SQL Contract Job Trends in Chelmsford

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Essex > Chelmsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chelmsford requiring SQL skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Contract jobs citing SQL 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chelmsford 11.11% - 5.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.00% - 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +86.44%
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £503 £350 £328
% change year-on-year +43.57% +6.71% +0.92%

All Programming Languages
Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford 22.22% 33.33% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +77.97%
75th Percentile £388 - £544
90th Percentile - - £548
Essex median daily rate £500 £300 £500
% change year-on-year +66.67% -40.00% +0.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £50.00 £59.50 £74.00
% change year-on-year -15.97% -19.59% +6.28%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Chelmsford

SQL
Daily Rate Trend in Chelmsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing SQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing SQL

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend in Chelmsford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing SQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing SQL

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chelmsford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SFIA
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft