SQL Developer Contracts in the North West

SQL Developer
England > North West

The median SQL Developer daily rate in the North West is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 129 137
Rank change year-on-year +13 +8 -1
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Developer 4 8 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.20% 0.29% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.31% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 18
10th Percentile - £275 £258
25th Percentile £313 £370 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £438 £458
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -4.37% +4.87%
75th Percentile £338 £494 £563
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +8.47%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 1,821 2,603 3,030
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.48% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 1,698 2,172
10th Percentile £250 £281 £300
25th Percentile £378 £393 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 266 133
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%
75th Percentile £59.24 £46.18 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.41 £63.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured SQL Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Developer in the North West

SQL Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Developer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for SQL Developer in the North West

SQL Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Developer in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Developer in the North West

SQL Developer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Manchester +15 1 - - 2
Lancashire - 1 - - 3
SQL Developer
England

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, SQL Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) NHS
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) MySQL
3 1 (25.00%) MVC
3 1 (25.00%) CMS
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (25.00%) Sitecore
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) Power BI
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (25.00%) CMS
1 1 (25.00%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) MySQL
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) CRM
1 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (25.00%) DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) ETL
1 1 (25.00%) Microservices
1 1 (25.00%) MVC
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Sitecore