SQL Contracts in Dorset

SQL (Structured Query Language)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 6 22 24
Rank change year-on-year +16 +2 -8
Contract jobs citing SQL 20 6 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 20.41% 3.64% 5.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.82% 21.43% 21.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 4 11
10th Percentile £342 £303 £488
25th Percentile £408 £363 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £398 £650
Median % change year-on-year +25.63% -38.77% +44.44%
75th Percentile £675 £400 £688
90th Percentile £719 - £700
South West median daily rate £500 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% +9.59%

All Programming Languages
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 49 28 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 50.00% 16.97% 23.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 20 25
10th Percentile £384 £175 £303
25th Percentile £433 £341 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £419 £513
Median % change year-on-year +19.40% -18.29% +10.81%
75th Percentile £606 £472 £638
90th Percentile £688 £551 £688
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 8
10th Percentile - - £49.32
25th Percentile - £61.25 £49.96
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £56.08
Median % change year-on-year - +11.45% +15.68%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £57.95
90th Percentile - - £60.07
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 Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Dorset

SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for SQL in Dorset

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

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

Daily rate histogram for SQL in Dorset

SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL in Dorset

SQL
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Dorset 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
Bournemouth +9 14 £500 +25.63% 55
Blandford Forum - 4 £575 -
Dorchester - 1 £675 - 1
SQL
South West

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (5.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) Azure
2 6 (30.00%) Entra ID
2 6 (30.00%) Google Workspace
2 6 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (10.00%) Power Automate
4 2 (10.00%) PowerApps
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Skype
2 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 8 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (20.00%) Power BI
3 3 (15.00%) Relational Database
4 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (5.00%) CockroachDB
5 1 (5.00%) KDB
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (5.00%) Oracle Database
5 1 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Git
1 1 (5.00%) GitLab
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Legal
3 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Developer
2 5 (25.00%) Senior
2 5 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Senior Wintel Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Site Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Wintel Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Java Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Report Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Developer Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Junior Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Junior Oracle Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Oracle Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.00%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (15.00%) Middleware
2 3 (15.00%) React
3 2 (10.00%) CSS
3 2 (10.00%) CSS3
3 2 (10.00%) HTML
3 2 (10.00%) HTML5
3 2 (10.00%) Jest
3 2 (10.00%) Kafka
3 2 (10.00%) Redux
3 2 (10.00%) REST
4 1 (5.00%) AngularJS
4 1 (5.00%) Django
4 1 (5.00%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (5.00%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (5.00%) OpenTracing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) PKI
2 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Windows
2 5 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (5.00%) Linux
4 1 (5.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Agile
2 6 (30.00%) Change Management
2 6 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (30.00%) Migration
2 6 (30.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 6 (30.00%) Validation
3 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
3 4 (20.00%) ITIL
3 4 (20.00%) NsoIT
3 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (20.00%) Service Management
3 4 (20.00%) System Testing
4 3 (15.00%) Microservices
5 2 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (10.00%) Data Integration
5 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (10.00%) Service Design
5 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (15.00%) Java
3 2 (10.00%) Python
4 1 (5.00%) C++
4 1 (5.00%) Fortran
4 1 (5.00%) MATLAB
4 1 (5.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 4 (20.00%) MCSE
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 10 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) WSUS
2 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.00%) Prometheus
2 1 (5.00%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (30.00%) Google
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle
4 1 (5.00%) Intel