SQL Contracts in the South West

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 17 13
Rank change year-on-year -14 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL 165 310 361
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.18% 8.46% 9.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.70% 28.92% 31.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 244 254
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +11.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £538
90th Percentile £699 £688 £588
England median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 12
10th Percentile - £27.48 £38.06
25th Percentile - £50.00 £48.88
Median hourly rate - £57.50 £51.88
Median % change year-on-year - +10.84% +72.92%
75th Percentile - £66.00 £55.06
90th Percentile - £77.50 £62.99
England median hourly rate £42.50 £50.00 £36.28
% change year-on-year -15.00% +37.82% +39.54%

All Programming Languages
South West

SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 618 1,072 1,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 19.39% 29.24% 30.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 768 774
10th Percentile £321 £350 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +7.53%
75th Percentile £644 £607 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £630
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 99 69
10th Percentile £40.00 £49.94 £46.62
25th Percentile £52.50 £57.33 £53.75
Median hourly rate £66.01 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% +4.00% +37.36%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.10 £75.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% +16.46%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the South West

SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in the South West.

Daily rate trend for SQL in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in the South West

SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Bristol -12 61 £450 -5.26% 68
Wiltshire -22 44 £538 +10.82% 22
Gloucestershire -14 22 £550 - 23
Dorset +2 6 £398 -39.92% 16
Somerset -11 6 £488 -7.14% 18
Devon -12 1 £425 -10.53% 20
Cornwall - 1 £396 -
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (11.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.85%) Confluence
3 7 (4.24%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.42%) ColdFusion
4 4 (2.42%) Umbraco
5 3 (1.82%) CMS
6 2 (1.21%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.61%) Apache
7 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.61%) nginx
7 1 (0.61%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (7.27%) Chatbot
2 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (4.24%) Teamcenter
2 2 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.21%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.61%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.61%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.61%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 49 (29.70%) Azure
2 41 (24.85%) Power Platform
3 29 (17.58%) AWS
4 16 (9.70%) Azure Data Factory
5 13 (7.88%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (6.06%) Amazon S3
6 10 (6.06%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (6.06%) Serverless
7 8 (4.85%) Amazon EC2
7 8 (4.85%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (4.85%) Entra ID
8 7 (4.24%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (4.24%) OpenShift
9 5 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (3.03%) GCP
9 5 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (2.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (2.42%) SaaS
11 3 (1.82%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.06%) DHCP
1 10 (6.06%) DNS
1 10 (6.06%) Firewall
2 7 (4.24%) Skype
3 6 (3.64%) Network Security
4 5 (3.03%) AMQP
5 2 (1.21%) LAN
5 2 (1.21%) NAS
5 2 (1.21%) SAN
5 2 (1.21%) SMTP
5 2 (1.21%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (1.21%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.21%) Unified Communications
5 2 (1.21%) VSAN
5 2 (1.21%) WAN
6 1 (0.61%) Internet
6 1 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (24.85%) Power BI
2 40 (24.24%) SQL Server
3 22 (13.33%) Relational Database
4 17 (10.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (8.48%) Tableau
6 12 (7.27%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 12 (7.27%) NoSQL
6 12 (7.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (5.45%) Oracle Database
8 8 (4.85%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (4.85%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (4.85%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (3.64%) Data Lake
9 6 (3.64%) InfluxDB
10 5 (3.03%) CockroachDB
11 4 (2.42%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (2.42%) Biml
11 4 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (1.82%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 10 (6.06%) JIRA
2 9 (5.45%) Git
3 8 (4.85%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.64%) Visual Studio
5 5 (3.03%) Postman
6 4 (2.42%) NUnit
7 3 (1.82%) GitLab
8 2 (1.21%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.61%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.61%) GoCD
9 1 (0.61%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.61%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.61%) Selenium
9 1 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.61%) TestRail
General
1 31 (18.79%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (16.36%) Social Skills
3 15 (9.09%) Finance
4 11 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.85%) Military
6 6 (3.64%) Marketing
6 6 (3.64%) Tech for Good
7 4 (2.42%) German Language
7 4 (2.42%) Local Government
7 4 (2.42%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.82%) Banking
8 3 (1.82%) Electronics
8 3 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.82%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.21%) Billing
9 2 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Back Office
10 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.61%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.61%) Law
Job Titles
1 45 (27.27%) Developer
2 25 (15.15%) Data Engineer
3 19 (11.52%) Senior
4 16 (9.70%) Architect
4 16 (9.70%) Software Developer
5 12 (7.27%) Analyst
6 11 (6.67%) Test Engineer
7 8 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (4.24%) Data Analyst
8 7 (4.24%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (3.64%) Consultant
9 6 (3.64%) Database Engineer
9 6 (3.64%) Integration Engineer
9 6 (3.64%) Lead
9 6 (3.64%) Senior Database Engineer
9 6 (3.64%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 6 (3.64%) Systems Architect
9 6 (3.64%) Test and Integration Engineer
10 5 (3.03%) PL/SQL Developer
10 5 (3.03%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.91%) HTML
2 14 (8.48%) .NET
3 8 (4.85%) AngularJS
4 7 (4.24%) PySpark
4 7 (4.24%) REST
5 5 (3.03%) CSS
5 5 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (2.42%) ASP.NET
6 4 (2.42%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (2.42%) GraphQL
6 4 (2.42%) JSON
6 4 (2.42%) React
7 3 (1.82%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (1.82%) JPA
7 3 (1.82%) Node.js
7 3 (1.82%) Playwright
7 3 (1.82%) Spring
7 3 (1.82%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.82%) XML
8 2 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.27%) PKI
2 8 (4.85%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.24%) Blog
3 7 (4.24%) Replication
4 6 (3.64%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.64%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (3.03%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.42%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.21%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.21%) Clustering
7 2 (1.21%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.21%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.21%) IoT
7 2 (1.21%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.21%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.61%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (12.73%) Windows
2 19 (11.52%) Windows Server
3 11 (6.67%) Linux
4 10 (6.06%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (4.85%) VMS
6 6 (3.64%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.82%) Unix
8 2 (1.21%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.61%) Android
9 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (27.88%) Business Intelligence
2 45 (27.27%) Agile
3 33 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 33 (20.00%) DevOps
4 28 (16.97%) ETL
4 28 (16.97%) Migration
5 22 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (13.33%) Software Engineering
6 18 (10.91%) CI/CD
7 15 (9.09%) Code Quality
8 14 (8.48%) Scrum
9 13 (7.88%) Artificial Intelligence
9 13 (7.88%) Performance Optimisation
9 13 (7.88%) Translating Business Requirements
10 12 (7.27%) Computer Science
10 12 (7.27%) Conversational UI
10 12 (7.27%) Data Migration
10 12 (7.27%) Test Automation
11 11 (6.67%) Containerisation
11 11 (6.67%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 41 (24.85%) Python
2 28 (16.97%) C#
3 23 (13.94%) JavaScript
4 20 (12.12%) PL/SQL
5 18 (10.91%) Java
6 12 (7.27%) T-SQL
6 12 (7.27%) TypeScript
7 10 (6.06%) Go
8 9 (5.45%) C
8 9 (5.45%) PowerShell
9 6 (3.64%) Shell Script
10 4 (2.42%) C++
10 4 (2.42%) R
11 2 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (1.21%) Scala
12 1 (0.61%) COBOL
12 1 (0.61%) Dart
12 1 (0.61%) PHP
12 1 (0.61%) ProC
12 1 (0.61%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 63 (38.18%) Security Cleared
2 42 (25.45%) SC Cleared
3 29 (17.58%) Degree
4 23 (13.94%) DV Cleared
5 10 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (4.24%) MCSE
7 7 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (3.64%) MCSA
8 6 (3.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (3.03%) SAP Certification
10 2 (1.21%) IBM Certification
10 2 (1.21%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.61%) CCNA
11 1 (0.61%) CCNP
11 1 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.61%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.52%) QA
2 5 (3.03%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.82%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.21%) SLA
4 2 (1.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 35 (21.21%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.09%) Docker
2 15 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.85%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.42%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 4 (2.42%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.82%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.21%) vSphere
7 1 (0.61%) NFS
Systems Management
1 21 (12.73%) Terraform
2 15 (9.09%) Ansible
2 15 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 9 (5.45%) Grafana
3 9 (5.45%) Prometheus
4 8 (4.85%) Docker Swarm
4 8 (4.85%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (4.24%) Progress Chef
6 6 (3.64%) SCCM
7 4 (2.42%) SCOM
8 2 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.21%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 2 (1.21%) OPNET
8 2 (1.21%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.21%) WSUS
9 1 (0.61%) Kibana
9 1 (0.61%) Puppet
9 1 (0.61%) rkt
Vendors
1 36 (21.82%) Microsoft
2 23 (13.94%) Oracle
3 16 (9.70%) VMware
4 12 (7.27%) PayPal
5 10 (6.06%) SAP
6 8 (4.85%) CA
7 6 (3.64%) Databricks
8 4 (2.42%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.42%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.21%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.21%) Google
9 2 (1.21%) IBM
9 2 (1.21%) Remedy
9 2 (1.21%) Splunk
9 2 (1.21%) Veeam
10 1 (0.61%) Adobe
10 1 (0.61%) Cisco
10 1 (0.61%) Citrix
10 1 (0.61%) Cloudera
10 1 (0.61%) Infor