SQL (Structured Query Language)
South London > Merton
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merton 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 7 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 7 | - | 11 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -3 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merton | 4.00% | - | 5.13% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 50.00% | - | 12.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £213 | - | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £225 | - | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -17.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £238 | - | £438 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South London median daily rate | £663 | £483 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +37.31% | +1.58% | -5.00% |
All Programming Languages
Merton
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 Merton.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton | 8.00% | 14.29% | 41.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £234 | £416 | £373 |
| 25th Percentile | £266 | £422 | £398 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £338 | £438 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.86% | +2.94% | -15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £416 | £447 | £506 |
| 90th Percentile | £451 | £449 | £630 |
| South London median daily rate | £575 | £513 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.20% | -6.82% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £50.42 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £53.99 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +14.75% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £55.20 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £64.17 |
| South London median hourly rate | - | £68.75 | £53.99 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +27.35% | +22.39% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Merton
Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merton.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in Merton.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merton
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in Merton.
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Contract Job Locations in Merton
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Merton region over the 6 months to 7 August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wimbledon | - | 1 | £225 | - | 1 |
| SQL South London |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merton 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:
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