SQL (Structured Query Language)
Leicestershire > Leicester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicester 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 | 16 | 6 | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -10 | 0 | +1 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester | 3.90% | 13.27% | 22.32% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 27.27% | 35.71% | 40.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 13 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £292 | £212 |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | £363 | £319 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £388 | £375 | £413 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -9.09% | +26.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £394 | £563 | £450 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £671 | £470 |
| Leicestershire median daily rate | £380 | £400 | £413 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -3.03% | +25.95% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £27.50 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -54.17% | +242.86% |
| Leicestershire median hourly rate | £19.00 | £27.50 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.91% | -54.17% | +242.86% |
All Programming Languages
Leicester
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 Leicester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 11 | 42 | 61 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester | 14.29% | 37.17% | 54.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 33 | 56 |
| 10th Percentile | £378 | £311 | £301 |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £363 | £325 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £463 | £419 | £415 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.38% | +0.96% | +8.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £600 | £438 |
| 90th Percentile | £507 | £625 | £475 |
| Leicestershire median daily rate | £463 | £419 | £414 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.38% | +1.27% | +6.77% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £60.63 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £22.50 | £61.56 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £25.00 | £63.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -60.78% | +41.66% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £28.13 | £66.56 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £28.50 | £67.88 |
| Leicestershire median hourly rate | £19.00 | £25.00 | £63.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -24.00% | -60.78% | +41.66% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester
Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicester.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in Leicester.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in Leicester.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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: