SQL Contract Job Trends in Swansea

SQL (Structured Query Language)
West Wales > Swansea

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Swansea requiring SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing SQL 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Swansea 3.70% - 7.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.50% - 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.67%
75th Percentile £575 - £488
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median daily rate £550 - £475
% change year-on-year - - +26.67%

All Programming Languages
Swansea

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 Swansea.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 16 11 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swansea 29.63% 39.29% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 5
10th Percentile £375 - £433
25th Percentile £411 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £528 £488 £525
90th Percentile £556 £638 £574
West Wales median daily rate £425 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +8.11%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Swansea

SQL
Daily Rate Trend in Swansea

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing SQL

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Hourly Rate Trend in Swansea

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing SQL

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (50.00%) Impala
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Discoverer
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Python Data Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Python Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle