SQL Contract Job Trends in Poole

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Dorset > Poole

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Poole requiring SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SQL 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Poole 11.11% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
Dorset median daily rate £409 £525 £398
% change year-on-year -22.10% +31.91% -38.77%

All Programming Languages
Poole

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 Poole.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Poole 11.11% 44.44% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% - -
Dorset median daily rate £409 £525 £400
% change year-on-year -22.10% +31.25% -22.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Poole

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Poole

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Daily Rate Trend in Poole

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Poole citing SQL

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Hourly Rate Trend in Poole

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Poole citing SQL

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Poole 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Smoke Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA