SQL Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 29 34
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 +12
Contract jobs citing SQL 4 9 14
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 1.70% 4.95% 5.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.48% 13.04% 10.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 8
10th Percentile £401 £238 £492
25th Percentile £403 £275 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £325 £545
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% -40.37% -9.17%
75th Percentile £434 £345 £547
90th Percentile £444 £347 £558
Hertfordshire median daily rate £513 £465 £539
% change year-on-year +10.16% -13.64% +10.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £66.00 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate - £66.00 -

All Programming Languages
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 115 69 129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 48.94% 37.91% 50.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 9 18
10th Percentile £441 £263 £344
25th Percentile £513 £313 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £345 £470
Median % change year-on-year +59.42% -26.60% -17.36%
75th Percentile £575 £481 £545
90th Percentile - £540 £551
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £423 £500
% change year-on-year +30.18% -15.50% -10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 34 88
10th Percentile £52.00 £60.38 -
25th Percentile - - £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £69.50
Median % change year-on-year - -6.47% +6.92%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £84.36
90th Percentile £76.00 £95.00 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Stevenage

SQL
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SQL

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SQL

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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 (25.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Python Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) J2EE
2 1 (25.00%) FastAPI
2 1 (25.00%) Jest
2 1 (25.00%) Next.js
2 1 (25.00%) pytest
2 1 (25.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (25.00%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) GxP
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) LabWare
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SAP