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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 21 July 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| SQL (Structured Query Language) UK |
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6 months to
21 Jul 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
6 |
6 |
5 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL |
13,739 |
12,810 |
14,725 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
13.19% |
13.35% |
13.38% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
30.13% |
32.09% |
34.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
9,475 |
8,716 |
10,226 |
| UK median daily rate |
£438 |
£425 |
£400 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+2.94% |
+6.25% |
+6.67% |
| 10th Percentile |
£290 |
£275 |
£263 |
| 90th Percentile |
£613 |
£600 |
£575 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£395 |
£375 |
£363 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.33% |
+3.45% |
+3.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
222 |
236 |
261 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£24.50 |
£39.25 |
£28.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-37.58% |
+40.18% |
+14.29% |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.75 |
£13.15 |
£12.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
£51.25 |
£51.75 |
£46.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£22.50 |
£40.00 |
£28.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-43.75% |
+42.86% |
+12.00% |
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.
| All Programming Languages UK |
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
45,594 |
39,914 |
42,533 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
43.77% |
41.60% |
38.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
31,916 |
27,365 |
29,155 |
| UK median daily rate |
£463 |
£445 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+3.93% |
+4.71% |
+6.25% |
| 10th Percentile |
£313 |
£300 |
£275 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£625 |
£594 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£413 |
£400 |
£375 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.13% |
+6.67% |
+7.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
798 |
802 |
924 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£41.00 |
£41.25 |
£37.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-0.61% |
+10.00% |
+7.14% |
| 10th Percentile |
£16.25 |
£16.25 |
£13.26 |
| 90th Percentile |
£52.50 |
£53.75 |
£51.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£40.75 |
£42.00 |
£37.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
-2.98% |
+12.00% |
+7.14% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SQL as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing SQL.
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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram
The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing SQL over the 6 months to 21 July 2018.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram
The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing SQL over the 6 months to 21 July 2018.
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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 21 July 2018. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
For the 6 months to 21 July 2018, IT contractor jobs citing SQL also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for SQL.
| 1 |
4,263 (31.03%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 2 |
3,853 (28.04%) |
SQL Server |
| 3 |
3,399 (24.74%) |
C# |
| 4 |
3,332 (24.25%) |
Finance |
| 5 |
3,083 (22.44%) |
.NET |
| 6 |
2,793 (20.33%) |
Oracle |
| 7 |
2,767 (20.14%) |
Java |
| 8 |
2,682 (19.52%) |
Microsoft |
| 9 |
2,255 (16.41%) |
JavaScript |
| 10 |
1,851 (13.47%) |
Business Intelligence |
| 11 |
1,788 (13.01%) |
Python |
| 12 |
1,786 (13.00%) |
Windows |
| 13 |
1,667 (12.13%) |
Linux |
| 14 |
1,636 (11.91%) |
Microsoft Azure |
| 15 |
1,571 (11.43%) |
HTML |
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| 16 |
1,521 (11.07%) |
ETL |
| 17 |
1,464 (10.66%) |
TDD |
| 18 |
1,461 (10.63%) |
Data Warehouse |
| 19 |
1,436 (10.45%) |
T-SQL |
| 20 |
1,414 (10.29%) |
Banking |
| 21 |
1,410 (10.26%) |
SQL Server Integration Services |
| 22 |
1,406 (10.23%) |
Unix |
| 23 |
1,367 (9.95%) |
Analytical Skills |
| 24 |
1,360 (9.90%) |
Analytics |
| 25 |
1,339 (9.75%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 26 |
1,301 (9.47%) |
XML |
| 27 |
1,293 (9.41%) |
Scrum |
| 28 |
1,291 (9.40%) |
MVC |
| 29 |
1,278 (9.30%) |
Test Automation |
| 30 |
1,237 (9.00%) |
CSS |
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Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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| Processes & Methodologies |
| 1 |
4,263 (31.03%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 2 |
1,851 (13.47%) |
Business Intelligence |
| 3 |
1,521 (11.07%) |
ETL |
| 4 |
1,464 (10.66%) |
TDD |
| 5 |
1,360 (9.90%) |
Analytics |
| 6 |
1,339 (9.75%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 7 |
1,293 (9.41%) |
Scrum |
| 8 |
1,291 (9.40%) |
MVC |
| 9 |
1,278 (9.30%) |
Test Automation |
| 10 |
1,001 (7.29%) |
Data Modelling |
| 11 |
992 (7.22%) |
Migration |
| 12 |
955 (6.95%) |
DevOps |
| 13 |
936 (6.81%) |
Continuous Integration |
| 14 |
809 (5.89%) |
BDD |
| 15 |
776 (5.65%) |
SDLC |
| 16 |
726 (5.28%) |
Software Engineering |
| 17 |
706 (5.14%) |
Data Analysis |
| 18 |
705 (5.13%) |
Microservices |
| 19 |
699 (5.09%) |
OO |
| 20 |
582 (4.24%) |
Unit Testing |
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