SQL Analyst Contracts in the City of London

SQL Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median SQL Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 126 159
Rank change year-on-year +3 +33 +30
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Analyst 5 5 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.27% 0.23% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.24% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 6
10th Percentile £440 £453 £508
25th Percentile £481 £556 £607
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £625 £620
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +0.81% +18.10%
75th Percentile £560 £647 £678
90th Percentile £659 £664 £797
Central London median daily rate £545 £625 £620
% change year-on-year -12.80% +0.81% +18.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,738 2,042 3,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 95.15% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,113 1,388 2,247
10th Percentile £350 £350 £331
25th Percentile £450 £455 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £794 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £551 £600
% change year-on-year -0.18% -8.17% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 18 19
10th Percentile £17.57 £17.77 £15.24
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.29 £18.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -22.86% -17.65%
75th Percentile £62.00 £58.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £86.43 £106.00 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +8.00% -20.54% -15.66%

SQL Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured SQL Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Analyst in the City of London

SQL Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Analyst in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for SQL Analyst in the City of London

SQL Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Analyst in the City of London

SQL Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Analyst in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Analyst in the City of London

SQL Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 16 July 2025, SQL Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring SQL Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) Data Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) Python
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (40.00%) Front Office
4 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (40.00%) Banking
4 2 (40.00%) R
5 1 (20.00%) SDLC
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (20.00%) Fintech
5 1 (20.00%) Data Lineage
5 1 (20.00%) Workday
5 1 (20.00%) GDPR
5 1 (20.00%) Aderant
5 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (20.00%) Data Fabric
5 1 (20.00%) Tableau
5 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
5 1 (20.00%) Big Data

SQL Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Big Data
1 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Front Office
4 1 (20.00%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Legal
4 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Fabric
1 1 (20.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
4 1 (20.00%) Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) Data Munging
4 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
4 1 (20.00%) Data Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Use Case
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Python
3 2 (40.00%) R
4 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
4 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Aderant
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Workday