SQL Contracts in Devon

SQL (Structured Query Language)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Devon requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 36 23
Rank change year-on-year +17 -13 -5
Contract jobs citing SQL 4 1 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 3.74% 0.36% 6.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.53% 4.55% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 10
10th Percentile £311 - £361
25th Percentile £312 £413 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% -10.53% +58.33%
75th Percentile £406 £438 £500
90th Percentile £463 - £534
South West median daily rate £500 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% +9.59%

All Programming Languages
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 17 22 80
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 15.89% 8.00% 40.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 60
10th Percentile £318 £344 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £513 £600 £600
90th Percentile £575 £724 £675
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £39.00 -
25th Percentile - £41.25 £45.00
Median hourly rate - £47.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.52%
75th Percentile - £53.75 £56.88
90th Percentile - £56.00 £64.75
South West median hourly rate £67.50 £67.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +0.37% +3.46% +6.12%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Devon

SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in Devon.

Daily rate trend for SQL in Devon

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in Devon over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in Devon

SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in Devon.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in Devon

SQL
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Devon region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Exeter +16 4 £338 -20.59% 59
SQL
South West

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce