SQL Contracts in the North of England

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 21 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 18 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 -2
Contract jobs citing SQL 255 364 703
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 7.56% 7.61% 10.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.24% 29.05% 34.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 240 543
10th Percentile £331 £299 £342
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £495
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.08% +11.24%
75th Percentile £567 £587 £597
90th Percentile £638 £646 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 9
10th Percentile - £20.91 £19.53
25th Percentile £26.25 £37.55 £32.50
Median hourly rate £46.25 £42.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -35.61% +66.12%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.88 -
90th Percentile - £46.12 £70.15
England median hourly rate £52.50 £43.50 £49.50
% change year-on-year +20.69% -12.12% +7.61%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 872 1,253 2,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.87% 26.19% 30.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 569 904 1,599
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% +11.70%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £611
90th Percentile £638 £638 £700
England median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 65 31
10th Percentile £38.45 £37.58 £27.50
25th Percentile £46.18 £45.88 £36.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -2.78% +11.76%
75th Percentile £86.00 £51.50 £66.00
90th Percentile £97.71 £71.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.31% -6.92% +30.65%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for SQL in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 January 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 January 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SQL in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 January 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
North West -6 138 £463 -2.63% 305
Yorkshire +7 96 £505 -3.81% 140
North East -8 21 £495 +9.03% 66
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 17 (6.67%) Confluence
2 9 (3.53%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.75%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.35%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.57%) Apache
7 3 (1.18%) Jupyter
7 3 (1.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (1.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.78%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.78%) IIS
8 2 (0.78%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.39%) CMS
9 1 (0.39%) SAS
9 1 (0.39%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.39%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.39%) Umbraco
Applications
1 21 (8.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.78%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.39%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.39%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.39%) OPENHousing
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.39%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 68 (26.67%) Azure
2 56 (21.96%) Power Platform
3 45 (17.65%) AWS
4 28 (10.98%) GCP
5 23 (9.02%) Azure Data Factory
6 15 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (4.71%) Slack
7 12 (4.71%) Snowflake
8 10 (3.92%) PowerApps
9 9 (3.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 8 (3.14%) GitHub
10 8 (3.14%) Serverless
11 7 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.35%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (2.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 6 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (2.35%) dbt
13 5 (1.96%) OCI
14 4 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.31%) DNS
2 6 (2.35%) HTTP
3 5 (1.96%) Firewall
3 5 (1.96%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.57%) DHCP
4 4 (1.57%) Network Security
4 4 (1.57%) SAN
5 3 (1.18%) Skype
5 3 (1.18%) WAN
6 2 (0.78%) SMS
6 2 (0.78%) SNMP
7 1 (0.39%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.39%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (20.39%) Power BI
2 28 (10.98%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (10.98%) SQL Server
3 26 (10.20%) MySQL
4 23 (9.02%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (8.24%) MongoDB
6 20 (7.84%) Tableau
7 19 (7.45%) Data Lake
8 17 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 14 (5.49%) Apache Cassandra
9 14 (5.49%) Data Mining
10 13 (5.10%) NoSQL
11 11 (4.31%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (4.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (3.92%) Oracle Database
13 9 (3.53%) Big Data
13 9 (3.53%) Relational Database
14 8 (3.14%) Spark SQL
15 7 (2.75%) BigQuery
16 6 (2.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 36 (14.12%) Git
2 29 (11.37%) JIRA
3 18 (7.06%) Cucumber
4 17 (6.67%) Jenkins
5 14 (5.49%) Jasmine
6 12 (4.71%) JUnit
7 9 (3.53%) ERwin
8 7 (2.75%) GitLab
9 5 (1.96%) Octopus Deploy
9 5 (1.96%) Selenium
9 5 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (1.57%) Bitbucket
10 4 (1.57%) JMeter
10 4 (1.57%) LoadRunner
10 4 (1.57%) Newman
10 4 (1.57%) Postman
10 4 (1.57%) SonarQube
10 4 (1.57%) Vagrant
11 3 (1.18%) ER Studio
11 3 (1.18%) webpack
General
1 76 (29.80%) Social Skills
2 53 (20.78%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (15.29%) Finance
4 33 (12.94%) Public Sector
5 19 (7.45%) Banking
6 6 (2.35%) Military
6 6 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (2.35%) Retail
7 5 (1.96%) Marketing
8 4 (1.57%) Law
9 3 (1.18%) French Language
9 3 (1.18%) German Language
9 3 (1.18%) Spanish Language
10 2 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.78%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.78%) Legal
10 2 (0.78%) Publishing
10 2 (0.78%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (27.84%) Developer
2 54 (21.18%) Senior
3 38 (14.90%) Data Engineer
4 35 (13.73%) Analyst
5 29 (11.37%) Architect
6 22 (8.63%) Senior Developer
7 18 (7.06%) Java Developer
8 17 (6.67%) Data Analyst
9 15 (5.88%) Software Engineer
10 12 (4.71%) Senior Java Developer
10 12 (4.71%) SQL Developer
11 11 (4.31%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 11 (4.31%) Senior Software Engineer
12 10 (3.92%) Senior Data Engineer
13 9 (3.53%) Data Modeller
13 9 (3.53%) DevOps Engineer
13 9 (3.53%) Lead
14 8 (3.14%) Data Scientist
15 7 (2.75%) .NET Software Engineer
15 7 (2.75%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (11.37%) RESTful
2 27 (10.59%) .NET
3 21 (8.24%) PySpark
3 21 (8.24%) Spring Boot
4 19 (7.45%) Spring
5 14 (5.49%) .NET Framework
6 13 (5.10%) JSON
6 13 (5.10%) Spring Security
7 12 (4.71%) CSS
7 12 (4.71%) HTML
7 12 (4.71%) Spring Batch
8 11 (4.31%) Swagger
9 10 (3.92%) Kafka
9 10 (3.92%) OpenAPI
10 9 (3.53%) XML
11 7 (2.75%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (2.75%) WCF
11 7 (2.75%) Web Services
12 6 (2.35%) FastAPI
13 5 (1.96%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.10%) Data Structures
2 12 (4.71%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 10 (3.92%) Low-Code
4 9 (3.53%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.53%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.35%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.96%) Replication
8 4 (1.57%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.57%) IoT
9 3 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.18%) PKI
9 3 (1.18%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.18%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.78%) AS400
10 2 (0.78%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.78%) Clustering
10 2 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.94%) Linux
2 18 (7.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 14 (5.49%) Windows
4 11 (4.31%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.75%) Unix
6 4 (1.57%) VMS
7 3 (1.18%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.39%) OS/400
9 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (25.10%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (23.92%) ETL
3 58 (22.75%) Data Modelling
4 54 (21.18%) CI/CD
5 50 (19.61%) Business Intelligence
6 49 (19.22%) Agile
7 40 (15.69%) Migration
8 37 (14.51%) Analytics
9 35 (13.73%) DevOps
9 35 (13.73%) Visualisation
10 33 (12.94%) Software Engineering
11 32 (12.55%) Data Integration
11 32 (12.55%) Data Pipeline
11 32 (12.55%) Microservices
11 32 (12.55%) Test Automation
12 29 (11.37%) Machine Learning
13 28 (10.98%) Data Visualisation
14 25 (9.80%) Containerisation
15 22 (8.63%) Data Science
15 22 (8.63%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 62 (24.31%) Python
2 31 (12.16%) Java
3 23 (9.02%) C#
4 22 (8.63%) PL/SQL
5 19 (7.45%) Bash
5 19 (7.45%) T-SQL
6 17 (6.67%) JavaScript
6 17 (6.67%) PowerShell
7 11 (4.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (3.14%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.35%) PHP
9 6 (2.35%) VBA
10 5 (1.96%) R
10 5 (1.96%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.57%) Perl
11 4 (1.57%) Rust
12 3 (1.18%) Bicep
12 3 (1.18%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.78%) RPG
13 2 (0.78%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (14.12%) Security Cleared
2 29 (11.37%) SC Cleared
3 26 (10.20%) Degree
4 9 (3.53%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (1.96%) CCNA
6 4 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.57%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (1.18%) CCNP
7 3 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.18%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.78%) MCSE
8 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.39%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.39%) OCP
9 1 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.20%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.53%) QA
3 7 (2.75%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.75%) GxP
4 4 (1.57%) GDPR
4 4 (1.57%) SLA
5 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.39%) PMO
5 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (12.94%) Docker
2 11 (4.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.92%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.57%) Firmware
5 4 (1.57%) VirtualBox
6 3 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.18%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (10.59%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.88%) Terraform
3 9 (3.53%) Ansible
3 9 (3.53%) Puppet
4 8 (3.14%) Grafana
5 6 (2.35%) Progress Chef
6 5 (1.96%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (1.18%) WSUS
9 2 (0.78%) Kiali
9 2 (0.78%) Nagios
9 2 (0.78%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.78%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.78%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.39%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.39%) Kibana
10 1 (0.39%) Perfmon
10 1 (0.39%) Podman
10 1 (0.39%) SCOM
10 1 (0.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 44 (17.25%) Oracle
2 36 (14.12%) Microsoft
3 29 (11.37%) Databricks
4 12 (4.71%) VMware
5 11 (4.31%) Google
5 11 (4.31%) Informatica
6 9 (3.53%) Splunk
7 7 (2.75%) Cloudera
8 6 (2.35%) AppDynamics
8 6 (2.35%) Talend
9 5 (1.96%) SAP
10 4 (1.57%) Cisco
10 4 (1.57%) SolarWinds
11 3 (1.18%) IBM
11 3 (1.18%) IDERA
11 3 (1.18%) SnapLogic
11 3 (1.18%) Telerik
12 2 (0.78%) Brio
12 2 (0.78%) Ping Identity
12 2 (0.78%) Sparx