SQL (Structured Query Language)
London > East London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in East London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | +4 | -3 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL | 11 | 36 | 25 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in East London | 11.11% | 16.51% | 13.02% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 40.74% | 48.65% | 45.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 34 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £319 | £297 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £403 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £415 | £540 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.12% | +20.00% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £544 | £617 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £750 | £650 |
| London median daily rate | £538 | £575 | £585 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.52% | -1.71% | +0.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £36.00 |
| London median hourly rate | £40.50 | £47.50 | £44.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.74% | +6.69% | +1.76% |
All Programming Languages
East London
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 East London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 27 | 74 | 55 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London | 27.27% | 33.94% | 28.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 69 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £353 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £418 | £442 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £540 | £528 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.85% | +2.37% | +31.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £586 | £625 | £781 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £803 | £950 |
| London median daily rate | £550 | £575 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -4.17% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £36.00 |
| London median hourly rate | £37.81 | £50.50 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.14% | -15.83% | +20.04% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in East London
Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in East London.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in East London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in East London.
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Daily Rate Histogram in East London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in East London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in East London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in East London.
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Contract Job Locations in East London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the East London region over the 6 months to 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets | -4 | 4 | £625 | +15.74% | 1 |
| Docklands, London | +8 | 1 | £500 | -18.37% | |
| SQL London |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East 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: