Senior SQL Developer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow
Senior SQL Developer
Scotland > Glasgow
The median Senior SQL Developer daily rate in Glasgow is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 103 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Senior SQL Developer jobs | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow | 0.16% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.18% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | £500 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Glasgow
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Glasgow matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in Glasgow matching a recognised job title | 1,133 | 729 | 657 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.22% | 93.70% | 89.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 662 | 458 | 450 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £249 | £245 |
| 25th Percentile | £369 | £363 | £357 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £459 | £450 | £442 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.89% | +1.81% | -11.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £552 | £538 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £662 | £625 | £664 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £475 | £452 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.09% | +0.44% | -5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 42 | 23 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £16.84 | £11.78 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.18 | £17.64 | £16.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £24.09 | £19.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +45.29% | +22.97% | +19.02% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.12 | £37.36 | £29.44 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.38 | £57.50 | £43.27 |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £18.79 | £24.62 | £19.30 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.68% | +27.60% | +4.49% |
Senior SQL Developer Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Senior SQL Developer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.
Senior SQL Developer Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior SQL Developer job vacancies in Glasgow.
Senior SQL Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow
For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, Senior SQL Developer contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Senior SQL Developer job ads across the Glasgow region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Data Quality | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | SQL | 100.0% | 2 |
| 4 | AI | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Asset Management | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | AWS | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Azure | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | ChatGPT | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Collibra | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Data Governance | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Data Lineage | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Data Modelling | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Data Security | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Data Warehouse | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Databricks | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | DORA | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | FastAPI | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | GCP | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | GDPR | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Git | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | GitLab | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Informatica | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | JSON | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Metadata | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Metadata Management | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Microsoft Copilot | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Performance Tuning | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Problem-Solving | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | pydantic | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Python | 50.0% | 1 |
Senior SQL Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Python Developer | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Senior SQL Server Developer | 50.0% | 1 |