SQL Optimisation Contract Job Trends in South London

SQL Optimisation
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring SQL Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SQL Optimisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.34% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £425 - £688

All Process & Methodology Skills
South London

SQL Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 255 180 236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 87.03% 89.11% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 121 160
10th Percentile £413 £363 £188
25th Percentile £463 £463 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £750 £651
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 19
10th Percentile £54.42 - £16.28
25th Percentile £54.55 - £19.25
Median hourly rate £61.22 £15.84 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +286.47% -32.60% -46.42%
75th Percentile £66.50 £78.40 £66.57
90th Percentile £67.70 £79.36 £83.75
London median hourly rate £35.50 £36.20 £30.50
% change year-on-year -1.92% +18.67% -19.47%

SQL Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

SQL Optimisation job vacancy trend in South London

SQL Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing SQL Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing SQL Optimisation

SQL Optimisation
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Optimisation within the South London region over the 6 months to 21 March 2026. 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
Bromley - 1 £600 - 1
SQL Optimisation
London

SQL Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase ASE
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) DBA
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase