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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | -2 | -2 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL | 4,199 | 6,634 | 10,754 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 9.87% | 11.62% | 12.30% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 33.09% | 33.49% | 33.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,044 | 4,787 | 7,762 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £363 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £538 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +2.38% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £744 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £485 | £465 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.06% | +4.30% | +9.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 62 | 89 | 147 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.88 | £20.20 | £16.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £31.65 | £26.48 | £20.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £44.25 | £51.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.24% | +45.71% | +29.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £58.24 | £70.25 | £53.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £63.00 | £85.00 | £64.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £42.50 | £40.59 | £26.98 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.71% | +50.44% | +12.42% |
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 | 12,689 | 19,807 | 31,680 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.82% | 34.69% | 36.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,016 | 14,288 | 23,102 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £392 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.09% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £785 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +2.04% | +15.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 491 | 450 | 512 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.24 | £19.56 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +24.75% | +16.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.00 | £74.30 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.05% |
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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 15 May 2024.
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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 15 May 2024.
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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 15 May 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 |
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| England | -1 | 3,616 | £550 | - | 2,635 |
| London | +1 | 2,284 | £575 | -0.86% | 1,136 |
| Work from Home | +3 | 1,716 | £538 | +4.37% | 1,480 |
| UK excluding London | -6 | 1,469 | £475 | -2.06% | 1,599 |
| North of England | -3 | 398 | £475 | -1.45% | 416 |
| South East | -8 | 353 | £475 | -7.32% | 314 |
| North West | -3 | 239 | £475 | - | 227 |
| Midlands | -5 | 226 | £405 | -10.00% | 360 |
| Scotland | 0 | 215 | £466 | -1.84% | 96 |
| South West | -13 | 158 | £538 | +7.50% | 206 |
| West Midlands | -5 | 153 | £425 | -15.00% | 225 |
| Yorkshire | -4 | 127 | £485 | -3.00% | 148 |
| East of England | -23 | 77 | £450 | +5.88% | 147 |
| East Midlands | -1 | 72 | £394 | -1.56% | 135 |
| Wales | +12 | 34 | £425 | -22.02% | 52 |
| North East | +14 | 32 | £475 | -5.00% | 46 |
| Northern Ireland | -5 | 13 | £400 | -11.11% | 27 |
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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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