SPARQL
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SPARQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SPARQL over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 24 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 694 | 809 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +115 | -153 |
| Contract jobs citing SPARQL | 0 | 18 | 46 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.030% | 0.052% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 0.085% | 0.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 15 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £485 | £500 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £544 | £550 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £620 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -11.43% | +3.70% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £663 | £725 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £675 | £835 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £650 | - |
All Programming Languages
UK
SPARQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,821 | 21,193 | 32,504 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.38% | 35.22% | 36.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,116 | 15,304 | 23,676 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 482 | 487 | 516 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.25 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £61.18 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.92% | +22.35% | +14.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.68 | £77.00 | £67.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.75 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.63% | +18.45% |
SPARQL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SPARQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SPARQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SPARQL.