SQL Contracts in Central London

SQL (Structured Query Language)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 8 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing SQL 308 352 543
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 15.63% 14.89% 14.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.96% 40.60% 36.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 250 337
10th Percentile £386 £400 £413
25th Percentile £463 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +3.45%
75th Percentile £700 £675 £700
90th Percentile £770 £763 £785
London median daily rate £535 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.96% - -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £20.20 - £16.15
25th Percentile £25.75 £46.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £29.07 £48.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.06% +49.23% -39.25%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.25 £43.50
90th Percentile £78.75 - £49.65
London median hourly rate £42.82 £46.25 £58.75
% change year-on-year -7.43% -21.28% +30.56%

All Programming Languages
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 752 867 1,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.15% 36.68% 39.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 621 963
10th Percentile £404 £411 £414
25th Percentile £463 £475 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £625
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -9.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £694 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £800 £848
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £21.13 - £23.95
25th Percentile £26.58 £46.75 £41.50
Median hourly rate £40.26 £48.50 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% -26.79% +26.19%
75th Percentile £60.85 £50.25 £84.06
90th Percentile £76.25 - £84.63
London median hourly rate £41.66 £50.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -16.69% -16.67% +20.00%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Central London

SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for SQL in Central London

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in Central London over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in Central London

SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL in Central London

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL in Central London over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SQL in Central London

SQL
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 SQL within the Central London region over the 6 months to 2 July 2025. 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 -1 286 £560 -2.61% 975
City of Westminster -3 6 £563 -2.17% 38
Southwark - 2 £375 - 5
West End of London -10 1 £250 -50.50% 31
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 - - 5
SQL
London

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 23 (7.47%) Apache Spark
2 10 (3.25%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (2.60%) Confluence
4 6 (1.95%) Apache
4 6 (1.95%) SAS
5 4 (1.30%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.97%) Luigi
6 3 (0.97%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.97%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.65%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.32%) CMS
8 1 (0.32%) Drupal
8 1 (0.32%) IIS
8 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.32%) Umbraco
Applications
1 42 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.30%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.32%) SPSS
6 1 (0.32%) Stata
Business Applications
1 12 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (2.92%) Oracle Assets
3 8 (2.60%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (2.27%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (2.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.62%) Endur
5 5 (1.62%) Oracle EBS R12
5 5 (1.62%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (1.30%) Aladdin
6 4 (1.30%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (1.30%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (1.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.97%) OpenText MBPM
7 3 (0.97%) Oracle BPM
8 2 (0.65%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 2 (0.65%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 2 (0.65%) Oracle iProcurement
9 1 (0.32%) Bloomberg AIM
9 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 93 (30.19%) Azure
2 68 (22.08%) Power Platform
3 43 (13.96%) AWS
4 22 (7.14%) GCP
5 19 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (5.52%) SaaS
7 16 (5.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (3.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (3.25%) Snowflake
10 8 (2.60%) Entra ID
10 8 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.27%) GitHub
11 7 (2.27%) PaaS
11 7 (2.27%) Serverless
12 6 (1.95%) Collibra
12 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (1.62%) dbt
14 4 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (1.30%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.95%) Firewall
2 3 (0.97%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.97%) WAN
3 2 (0.65%) SSH
4 1 (0.32%) HTTP
4 1 (0.32%) Multicast
4 1 (0.32%) Network Security
4 1 (0.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (20.45%) Power BI
2 45 (14.61%) SQL Server
3 35 (11.36%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (9.74%) NoSQL
5 27 (8.77%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (8.77%) Tableau
6 20 (6.49%) Data Lake
7 19 (6.17%) Relational Database
8 15 (4.87%) MongoDB
8 15 (4.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 14 (4.55%) Hadoop
10 13 (4.22%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (4.22%) Big Data
10 13 (4.22%) BigQuery
10 13 (4.22%) Data Mining
10 13 (4.22%) Metadata
11 11 (3.57%) Apache Hive
11 11 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (3.25%) Oracle Database
13 8 (2.60%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 26 (8.44%) JIRA
2 20 (6.49%) Git
3 11 (3.57%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.95%) Maven
5 4 (1.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (1.30%) JUnit
5 4 (1.30%) Postman
5 4 (1.30%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.97%) Ant
6 3 (0.97%) Mockito
6 3 (0.97%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.97%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.97%) SoapUI
6 3 (0.97%) Subversion
6 3 (0.97%) Xcode
6 3 (0.97%) XCTest
7 2 (0.65%) GitLab
7 2 (0.65%) NUnit
7 2 (0.65%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 137 (44.48%) Finance
2 102 (33.12%) Social Skills
3 69 (22.40%) Banking
4 56 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (8.77%) Investment Banking
6 19 (6.17%) Public Sector
7 13 (4.22%) Front Office
8 11 (3.57%) Financial Institution
9 10 (3.25%) Retail
10 9 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.92%) Police
11 8 (2.60%) Back Office
11 8 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.60%) Marketing
12 7 (2.27%) Corporate Banking
12 7 (2.27%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.95%) Retail Banking
14 4 (1.30%) Billing
14 4 (1.30%) Legal
Job Titles
1 78 (25.32%) Analyst
1 78 (25.32%) Developer
2 42 (13.64%) Data Engineer
3 41 (13.31%) Business Analyst
4 40 (12.99%) Senior
5 32 (10.39%) Data Analyst
6 24 (7.79%) Consultant
7 20 (6.49%) Lead
8 17 (5.52%) Data Business Analyst
9 14 (4.55%) Architect
9 14 (4.55%) Java Developer
10 11 (3.57%) Data Scientist
11 9 (2.92%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (2.92%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (2.92%) Python Developer
11 9 (2.92%) SC Cleared Java Developer
12 8 (2.60%) DBA
12 8 (2.60%) Lead Consultant
12 8 (2.60%) Risk Consultant
12 8 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (10.39%) .NET
2 28 (9.09%) Kafka
3 27 (8.77%) HTML
4 22 (7.14%) PySpark
5 20 (6.49%) CSS
5 20 (6.49%) Spring
6 19 (6.17%) Spring Boot
7 16 (5.19%) React
8 14 (4.55%) REST
9 12 (3.90%) TensorFlow
10 10 (3.25%) Pandas
10 10 (3.25%) Web Services
11 7 (2.27%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.27%) Hibernate
11 7 (2.27%) HTML5
11 7 (2.27%) JSON
11 7 (2.27%) SOAP
11 7 (2.27%) XML
12 6 (1.95%) RESTful
12 6 (1.95%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.19%) Data Structures
2 12 (3.90%) Algorithms
2 12 (3.90%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (3.25%) Market Risk
4 9 (2.92%) Credit Risk
5 7 (2.27%) Reference Data
6 6 (1.95%) Derivative
6 6 (1.95%) Distributed Computing
6 6 (1.95%) Replication
6 6 (1.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (1.62%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.62%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.30%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.30%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.97%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.87%) Linux
2 14 (4.55%) Unix
3 11 (3.57%) Windows
4 9 (2.92%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.32%) Android
6 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (32.14%) Agile
2 69 (22.40%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (21.43%) Data Analysis
4 65 (21.10%) Business Intelligence
5 64 (20.78%) Data Modelling
6 63 (20.45%) Analytics
7 55 (17.86%) DevOps
8 41 (13.31%) Visualisation
9 39 (12.66%) ETL
10 35 (11.36%) Decision-Making
11 34 (11.04%) Scrum
12 33 (10.71%) CI/CD
13 32 (10.39%) Data Science
14 31 (10.06%) Stakeholder Management
15 30 (9.74%) Data Engineering
16 29 (9.42%) Microservices
17 28 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
17 28 (9.09%) Migration
18 26 (8.44%) Data Governance
18 26 (8.44%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 120 (38.96%) Python
2 39 (12.66%) JavaScript
3 35 (11.36%) C#
3 35 (11.36%) Java
4 13 (4.22%) R
5 12 (3.90%) PowerShell
6 11 (3.57%) PL/SQL
7 10 (3.25%) Scala
8 8 (2.60%) Bash
8 8 (2.60%) Shell Script
8 8 (2.60%) VBA
9 5 (1.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (1.30%) C++
10 4 (1.30%) Groovy
11 3 (0.97%) Bicep
11 3 (0.97%) Ruby
11 3 (0.97%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.97%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.65%) Go
12 2 (0.65%) sed
Qualifications
1 35 (11.36%) Degree
2 28 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 23 (7.47%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.92%) AWS Certified Developer
5 8 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.60%) Master's Degree
5 8 (2.60%) PhD
6 3 (0.97%) CBAP
7 2 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.65%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.65%) PMP
8 1 (0.32%) ACCA
8 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.32%) CCAB
8 1 (0.32%) CIMA
8 1 (0.32%) CISSP
8 1 (0.32%) HNC
8 1 (0.32%) IIBA
8 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.74%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.19%) QA
3 15 (4.87%) Accessibility
4 13 (4.22%) MiFID
5 12 (3.90%) EMIR
6 9 (2.92%) Basel II
6 9 (2.92%) GDPR
7 2 (0.65%) IFRS
7 2 (0.65%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.32%) COBIT
8 1 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.32%) GAAP
8 1 (0.32%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.32%) PMO
8 1 (0.32%) SEPA
8 1 (0.32%) SLA
8 1 (0.32%) UCITS
8 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (3.25%) Docker
2 5 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.65%) GPFS
3 2 (0.65%) NFS
3 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.32%) Platform Symphony
4 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.19%) Terraform
3 5 (1.62%) Ansible
3 5 (1.62%) Grafana
4 4 (1.30%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.97%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.65%) Control-M
6 2 (0.65%) Kibana
7 1 (0.32%) Istio
7 1 (0.32%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.32%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.32%) Puppet
7 1 (0.32%) SCCM
Vendors
1 56 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 47 (15.26%) Oracle
3 22 (7.14%) Databricks
4 13 (4.22%) Google
5 8 (2.60%) SAP
6 7 (2.27%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.27%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.95%) Informatica
8 5 (1.62%) Bloomberg
8 5 (1.62%) OpenLink
8 5 (1.62%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 5 (1.62%) Splunk
9 4 (1.30%) Charles River
9 4 (1.30%) Cisco
9 4 (1.30%) Dataiku
9 4 (1.30%) IBM
9 4 (1.30%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.97%) Murex
10 3 (0.97%) OpenText
10 3 (0.97%) Workday