SQL Contracts in the Thames Valley

SQL (Structured Query Language)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -6 -5 -1
Contract jobs citing SQL 188 267 354
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.04% 9.09% 10.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.40% 37.93% 44.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 211 264
10th Percentile £325 £363 £309
25th Percentile £406 £425 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% +2.70%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £586
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
South East median daily rate £475 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -6.86% +2.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 0
10th Percentile £22.61 £30.43 -
25th Percentile £23.52 £32.30 -
Median hourly rate £57.32 £72.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.21% - -
75th Percentile £63.95 £79.19 -
90th Percentile £67.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £58.91 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year +82.37% +50.23% -6.52%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 531 704 790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.87% 23.96% 22.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 523 580
10th Percentile £358 £328 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £608 £609 £575
90th Percentile £669 £680 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 20 5
10th Percentile £33.94 £25.64 £31.30
25th Percentile £46.25 £32.30 £62.50
Median hourly rate £58.30 £56.88 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.51% -13.17% +63.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £76.61 £80.40
90th Percentile £67.63 £79.41 £84.66
South East median hourly rate £60.07 £55.00 £43.64
% change year-on-year +9.22% +26.03% +5.79%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for SQL in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SQL in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Berkshire -8 124 £500 - 43
Buckinghamshire +8 51 £475 -7.32% 28
Oxfordshire 0 13 £525 +31.25% 23
SQL
South East

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 25 (13.30%) SAS
2 12 (6.38%) Apache
2 12 (6.38%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (3.72%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.06%) nginx
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.53%) Confluence
5 1 (0.53%) Jadu
5 1 (0.53%) Jupyter
Applications
1 12 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.72%) SPSS
3 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.66%) Aareon QL
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.06%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.53%) Epicor Tropos
3 1 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 40 (21.28%) Azure
2 37 (19.68%) Power Platform
3 34 (18.09%) AWS
4 12 (6.38%) Azure Data Factory
4 12 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (5.32%) Azure Functions
5 10 (5.32%) Serverless
6 7 (3.72%) Azure Logic Apps
7 6 (3.19%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (3.19%) PaaS
8 5 (2.66%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.66%) Azure API Management
8 5 (2.66%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (1.60%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.60%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.60%) GCP
10 2 (1.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.91%) VPN
2 11 (5.85%) BGP
2 11 (5.85%) Ethernet VPN
2 11 (5.85%) MPLS
2 11 (5.85%) Radio Access Network
3 7 (3.72%) Firewall
4 3 (1.60%) FTP
5 2 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (1.06%) SAN
5 2 (1.06%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.06%) WAN
5 2 (1.06%) Wireless
6 1 (0.53%) SNMP
6 1 (0.53%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (19.15%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (17.02%) Power BI
3 31 (16.49%) Oracle Database
4 30 (15.96%) SQL Server
5 21 (11.17%) Oracle Database 11g
6 20 (10.64%) NoSQL
7 16 (8.51%) Tableau
8 14 (7.45%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (6.38%) Relational Database
10 11 (5.85%) MongoDB
11 10 (5.32%) Crystal Reports
11 10 (5.32%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (4.26%) MySQL
13 7 (3.72%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (3.19%) Data Lake
14 6 (3.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (2.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 4 (2.13%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 4 (2.13%) SAS Enterprise Guide
16 4 (2.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 18 (9.57%) JIRA
2 11 (5.85%) GitLab
2 11 (5.85%) Robot Framework
2 11 (5.85%) TestRail
3 5 (2.66%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.13%) Git
5 3 (1.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (1.06%) Postman
7 1 (0.53%) ERwin
7 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.53%) MLflow
General
1 31 (16.49%) Social Skills
2 26 (13.83%) Finance
3 23 (12.23%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (12.23%) Telecoms
4 14 (7.45%) Retail
5 6 (3.19%) Banking
5 6 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.66%) Corporate Banking
6 5 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.60%) Local Government
7 3 (1.60%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.53%) Automotive
8 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.53%) Marketing
8 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (30.32%) Developer
2 36 (19.15%) Analyst
3 25 (13.30%) Data Analyst
4 15 (7.98%) PostgreSQL Developer
5 14 (7.45%) Test Engineer
6 12 (6.38%) Consultant
7 11 (5.85%) Network Engineer
7 11 (5.85%) SQL Developer
8 10 (5.32%) Senior
9 9 (4.79%) DBA
10 8 (4.26%) Data Engineer
11 7 (3.72%) C# Developer
11 7 (3.72%) Database Specialist
11 7 (3.72%) IFS Developer
11 7 (3.72%) Lead
12 6 (3.19%) Architect
12 6 (3.19%) Azure Engineer
12 6 (3.19%) SQL Analyst
12 6 (3.19%) SQL Data Analyst
13 5 (2.66%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.04%) REST
2 15 (7.98%) SOAP
3 11 (5.85%) NETCONF
3 11 (5.85%) RESTCONF
3 11 (5.85%) YANG
4 10 (5.32%) XML
5 7 (3.72%) .NET
5 7 (3.72%) D3.js
6 4 (2.13%) JSON
7 3 (1.60%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.60%) OAuth
7 3 (1.60%) OpenID
8 2 (1.06%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.06%) Kafka
8 2 (1.06%) NumPy
8 2 (1.06%) OpenAPI
8 2 (1.06%) PySpark
8 2 (1.06%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (1.06%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.06%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.45%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (3.19%) Housing Association
3 6 (3.19%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.66%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.66%) Smart Meter
5 4 (2.13%) Credit Risk
6 3 (1.60%) CCTV
7 2 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.06%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.53%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.53%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.53%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.53%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.11%) Unix
2 16 (8.51%) Linux
3 13 (6.91%) Windows
4 4 (2.13%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.06%) Android
5 2 (1.06%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.06%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (20.21%) Analytics
2 37 (19.68%) Business Intelligence
3 33 (17.55%) Migration
3 33 (17.55%) Unit Testing
4 31 (16.49%) DevOps
5 30 (15.96%) Agile
5 30 (15.96%) Data Modelling
6 25 (13.30%) Software Testing
7 24 (12.77%) Data Migration
7 24 (12.77%) Performance Tuning
7 24 (12.77%) Scrum
8 23 (12.23%) Workflow
9 21 (11.17%) Data Analysis
10 20 (10.64%) Data Analytics
11 19 (10.11%) Architectural Design
12 18 (9.57%) Secure Coding
12 18 (9.57%) Software Engineering
12 18 (9.57%) Test Automation
13 17 (9.04%) Clean Code
13 17 (9.04%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 28 (14.89%) PL/SQL
1 28 (14.89%) Python
2 16 (8.51%) C#
3 10 (5.32%) Java
4 8 (4.26%) R
5 7 (3.72%) PowerShell
6 5 (2.66%) VBA
7 3 (1.60%) F#
7 3 (1.60%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.60%) Scala
7 3 (1.60%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.06%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.53%) Bash
9 1 (0.53%) C++
9 1 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.53%) Groovy
9 1 (0.53%) JCL
9 1 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.53%) PHP
9 1 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (17.55%) Security Cleared
2 26 (13.83%) SC Cleared
3 18 (9.57%) Degree
4 8 (4.26%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.06%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.06%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.32%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.26%) QA
3 5 (2.66%) GDPR
4 4 (2.13%) IFRS
4 4 (2.13%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.53%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (7.98%) Docker
2 3 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (3.19%) Terraform
2 3 (1.60%) Ansible
2 3 (1.60%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.06%) Grafana
3 2 (1.06%) Graylog
3 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.06%) Nagios
3 2 (1.06%) PaperCut
3 2 (1.06%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.06%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (26.06%) Oracle
2 28 (14.89%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.32%) IFS
4 7 (3.72%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.66%) Aareon
5 5 (2.66%) Ab Initio
5 5 (2.66%) VMware
6 4 (2.13%) Databricks
6 4 (2.13%) Informatica
7 3 (1.60%) Commvault
7 3 (1.60%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.06%) Ceridian
8 2 (1.06%) Cisco
8 2 (1.06%) Concur
8 2 (1.06%) Google
8 2 (1.06%) HP
8 2 (1.06%) Sage
8 2 (1.06%) SAP
8 2 (1.06%) Veeam
8 2 (1.06%) WatchGuard