SQL (Structured Query Language)
South Wales > Cardiff
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | 9 | 11 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -9 | +2 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL | 11 | 27 | 32 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff | 6.63% | 13.04% | 10.92% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 24.44% | 35.53% | 37.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 20 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £180 | £356 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £207 | £381 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £318 | £476 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -33.33% | -8.41% | +9.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £392 | £563 | £583 |
| 90th Percentile | £454 | £616 | £650 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £361 | £476 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | -24.15% | -11.81% | +1.17% |
All Programming Languages
Cardiff
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 Cardiff.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 45 | 76 | 85 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff | 27.11% | 36.71% | 29.01% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 35 | 64 | 66 |
| 10th Percentile | £210 | £364 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £319 | £385 | £408 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £405 | £500 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.00% | +11.11% | -5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £456 | £551 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £545 | £595 | £663 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £415 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.31% | -2.00% | -4.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in Cardiff.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in Cardiff over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in Cardiff.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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: