SQL Developer Contracts in London

The median contractor rate for a SQL Developer was £475 per day in advertised job vacancies in London during the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

SQL Developer England / London
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	149	164	86
Rank change year-on-year	+15	-78
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Developer	347	336	598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	1.67%	1.55%	2.60%
As % of the Job Titles category	1.76%	1.62%	2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted	276	252	501
Median daily rate	£475	£434	£433
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+9.51%	+0.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£360	£300	£300
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£625	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£363	£338	£325
% change year-on-year	+7.48%	+3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	2
Median hourly rate	-	-	£80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	-	£35.00	£33.00
% change year-on-year	-	+6.06%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract IT Job Roles London
Contract job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	19705	20681	21805
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London	94.90%	95.27%	94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted	14038	15005	15229
Median daily rate	£500	£465	£440
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+7.52%	+5.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£315	£300	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£650	£625	£601
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£400	£370
% change year-on-year	-	+8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted	250	228	364
Median hourly rate	£21.00	£17.50	£19.61
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+20.00%	-10.74%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.80	£11.50	£11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.83	£42.57	£52.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£17.50	£16.14
% change year-on-year	-	+8.42%

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in London that featured SQL Developer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Developer in London

SQL Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing SQL Developer in London.

Contractor daily rate trend for SQL Developer in London

SQL Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in London

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing SQL Developer in London over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for SQL Developer in London

SQL Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Developer in London.

Contractor hourly rate trend for SQL Developer in London

SQL Developer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
City of London	-13	64	£444	+4.41%	22
Heathrow	+2	7	£370	+9.62%
Kingston Upon Thames	-	6	£363	-
Bromley	-	3	£520	-
Canary Wharf	-1	1	£650	+44.44%
Docklands, London	-2	1	£471	+60.85%
Mayfair	-	1	£800	-
SQL Developer England

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, SQL Developer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the London region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1	637 (91.65%)	SQL
2	374 (53.81%)	SQL Server
3	278 (40.00%)	Finance
4	272 (39.14%)	C#
5	214 (30.79%)	.NET
6	213 (30.65%)	Agile Software Development
7	195 (28.06%)	SQL Server Integration Services
8	172 (24.75%)	Banking
9	159 (22.88%)	T-SQL
10	153 (22.01%)	Business Intelligence
11	145 (20.86%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
12	137 (19.71%)	Oracle
13	128 (18.42%)	Microsoft
14	122 (17.55%)	Java
15	119 (17.12%)	Data Warehouse

16	118 (16.98%)	ETL
17	95 (13.67%)	JavaScript
18	90 (12.95%)	ASP.NET
18	90 (12.95%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
19	89 (12.81%)	PL/SQL
20	83 (11.94%)	Front Office
21	82 (11.80%)	MVC
22	74 (10.65%)	SQL Server 2012
23	68 (9.78%)	Asset Management
24	67 (9.64%)	Fixed Income
25	66 (9.50%)	TDD
26	65 (9.35%)	Investment Banking
26	65 (9.35%)	HTML
27	64 (9.21%)	SQL Server 2008
27	64 (9.21%)	SDLC

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	11 (1.58%)	Oracle Workflow
2	9 (1.29%)	JBoss
3	8 (1.15%)	Elasticsearch
3	8 (1.15%)	SAS
3	8 (1.15%)	SharePoint
4	7 (1.01%)	WildFly
5	6 (0.86%)	Apache Spark
5	6 (0.86%)	IIS
6	5 (0.72%)	CMS
7	4 (0.58%)	Cloud Foundry
7	4 (0.58%)	Tomcat
7	4 (0.58%)	Tuxedo
7	4 (0.58%)	WebLogic
8	3 (0.43%)	Apache
8	3 (0.43%)	Confluence
8	3 (0.43%)	EPiServer
8	3 (0.43%)	Oracle SOA Suite
9	2 (0.29%)	GeoServer
9	2 (0.29%)	MQSeries
9	2 (0.29%)	WebSphere

Applications
1	51 (7.34%)	Microsoft Excel
2	11 (1.58%)	Microsoft Office
3	1 (0.14%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
3	1 (0.14%)	S-PLUS
3	1 (0.14%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	8 (1.15%)	Dynamics CRM
2	6 (0.86%)	ION MarketView
3	5 (0.72%)	Dynamics NAV
3	5 (0.72%)	Oracle EBS
3	5 (0.72%)	SAP Oil and Gas
4	4 (0.58%)	Oracle Applications
4	4 (0.58%)	Oracle iStore
4	4 (0.58%)	Salesforce.com CRM
4	4 (0.58%)	Temenos T24
5	3 (0.43%)	Cognos TM1
5	3 (0.43%)	FINCAD Analytics
5	3 (0.43%)	Oracle Utilities
6	2 (0.29%)	Dynamics AX
6	2 (0.29%)	Markit EDM
6	2 (0.29%)	Oracle CRM
6	2 (0.29%)	Workday HCM
7	1 (0.14%)	Cognos Business Intelligence
7	1 (0.14%)	Eagle PACE
7	1 (0.14%)	Loan IQ
7	1 (0.14%)	RMDS

Cloud Services
1	28 (4.03%)	Microsoft Azure
2	22 (3.17%)	Amazon AWS
3	4 (0.58%)	Cloud Computing
4	2 (0.29%)	Amazon EC2
4	2 (0.29%)	AWS Lambda
4	2 (0.29%)	Azure Machine Learning
4	2 (0.29%)	GitHub
4	2 (0.29%)	iTunes
4	2 (0.29%)	SaaS
5	1 (0.14%)	Amazon ElastiCache
5	1 (0.14%)	Amazon S3
5	1 (0.14%)	Amazon SQS
5	1 (0.14%)	AWS Data Pipeline
5	1 (0.14%)	IaaS
5	1 (0.14%)	PaaS
5	1 (0.14%)	Route 53
5	1 (0.14%)	Trello

Communications & Networking
1	3 (0.43%)	IP Telephony
1	3 (0.43%)	Skype
2	2 (0.29%)	HTTP
2	2 (0.29%)	Intranet
3	1 (0.14%)	DHCP
3	1 (0.14%)	DNS
3	1 (0.14%)	Internet
3	1 (0.14%)	SMTP
3	1 (0.14%)	SSH
3	1 (0.14%)	SSL

Database & Business Intelligence
1	374 (53.81%)	SQL Server
2	195 (28.06%)	SQL Server Integration Services
3	145 (20.86%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
4	119 (17.12%)	Data Warehouse
5	90 (12.95%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
6	74 (10.65%)	SQL Server 2012
7	64 (9.21%)	SQL Server 2008
8	41 (5.90%)	Oracle Database
9	28 (4.03%)	Relational Database
10	27 (3.88%)	Power BI
11	26 (3.74%)	OLAP
12	25 (3.60%)	SQL Server 2016
13	23 (3.31%)	QlikView
13	23 (3.31%)	SQL Server 2014
14	20 (2.88%)	PostgreSQL
15	17 (2.45%)	Big Data
15	17 (2.45%)	Oracle Database 12c
16	16 (2.30%)	Oracle Database 11g
17	13 (1.87%)	MongoDB
18	12 (1.73%)	SQL Server 2005

Development Applications
1	33 (4.75%)	Git (software)
2	31 (4.46%)	JIRA
3	29 (4.17%)	Team Foundation Server
4	28 (4.03%)	Visual Studio
5	25 (3.60%)	Subversion
6	16 (2.30%)	TeamCity
7	13 (1.87%)	IntelliJ
8	12 (1.73%)	Selenium
9	10 (1.44%)	Jenkins
9	10 (1.44%)	Moq
9	10 (1.44%)	MSTest
9	10 (1.44%)	NUnit
9	10 (1.44%)	Toad
10	9 (1.29%)	JIRA Agile
10	9 (1.29%)	Maven
10	9 (1.29%)	VSS/SourceSafe
11	8 (1.15%)	Octopus Deploy
12	6 (0.86%)	JDeveloper
13	5 (0.72%)	SpecFlow
13	5 (0.72%)	Visual Studio Tools for Office

General
1	278 (40.00%)	Finance
2	172 (24.75%)	Banking
3	83 (11.94%)	Front Office
4	65 (9.35%)	Investment Banking
5	28 (4.03%)	Retail
6	19 (2.73%)	Financial Institution
7	15 (2.16%)	Back Office
8	13 (1.87%)	Telecoms
9	10 (1.44%)	Marketing
10	8 (1.15%)	Legal
11	6 (0.86%)	Private Banking
12	5 (0.72%)	Electronics
12	5 (0.72%)	Manufacturing
12	5 (0.72%)	Music Industry
12	5 (0.72%)	Retail Banking
13	4 (0.58%)	Law
14	3 (0.43%)	Games
14	3 (0.43%)	General Ledger
14	3 (0.43%)	Publishing
15	2 (0.29%)	Advertising

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	214 (30.79%)	.NET
2	90 (12.95%)	ASP.NET
3	65 (9.35%)	HTML
4	63 (9.06%)	AngularJS
5	48 (6.91%)	ASP.NET MVC
5	48 (6.91%)	CSS
6	46 (6.62%)	jQuery
7	44 (6.33%)	WCF
8	37 (5.32%)	Entity Framework
9	36 (5.18%)	.NET Framework
10	33 (4.75%)	WPF
11	31 (4.46%)	Web Services
11	31 (4.46%)	XML
12	27 (3.88%)	Spring
13	26 (3.74%)	HTML5
14	23 (3.31%)	ASP.NET Web API
14	23 (3.31%)	JSON
15	22 (3.17%)	MDX
16	19 (2.73%)	STL
17	18 (2.59%)	ASP.NET MVC 4

Miscellaneous
1	67 (9.64%)	Fixed Income
2	51 (7.34%)	Analytical Skills
3	41 (5.90%)	Derivative
3	41 (5.90%)	Greenfield Project
4	39 (5.61%)	Computer Science
5	34 (4.89%)	Data Structures
6	27 (3.88%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
7	20 (2.88%)	Equities
7	20 (2.88%)	Fintech
7	20 (2.88%)	Hedge funds
8	10 (1.44%)	Enterprise Software
8	10 (1.44%)	Market Risk
9	8 (1.15%)	Algorithms
10	6 (0.86%)	FMCG
10	6 (0.86%)	Linux Command Line
10	6 (0.86%)	OTC Derivatives
10	6 (0.86%)	TWAP
10	6 (0.86%)	VWAP
11	5 (0.72%)	NHS
12	4 (0.58%)	Management Information System

Operating Systems
1	57 (8.20%)	Linux
2	55 (7.91%)	Unix
3	40 (5.76%)	Windows
4	5 (0.72%)	Android
5	3 (0.43%)	Apple iOS
6	2 (0.29%)	Solaris
6	2 (0.29%)	Windows Server
7	1 (0.14%)	Mac OS
7	1 (0.14%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	1 (0.14%)	Windows Server 2012

Processes & Methodologies
1	213 (30.65%)	Agile Software Development
2	153 (22.01%)	Business Intelligence
3	118 (16.98%)	ETL
4	82 (11.80%)	MVC
5	68 (9.78%)	Asset Management
6	66 (9.50%)	TDD
7	64 (9.21%)	SDLC
8	51 (7.34%)	Performance Tuning
9	50 (7.19%)	Data Modelling
10	47 (6.76%)	Scrum
11	41 (5.90%)	Multithreading
12	39 (5.61%)	Analytics
12	39 (5.61%)	Migration
13	36 (5.18%)	Test Automation
14	34 (4.89%)	Continuous Integration
14	34 (4.89%)	Investment Management
15	32 (4.60%)	DevOps
15	32 (4.60%)	OO
15	32 (4.60%)	Software Engineering
15	32 (4.60%)	Unit Testing

Programming Languages
1	637 (91.65%)	SQL
2	272 (39.14%)	C#
3	159 (22.88%)	T-SQL
4	122 (17.55%)	Java
5	95 (13.67%)	JavaScript
6	89 (12.81%)	PL/SQL
7	52 (7.48%)	C++
8	46 (6.62%)	Python
9	39 (5.61%)	VBA
10	26 (3.74%)	C
11	25 (3.60%)	Shell Script
12	24 (3.45%)	Perl
13	20 (2.88%)	PowerShell
14	10 (1.44%)	VB
15	9 (1.29%)	TypeScript
16	8 (1.15%)	R
17	7 (1.01%)	Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
17	7 (1.01%)	PHP
17	7 (1.01%)	VB.NET
18	4 (0.58%)	MATLAB

Qualifications
1	35 (5.04%)	Degree
2	20 (2.88%)	Computer Science Degree
3	16 (2.30%)	Microsoft Certification
4	14 (2.01%)	SC Cleared
4	14 (2.01%)	Security Cleared
5	11 (1.58%)	MCITP
6	7 (1.01%)	CFA
7	6 (0.86%)	MCSE
8	5 (0.72%)	Master's Degree
8	5 (0.72%)	MCTS
9	3 (0.43%)	Numerate Degree
10	2 (0.29%)	AWS Certification
10	2 (0.29%)	Postgraduate
11	1 (0.14%)	IBM Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	18 (2.59%)	QA
2	12 (1.73%)	Data Quality
3	11 (1.58%)	MiFID
4	8 (1.15%)	EMIR
5	5 (0.72%)	SLA
6	2 (0.29%)	Dodd-Frank
6	2 (0.29%)	IFRS
7	1 (0.14%)	HL7
7	1 (0.14%)	IFRS 9
7	1 (0.14%)	ISO/IEC 27001
7	1 (0.14%)	PCI DSS
7	1 (0.14%)	Solvency II

System Software
1	1 (0.14%)	Active Directory
1	1 (0.14%)	Docker
1	1 (0.14%)	HDFS
1	1 (0.14%)	Hyper-V
1	1 (0.14%)	NFS
1	1 (0.14%)	Platform Symphony

Systems Management
1	9 (1.29%)	Control-M
2	3 (0.43%)	Oracle RMAN
3	2 (0.29%)	Ansible
4	1 (0.14%)	Opscode Chef
4	1 (0.14%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
4	1 (0.14%)	Puppet

Vendors
1	137 (19.71%)	Oracle
2	128 (18.42%)	Microsoft
3	22 (3.17%)	Tableau
4	18 (2.59%)	Bloomberg
4	18 (2.59%)	Sybase
5	12 (1.73%)	RedGate
6	11 (1.58%)	SAP
6	11 (1.58%)	TIBCO
7	8 (1.15%)	Cognos
7	8 (1.15%)	Perforce
7	8 (1.15%)	Teradata
8	7 (1.01%)	Ab Initio
8	7 (1.01%)	IBM
9	6 (0.86%)	ION Trading
9	6 (0.86%)	MicroStrategy
9	6 (0.86%)	Netezza
9	6 (0.86%)	Salesforce.com
9	6 (0.86%)	Tradeweb
10	5 (0.72%)	Microgen
10	5 (0.72%)	Vertica