SQL Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

SQL (Structured Query Language)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring SQL skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 10 27
Rank change year-on-year +6 +17 -12
Contract jobs citing SQL 32 20 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 17.11% 13.33% 5.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 65.31% 33.90% 21.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 16 13
10th Percentile £170 £293 -
25th Percentile £205 £347 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year -49.41% +21.43% -41.67%
75th Percentile £340 £600 £588
90th Percentile £488 £619 -
South East median daily rate £490 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -

All Programming Languages
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 49 59 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 26.20% 39.33% 28.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 45 74
10th Percentile £195 £291 £312
25th Percentile £205 £359 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £274 £450 £414
Median % change year-on-year -39.17% +8.70% -22.98%
75th Percentile £425 £500 £584
90th Percentile £525 £600 £678
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £28.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year - -41.67% -10.28%
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £56.06
% change year-on-year -21.43% +24.87% -6.57%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in West Sussex

SQL
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SQL

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in West Sussex over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in West Sussex

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SQL

SQL
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
Crawley +4 26 £210 -28.81% 11
Worthing -7 2 £625 - 2
Bognor Regis - 1 £325 - 1
Shoreham-by-Sea - 1 £450 -
SQL
South East

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (18.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (18.75%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (15.63%) Azure
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (3.13%) GitHub
5 1 (3.13%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (56.25%) SQL Server
2 17 (53.13%) Oracle Database
3 8 (25.00%) Power BI
4 4 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (9.38%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 3 (9.38%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (6.25%) Data Lake
7 1 (3.13%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Cucumber
1 2 (6.25%) Git
1 2 (6.25%) Postman
1 2 (6.25%) SoapUI
General
1 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Finance
4 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (50.00%) Applications Support
2 14 (43.75%) ERP Support
3 6 (18.75%) Analyst
4 5 (15.63%) Data Analyst
5 4 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 4 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
5 4 (12.50%) Power BI Analyst
6 3 (9.38%) Support Specialist
7 2 (6.25%) Administrator
7 2 (6.25%) Applications Specialist
7 2 (6.25%) Applications Support Specialist
7 2 (6.25%) Architect
7 2 (6.25%) Azure Architect
7 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 2 (6.25%) Consultant
7 2 (6.25%) Data Architect
7 2 (6.25%) Developer
7 2 (6.25%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (6.25%) Technical Consultant
7 2 (6.25%) Test Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Playwright
2 1 (3.13%) .NET
2 1 (3.13%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.13%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) ERP
2 8 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (21.88%) CRM
4 6 (18.75%) Actionable Insight
5 5 (15.63%) Data Validation
5 5 (15.63%) Validation
6 4 (12.50%) Agile
6 4 (12.50%) ETL
7 3 (9.38%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 3 (9.38%) Data Cleansing
7 3 (9.38%) Data Governance
7 3 (9.38%) Data Management
7 3 (9.38%) Data Modelling
7 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (6.25%) BDD
8 2 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.25%) Functional Testing
8 2 (6.25%) Performance Tuning
8 2 (6.25%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) Python
2 2 (6.25%) C#
2 2 (6.25%) TypeScript
3 1 (3.13%) Bash
3 1 (3.13%) Java
3 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.13%) VB.NET
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 3 (9.38%) QA
Vendors
1 23 (71.88%) Microsoft
2 18 (56.25%) Oracle
3 5 (15.63%) SAP
4 2 (6.25%) Databricks
5 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow