SQL Contracts in Cambridge

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 22 19
Rank change year-on-year +11 -3 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL 11 10 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 9.24% 5.15% 5.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 25.58% 13.70% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 9
10th Percentile £379 - £345
25th Percentile £400 £525 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +22.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £504 £575 £475
90th Percentile £509 - £494
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £454 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -4.47% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.80 - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £17.80 £36.00 -
% change year-on-year -50.56% - -

All Programming Languages
Cambridge

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 43 73 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 36.13% 37.63% 42.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 43 77
10th Percentile £269 £405 -
25th Percentile £384 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +0.25% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £570 £575 £550
90th Percentile £643 £638 £575
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £499 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 7
10th Percentile £27.24 £52.00 £35.49
25th Percentile £41.40 £55.63 £49.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +19.05% -8.70%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £53.75
90th Percentile - £78.25 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -12.28%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Cambridge

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in Cambridge.

Daily rate trend for SQL in Cambridge

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in Cambridge.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 2 (18.18%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (18.18%) Hadoop
1 2 (18.18%) MongoDB
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Database
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
1 2 (18.18%) Text Mining
2 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (9.09%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
2 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (9.09%) Power BI
2 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Hudson
General
1 6 (54.55%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) AWS Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Python Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Senior
4 2 (18.18%) Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) IFS Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Information Scientist
5 1 (9.09%) Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Data Consultant
5 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Software Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
2 1 (9.09%) Node.js
2 1 (9.09%) React
2 1 (9.09%) Web Services
2 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Life Science
2 1 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Analytics
1 3 (27.27%) Data Migration
1 3 (27.27%) Data Science
1 3 (27.27%) Data Visualisation
1 3 (27.27%) Migration
1 3 (27.27%) Visualisation
2 2 (18.18%) Benchmarking
2 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (18.18%) Data Management
2 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
2 2 (18.18%) DevOps
2 2 (18.18%) Economics
2 2 (18.18%) ERP
2 2 (18.18%) ETL
2 2 (18.18%) Health Informatics
2 2 (18.18%) Informatics
2 2 (18.18%) Ontologies
2 2 (18.18%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (18.18%) Visual Analytics
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Python
2 2 (18.18%) MATLAB
2 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
3 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) PhD
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) IFS
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
1 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Sybase