CQL Contract Job Trends in Central London

Cassandra Query Language (CQL)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring CQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CQL 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.039% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £708 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £715 - -
75th Percentile £723 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £719 - -

All Programming Languages
Central London

CQL 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 736 777 815
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 28.43% 37.81% 35.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 533 573
10th Percentile £367 £393 £413
25th Percentile £461 £454 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -7.26%
75th Percentile £650 £690 £710
90th Percentile £760 £775 £825
London median daily rate £549 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.18% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 1
10th Percentile £28.68 £22.98 -
25th Percentile £33.75 £26.13 £40.75
Median hourly rate £52.49 £40.26 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.39% -3.00% -37.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £42.25
90th Percentile £77.75 £71.25 -
London median hourly rate £52.50 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% -20.97%

CQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

CQL job vacancy trend in Central London

CQL
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CQL

CQL
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CQL within the Central London region over the 6 months to 4 August 2026. 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
City of London - 1 £715 - 1
CQL
London

CQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cassandra Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Database Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Fraud Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree