SQL Contracts in Glasgow

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 12 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -4
Contract jobs citing SQL 134 111 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 16.79% 12.66% 11.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.21% 31.44% 29.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 74 67
10th Percentile £300 £367 £395
25th Percentile £388 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £453 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.87% -7.55% +8.89%
75th Percentile £519 £547 £584
90th Percentile £578 £626 £645
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £50.62
25th Percentile - - £54.96
Median hourly rate - - £64.38
75th Percentile - - £67.66
90th Percentile - - £68.31
Scotland median hourly rate - £21.64 £66.56
% change year-on-year - -67.49% +66.43%

All Programming Languages
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 416 353 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 52.13% 40.25% 37.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 225 232
10th Percentile £313 £367 £410
25th Percentile £400 £413 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% -11.36% +14.46%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £675
90th Percentile £581 £691 £750
Scotland median daily rate £470 £484 £493
% change year-on-year -2.79% -1.98% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 6
10th Percentile - £51.88 £51.99
25th Percentile - £52.50 £56.25
Median hourly rate - £57.50 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year - -2.58% +31.17%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £65.06
90th Percentile - - £67.66
Scotland median hourly rate £23.77 £57.50 £59.79
% change year-on-year -58.67% -3.83% +27.21%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Glasgow

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for SQL in Glasgow

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in Glasgow

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 8 (5.97%) Confluence
2 4 (2.99%) SAS
3 1 (0.75%) Apache
3 1 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.75%) IIS
3 1 (0.75%) JBoss
3 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.75%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.75%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.75%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.24%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.75%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.75%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 23 (17.16%) Azure
2 11 (8.21%) AWS
3 9 (6.72%) GitHub
4 7 (5.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 7 (5.22%) IaaS
5 5 (3.73%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.99%) Serverless
6 4 (2.99%) Snowflake
7 3 (2.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (2.24%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (2.24%) OCI
7 3 (2.24%) PaaS
7 3 (2.24%) SaaS
8 2 (1.49%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.49%) GCP
9 1 (0.75%) AWS CodePipeline
9 1 (0.75%) AWS Fargate
9 1 (0.75%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.75%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.99%) Network Security
1 4 (2.99%) VPN
2 2 (1.49%) SAN
2 2 (1.49%) SSL
3 1 (0.75%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.75%) FTP
3 1 (0.75%) HTTP
3 1 (0.75%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.75%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (35.82%) Relational Database
2 40 (29.85%) DB2
3 31 (23.13%) MongoDB
4 13 (9.70%) RDBMS
5 11 (8.21%) Oracle Database
6 6 (4.48%) NoSQL
7 5 (3.73%) Power BI
8 4 (2.99%) SQL Server
9 3 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (2.24%) Oracle Exadata
9 3 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (1.49%) CockroachDB
10 2 (1.49%) Tableau
11 1 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.75%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (29.10%) JUnit
2 18 (13.43%) Git
3 12 (8.96%) JIRA
4 7 (5.22%) Oracle Forms
4 7 (5.22%) Subversion
5 6 (4.48%) Jenkins
5 6 (4.48%) PVCS
6 4 (2.99%) GitLab
6 4 (2.99%) Mockito
7 3 (2.24%) Toad
8 1 (0.75%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.75%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.75%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.75%) Selenium
General
1 52 (38.81%) Social Skills
2 36 (26.87%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (25.37%) Finance
4 21 (15.67%) Front Office
5 17 (12.69%) Banking
6 12 (8.96%) Investment Banking
7 7 (5.22%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.24%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.49%) Back Office
11 1 (0.75%) Legal
11 1 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 82 (61.19%) Developer
2 64 (47.76%) Java Developer
3 21 (15.67%) Linux Developer
4 19 (14.18%) SQL Developer
5 14 (10.45%) Analyst
6 11 (8.21%) Python Engineer
7 10 (7.46%) Senior
8 9 (6.72%) Oracle Developer
9 8 (5.97%) Linux Scripter
10 7 (5.22%) Core Java Developer
10 7 (5.22%) Data Engineer
10 7 (5.22%) Investment Banking Java Developer
10 7 (5.22%) Sybase Developer
11 6 (4.48%) Azure Data Engineer
11 6 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
12 5 (3.73%) Architect
12 5 (3.73%) Senior Developer
13 4 (2.99%) Linux Engineer
13 4 (2.99%) Software Engineer
13 4 (2.99%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (37.31%) Spring
2 35 (26.12%) Kafka
3 25 (18.66%) JMS
4 13 (9.70%) Spring Boot
5 9 (6.72%) REST
6 8 (5.97%) Java EE
7 5 (3.73%) PySpark
8 4 (2.99%) React
8 4 (2.99%) SOAP
9 3 (2.24%) AngularJS
9 3 (2.24%) Hibernate
9 3 (2.24%) J2EE
9 3 (2.24%) Middleware
9 3 (2.24%) Spring Cloud
10 2 (1.49%) Django
10 2 (1.49%) Laravel
10 2 (1.49%) MSMQ
10 2 (1.49%) RESTful
10 2 (1.49%) Symfony
10 2 (1.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (30.60%) Data Structures
2 20 (14.93%) Equities
3 16 (11.94%) Algorithms
4 13 (9.70%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (5.22%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (4.48%) Equity Derivative
6 6 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (4.48%) Product Ownership
6 6 (4.48%) Virtual Team
7 5 (3.73%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.99%) Mainframe
9 3 (2.24%) Clustering
9 3 (2.24%) Credit Risk
9 3 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (2.24%) Derivative
9 3 (2.24%) Replication
10 2 (1.49%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.49%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.75%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 77 (57.46%) Linux
2 25 (18.66%) Unix
3 9 (6.72%) Windows
4 4 (2.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.24%) AIX
5 3 (2.24%) Solaris
6 2 (1.49%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.75%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.75%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.75%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (47.01%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (43.28%) Agile
3 40 (29.85%) Multithreading
4 38 (28.36%) SDLC
5 35 (26.12%) Software Engineering
6 24 (17.91%) Open Source
7 23 (17.16%) Performance Tuning
8 22 (16.42%) Concurrent Programming
9 20 (14.93%) Database Tuning
10 17 (12.69%) ETL
11 15 (11.19%) CI/CD
12 14 (10.45%) Data Modelling
12 14 (10.45%) DevOps
13 13 (9.70%) Test Automation
14 12 (8.96%) Data Analysis
14 12 (8.96%) Microservices
15 11 (8.21%) Computer Science
15 11 (8.21%) Design Patterns
16 9 (6.72%) Event-Driven
17 8 (5.97%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 77 (57.46%) Java
2 56 (41.79%) Python
3 25 (18.66%) Shell Script
4 19 (14.18%) PL/SQL
5 6 (4.48%) C
5 6 (4.48%) Perl
5 6 (4.48%) ProC
6 5 (3.73%) Erlang
6 5 (3.73%) Prolog
7 3 (2.24%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.24%) VBA
8 2 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.49%) PHP
9 1 (0.75%) C#
9 1 (0.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (4.48%) Degree
2 3 (2.24%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (1.49%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (0.75%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (0.75%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.75%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.97%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (2.24%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.49%) GDPR
4 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.75%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.75%) QA
4 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (4.48%) Docker
2 5 (3.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.24%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (1.49%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.49%) GPFS
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.75%) NFS
Systems Management
1 6 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.24%) Data Guard
2 3 (2.24%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Clustering
2 3 (2.24%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (2.24%) Oracle Flashback
3 2 (1.49%) Veritas Storage Foundation
4 1 (0.75%) SCCM
4 1 (0.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (25.37%) Sybase
2 23 (17.16%) Oracle
3 10 (7.46%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.73%) IBM
4 5 (3.73%) VMware
5 4 (2.99%) Alteryx
6 3 (2.24%) Databricks
6 3 (2.24%) Dell
6 3 (2.24%) DocuSign
6 3 (2.24%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.24%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.24%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.49%) Brocade
7 2 (1.49%) EMC
7 2 (1.49%) Google
7 2 (1.49%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.49%) NetApp
7 2 (1.49%) Veritas
8 1 (0.75%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.75%) Okta