SQL Contract Job Trends in the City of London

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 8 8
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 -2
Contract jobs citing SQL 256 292 319
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 10.49% 16.07% 14.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.06% 40.33% 40.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 192 228
10th Percentile £368 £404 £396
25th Percentile £456 £475 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £588
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -4.68% -2.08%
75th Percentile £668 £714 £675
90th Percentile £744 £775 £770
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 1
10th Percentile £37.50 £20.20 -
25th Percentile £43.12 £25.75 £46.75
Median hourly rate £52.49 £62.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.02% +28.87% +49.23%
75th Percentile £56.11 £63.75 £50.25
90th Percentile £58.28 £78.75 -
Central London median hourly rate £52.49 £45.79 £48.50
% change year-on-year +14.64% -5.60% +49.23%

All Programming Languages
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 639 724 786
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 26.19% 39.85% 36.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 487 547
10th Percentile £357 £404 £406
25th Percentile £450 £467 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £655 £698 £689
90th Percentile £763 £775 £805
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -9.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 1
10th Percentile £26.32 £20.20 -
25th Percentile £32.39 £25.75 £46.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £62.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +28.87% -26.79%
75th Percentile £56.11 £63.75 £50.25
90th Percentile £65.83 £78.75 -
Central London median hourly rate £52.49 £51.44 £48.50
% change year-on-year +2.04% +6.06% -26.79%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

SQL job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SQL

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in the City of London over the 6 months to 5 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SQL

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL in the City of London over the 6 months to 5 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SQL in the City of London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (7.81%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.52%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.73%) Apache
3 7 (2.73%) Confluence
4 4 (1.56%) CICS
4 4 (1.56%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.78%) IIS
5 2 (0.78%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.39%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.34%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.78%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.95%) BambooHR
1 5 (1.95%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.56%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (1.56%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.17%) Aladdin
3 3 (1.17%) Bloomberg AIM
3 3 (1.17%) Fidessa
3 3 (1.17%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (1.17%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.78%) Endur
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.39%) Magento
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.39%) Summit
5 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 77 (30.08%) Azure
2 60 (23.44%) Power Platform
3 55 (21.48%) AWS
4 29 (11.33%) Snowflake
5 27 (10.55%) GCP
6 23 (8.98%) Azure Data Factory
7 22 (8.59%) dbt
8 21 (8.20%) Serverless
9 18 (7.03%) GitHub
10 15 (5.86%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (5.86%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (5.47%) Amazon S3
12 13 (5.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (3.52%) Prefect
14 7 (2.73%) SaaS
15 6 (2.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 6 (2.34%) Dagster
16 5 (1.95%) Amazon Kinesis
16 5 (1.95%) Amazon SageMaker
16 5 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.56%) Multicast
2 2 (0.78%) Firewall
2 2 (0.78%) Internet
2 2 (0.78%) Intranet
2 2 (0.78%) VPN
3 1 (0.39%) NetScaler
3 1 (0.39%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (19.92%) Power BI
2 39 (15.23%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (14.06%) SQL Server
4 27 (10.55%) Tableau
5 20 (7.81%) Relational Database
6 15 (5.86%) Metadata
7 14 (5.47%) Amazon Redshift
8 13 (5.08%) BigQuery
8 13 (5.08%) Oracle Database
9 12 (4.69%) Looker
9 12 (4.69%) NoSQL
10 11 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (3.91%) Data Lake
12 9 (3.52%) Db2
12 9 (3.52%) Snowflake Schema
13 8 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (3.13%) MongoDB
13 8 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (2.73%) DynamoDB
15 6 (2.34%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 22 (8.59%) Git
2 12 (4.69%) Jenkins
2 12 (4.69%) JIRA
3 10 (3.91%) GitLab
4 5 (1.95%) JUnit
5 4 (1.56%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (1.17%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.17%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.17%) Gradle
6 3 (1.17%) Mockito
6 3 (1.17%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.78%) ERwin
7 2 (0.78%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.78%) Selenium
7 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.78%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.39%) Robot Framework
General
1 113 (44.14%) Finance
2 66 (25.78%) Social Skills
3 55 (21.48%) Banking
4 54 (21.09%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.08%) Front Office
6 10 (3.91%) Legal
6 10 (3.91%) Marketing
7 6 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.34%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.95%) Back Office
8 5 (1.95%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.56%) General Ledger
9 4 (1.56%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.17%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.17%) Law
10 3 (1.17%) Publishing
10 3 (1.17%) Retail
11 2 (0.78%) Billing
11 2 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 52 (20.31%) Data Engineer
2 45 (17.58%) Analyst
3 41 (16.02%) Developer
4 31 (12.11%) Senior
5 22 (8.59%) Data Analyst
6 21 (8.20%) Lead
7 14 (5.47%) Snowflake Data Engineer
7 14 (5.47%) Snowflake Engineer
8 13 (5.08%) Architect
8 13 (5.08%) Consultant
9 11 (4.30%) DBA
10 10 (3.91%) Business Analyst
10 10 (3.91%) C# Developer
10 10 (3.91%) Software Engineer
11 9 (3.52%) Java Developer
12 8 (3.13%) Data Scientist
12 8 (3.13%) Senior Developer
12 8 (3.13%) SQL DBA
13 7 (2.73%) Applications Support
13 7 (2.73%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.38%) .NET
2 21 (8.20%) Kafka
3 17 (6.64%) PySpark
4 16 (6.25%) REST
5 13 (5.08%) JSON
6 12 (4.69%) XML
7 11 (4.30%) AngularJS
7 11 (4.30%) Web Services
8 10 (3.91%) Middleware
8 10 (3.91%) RESTful
8 10 (3.91%) SOAP
8 10 (3.91%) Spring
9 9 (3.52%) React
10 8 (3.13%) HTML
10 8 (3.13%) Spring Boot
11 7 (2.73%) .NET Framework
11 7 (2.73%) PyTorch
11 7 (2.73%) scikit-learn
11 7 (2.73%) TensorFlow
12 6 (2.34%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.38%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.69%) Equities
3 11 (4.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (3.91%) Derivative
4 10 (3.91%) Fixed Income
5 9 (3.52%) Data Structures
6 8 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.73%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.34%) Clustering
9 5 (1.95%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.95%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.95%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.56%) DataPower
10 4 (1.56%) Market Risk
10 4 (1.56%) Online Banking
10 4 (1.56%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.17%) Credit Risk
11 3 (1.17%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.81%) Linux
2 17 (6.64%) Unix
3 14 (5.47%) Windows
4 6 (2.34%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.56%) zOS
6 3 (1.17%) Android
6 3 (1.17%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (37.50%) Analytics
2 69 (26.95%) Data Modelling
3 67 (26.17%) AI
4 65 (25.39%) Data Engineering
5 58 (22.66%) CI/CD
6 56 (21.88%) Business Intelligence
7 53 (20.70%) ETL
8 50 (19.53%) DevOps
9 49 (19.14%) Data Pipeline
10 47 (18.36%) Agile
11 44 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
12 37 (14.45%) Migration
13 35 (13.67%) Data Governance
14 33 (12.89%) Decision-Making
14 33 (12.89%) Validation
15 32 (12.50%) Machine Learning
16 31 (12.11%) Data Analysis
17 30 (11.72%) Performance Tuning
18 28 (10.94%) Data Science
19 27 (10.55%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 134 (52.34%) Python
2 30 (11.72%) Java
3 28 (10.94%) C#
4 17 (6.64%) PL/SQL
5 13 (5.08%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.69%) T-SQL
7 11 (4.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (3.91%) R
9 9 (3.52%) Shell Script
10 7 (2.73%) TypeScript
11 6 (2.34%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.56%) JCL
13 3 (1.17%) C++
13 3 (1.17%) Scala
14 2 (0.78%) C
14 2 (0.78%) ProC
15 1 (0.39%) Groovy
15 1 (0.39%) Korn
15 1 (0.39%) PHP
15 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (9.77%) Degree
2 20 (7.81%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.47%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.95%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.17%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.17%) PhD
8 2 (0.78%) CISM
8 2 (0.78%) CISSP
8 2 (0.78%) SnowPro
9 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.39%) CBAP
9 1 (0.39%) CCA
9 1 (0.39%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (17.97%) Data Quality
2 28 (10.94%) QA
3 17 (6.64%) GDPR
4 3 (1.17%) IFRS
5 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.78%) EMIR
5 2 (0.78%) GAAP
5 2 (0.78%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.78%) MiFID
5 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.78%) SLA
6 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.39%) GxP
6 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.39%) NIST
6 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.39%) PERC
6 1 (0.39%) PMO
6 1 (0.39%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (7.81%) Docker
2 3 (1.17%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.39%) GridGain
4 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.39%) Varnish
4 1 (0.39%) XenApp
4 1 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (7.42%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.69%) Terraform
3 4 (1.56%) Ansible
3 4 (1.56%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (1.17%) Grafana
5 1 (0.39%) Control-M
5 1 (0.39%) SCCM
5 1 (0.39%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 50 (19.53%) Microsoft
2 39 (15.23%) Oracle
3 35 (13.67%) Databricks
4 12 (4.69%) Google
5 10 (3.91%) Informatica
6 8 (3.13%) Workday
7 6 (2.34%) Citrix
7 6 (2.34%) IBM
7 6 (2.34%) Murex
7 6 (2.34%) SAP
7 6 (2.34%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.95%) Amplitude
8 5 (1.95%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.95%) Splunk
9 4 (1.56%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.56%) Charles River
9 4 (1.56%) Foundry
9 4 (1.56%) Palantir
9 4 (1.56%) Sitecore
10 3 (1.17%) Guidewire