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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 15 14
Rank change year-on-year +11 -1 +17
Contract jobs citing SQL 26 24 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 17.81% 9.20% 10.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.98% 23.76% 37.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 25
10th Percentile £350 £143 £211
25th Percentile £361 £285 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £363 £315
Median % change year-on-year +29.66% +15.08% -23.64%
75th Percentile £525 £469 £588
90th Percentile £550 £488 £600
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £510
% change year-on-year +5.26% -6.86% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £22.16
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £63.12 £58.91 £32.30
% change year-on-year +7.16% +82.37% +50.23%

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 51 101 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 34.93% 38.70% 28.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 76 66
10th Percentile £332 £293 £303
25th Percentile £361 £362 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £533
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -20.19% +17.03%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £634
90th Percentile £624 £588 £678
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £23.18 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £23.81 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £25.75 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year +142.72% +16.20% -59.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £27.81 £23.29
90th Percentile - £28.53 £25.33
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £60.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -5.42% +9.09% +26.03%

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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in West Sussex

SQL
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 1 May 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
Worthing +19 9 £447 -10.70% 3
Crawley +1 7 £475 +63.79% 73
Burgess Hill 0 2 £550 +33.33%
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 (11.54%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Adobe Captivate
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) Azure
2 5 (19.23%) Power Platform
3 4 (15.38%) OCI
3 4 (15.38%) SaaS
4 3 (11.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (11.54%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) SQL Server
2 6 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (19.23%) Power BI
4 4 (15.38%) NoSQL
4 4 (15.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 4 (15.38%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (11.54%) Metadata
6 2 (7.69%) Big Data
6 2 (7.69%) Data Lake
6 2 (7.69%) NewSQL
6 2 (7.69%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (3.85%) Data Mining
7 1 (3.85%) OLAP
7 1 (3.85%) Oracle Database
7 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) JIRA
2 3 (11.54%) Toad
3 2 (7.69%) Cucumber
3 2 (7.69%) Git
3 2 (7.69%) Postman
3 2 (7.69%) SoapUI
4 1 (3.85%) ER Studio
4 1 (3.85%) ERwin
General
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 3 (11.54%) Legal
5 2 (7.69%) Billing
5 2 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (19.23%) Developer
2 4 (15.38%) Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) Oracle Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Architect
3 3 (11.54%) Consultant
3 3 (11.54%) Data Architect
3 3 (11.54%) DBA
3 3 (11.54%) SAP Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) SAP Test Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) SQL DBA
3 3 (11.54%) Test Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Azure Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Data Migration Specialist
4 2 (7.69%) Platform Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) Test Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (26.92%) XML
2 4 (15.38%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (7.69%) Playwright
3 2 (7.69%) RESTful
4 1 (3.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Learning Management System
1 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 2 (7.69%) Replication
1 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) ETL
1 11 (42.31%) Validation
2 9 (34.62%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (30.77%) Analytics
3 8 (30.77%) Data Modelling
3 8 (30.77%) Migration
3 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (19.23%) Agile
4 5 (19.23%) Data Migration
4 5 (19.23%) ERP
4 5 (19.23%) Test Automation
5 4 (15.38%) BDD
5 4 (15.38%) CI/CD
5 4 (15.38%) Logical Data Model
5 4 (15.38%) Physical Data Model
6 3 (11.54%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (11.54%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (11.54%) Data Ingestion
6 3 (11.54%) Defect Management
6 3 (11.54%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) Java
2 4 (15.38%) PL/SQL
2 4 (15.38%) Python
3 2 (7.69%) Go
3 2 (7.69%) Scala
3 2 (7.69%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.85%) Bash
4 1 (3.85%) C#
4 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
1 3 (11.54%) ISEB
1 3 (11.54%) ISTQB
1 3 (11.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 2 (7.69%) GDPR
1 2 (7.69%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 8 (30.77%) Oracle
3 3 (11.54%) SAP
3 3 (11.54%) webMethods
4 2 (7.69%) Alteryx
4 2 (7.69%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.85%) Adobe
5 1 (3.85%) Cognos
5 1 (3.85%) Databricks
5 1 (3.85%) Workday