U-SQL
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring U-SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited U-SQL over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 588 | 701 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +113 | +143 |
| Contract jobs citing U-SQL | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.005% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 0.016% | 0.020% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £291 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £297 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £338 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £372 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £374 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -13.33% |
All Programming Languages
UK
U-SQL 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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 9,936 | 12,736 | 20,223 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.06% | 29.58% | 34.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,762 | 9,069 | 14,573 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £350 | £395 |
| 25th Percentile | £415 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £528 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.57% | -4.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £769 | £763 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £489 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -2.20% | +2.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 248 | 486 | 462 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.07 | £32.25 | £26.14 |
| 25th Percentile | £35.00 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.18 | £60.94 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.52% | +2.03% | +21.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £78.96 | £78.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £64.00 | £62.50 | £61.84 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.40% | +1.07% | +24.30% |
U-SQL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing U-SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
U-SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing U-SQL.