SQL Contract Job Trends in Nottingham

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottingham requiring SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing SQL 10 13 15
As % of all contract jobs in Nottingham 6.06% 9.92% 10.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.30% 31.71% 31.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 10
10th Percentile £464 £385 £395
25th Percentile £505 £404 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £443 £463
Median % change year-on-year +16.38% -4.32% -15.91%
75th Percentile £525 £474 £700
90th Percentile £551 £490 £703
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £515 £443 £463
% change year-on-year +16.38% -4.32% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.67
Median hourly rate - £12.92 £17.71
Median % change year-on-year - -27.05% -
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate - £12.92 £17.71
% change year-on-year - -27.05% -

All Programming Languages
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33 41 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 20.00% 31.30% 31.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 26 42
10th Percentile £380 £431 £363
25th Percentile £383 £471 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £440
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% +13.64% -14.56%
75th Percentile £525 £521 £650
90th Percentile £687 £548 £698
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £473 £500 £440
% change year-on-year -5.35% +13.64% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.67
Median hourly rate - £12.92 £17.71
Median % change year-on-year - -27.05% -70.48%
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate - £12.92 £17.71
% change year-on-year - -27.05% -70.48%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Nottingham

SQL
Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing SQL

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in Nottingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in Nottingham over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in Nottingham

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing SQL

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) ChatGPT
1 2 (20.00%) GitHub
1 2 (20.00%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (10.00%) AtomSphere
2 1 (10.00%) Azure AKS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) Boomi
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (10.00%) MySQL
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (10.00%) Power BI
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (10.00%) Git
2 1 (10.00%) JMeter
2 1 (10.00%) Postman
2 1 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Senior
2 4 (40.00%) Senior Developer
3 3 (30.00%) .NET Developer
3 3 (30.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (30.00%) C# Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Senior .NET Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Senior C# .NET Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Senior C# Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Applications Specialist
5 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle Developer
5 1 (10.00%) QA Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) QA Test Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Oracle Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Solutions Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) JSON
2 1 (10.00%) Middleware
2 1 (10.00%) REST
2 1 (10.00%) SOAP
2 1 (10.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Code
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Migration
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) AI
2 4 (40.00%) DevOps
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (30.00%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (20.00%) Data Validation
4 2 (20.00%) Database Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Design Patterns
4 2 (20.00%) Software Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Validation
5 1 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (10.00%) Service Management
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C#
1 5 (50.00%) PHP
1 5 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) EMIR
1 1 (10.00%) GRC
1 1 (10.00%) MiFID
1 1 (10.00%) QA
1 1 (10.00%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Dell
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (10.00%) Trayport
2 1 (10.00%) Workday