SQL Optimisation
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring SQL Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Optimisation over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 149 | 167 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +18 | +6 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL Optimisation | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | - | 0.031% | 0.056% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.038% | 0.062% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £413 | £613 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £425 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -32.00% | +9.65% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £438 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £450 | £400 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.50% | -33.33% | +17.07% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £50.00 |
| England median hourly rate | - | - | £50.00 |
All Process and Methodology Skills
South West
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 the South West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,532 | 2,646 | 3,202 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 90.65% | 83.16% | 89.54% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 961 | 1,688 | 2,352 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £220 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £405 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.55% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £625 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £700 | £723 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 152 | 335 | 329 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.51 | £13.86 | £9.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.87 | £28.63 | £15.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £55.00 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.64% | -8.33% | +23.10% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.30 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £77.50 | £83.40 |
| England median hourly rate | £29.04 | £36.50 | £37.30 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.44% | -2.14% | +54.64% |
SQL Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing SQL Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
SQL Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Optimisation in the South West.