SPARQL Contract Job Trends in London

SPARQL
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring SPARQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 349 -
Rank change year-on-year -38 - -
Contract jobs citing SPARQL 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% 0.015% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.018% 0.038% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £461 -
25th Percentile £463 £478 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £512 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -
75th Percentile £488 £553 -
90th Percentile - £574 -
England median daily rate £475 £456 -
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -

All Programming Languages
London

SPARQL 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,445 5,230 6,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.30% 38.86% 34.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,659 3,437 4,908
10th Percentile £363 £373 £385
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £512 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -2.66% -4.45% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 37 67
10th Percentile £22.18 £35.00 £26.62
25th Percentile £36.00 £38.50 £38.46
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +3.96% -12.17%
75th Percentile £66.80 £65.00 £62.13
90th Percentile £83.13 £97.50 £72.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%

SPARQL
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

SPARQL job vacancy trend in London

SPARQL
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SPARQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SPARQL

SPARQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) Luigi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Neo4j
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Informatics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) RDF
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality