SQL Contract Job Trends in Newport

SQL (Structured Query Language)
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 18 21
Rank change year-on-year +10 +3 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL 7 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 17.95% 2.86% 1.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category 58.33% 11.76% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £645 - £423
25th Percentile £656 - £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile £731 - £606
90th Percentile £735 - £648
South Wales median daily rate £453 £400 £275
% change year-on-year +13.13% +45.45% -48.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £20.24 -
South Wales median hourly rate £30.00 £20.24 £24.25
% change year-on-year +48.26% -16.56% -

All Programming Languages
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12 17 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 30.77% 24.29% 22.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 18
10th Percentile - - £293
25th Percentile £525 £210 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £220 £563
Median % change year-on-year +206.82% -60.89% -1.32%
75th Percentile £713 £239 £675
90th Percentile £728 £244 £695
South Wales median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -22.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 5
10th Percentile - £16.19 £34.22
25th Percentile - £20.12 £47.50
Median hourly rate - £20.24 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year - -62.18% +166.50%
75th Percentile - £22.00 £55.25
90th Percentile - £24.62 -
South Wales median hourly rate £30.00 £20.24 £51.25
% change year-on-year +48.26% -60.52% +170.38%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Newport

SQL
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing SQL

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing SQL

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (71.43%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (71.43%) GitHub
3 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
4 1 (14.29%) Azure App Service
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (14.29%) Metadata
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) JMeter
1 5 (71.43%) MSTest
1 5 (71.43%) Selenium
1 5 (71.43%) Visual Studio
2 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Military
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Automation Tester
1 5 (71.43%) Senior
1 5 (71.43%) Tester
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Automation Tester
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) Web Services
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) Node.js
2 1 (14.29%) React
2 1 (14.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Reference Data
2 1 (14.29%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) DevOps
2 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) Data Modelling
2 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
3 5 (71.43%) Architectural Design
3 5 (71.43%) Design Patterns
3 5 (71.43%) Non-Functional Testing
3 5 (71.43%) Test Strategy
4 4 (57.14%) AI
4 4 (57.14%) Machine Learning
4 4 (57.14%) Unit Testing
5 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
6 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
6 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
7 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
7 1 (14.29%) Continuous Deployment
7 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (14.29%) Log Analytics
7 1 (14.29%) Product Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C#
1 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
1 5 (71.43%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Bash
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) ISTQB
2 4 (57.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft