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 23 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 21 21
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 -1
Contract jobs citing SQL 10 5 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 8.70% 2.99% 6.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.57% 11.63% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 16
10th Percentile £333 £303 -
25th Percentile £413 £363 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £398 £519
Median % change year-on-year +19.35% -23.28% +15.28%
75th Percentile £488 £400 £688
90th Percentile £548 - £694
South West median daily rate £438 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -18.60% +7.50% -

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 35 43 64
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 30.43% 25.75% 24.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 27 40
10th Percentile £313 £228 £359
25th Percentile £413 £398 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -16.67% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £619 £550
90th Percentile £583 £700 £688
South West median daily rate £475 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £57.88 £51.70
25th Percentile - £58.44 £54.74
Median hourly rate - £61.25 £59.80
Median % change year-on-year - +2.42% +20.19%
75th Percentile - £63.44 £60.25
90th Percentile - £63.63 £60.52
South West median hourly rate £68.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% +8.33%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 +3 4 £353 -11.43% 8
Blandford Forum - 4 £575 -
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 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) Confluence
2 1 (10.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Power Automate
1 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (30.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Power BI
2 2 (20.00%) CockroachDB
2 2 (20.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) GitLab
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Developer
1 6 (60.00%) Senior
2 4 (40.00%) Senior Wintel Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Wintel Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Django Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Power Platform Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Python Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Python/Django Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (10.00%) CRM Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Junior
4 1 (10.00%) Junior Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Junior Oracle Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) REST
2 2 (20.00%) AngularJS
2 2 (20.00%) Django
2 2 (20.00%) React
3 1 (10.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) PKI
2 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (10.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
2 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 4 (40.00%) NsoIT
2 4 (40.00%) Service Management
2 4 (40.00%) System Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) Build Automation
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (20.00%) Pair Programming
4 2 (20.00%) SOLID
4 2 (20.00%) TDD
4 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (30.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
1 4 (40.00%) MCSE
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle