SQL (Structured Query Language)
Hertfordshire > Watford
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Watford requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +7 | +6 | -1 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Watford | 15.69% | 7.14% | 4.58% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 80.00% | 38.89% | 42.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £409 | £475 |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | £422 | £494 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £450 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -14.29% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £581 | £581 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £588 | £669 | £725 |
| Hertfordshire median daily rate | £550 | £450 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -14.29% | +13.51% |
All Programming Languages
Watford
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 in Watford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 10 | 18 | 14 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford | 19.61% | 18.37% | 10.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 15 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £443 | - | £500 |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | £325 | £575 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £425 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +29.41% | -34.62% | +18.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £578 | £469 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £588 | £678 | £715 |
| Hertfordshire median daily rate | £550 | £425 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.41% | -19.05% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Watford
Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Watford.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Watford
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in Watford.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Watford
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in Watford.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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: