SQL Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Leeds

SQL Optimisation
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring SQL Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 53 -
Rank change year-on-year -22 - -
Contract jobs citing SQL Optimisation 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.26% 0.70% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.76% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 £263 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £275 -
Median % change year-on-year +136.36% - -
75th Percentile £675 £288 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £625 £275 -
% change year-on-year +127.27% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

SQL Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 691 395 751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 88.14% 92.29% 87.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 256 462
10th Percentile £312 £263 £281
25th Percentile £413 £361 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -6.98%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £588
90th Percentile £638 £644 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £455 £490
% change year-on-year +9.89% -7.14% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 18
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.56
25th Percentile £14.25 £26.25 £12.15
Median hourly rate £14.50 £41.00 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year -64.63% +233.33% -80.32%
75th Percentile £28.75 £96.64 £14.56
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £17.27
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £16.25 £22.14 £13.50
% change year-on-year -26.60% +64.00% -61.49%

SQL Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

SQL Optimisation job vacancy trend in Leeds

SQL Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing SQL Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing SQL Optimisation

SQL Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) DBA
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle DBA
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared DBA
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Specialist
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle