SQL Contracts in Stoke-on-Trent

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stoke-on-Trent requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL 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 - 8 4
Rank change year-on-year - -4 +14
Contract jobs citing SQL 0 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent - 3.45% 17.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 14.29% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £263
25th Percentile - £313 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £325 £505
Median % change year-on-year - -35.64% +68.33%
75th Percentile - £338 £515
90th Percentile - - £562
Staffordshire median daily rate £550 £350 £375
% change year-on-year +57.14% -6.73% +15.46%

All Programming Languages
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1 7 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 5.56% 24.14% 19.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 8
10th Percentile - £320 £263
25th Percentile - £325 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £350 £505
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -30.69% +26.25%
75th Percentile - £375 £515
90th Percentile - £395 £562
Staffordshire median daily rate £400 £350 £375
% change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% -6.25%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Stoke-on-Trent

SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in Stoke-on-Trent.

Daily rate trend for SQL in Stoke-on-Trent

SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in Stoke-on-Trent.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in Stoke-on-Trent