The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 29 July 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
23,216
13,647
35,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
40.62%
41.80%
42.94%
Number of daily rates quoted
16,669
9,755
25,318
10th Percentile
£350
£325
£325
25th Percentile
£413
£413
£400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£518
£500
£480
Median % change year-on-year
+3.53%
+4.17%
+1.05%
75th Percentile
£625
£600
£575
90th Percentile
£700
£688
£650
UK median daily rate
£500
£500
£475
% change year-on-year
-
+5.26%
+2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted
409
243
590
10th Percentile
£16.84
£15.35
£20.31
25th Percentile
£25.00
£22.50
£34.25
Median hourly rate
£42.81
£42.50
£45.00
Median % change year-on-year
+0.73%
-5.56%
+9.76%
75th Percentile
£55.00
£50.00
£51.25
90th Percentile
£64.55
£60.00
£55.00
UK median hourly rate
£42.50
£42.50
£44.96
% change year-on-year
-
-5.47%
+11.01%
SQL Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
SQL Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in England.
SQL Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in England over the 6 months to 29 July 2021.
SQL Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in England.
SQL Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL in England over the 6 months to 29 July 2021.
SQL 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 within the England region over the 6 months to 29 July 2021. 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
For the 6 months to 29 July 2021, IT contractor jobs citing SQL also mentioned the following skills 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 with a requirement for SQL.
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
