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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 6 33
Rank change year-on-year -9 +27 -14
Contract jobs citing SQL 23 21 4
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 9.31% 16.15% 1.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.07% 41.18% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 19 4
10th Percentile £177 £350 £141
25th Percentile £205 £425 £142
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £500 £145
Median % change year-on-year -58.00% +244.83% -75.83%
75th Percentile £305 £619 £229
90th Percentile £385 £638 £377
South East median daily rate £475 £510 £530
% change year-on-year -6.86% -3.77% +6.00%

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 56 51 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 22.67% 39.23% 23.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 36 38
10th Percentile - £331 £306
25th Percentile £205 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £473 £440
Median % change year-on-year -34.39% +7.39% -22.57%
75th Percentile £525 £600 £641
90th Percentile £623 £638 £678
South East median daily rate £486 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.75% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.00 £57.41
% change year-on-year -3.50% -0.72% -4.32%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

SQL job vacancy trend 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 28 December 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 28 December 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 +3 16 £210 -58.00% 48
Worthing -16 2 £368 -41.20%
Gatwick - 2 £725 - 3
Bognor Regis - 1 £325 -
SQL
South East

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (26.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.70%) ArcGIS
3 1 (4.35%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (8.70%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (17.39%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.70%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (8.70%) Azure Functions
3 2 (8.70%) Azure Key Vault
3 2 (8.70%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (8.70%) PaaS
3 2 (8.70%) Serverless
3 2 (8.70%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (4.35%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (56.52%) Oracle Database
1 13 (56.52%) SQL Server
2 4 (17.39%) Power BI
3 3 (13.04%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 2 (8.70%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (8.70%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Git
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
1 2 (8.70%) Toad
General
1 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (17.39%) Finance
1 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Aviation
3 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Applications Support
2 12 (52.17%) ERP Support
3 4 (17.39%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Administrator
4 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Data Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Power BI Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (4.35%) .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Applications Support Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) C# Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Sales Administrator
5 1 (4.35%) Sales Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) SAP Test Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) SAP Tester
5 1 (4.35%) Senior
5 1 (4.35%) VB.NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) .NET
2 2 (8.70%) Next.js
2 2 (8.70%) React
2 2 (8.70%) XML
3 1 (4.35%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) ERP
2 5 (21.74%) Validation
3 4 (17.39%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (17.39%) CRM
3 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.04%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 3 (13.04%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (13.04%) Data Management
4 3 (13.04%) Data Validation
4 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (8.70%) API Development
5 2 (8.70%) Data Extraction
5 2 (8.70%) Defect Management
5 2 (8.70%) DevOps
5 2 (8.70%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 2 (8.70%) Front End Development
5 2 (8.70%) Test Automation
5 2 (8.70%) Test Scripting
5 2 (8.70%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) C#
1 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.70%) Java
3 1 (4.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (8.70%) ISEB
1 2 (8.70%) ISTQB
1 2 (8.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) QA
2 2 (8.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (73.91%) Microsoft
2 15 (65.22%) Oracle
3 6 (26.09%) SAP
4 2 (8.70%) webMethods