SQL Contract Job Trends in Westminster

SQL (Structured Query Language)
City of Westminster > Westminster

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Westminster requiring SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing SQL 3 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Westminster 15.79% 9.09% 33.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 75.00% 40.00% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £507 £467 -
25th Percentile £509 £474 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £498 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.53% - -
75th Percentile £588 £519 -
90th Percentile £618 £526 -
City of Westminster median daily rate £525 £520 £775
% change year-on-year +0.96% -32.90% +29.17%

All Programming Languages
Westminster

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 Westminster.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Westminster 21.05% 22.73% 41.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 1
10th Percentile £507 £433 -
25th Percentile £511 £463 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £520 £515
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% +0.97% -20.77%
75th Percentile £674 £538 £523
90th Percentile £740 - -
City of Westminster median daily rate £525 £523 £750
% change year-on-year +0.48% -30.33% +11.11%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Westminster

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Westminster

SQL
Daily Rate Trend in Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Westminster citing SQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Westminster citing SQL

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Westminster 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) DBA
2 1 (33.33%) Python Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Python Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Snowflake Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Snowflake Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) SQL DBA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Integration
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (66.67%) ETL
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared