SQL Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

SQL Data Analyst
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median SQL Data Analyst daily rate in Sheffield is £419, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
22 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Data Analyst 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.21% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £408 - -
25th Percentile £411 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 - -
75th Percentile £423 - -
90th Percentile £424 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £419 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 867 288 320
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 91.14% 90.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 591 196 195
10th Percentile £355 £225 £360
25th Percentile £413 £385 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £472 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -0.63% -13.64%
75th Percentile £550 £569 £588
90th Percentile £669 £638 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £475 £470
% change year-on-year - +1.06% -14.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 10
10th Percentile - - £10.90
25th Percentile - £18.10 £11.33
Median hourly rate - £18.35 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - -16.58% +24.15%
75th Percentile - £18.50 £23.75
90th Percentile - £18.51 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - £18.35 £13.60
% change year-on-year - +34.99% -23.28%

SQL Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SQL Data Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

SQL Data Analyst job vacancy trend in Sheffield

SQL Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL Data Analyst job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL Data Analyst job vacancies in Sheffield

SQL Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 22 April 2026, SQL Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region featuring SQL Data Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) R
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Statistics
1 2 (100.00%) Tableau
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation

SQL Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Statistics
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) R
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
SQL Data Analyst jobs