SPARQL Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SPARQL
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SPARQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 350 -
Rank change year-on-year -48 - -
Contract jobs citing SPARQL 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.022% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.022% 0.077% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% - -
UK median daily rate £478 £431 £613
% change year-on-year +10.79% -29.63% -4.67%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

SPARQL 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,611 3,872 5,020
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.93% 27.84% 25.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,980 2,306 3,361
10th Percentile £322 £337 £325
25th Percentile £402 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -2.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £598
90th Percentile £650 £663 £675
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 189 359
10th Percentile £42.19 £21.25 £37.54
25th Percentile £52.50 £45.00 £48.32
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -3.08% -
75th Percentile £69.45 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £82.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £61.84
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.07% -1.84%

SPARQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SPARQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SPARQL job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SPARQL
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SPARQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SPARQL

SPARQL
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SPARQL within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 January 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
North West -27 1 £350 -24.32%
North of England -62 1 £350 -24.32%
SPARQL
UK

SPARQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Ontologist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Ontologies
1 1 (100.00%) RDF