SQL Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

SQL (Structured Query Language)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -20
Contract jobs citing SQL 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 2.45% - 1.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.43% - 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile £413 - £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 - £470
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.50%
75th Percentile £446 - £472
90th Percentile £447 - £474
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -

All Programming Languages
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 35 10 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 21.47% 5.10% 9.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 1 18
10th Percentile £412 - £468
25th Percentile £456 £458 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £465 £515
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% -9.71% +20.89%
75th Percentile £528 £473 £529
90th Percentile £626 - £541
North West median daily rate £460 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -3.16% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £38.39
Median hourly rate - - £41.23
75th Percentile - - £44.07
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £69.00 £72.50 £48.43
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.70% +20.19%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Cumbria

SQL
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing SQL

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing SQL

SQL
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 15 April 2026. 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 4 £430 -
SQL
North West

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) DBA
1 4 (100.00%) SQL DBA
2 2 (50.00%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Clustering
1 4 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 4 (100.00%) Database Security
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) RedGate
1 4 (100.00%) SolarWinds