SQL Analyst Contracts in England

SQL Analyst
UK > England

The median SQL Analyst daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 452 479 531
Rank change year-on-year +27 +52 +49
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Analyst 36 76 96
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.20% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.22% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 70 75
10th Percentile £355 £363 £319
25th Percentile £406 £463 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +27.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £544 £650 £575
90th Percentile £566 £700 £618
UK median daily rate £469 £575 £450
% change year-on-year -18.48% +27.78% -12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £29.33 - -
25th Percentile £29.71 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.36 - £21.50
75th Percentile £31.00 - £21.75
90th Percentile £31.38 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.36 - £23.75

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 23,029 34,989 44,402
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 92.85% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,126 22,793 31,523
10th Percentile £293 £290 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £633 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,040 2,704 1,331
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.58 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.75 £39.55 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.31% -10.11% +80.18%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.42 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £37.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.07% -14.77% +76.00%

SQL Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured SQL Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Analyst in England

SQL Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Analyst in England

SQL Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Analyst in England over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Analyst in England

SQL Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Analyst in England

SQL Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 22 June 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
London +18 23 £425 -29.17% 28
South East +49 8 £488 +2.63% 8
North of England +8 3 £429 +0.82% 8
Yorkshire +7 3 £429 -8.83% 1
East of England - 2 - -
SQL Analyst
UK

SQL Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 22 June 2025, SQL Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring SQL Analyst in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) SQL
2 16 (44.44%) Finance
2 16 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (38.89%) Data Analysis
5 13 (36.11%) Power BI
5 13 (36.11%) Power Platform
6 12 (33.33%) Python
6 12 (33.33%) Banking
7 10 (27.78%) Analytics
8 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
8 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
9 8 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (22.22%) Data Modelling
10 7 (19.44%) Oracle
10 7 (19.44%) Agile
10 7 (19.44%) Migration
10 7 (19.44%) Visualisation
10 7 (19.44%) AWS
10 7 (19.44%) Tableau
10 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (13.89%) Actionable Insight
11 5 (13.89%) Performance Tuning
11 5 (13.89%) Investment Banking
11 5 (13.89%) Degree
11 5 (13.89%) Reference Data
11 5 (13.89%) Database Tuning
11 5 (13.89%) Hedge funds
11 5 (13.89%) Validation
12 4 (11.11%) Microsoft

SQL Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (2.78%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (36.11%) Power Platform
2 7 (19.44%) AWS
3 4 (11.11%) Azure
4 3 (8.33%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.78%) GCP
5 1 (2.78%) GitHub
5 1 (2.78%) Google Ads
5 1 (2.78%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.78%) Google Data Studio
5 1 (2.78%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (36.11%) Power BI
2 8 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (19.44%) Tableau
4 3 (8.33%) Big Data
5 2 (5.56%) Power Query
5 2 (5.56%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.78%) Apache Hive
6 1 (2.78%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (2.78%) Data Lake
6 1 (2.78%) Data Mining
6 1 (2.78%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (2.78%) GIS
6 1 (2.78%) Impala
6 1 (2.78%) MS Access
6 1 (2.78%) MySQL
6 1 (2.78%) Relational Database
6 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (2.78%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) JIRA
2 2 (5.56%) ERwin
3 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 16 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 16 (44.44%) Finance
2 12 (33.33%) Banking
3 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (13.89%) Investment Banking
5 3 (8.33%) Front Office
5 3 (8.33%) Marketing
6 2 (5.56%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Legal
7 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Retail
7 1 (2.78%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Hedge funds
1 5 (13.89%) Reference Data
2 3 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.78%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.78%) Data Fabric
4 1 (2.78%) Fixed Income
4 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.78%) Market Risk
4 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Linux
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (38.89%) Data Analysis
3 10 (27.78%) Analytics
4 8 (22.22%) Data Modelling
5 7 (19.44%) Agile
5 7 (19.44%) Migration
5 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (19.44%) Visualisation
6 5 (13.89%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (13.89%) Database Tuning
6 5 (13.89%) Performance Tuning
6 5 (13.89%) Validation
7 4 (11.11%) Data Analytics
7 4 (11.11%) Decision-Making
7 4 (11.11%) Test Automation
8 3 (8.33%) Data Visualisation
8 3 (8.33%) SDLC
8 3 (8.33%) Service Delivery
9 2 (5.56%) Asset Management
9 2 (5.56%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 36 (100.00%) SQL
2 12 (33.33%) Python
3 4 (11.11%) R
4 2 (5.56%) PL/SQL
4 2 (5.56%) T-SQL
4 2 (5.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (13.89%) Degree
2 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.78%) HNC
2 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.78%) GDPR
1 1 (2.78%) QA
1 1 (2.78%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (19.44%) Oracle
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.33%) Workday
4 2 (5.56%) Google
4 2 (5.56%) Sparx
5 1 (2.78%) Aderant
5 1 (2.78%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (2.78%) Cognos
5 1 (2.78%) Interwoven
5 1 (2.78%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.78%) Splunk