SQL Contracts in the City of London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 0
Contract jobs citing SQL 281 550 592
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 13.01% 15.40% 13.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.77% 36.16% 31.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 342 451
10th Percentile £413 £416 £425
25th Percentile £488 £487 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £595 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +3.48% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £675
90th Percentile £775 £774 £750
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £38.05
25th Percentile £46.75 £51.25 £43.25
Median hourly rate £48.50 £52.50 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% -1.87% +94.55%
75th Percentile £50.25 £53.75 £66.75
90th Percentile - - £74.05
Central London median hourly rate £48.50 £52.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -7.62% -1.87% +110.01%

All Programming Languages
City of London

SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 744 1,521 1,873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 34.44% 42.59% 43.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 997 1,458
10th Percentile £400 £425 £425
25th Percentile £463 £513 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £695 £738 £713
90th Percentile £793 £825 £800
Central London median daily rate £563 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 12
10th Percentile - £35.00 £39.75
25th Percentile £46.75 £43.13 £45.75
Median hourly rate £48.50 £57.50 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +0.88% +107.27%
75th Percentile £50.25 £71.25 £73.06
90th Percentile - £84.25 £77.45
Central London median hourly rate £48.50 £57.50 £57.00
% change year-on-year -15.65% +0.88% +123.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for SQL in the City of London

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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 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL in the City of London

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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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.49%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (1.78%) Apache
3 4 (1.42%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.07%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.07%) MTS
4 3 (1.07%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.71%) CMS
5 2 (0.71%) IIS
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.36%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.36%) SAS
6 1 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.36%) Tornado
6 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.14%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.56%) Dynamics GP
2 6 (2.14%) Endur
3 5 (1.78%) NEC Housing
4 3 (1.07%) Aligne
4 3 (1.07%) EuroRunner
5 2 (0.71%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.71%) MIS ActiveH
5 2 (0.71%) Primavera
5 2 (0.71%) Unica
6 1 (0.36%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.36%) Front Arena
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.36%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.36%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 83 (29.54%) Azure
2 59 (21.00%) AWS
3 39 (13.88%) Power Platform
4 25 (8.90%) Serverless
5 21 (7.47%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (4.98%) GitHub
8 11 (3.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 10 (3.56%) Amazon S3
10 8 (2.85%) Azure Functions
11 7 (2.49%) Amazon MSK
11 7 (2.49%) AWS Step Functions
11 7 (2.49%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (2.14%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (2.14%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (2.14%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (2.14%) Azure Storage
12 6 (2.14%) GCP
12 6 (2.14%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.78%) Firewall
2 3 (1.07%) WAN
3 2 (0.71%) DNS
3 2 (0.71%) SAN
3 2 (0.71%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.36%) Internet
4 1 (0.36%) LAN
4 1 (0.36%) MQTT
4 1 (0.36%) NAS
4 1 (0.36%) Skype
4 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (18.51%) SQL Server
2 37 (13.17%) Power BI
3 27 (9.61%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (8.54%) NoSQL
5 22 (7.83%) Relational Database
6 16 (5.69%) Amazon Redshift
6 16 (5.69%) Tableau
7 14 (4.98%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (3.91%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (3.91%) Data Lake
8 11 (3.91%) DynamoDB
8 11 (3.91%) MongoDB
9 10 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (3.20%) Big Data
10 9 (3.20%) Parquet
11 7 (2.49%) MySQL
12 6 (2.14%) Data Mart
12 6 (2.14%) KDB
12 6 (2.14%) Oracle Database
12 6 (2.14%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 17 (6.05%) Git
2 9 (3.20%) TeamCity
3 7 (2.49%) GitLab
3 7 (2.49%) JIRA
3 7 (2.49%) SpecFlow
4 5 (1.78%) Selenium
5 4 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.42%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.07%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.07%) Mercurial
6 3 (1.07%) PHPUnit
6 3 (1.07%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.71%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.71%) JMeter
7 2 (0.71%) Postman
7 2 (0.71%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.36%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.36%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 94 (33.45%) Finance
2 74 (26.33%) Social Skills
3 38 (13.52%) Banking
4 35 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.19%) Investment Banking
6 18 (6.41%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.98%) Front Office
8 10 (3.56%) Retail Banking
9 9 (3.20%) Back Office
10 6 (2.14%) Retail
11 5 (1.78%) Marketing
12 4 (1.42%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.71%) Agriculture
14 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.36%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.36%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 95 (33.81%) Developer
2 55 (19.57%) Analyst
3 32 (11.39%) Data Engineer
4 27 (9.61%) Senior
5 23 (8.19%) Business Analyst
6 22 (7.83%) Full Stack Developer
7 18 (6.41%) Data Analyst
8 17 (6.05%) Consultant
8 17 (6.05%) Python Developer
9 13 (4.63%) C# Developer
10 10 (3.56%) SQL Developer
11 9 (3.20%) Architect
11 9 (3.20%) Great Plains Consultant
11 9 (3.20%) Microsoft Consultant
11 9 (3.20%) Test Analyst
12 8 (2.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 8 (2.85%) Lead
13 7 (2.49%) Azure Engineer
13 7 (2.49%) Data Business Analyst
13 7 (2.49%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (14.23%) .NET
2 21 (7.47%) Kafka
3 19 (6.76%) React
4 14 (4.98%) HTML
5 13 (4.63%) JSON
6 11 (3.91%) .NET Core
7 10 (3.56%) Web Services
8 9 (3.20%) Apache Avro
8 9 (3.20%) CSS
8 9 (3.20%) PySpark
9 8 (2.85%) RESTful
9 8 (2.85%) Svelte
10 7 (2.49%) .NET Framework
10 7 (2.49%) pytest
10 7 (2.49%) REST
11 6 (2.14%) AngularJS
11 6 (2.14%) Blazor
11 6 (2.14%) Node.js
11 6 (2.14%) WCF
11 6 (2.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.98%) Market Risk
2 11 (3.91%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.56%) Linux Command Line
3 10 (3.56%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.20%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.14%) Replication
7 5 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.78%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.42%) Derivative
9 2 (0.71%) CMDB
9 2 (0.71%) Equities
9 2 (0.71%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.71%) Life Science
9 2 (0.71%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.71%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.71%) PKI
9 2 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.32%) Windows
2 17 (6.05%) Linux
3 13 (4.63%) Unix
4 10 (3.56%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.07%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.36%) CentOS
7 1 (0.36%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.36%) VMS
7 1 (0.36%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (25.27%) Agile
2 49 (17.44%) Business Intelligence
3 48 (17.08%) DevOps
4 43 (15.30%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (14.95%) Data Modelling
6 38 (13.52%) CI/CD
7 37 (13.17%) Analytics
8 31 (11.03%) ETL
8 31 (11.03%) SDLC
9 30 (10.68%) Migration
9 30 (10.68%) Software Engineering
10 29 (10.32%) Test Automation
11 28 (9.96%) Full Stack Development
12 27 (9.61%) Data Pipeline
13 24 (8.54%) User Acceptance Testing
13 24 (8.54%) Visualisation
14 23 (8.19%) Data Analysis
14 23 (8.19%) Microservices
15 19 (6.76%) Data Visualisation
16 18 (6.41%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 100 (35.59%) Python
2 53 (18.86%) C#
3 28 (9.96%) Java
4 26 (9.25%) JavaScript
5 25 (8.90%) PowerShell
6 17 (6.05%) T-SQL
7 11 (3.91%) C++
7 11 (3.91%) PL/SQL
8 10 (3.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 9 (3.20%) Perl
9 9 (3.20%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.85%) R
11 7 (2.49%) Go
12 4 (1.42%) Bicep
12 4 (1.42%) PHP
12 4 (1.42%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.07%) Bash
13 3 (1.07%) Rust
13 3 (1.07%) Scala
13 3 (1.07%) VBA
Qualifications
1 38 (13.52%) Degree
2 21 (7.47%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.76%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.42%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.07%) ISEB
7 2 (0.71%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.71%) CIMA
7 2 (0.71%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.71%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.36%) PMP
8 1 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.36%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.68%) QA
2 16 (5.69%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (1.78%) SLA
5 4 (1.42%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.42%) PMO
6 2 (0.71%) EMIR
6 2 (0.71%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.71%) WCAG
7 1 (0.36%) GDPR
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.36%) MiFID
System Software
1 23 (8.19%) Docker
2 12 (4.27%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.78%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 5 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.36%) HDFS
5 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (11.74%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.56%) Terraform
3 1 (0.36%) Control-M
3 1 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.36%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.36%) SCCM
3 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.36%) vRealize
3 1 (0.36%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 1 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 46 (16.37%) Microsoft
2 40 (14.23%) Oracle
3 22 (7.83%) Databricks
4 13 (4.63%) SAP
5 8 (2.85%) IBM
6 6 (2.14%) MuleSoft
6 6 (2.14%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.14%) Sybase
6 6 (2.14%) Veritas
7 5 (1.78%) Alteryx
7 5 (1.78%) Citrix
7 5 (1.78%) NEC
7 5 (1.78%) Sun
7 5 (1.78%) VMware
8 4 (1.42%) CA Agile Central
8 4 (1.42%) Siebel
9 3 (1.07%) Adobe
9 3 (1.07%) Google
10 2 (0.71%) OpenLink
10 2 (0.71%) Red Hat