SQL Contracts in Telford

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Telford 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 19 1
Rank change year-on-year +12 -18 +3
Contract jobs citing SQL 27 9 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Telford 25.00% 7.69% 65.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 69.23% 13.24% 87.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 85
10th Percentile £447 £500 £422
25th Percentile £454 £503 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £529 £540
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% -1.99% +17.65%
75th Percentile £518 £536 -
90th Percentile £527 - £573
Shropshire median daily rate £461 £529 £540
% change year-on-year -12.85% -1.99% +17.52%

All Programming Languages
Telford

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 Telford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 39 68 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 36.11% 58.12% 74.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 48 97
10th Percentile £438 £351 £420
25th Percentile £455 £496 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £535 £540
Median % change year-on-year -10.51% -0.93% +9.09%
75th Percentile £524 £538 £550
90th Percentile £538 - £596
Shropshire median daily rate £495 £535 £540
% change year-on-year -7.48% -0.93% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Telford.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Telford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Telford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in Telford.

Daily rate trend for SQL in Telford

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Telford

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in Telford.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in Telford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Telford 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 9 (33.33%) Confluence
2 2 (7.41%) SAS
2 2 (7.41%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (51.85%) Azure
2 13 (48.15%) Power Platform
2 13 (48.15%) PowerApps
3 6 (22.22%) AWS
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.70%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) IDMS
1 2 (7.41%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.70%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 11 (40.74%) JIRA
2 6 (22.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 6 (22.22%) Bitbucket
3 5 (18.52%) GitLab
4 2 (7.41%) CA Gen
5 1 (3.70%) Cucumber
5 1 (3.70%) Git
5 1 (3.70%) Maven
5 1 (3.70%) Toad
General
1 15 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Lead
2 8 (29.63%) Developer
3 7 (25.93%) Technical Leader
4 5 (18.52%) Power Platform Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Data Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Test Analyst
7 2 (7.41%) Data Analyst
7 2 (7.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 2 (7.41%) QA Leader
8 1 (3.70%) Applications Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Automation Test Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) Java Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Power Apps Developer
8 1 (3.70%) QA Tester
8 1 (3.70%) SAP Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) SAP Test Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) CSS
1 2 (7.41%) HTML
1 2 (7.41%) Next.js
1 2 (7.41%) React
2 1 (3.70%) Gherkin
2 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Unix
2 4 (14.81%) Linux
3 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Agile
2 15 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (51.85%) DevOps
3 14 (51.85%) Test Strategy
4 12 (44.44%) Configuration Management
4 12 (44.44%) Process Improvement
5 11 (40.74%) Data Modelling
5 11 (40.74%) OO
5 11 (40.74%) Problem Management
6 5 (18.52%) Test Automation
7 4 (14.81%) Data Transformation
7 4 (14.81%) Microservices
8 3 (11.11%) BDD
8 3 (11.11%) CI/CD
8 3 (11.11%) Pair Programming
8 3 (11.11%) Scrum
9 2 (7.41%) Business Analysis
9 2 (7.41%) Software Engineering
9 2 (7.41%) Software Testing
9 2 (7.41%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) PL/SQL
2 4 (14.81%) Java
2 4 (14.81%) Shell Script
3 2 (7.41%) COBOL
3 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
1 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (11.11%) ISEB
2 3 (11.11%) ISTQB
3 2 (7.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Atlassian
2 4 (14.81%) IBM
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.11%) Oracle
4 2 (7.41%) Talend
5 1 (3.70%) Databricks
5 1 (3.70%) SAP
5 1 (3.70%) webMethods