SQL (Structured Query Language)
East of England > Hertfordshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring SQL skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 35 | 22 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | -13 | +11 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL | 21 | 24 | 57 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire | 4.62% | 3.94% | 7.45% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 12.65% | 16.90% | 24.68% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17 | 16 | 46 |
| 10th Percentile | £440 | £294 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £332 | £486 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £425 | £531 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +29.41% | -20.00% | +11.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £554 | £648 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £625 | £738 |
| East of England median daily rate | £503 | £450 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.67% | -10.00% | +17.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £60.00 | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | - | £57.50 | £20.56 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +179.67% | -41.26% |
All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire
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 Hertfordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 166 | 142 | 231 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire | 36.48% | 23.32% | 30.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 72 | 48 | 105 |
| 10th Percentile | £451 | £325 | £384 |
| 25th Percentile | £495 | £349 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £413 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.33% | -21.43% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £506 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £635 | £625 | £733 |
| East of England median daily rate | £503 | £423 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.93% | -15.50% | -2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 57 | 54 | 87 |
| 10th Percentile | £45.00 | £60.00 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £61.25 | £61.25 | £65.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £70.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.14% | +21.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £73.75 | - | £88.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.50 | £85.00 | £90.00 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £69.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.80% | +21.05% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire
Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SQL.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SQL.
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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watford | +5 | 6 | £550 | +12.19% | 21 |
| Hemel Hempstead | +5 | 4 | £550 | -8.33% | 3 |
| Stevenage | -5 | 3 | £406 | +20.37% | 15 |
| Welwyn Garden City | +1 | 2 | £525 | - | |
| Broxbourne | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Letchworth | - | 1 | £500 | - | 2 |
| SQL East of England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:
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