SQL Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

SQL (Structured Query Language)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing SQL 27 17 12
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 12.39% 11.97% 11.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 67.50% 62.96% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 8
10th Percentile - £374 £321
25th Percentile £313 £406 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £463 £388
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% +19.35% -13.89%
75th Percentile £638 £550 £400
90th Percentile £700 £625 £468
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £410 £400
% change year-on-year +9.76% +2.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £14.31 -
25th Percentile £26.85 £15.01 -
Median hourly rate £28.20 £16.42 -
Median % change year-on-year +71.71% - -
75th Percentile £29.54 £18.09 -
90th Percentile - £18.93 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £45.00 £16.42 -
% change year-on-year +174.06% - -

All Programming Languages
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 40 27 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 18.35% 19.01% 22.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 19 18
10th Percentile £298 £380 £308
25th Percentile £313 £425 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% +15.63% -11.11%
75th Percentile £581 £509 £518
90th Percentile £655 £565 £530
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.94% -10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £14.10 £14.31 -
25th Percentile £15.38 £15.01 -
Median hourly rate £17.50 £16.42 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.58% - -
75th Percentile £23.52 £18.09 -
90th Percentile £27.13 £18.93 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £28.20 £16.42 £22.50
% change year-on-year +71.71% -27.02% -57.55%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

SQL
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing SQL

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in Leicestershire

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing SQL

SQL
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 15 October 2026. 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
Leicester -1 22 £525 -4.55% 11
Loughborough - 1 £363 - 2
SQL
East Midlands

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.70%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (59.26%) Azure
2 9 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 4 (14.81%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (33.33%) Power BI
2 6 (22.22%) SQL Server
3 5 (18.52%) Data Lake
4 4 (14.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (14.81%) Power Query
5 1 (3.70%) MongoDB
5 1 (3.70%) MySQL
5 1 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle APEX
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Finance
3 4 (14.81%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Manufacturing
4 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Senior
2 12 (44.44%) Developer
3 11 (40.74%) Senior Developer
4 10 (37.04%) Senior SQL Developer
4 10 (37.04%) SQL Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Accountant
5 4 (14.81%) Systems Accountant
6 2 (7.41%) Data Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Data Scientist
6 2 (7.41%) Oracle Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Oracle Forms Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Project Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Data Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) Consultant
7 1 (3.70%) Data Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) Databricks Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) DBA
7 1 (3.70%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Senior Oracle Forms Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Data Structures
1 1 (3.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (37.04%) Validation
3 7 (25.93%) ERP
4 6 (22.22%) AI
4 6 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 6 (22.22%) Process Improvement
5 5 (18.52%) Data Modelling
5 5 (18.52%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (14.81%) Data Engineering
6 4 (14.81%) Data Management
6 4 (14.81%) Data Migration
6 4 (14.81%) Data Science
6 4 (14.81%) Data Validation
6 4 (14.81%) ETL
6 4 (14.81%) Lakehouse
6 4 (14.81%) Logistics
6 4 (14.81%) Migration
6 4 (14.81%) Wealth Management
7 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) Python
2 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.41%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.70%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) ACCA
1 4 (14.81%) CIMA
2 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (51.85%) Databricks
2 7 (25.93%) Oracle
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.11%) SAP
4 1 (3.70%) NetApp