SQL Contract Job Trends in Stirling

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Scotland > Stirling

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stirling requiring SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 2 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -
Contract jobs citing SQL 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Stirling 20.00% 40.00% 12.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.00% 100.00% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £411 -
25th Percentile £513 £427 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £456 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.07% - -
75th Percentile £538 £489 -
90th Percentile - £507 -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -

All Programming Languages
Stirling

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 Stirling.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stirling 50.00% 40.00% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - £411 -
25th Percentile £413 £427 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £456 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.07% - -
75th Percentile £538 £489 -
90th Percentile - £507 -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +0.91%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Stirling

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Stirling

SQL
Daily Rate Trend in Stirling

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stirling citing SQL

SQL
Contract Job Locations in Stirling

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Stirling region over the 6 months to 11 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
Stirlingshire -1 2 £525 +15.07% 2
SQL
Scotland

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stirling 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Apache
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Geronimo
1 2 (100.00%) Apache ServiceMix
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat Fuse
1 2 (100.00%) Tomcat
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Axis
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Camel
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) TIBCO