SQL Contracts in West Sussex

SQL (Structured Query Language)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Sussex 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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 16 21
Rank change year-on-year +11 +5 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL 29 23 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 17.16% 9.66% 9.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 54.72% 26.14% 28.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 15 21
10th Percentile £220 £291 £150
25th Percentile £328 £325 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £305
Median % change year-on-year - +31.15% -44.55%
75th Percentile £500 £469 £488
90th Percentile £580 £490 £588
South East median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £22.16
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £47.00 £41.67 £45.00
% change year-on-year +12.80% -7.41% +136.84%

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 53 88 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 31.36% 36.97% 31.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 67 81
10th Percentile £227 £300 £303
25th Percentile £289 £369 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £414
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.70% -17.20%
75th Percentile £544 £500 £588
90th Percentile £624 £588 £678
South East median daily rate £501 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.34% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £24.03 £22.17
25th Percentile £61.25 £25.94 £22.20
Median hourly rate £62.50 £28.00 £24.46
Median % change year-on-year +123.21% +14.47% -54.28%
75th Percentile £63.75 £29.00 £37.35
90th Percentile - - £43.74
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £62.50 £55.62
% change year-on-year -12.10% +12.37% +23.59%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in West Sussex.

Daily rate trend for SQL in West Sussex

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in West Sussex over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in West Sussex

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in West Sussex.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in West Sussex

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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 30 June 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 +5 12 £299 +1.36% 70
Worthing +16 10 £468 -6.40% 7
Burgess Hill -7 2 £550 +37.50%
Shoreham-by-Sea - 1 £450 - 2
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 3 (10.34%) WebLogic
2 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Maximo
2 1 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) Power Platform
2 7 (24.14%) Azure
3 4 (13.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (6.90%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.45%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (31.03%) Power BI
1 9 (31.03%) SQL Server
2 8 (27.59%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (17.24%) Oracle Database
4 4 (13.79%) Data Lake
4 4 (13.79%) NoSQL
5 3 (10.34%) Metadata
6 2 (6.90%) Big Data
6 2 (6.90%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (6.90%) NewSQL
6 2 (6.90%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (3.45%) Data Mining
7 1 (3.45%) OLAP
7 1 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
7 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (17.24%) JIRA
2 3 (10.34%) Toad
3 2 (6.90%) Cucumber
3 2 (6.90%) Git
3 2 (6.90%) Postman
3 2 (6.90%) SoapUI
4 1 (3.45%) ER Studio
4 1 (3.45%) ERwin
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Finance
4 2 (6.90%) Billing
4 2 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Analyst
2 4 (13.79%) Applications Support
2 4 (13.79%) Architect
2 4 (13.79%) Data Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Azure Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Azure Data Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 3 (10.34%) Consultant
3 3 (10.34%) Data Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Developer
3 3 (10.34%) ERP Support
3 3 (10.34%) Power BI Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Power BI Developer
3 3 (10.34%) SAP Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) SAP Test Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Test Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Data Business Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Migration Specialist
4 2 (6.90%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) XML
2 2 (6.90%) Playwright
2 2 (6.90%) RESTful
3 1 (3.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (6.90%) Learning Management System
1 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
1 2 (6.90%) Replication
1 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) ETL
2 11 (37.93%) Validation
3 9 (31.03%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (31.03%) Migration
3 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (20.69%) Agile
4 6 (20.69%) Data Migration
4 6 (20.69%) Data Modelling
5 5 (17.24%) Analytics
5 5 (17.24%) ERP
5 5 (17.24%) Test Automation
6 4 (13.79%) BDD
6 4 (13.79%) CI/CD
6 4 (13.79%) Data Security
6 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (10.34%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (10.34%) Data Analytics
7 3 (10.34%) Data Governance
7 3 (10.34%) Data Ingestion
7 3 (10.34%) Defect Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) Java
2 5 (17.24%) Python
3 2 (6.90%) Go
3 2 (6.90%) Scala
3 2 (6.90%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.45%) Bash
4 1 (3.45%) C#
4 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) ISEB
1 3 (10.34%) ISTQB
1 3 (10.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.90%) GDPR
2 2 (6.90%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft
2 9 (31.03%) Oracle
3 4 (13.79%) SAP
4 3 (10.34%) webMethods
5 2 (6.90%) Alteryx
5 2 (6.90%) Databricks
5 2 (6.90%) Salesforce
6 1 (3.45%) Adobe
6 1 (3.45%) Cognos
6 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.45%) Workday