SQL Contracts in London

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 0
Contract jobs citing SQL 1,940 2,406 3,480
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 14.60% 13.67% 13.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.09% 35.24% 34.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,389 1,862 2,563
10th Percentile £365 £363 £400
25th Percentile £425 £455 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% -1.74% -2.54%
75th Percentile £690 £688 £700
90th Percentile £800 £788 £800
England median daily rate £500 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -6.98% -0.46% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 17 22
10th Percentile £26.04 £25.99 £24.04
25th Percentile £29.62 £40.75 £35.44
Median hourly rate £43.16 £45.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% -30.77% +39.04%
75th Percentile £57.50 £51.75 £81.88
90th Percentile £65.63 £52.55 £90.00
England median hourly rate £43.16 £42.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.55% -15.00% +42.86%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,230 6,828 10,215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.36% 38.81% 39.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,669 5,174 7,684
10th Percentile £370 £375 £406
25th Percentile £431 £460 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £700 £700 £738
90th Percentile £825 £850 £835
England median daily rate £520 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -3.70% -1.82% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 50 81
10th Percentile £27.18 £23.80 £25.75
25th Percentile £33.25 £34.82 £50.00
Median hourly rate £42.82 £49.75 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.94% -21.03% +24.44%
75th Percentile £59.00 £62.23 £75.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £72.75 £86.56
England median hourly rate £56.38 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -13.27% +4.00% +17.37%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in London

SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in London.

Daily rate trend for SQL in London

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in London over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in London

SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in London.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in London

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL in London over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SQL in London

SQL
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 6 July 2025. 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
Central London 0 314 £550 -4.35% 1,018
West London -2 24 £500 +8.70% 110
South London +3 21 £675 +40.99% 35
East London -1 15 £415 -19.39% 57
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 92 (4.74%) Apache Spark
2 91 (4.69%) Apache Airflow
3 68 (3.51%) Apache
4 46 (2.37%) Confluence
5 29 (1.49%) SharePoint
6 18 (0.93%) SAS
7 17 (0.88%) IIS
8 14 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
9 12 (0.62%) Oracle Coherence
10 11 (0.57%) MQSeries
11 9 (0.46%) WebLogic
12 8 (0.41%) GemFire
12 8 (0.41%) Jupyter
13 7 (0.36%) JBoss
14 6 (0.31%) Oracle Self-Service HR
14 6 (0.31%) Tomcat
14 6 (0.31%) WebSphere
15 5 (0.26%) Appian
15 5 (0.26%) ArcGIS
15 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 165 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (0.82%) MS Visio
4 15 (0.77%) Oracle Smart View
5 9 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.052%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.052%) FileZilla
8 1 (0.052%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.052%) Revit
8 1 (0.052%) SPSS
8 1 (0.052%) Stata
Business Applications
1 51 (2.63%) Aladdin
2 41 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 39 (2.01%) Oracle EBS
4 35 (1.80%) Oracle Payables
5 30 (1.55%) Oracle Assets
5 30 (1.55%) Oracle General Ledger
6 28 (1.44%) Endur
7 22 (1.13%) Oracle BPM
8 21 (1.08%) Oracle EBS R12
9 19 (0.98%) thinkFolio
10 16 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
11 15 (0.77%) FLEXCUBE
12 14 (0.72%) Oracle E-Business Tax
12 14 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
13 12 (0.62%) Oracle Cash Management
14 8 (0.41%) OpenText MBPM
15 7 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
16 6 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
17 5 (0.26%) NEC Housing
17 5 (0.26%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 540 (27.84%) Azure
2 390 (20.10%) AWS
3 345 (17.78%) Power Platform
4 127 (6.55%) Snowflake
5 125 (6.44%) GCP
6 113 (5.82%) Azure DevOps
7 107 (5.52%) dbt
8 96 (4.95%) Azure Data Factory
9 85 (4.38%) GitHub
10 83 (4.28%) Serverless
11 71 (3.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 53 (2.73%) Amazon S3
13 50 (2.58%) PowerApps
14 47 (2.42%) SaaS
15 43 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
16 42 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
17 41 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
18 38 (1.96%) Power Automate
19 29 (1.49%) Azure Functions
19 29 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (0.98%) Firewall
2 15 (0.77%) Internet
3 13 (0.67%) HTTP
3 13 (0.67%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.52%) DNS
5 9 (0.46%) Network Security
6 7 (0.36%) SSH
6 7 (0.36%) VPN
7 5 (0.26%) DHCP
7 5 (0.26%) WAN
8 4 (0.21%) LAN
8 4 (0.21%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.21%) Skype
8 4 (0.21%) SNMP
8 4 (0.21%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.15%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.15%) Telnet
9 3 (0.15%) VoIP
10 2 (0.10%) SAN
10 2 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 309 (15.93%) Power BI
2 228 (11.75%) SQL Server
3 214 (11.03%) Data Warehouse
4 150 (7.73%) Tableau
5 136 (7.01%) Relational Database
6 123 (6.34%) NoSQL
7 114 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
8 90 (4.64%) Data Lake
9 79 (4.07%) Oracle Database
10 73 (3.76%) Azure SQL Database
11 71 (3.66%) Big Data
12 66 (3.40%) BigQuery
12 66 (3.40%) MongoDB
13 62 (3.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 53 (2.73%) Metadata
15 46 (2.37%) Oracle Reports
15 46 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 42 (2.16%) Amazon Athena
17 40 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
18 38 (1.96%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 136 (7.01%) JIRA
2 132 (6.80%) Git
3 85 (4.38%) Jenkins
4 49 (2.53%) JUnit
5 37 (1.91%) GitLab
6 21 (1.08%) Maven
6 21 (1.08%) Mockito
7 20 (1.03%) ERwin
8 17 (0.88%) Gradle
9 16 (0.82%) Selenium
10 14 (0.72%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
11 13 (0.67%) SonarQube
12 12 (0.62%) Cucumber
13 11 (0.57%) ER Studio
13 11 (0.57%) JMeter
13 11 (0.57%) Liquibase
13 11 (0.57%) Toad
14 10 (0.52%) Ant
14 10 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 761 (39.23%) Finance
2 631 (32.53%) Social Skills
3 403 (20.77%) Analytical Skills
4 361 (18.61%) Banking
5 166 (8.56%) Front Office
5 166 (8.56%) Investment Banking
6 126 (6.49%) Public Sector
7 67 (3.45%) Marketing
8 44 (2.27%) Financial Institution
8 44 (2.27%) Retail
9 39 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
10 38 (1.96%) Back Office
11 37 (1.91%) Telecoms
12 36 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 33 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (1.65%) General Ledger
15 28 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
16 24 (1.24%) Manufacturing
17 21 (1.08%) Legal
18 20 (1.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 592 (30.52%) Developer
2 413 (21.29%) Analyst
3 289 (14.90%) Senior
4 248 (12.78%) Data Engineer
5 177 (9.12%) Business Analyst
6 170 (8.76%) Data Analyst
7 112 (5.77%) Architect
8 105 (5.41%) Senior Developer
9 102 (5.26%) Java Developer
10 92 (4.74%) Consultant
11 90 (4.64%) Lead
12 89 (4.59%) C# Developer
13 77 (3.97%) .NET Developer
14 73 (3.76%) Python Developer
15 62 (3.20%) Data Architect
16 58 (2.99%) Senior Data Engineer
17 57 (2.94%) SQL Developer
18 56 (2.89%) Azure Engineer
18 56 (2.89%) C# .NET Developer
19 51 (2.63%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 234 (12.06%) .NET
2 133 (6.86%) Kafka
3 94 (4.85%) React
4 91 (4.69%) .NET Framework
4 91 (4.69%) Spring
5 89 (4.59%) PySpark
6 79 (4.07%) HTML
6 79 (4.07%) XML
7 69 (3.56%) Spring Boot
8 66 (3.40%) AngularJS
8 66 (3.40%) REST
9 65 (3.35%) CSS
10 59 (3.04%) JSON
11 56 (2.89%) RESTful
12 50 (2.58%) Web Services
13 46 (2.37%) WPF
14 43 (2.22%) .NET Core
15 40 (2.06%) Node.js
15 40 (2.06%) SOAP
16 33 (1.70%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 117 (6.03%) Derivative
2 94 (4.85%) Fixed Income
3 81 (4.18%) Data Structures
3 81 (4.18%) Hedge funds
4 68 (3.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 60 (3.09%) Equities
6 55 (2.84%) Product Ownership
7 53 (2.73%) Algorithms
8 50 (2.58%) Onboarding
9 46 (2.37%) Market Risk
10 42 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
11 36 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
12 35 (1.80%) Cloud Native
13 34 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
13 34 (1.75%) Management Information System
14 33 (1.70%) Reference Data
15 32 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
16 29 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
17 24 (1.24%) Credit Risk
18 22 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 134 (6.91%) Linux
2 126 (6.49%) Windows
3 84 (4.33%) Unix
4 30 (1.55%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.41%) Android
7 7 (0.36%) VMS
7 7 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.21%) AIX
9 4 (0.21%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.10%) CentOS
10 2 (0.10%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.10%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.10%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.052%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.052%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.052%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 572 (29.48%) Agile
2 436 (22.47%) Problem-Solving
3 412 (21.24%) Business Intelligence
4 391 (20.15%) Analytics
5 361 (18.61%) Data Modelling
6 330 (17.01%) DevOps
7 299 (15.41%) ETL
8 297 (15.31%) CI/CD
9 266 (13.71%) Data Analysis
10 221 (11.39%) Visualisation
11 207 (10.67%) Data Pipeline
12 181 (9.33%) Migration
13 165 (8.51%) Data Engineering
14 151 (7.78%) Data Governance
15 150 (7.73%) Computer Science
15 150 (7.73%) Microservices
16 147 (7.58%) Data Science
17 142 (7.32%) Decision-Making
18 141 (7.27%) Software Engineering
19 140 (7.22%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 787 (40.57%) Python
2 316 (16.29%) Java
3 288 (14.85%) C#
4 170 (8.76%) PL/SQL
5 169 (8.71%) JavaScript
6 95 (4.90%) TypeScript
7 71 (3.66%) VBA
8 69 (3.56%) PowerShell
9 68 (3.51%) R
9 68 (3.51%) T-SQL
10 52 (2.68%) Shell Script
11 50 (2.58%) Scala
12 45 (2.32%) C++
13 39 (2.01%) VB
14 36 (1.86%) Bash
15 32 (1.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 22 (1.13%) Go
16 22 (1.13%) RPG
17 21 (1.08%) VB.NET
18 16 (0.82%) Perl
Qualifications
1 208 (10.72%) Degree
2 192 (9.90%) Security Cleared
3 166 (8.56%) SC Cleared
4 66 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (1.44%) Master's Degree
6 17 (0.88%) PhD
7 16 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (0.77%) Azure Certification
9 14 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
11 8 (0.41%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
12 7 (0.36%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.31%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.26%) CBAP
14 5 (0.26%) MCPD
14 5 (0.26%) MCSD
14 5 (0.26%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (8.51%) Data Quality
2 100 (5.15%) QA
3 42 (2.16%) GDPR
4 41 (2.11%) Accessibility
5 29 (1.49%) MiFID
6 24 (1.24%) EMIR
7 19 (0.98%) SLA
8 14 (0.72%) Basel II
9 13 (0.67%) Basel III
9 13 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
12 6 (0.31%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.26%) HL7
14 4 (0.21%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.21%) IFRS
14 4 (0.21%) NIST
14 4 (0.21%) SEPA
14 4 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 125 (6.44%) Docker
2 37 (1.91%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.41%) GridGain
6 6 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
7 5 (0.26%) iptables
8 4 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.21%) Platform Symphony
8 4 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.15%) FreeRADIUS
9 3 (0.15%) KVM
9 3 (0.15%) vSphere
9 3 (0.15%) XenApp
10 2 (0.10%) GPFS
10 2 (0.10%) NFS
10 2 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.10%) zsh
11 1 (0.052%) Postfix
11 1 (0.052%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 128 (6.60%) Kubernetes
2 122 (6.29%) Terraform
3 36 (1.86%) Ansible
4 28 (1.44%) Grafana
5 18 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.52%) Control-M
6 10 (0.52%) ITRS Geneos
7 8 (0.41%) Kibana
8 6 (0.31%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 6 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
8 6 (0.31%) Puppet
9 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.21%) Nagios
10 4 (0.21%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.21%) SCCM
11 3 (0.15%) Cacti
11 3 (0.15%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.15%) Netcool
11 3 (0.15%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 330 (17.01%) Oracle
2 248 (12.78%) Microsoft
3 150 (7.73%) Databricks
4 75 (3.87%) Google
5 57 (2.94%) SAP
6 39 (2.01%) BISAM
7 37 (1.91%) IBM
8 34 (1.75%) Splunk
9 32 (1.65%) ServiceNow
10 31 (1.60%) Informatica
11 28 (1.44%) Charles River
12 27 (1.39%) Citrix
13 26 (1.34%) OpenLink
14 25 (1.29%) Salesforce
15 24 (1.24%) Calypso
16 22 (1.13%) Sybase
17 21 (1.08%) SimCorp
18 20 (1.03%) Cisco
18 20 (1.03%) TIBCO
18 20 (1.03%) VMware