SQL (Structured Query Language)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 7 Dec 2023 |
Same period 2022 | Same period 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | 0 | +1 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL | 4,737 | 10,086 | 11,619 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 10.55% | 13.14% | 12.97% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 34.24% | 34.85% | 33.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,418 | 7,240 | 8,324 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £375 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £450 | £415 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £550 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.27% | +7.32% | +8.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £650 | £620 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £756 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +11.11% | +7.48% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 66 | 105 | 162 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.31 | £18.25 | £12.30 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.25 | £20.25 | £24.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £45.00 | £44.68 | £40.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.72% | +9.64% | +55.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.20 | £65.79 | £56.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.33 | £75.15 | £62.15 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £42.66 | £35.00 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.89% | -12.50% | +69.58% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 13,834 | 28,943 | 34,751 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.82% | 37.70% | 38.79% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,852 | 20,725 | 25,297 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | £400 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £433 | £468 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £565 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.65% | +7.62% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £520 | £470 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +10.64% | +10.59% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 422 | 502 | 432 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.28 | £25.50 | £18.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.48 | £46.38 | £27.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.42 | £62.50 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.73% | +31.58% | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £67.41 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.68 | £74.52 | £70.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £46.30 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +40.39% | +7.67% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.
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Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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 |
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| England | -3 | 4,043 | £550 | - | 3,408 |
| London | 0 | 2,603 | £575 | -4.17% | 1,510 |
| Work from Home | -7 | 1,802 | £525 | -2.33% | 1,966 |
| UK excluding London | -6 | 1,608 | £500 | - | 2,164 |
| South East | -5 | 429 | £550 | +10.00% | 590 |
| North of England | -10 | 322 | £500 | +1.01% | 642 |
| Scotland | -2 | 249 | £500 | +11.11% | 130 |
| Midlands | -14 | 220 | £450 | -10.00% | 338 |
| North West | -8 | 188 | £488 | +2.63% | 384 |
| South West | -5 | 184 | £513 | -2.38% | 202 |
| West Midlands | -16 | 149 | £475 | -9.52% | 200 |
| East of England | -1 | 130 | £500 | +11.11% | 191 |
| Yorkshire | -7 | 126 | £525 | -2.33% | 190 |
| East Midlands | +1 | 70 | £431 | +1.47% | 138 |
| Wales | +2 | 62 | £338 | -35.71% | 72 |
| Northern Ireland | -2 | 25 | £350 | -26.32% | 33 |
| North East | -7 | 8 | £466 | -11.33% | 77 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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