SQL (Structured Query Language)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 37 | 17 | 32 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -20 | +15 | -20 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL | 30 | 49 | 15 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield | 6.17% | 11.42% | 3.55% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 17.65% | 33.11% | 12.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18 | 35 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £343 | £425 | £443 |
| 25th Percentile | £451 | £498 | £489 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £509 | £520 | £505 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.16% | +2.97% | +12.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £566 | £571 | £616 |
| 90th Percentile | £668 | £613 | £675 |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate | £500 | £520 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +4.00% | +11.11% |
All Programming Languages
Sheffield
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 Sheffield.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 170 | 148 | 121 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield | 34.98% | 34.50% | 28.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 113 | 94 | 75 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £393 |
| 25th Percentile | £389 | £430 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £483 | £511 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.48% | -14.83% | +17.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £586 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £623 | £645 | - |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate | £493 | £515 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.27% | -8.44% | +11.61% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield
Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in Sheffield.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in Sheffield over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in Sheffield.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:
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