SQL Contracts with Work from Home Options

SQL (Structured Query Language)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 11 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 0
Contract jobs citing SQL 1,752 3,176 5,457
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.39% 12.21% 12.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.17% 32.67% 32.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,204 2,362 4,010
10th Percentile £363 £369 £363
25th Percentile £427 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% +10.53%
75th Percentile £650 £627 £619
90th Percentile £748 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £538 £538 £525
% change year-on-year - +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 38 51
10th Percentile £22.61 £22.16 £20.00
25th Percentile £24.89 £36.45 £20.75
Median hourly rate £37.88 £62.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.40% +38.89% +73.08%
75th Percentile £52.69 £75.00 £56.50
90th Percentile £63.00 £85.75 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £50.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -15.00% +40.85% +31.48%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,128 9,722 16,916
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.34% 37.37% 38.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,691 7,126 12,548
10th Percentile £350 £394 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £631
90th Percentile £775 £775 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 218 192
10th Percentile £27.75 £35.00 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +26.90% +9.44%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £89.25 £77.20 £66.23
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +0.83% +20.00% +14.29%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SQL trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SQL.

SQL daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SQL over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

SQL daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SQL.

SQL hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SQL over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

SQL hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 40 (2.28%) Apache Spark
2 34 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.66%) SAS
4 28 (1.60%) Confluence
5 24 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
6 19 (1.08%) IIS
7 18 (1.03%) Apache
8 15 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
9 12 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
10 7 (0.40%) CMS
11 6 (0.34%) WebLogic
11 6 (0.34%) WebSphere
12 5 (0.29%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.23%) JBoss
13 4 (0.23%) OpenStack
13 4 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
13 4 (0.23%) Tomcat
14 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
14 3 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
14 3 (0.17%) MTS
Applications
1 123 (7.02%) Chatbot
2 76 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.057%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (0.91%) Dynamics GP
2 15 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.68%) Endur
4 11 (0.63%) Elite 3E
4 11 (0.63%) NEC Housing
5 10 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
6 9 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
6 9 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
7 7 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
7 7 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
7 7 (0.40%) Teamcenter
8 6 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
8 6 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
9 5 (0.29%) Aareon QL
9 5 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.23%) Academy Housing
10 4 (0.23%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 447 (25.51%) Azure
2 248 (14.16%) AWS
3 245 (13.98%) Power Platform
4 138 (7.88%) Azure DevOps
5 90 (5.14%) Azure Data Factory
6 74 (4.22%) GCP
7 70 (4.00%) Serverless
8 63 (3.60%) GitHub
9 45 (2.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 37 (2.11%) PowerApps
11 36 (2.05%) Snowflake
12 35 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
13 33 (1.88%) Amazon S3
13 33 (1.88%) Azure Functions
13 33 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
14 31 (1.77%) Azure Service Bus
14 31 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
15 30 (1.71%) AWS Lambda
16 29 (1.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 27 (1.54%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.80%) Firewall
2 12 (0.68%) HTTP
3 10 (0.57%) Internet
4 9 (0.51%) DNS
4 9 (0.51%) SAN
5 8 (0.46%) Network Security
5 8 (0.46%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.46%) VPN
6 6 (0.34%) SSL
7 5 (0.29%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.23%) FIX Connectivity
9 3 (0.17%) BGP
9 3 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.17%) IOS XR
9 3 (0.17%) LAN
9 3 (0.17%) PuTTY
10 2 (0.11%) DHCP
10 2 (0.11%) VoIP
10 2 (0.11%) WAN
10 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 326 (18.61%) SQL Server
2 216 (12.33%) Power BI
3 170 (9.70%) Data Warehouse
4 106 (6.05%) PostgreSQL
5 97 (5.54%) Oracle Database
6 81 (4.62%) Relational Database
7 78 (4.45%) NoSQL
8 72 (4.11%) Azure SQL Database
9 70 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 63 (3.60%) Data Lake
11 61 (3.48%) Tableau
12 55 (3.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 47 (2.68%) Big Data
14 44 (2.51%) MySQL
15 40 (2.28%) Oracle Reports
16 39 (2.23%) BigQuery
17 34 (1.94%) Metadata
18 31 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
19 30 (1.71%) MongoDB
20 26 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 95 (5.42%) JIRA
2 81 (4.62%) Git
3 45 (2.57%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.71%) Visual Studio
5 21 (1.20%) GitLab
5 21 (1.20%) Selenium
5 21 (1.20%) TeamCity
6 20 (1.14%) Cypress.io
7 19 (1.08%) Oracle APEX
8 16 (0.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 13 (0.74%) Maven
9 13 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
10 12 (0.68%) Postman
11 11 (0.63%) SpecFlow
12 10 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
13 8 (0.46%) Artifactory
13 8 (0.46%) Subversion
14 7 (0.40%) Eclipse
14 7 (0.40%) JMeter
14 7 (0.40%) SoapUI
General
1 434 (24.77%) Finance
2 367 (20.95%) Social Skills
3 177 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
4 168 (9.59%) Banking
5 123 (7.02%) Public Sector
6 113 (6.45%) Front Office
7 54 (3.08%) Marketing
8 49 (2.80%) Back Office
9 46 (2.63%) Retail
10 36 (2.05%) Investment Banking
11 31 (1.77%) Manufacturing
12 28 (1.60%) Telecoms
13 27 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (1.43%) Financial Institution
15 23 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (1.03%) Electronics
17 16 (0.91%) Billing
18 13 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
18 13 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
19 11 (0.63%) Legal
Job Titles
1 644 (36.76%) Developer
2 270 (15.41%) Analyst
3 171 (9.76%) Data Engineer
4 168 (9.59%) Senior
5 158 (9.02%) Software Developer
6 106 (6.05%) Data Analyst
7 102 (5.82%) SQL Developer
8 94 (5.37%) Consultant
9 83 (4.74%) Business Analyst
10 80 (4.57%) Architect
11 78 (4.45%) DBA
12 68 (3.88%) Lead
13 66 (3.77%) Azure Engineer
14 59 (3.37%) C# Developer
15 51 (2.91%) Senior Developer
16 50 (2.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 50 (2.85%) Java Developer
17 49 (2.80%) SQL DBA
18 45 (2.57%) Applications Support
18 45 (2.57%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (12.16%) HTML
2 166 (9.47%) .NET
3 88 (5.02%) REST
4 84 (4.79%) XML
5 58 (3.31%) React
6 56 (3.20%) CSS
7 55 (3.14%) JSON
8 51 (2.91%) SOAP
9 50 (2.85%) Web Services
10 45 (2.57%) AngularJS
11 41 (2.34%) RESTful
12 36 (2.05%) .NET Framework
13 35 (2.00%) PySpark
14 32 (1.83%) Spring
15 29 (1.66%) ASP.NET
16 28 (1.60%) LDAP
17 27 (1.54%) Spring Boot
18 26 (1.48%) SailPoint
19 25 (1.43%) Entity Framework
19 25 (1.43%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 78 (4.45%) Derivative
2 56 (3.20%) Hedge funds
3 47 (2.68%) Management Information System
4 46 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 34 (1.94%) Replication
6 31 (1.77%) Equities
6 31 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
7 29 (1.66%) Fixed Income
8 28 (1.60%) Onboarding
9 27 (1.54%) Data Centre
10 26 (1.48%) Algorithms
10 26 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
11 25 (1.43%) Data Structures
12 24 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 19 (1.08%) Clustering
14 18 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
14 18 (1.03%) NHS
15 17 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
16 16 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
17 14 (0.80%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 135 (7.71%) Windows
2 82 (4.68%) Linux
3 68 (3.88%) Unix
4 47 (2.68%) Windows Server
5 19 (1.08%) VMS
6 12 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (0.40%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.34%) OpenVMS
8 6 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.23%) AIX
9 4 (0.23%) Android
9 4 (0.23%) Solaris
10 3 (0.17%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.17%) CentOS
10 3 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.17%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (19.41%) Agile
2 295 (16.84%) Business Intelligence
3 264 (15.07%) DevOps
4 253 (14.44%) Analytics
5 249 (14.21%) Data Modelling
6 239 (13.64%) Software Engineering
7 214 (12.21%) Migration
8 206 (11.76%) ETL
9 200 (11.42%) Problem-Solving
10 173 (9.87%) Artificial Intelligence
11 164 (9.36%) CI/CD
12 142 (8.11%) Data Analysis
13 141 (8.05%) Code Quality
14 134 (7.65%) Visualisation
15 123 (7.02%) Conversational UI
16 98 (5.59%) Data Visualisation
17 92 (5.25%) Data Migration
18 91 (5.19%) Computer Science
19 90 (5.14%) Scrum
20 89 (5.08%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 541 (30.88%) Python
2 391 (22.32%) C#
3 284 (16.21%) JavaScript
4 207 (11.82%) Java
5 141 (8.05%) PL/SQL
6 111 (6.34%) PowerShell
7 73 (4.17%) T-SQL
8 55 (3.14%) TypeScript
9 40 (2.28%) R
10 35 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 33 (1.88%) C++
12 31 (1.77%) Scala
13 30 (1.71%) Bash
14 18 (1.03%) PHP
15 16 (0.91%) VBA
16 15 (0.86%) Perl
16 15 (0.86%) VB.NET
17 14 (0.80%) C
18 11 (0.63%) VB
19 10 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 268 (15.30%) Degree
2 164 (9.36%) Security Cleared
3 136 (7.76%) SC Cleared
4 38 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (1.26%) Master's Degree
6 21 (1.20%) DV Cleared
7 20 (1.14%) Azure Certification
8 12 (0.68%) PhD
9 11 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (0.57%) CISSP
10 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.46%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.34%) ISEB
12 6 (0.34%) MCSE
13 5 (0.29%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.29%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.29%) SANS
14 4 (0.23%) Numerate Degree
14 4 (0.23%) SAP Certification
15 3 (0.17%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (5.76%) Data Quality
2 77 (4.39%) QA
3 18 (1.03%) Accessibility
4 15 (0.86%) GDPR
5 14 (0.80%) MiFID
6 10 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (0.51%) EMIR
8 8 (0.46%) CDISC
8 8 (0.46%) Dodd-Frank
9 7 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.34%) IFRS
11 5 (0.29%) GxP
11 5 (0.29%) SLA
12 4 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.17%) Good Clinical Practice
13 3 (0.17%) GRC
13 3 (0.17%) IFRS 17
13 3 (0.17%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 75 (4.28%) Active Directory
2 64 (3.65%) Docker
3 20 (1.14%) IAG
4 17 (0.97%) ACF2
4 17 (0.97%) RACF
5 15 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.17%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.11%) vSphere
10 1 (0.057%) HDFS
10 1 (0.057%) XenApp
10 1 (0.057%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 60 (3.42%) Terraform
2 54 (3.08%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.05%) Ansible
4 24 (1.37%) Grafana
5 9 (0.51%) PingFederate
5 9 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.46%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.40%) SCCM
8 6 (0.34%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (0.29%) BladeLogic
9 5 (0.29%) SCOM
10 4 (0.23%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (0.17%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.17%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.17%) Puppet
12 2 (0.11%) HP Data Protector
12 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.11%) WSUS
12 2 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 295 (16.84%) Oracle
2 267 (15.24%) Microsoft
3 121 (6.91%) PayPal
4 92 (5.25%) Databricks
5 65 (3.71%) SAP
6 42 (2.40%) Google
7 34 (1.94%) ServiceNow
8 29 (1.66%) Salesforce
9 24 (1.37%) Sybase
10 18 (1.03%) Splunk
10 18 (1.03%) VMware
11 17 (0.97%) IBM
12 16 (0.91%) Informatica
13 12 (0.68%) Avaloq
13 12 (0.68%) NEC
14 11 (0.63%) Cisco
14 11 (0.63%) Murex
15 10 (0.57%) HP
15 10 (0.57%) OpenAI
16 9 (0.51%) Ping Identity