SQL Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 18 9
Rank change year-on-year +9 -9 +1
Contract jobs citing SQL 2 1 18
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 4.55% 1.85% 18.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.18% 4.00% 45.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £675 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £700 £438
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +60.00% -31.64%
75th Percentile - £725 £625
90th Percentile - - £700
Suffolk median daily rate £500 £700 £413
% change year-on-year -28.57% +69.70% -35.55%

All Programming Languages
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11 25 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 25.00% 46.30% 41.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 25
10th Percentile £334 - £385
25th Percentile £384 £300 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £375 £525
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -28.57% -17.97%
75th Percentile £500 £425 £650
90th Percentile - £450 £700
Suffolk median daily rate £425 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% -29.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich.

SQL job vacancy trend in Ipswich

SQL
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing SQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing SQL

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Hourly Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing SQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing SQL

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Backend Developer
2 1 (50.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (50.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Portal Developer
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Developer
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (50.00%) MediatR
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Development
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) CQRS
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Consul
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft