
10 3 (2.03%) Hadoop
10 3 (2.03%) Metadata
10 3 (2.03%) MySQL
10 3 (2.03%) Tableau
11 2 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (10.14%) Rational Rhapsody
2 8 (5.41%) Git
2 8 (5.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (2.70%) Ant
3 4 (2.70%) Bitbucket
3 4 (2.70%) JIRA
4 3 (2.03%) Hudson
4 3 (2.03%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.35%) GitLab
5 2 (1.35%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.68%) Selenium
6 1 (0.68%) Travis CI
6 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 26 (17.57%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (8.78%) Finance
4 6 (4.05%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.38%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.38%) Retail
6 4 (2.70%) Automotive
6 4 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.03%) Legal
8 2 (1.35%) German Language
8 2 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.68%) Advertising
9 1 (0.68%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.68%) Local Government
9 1 (0.68%) Marketing
9 1 (0.68%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 69 (46.62%) Developer
2 20 (13.51%) Data Engineer
3 18 (12.16%) Senior
4 16 (10.81%) SQL Developer
5 15 (10.14%) Integration Developer
6 13 (8.78%) Analyst
6 13 (8.78%) Architect
7 12 (8.11%) Software Developer
8 9 (6.08%) Senior Developer
9 8 (5.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 8 (5.41%) DBA
10 7 (4.73%) Senior Integration Developer
10 7 (4.73%) SQL DBA
11 6 (4.05%) Administrator
11 6 (4.05%) Lead
12 5 (3.38%) Angular Developer
12 5 (3.38%) Data Architect
12 5 (3.38%) Power BI Developer
12 5 (3.38%) Senior Analyst
13 4 (2.70%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.81%) .NET
2 13 (8.78%) HTML
3 7 (4.73%) RESTful
4 6 (4.05%) AngularJS
5 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (2.70%) Pandas
6 3 (2.03%) ADO
6 3 (2.03%) Flask
6 3 (2.03%) JSON
6 3 (2.03%) PySpark
6 3 (2.03%) REST
6 3 (2.03%) SOAP
6 3 (2.03%) XML
7 2 (1.35%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.35%) LDAP
7 2 (1.35%) Node.js
7 2 (1.35%) React
7 2 (1.35%) WSDL
7 2 (1.35%) XSD
7 2 (1.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.73%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.38%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.03%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.03%) Clustering
4 3 (2.03%) Replication
5 2 (1.35%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.68%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.68%) FMCG
6 1 (0.68%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.68%) SCADA
6 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.08%) Unix
2 5 (3.38%) Windows
3 2 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.68%) Linux
4 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.68%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (19.59%) Business Intelligence
2 28 (18.92%) Agile
3 23 (15.54%) Data Modelling
3 23 (15.54%) ETL
4 22 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (13.51%) Analytics
5 20 (13.51%) DevOps
5 20 (13.51%) Migration
6 14 (9.46%) Artificial Intelligence
7 13 (8.78%) Code Quality
7 13 (8.78%) Conversational UI
7 13 (8.78%) Software Engineering
8 12 (8.11%) Data Migration
9 11 (7.43%) CRM
9 11 (7.43%) Data Analytics
9 11 (7.43%) Software Testing
10 10 (6.76%) Data Analysis
10 10 (6.76%) Data Pipeline
10 10 (6.76%) Scrum
11 9 (6.08%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 38 (25.68%) Python
2 26 (17.57%) C#
3 16 (10.81%) JavaScript
4 15 (10.14%) PL/SQL
5 9 (6.08%) Java
6 8 (5.41%) Bash
7 7 (4.73%) Bicep
7 7 (4.73%) Bourne shell
7 7 (4.73%) Korn
7 7 (4.73%) T-SQL
7 7 (4.73%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.03%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.03%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.35%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.35%) PHP
9 2 (1.35%) Scala
10 1 (0.68%) HiveQL
10 1 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (15.54%) Degree
2 10 (6.76%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (3.38%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.70%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.03%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.03%) ISEB
5 3 (2.03%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.35%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.68%) HND
7 1 (0.68%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.14%) HL7
2 10 (6.76%) Data Quality
3 8 (5.41%) QA
4 2 (1.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.73%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.03%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.35%) vSphere
4 1 (0.68%) Docker
4 1 (0.68%) HDFS
4 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Clustering
2 3 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.35%) Ansible
4 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.68%) SCCM
4 1 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (22.97%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.49%) Oracle
3 12 (8.11%) PayPal
4 10 (6.76%) Informatica
5 6 (4.05%) Databricks
6 4 (2.70%) JD Edwards
6 4 (2.70%) PeopleSoft
6 4 (2.70%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.70%) Workday
7 3 (2.03%) QAD
7 3 (2.03%) VMware
8 2 (1.35%) Sage
9 1 (0.68%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.68%) Cognos
9 1 (0.68%) iManage
9 1 (0.68%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (0.68%) SAP
9 1 (0.68%) Splunk
9 1 (0.68%) Talend
9 1 (0.68%) Teradata