SQL Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 26 10
Rank change year-on-year +7 -16 +10
Contract jobs citing SQL 251 119 168
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 8.78% 7.75% 11.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.87% 23.20% 36.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 74 112
10th Percentile £392 £312 £328
25th Percentile £413 £363 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £456 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.11% -8.75% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £569
90th Percentile £601 £684 £625
England median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% -0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £19.33 - £27.75
25th Percentile £21.69 £31.76 £30.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £33.11 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -27.51% -8.66% +70.11%
75th Percentile £25.06 £34.46 £42.50
90th Percentile £25.18 - -
England median hourly rate £41.00 £50.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -18.00% +20.48% -2.72%

All Programming Languages
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 813 513 463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 28.45% 33.42% 30.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 521 333 335
10th Percentile £359 £325 £352
25th Percentile £424 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £508
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £565 £550 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £649
England median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 7
10th Percentile £18.79 £37.07 £29.25
25th Percentile £21.24 £45.03 £34.38
Median hourly rate £24.00 £62.40 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.54% +56.00% +66.35%
75th Percentile £26.63 £82.53 £60.00
90th Percentile £34.80 £92.15 £63.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.17%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

SQL
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing SQL

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in Yorkshire

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing SQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing SQL

SQL
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 September 2026. 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
West Yorkshire +1 129 £488 +4.00% 79
South Yorkshire +8 108 £475 +5.44% 36
East Yorkshire - 6 - - 5
North Yorkshire -5 5 £475 +11.76% 36
SQL
England

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 26 (10.36%) Confluence
2 5 (1.99%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.59%) Palantir Foundry
3 4 (1.59%) SAS
4 3 (1.20%) Apache
4 3 (1.20%) CMS
4 3 (1.20%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.20%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.80%) nginx
5 2 (0.80%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.59%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.79%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.99%) Infor LN
2 5 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.80%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 54 (21.51%) Azure
2 47 (18.73%) AWS
3 44 (17.53%) Power Platform
4 38 (15.14%) GitHub
5 33 (13.15%) GCP
6 13 (5.18%) Serverless
7 12 (4.78%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (3.98%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (3.59%) Cloud Run
10 9 (3.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 9 (3.59%) OpenShift
11 8 (3.19%) Azure Databricks
12 7 (2.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (2.79%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.99%) Amazon SQS
13 5 (1.99%) Apigee
13 5 (1.99%) Kong
13 5 (1.99%) Snowflake
14 4 (1.59%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.19%) DNS
2 6 (2.39%) Network Security
3 5 (1.99%) 3GPP
3 5 (1.99%) RTP
3 5 (1.99%) Wireshark
4 4 (1.59%) BGP
4 4 (1.59%) HTTP
4 4 (1.59%) Reverse Proxy
4 4 (1.59%) SSL
5 3 (1.20%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.80%) Firewall
7 1 (0.40%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.40%) DHCP
7 1 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (19.52%) SQL Server
2 42 (16.73%) Data Warehouse
2 42 (16.73%) Power BI
3 18 (7.17%) Tableau
4 17 (6.77%) Metadata
4 17 (6.77%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (5.98%) Relational Database
6 14 (5.58%) NoSQL
7 10 (3.98%) Oracle Database
8 9 (3.59%) Data Lake
8 9 (3.59%) MongoDB
9 8 (3.19%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (3.19%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (2.79%) BigQuery
11 6 (2.39%) BusinessObjects
11 6 (2.39%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 6 (2.39%) RDBMS
11 6 (2.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (1.99%) Redis
12 5 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (13.55%) Jenkins
2 30 (11.95%) JIRA
3 23 (9.16%) Git
4 11 (4.38%) Gradle
5 10 (3.98%) Bitbucket
6 9 (3.59%) GitLab
7 7 (2.79%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (2.39%) Maven
8 6 (2.39%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (2.39%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (1.99%) TeamCity
10 4 (1.59%) Selenium
10 4 (1.59%) Snyk
11 3 (1.20%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.20%) ERwin
11 3 (1.20%) Flyway
11 3 (1.20%) JUnit
12 2 (0.80%) git-flow
12 2 (0.80%) Liquibase
12 2 (0.80%) Mockito
General
1 70 (27.89%) Social Skills
2 42 (16.73%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (14.74%) Finance
4 29 (11.55%) Public Sector
5 23 (9.16%) Banking
6 5 (1.99%) Aviation
6 5 (1.99%) Fire and Rescue
6 5 (1.99%) Police
6 5 (1.99%) Retail
7 4 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.20%) Corporate Banking
8 3 (1.20%) Games
8 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.20%) Marketing
8 3 (1.20%) Publishing
9 2 (0.80%) Back Office
9 2 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.80%) Front Office
9 2 (0.80%) Law
9 2 (0.80%) Legal
Job Titles
1 82 (32.67%) Developer
2 39 (15.54%) Analyst
3 36 (14.34%) Senior
4 32 (12.75%) Data Engineer
5 26 (10.36%) Lead
6 19 (7.57%) Data Analyst
6 19 (7.57%) Senior Developer
7 18 (7.17%) Java Developer
8 17 (6.77%) SQL Developer
9 13 (5.18%) DBA
10 11 (4.38%) Backend Developer
10 11 (4.38%) Senior Data Engineer
10 11 (4.38%) Software Engineer
11 10 (3.98%) Consultant
11 10 (3.98%) Python Developer
11 10 (3.98%) Senior Backend Developer
11 10 (3.98%) Software Developer
12 9 (3.59%) Architect
12 9 (3.59%) Technical Analyst
13 8 (3.19%) Data Warehouse Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (12.75%) REST
2 28 (11.16%) Kafka
3 25 (9.96%) Terraform
4 22 (8.76%) .NET
4 22 (8.76%) Spring Boot
5 21 (8.37%) Spring
6 19 (7.57%) HTML
7 15 (5.98%) React
8 13 (5.18%) .NET Core
9 12 (4.78%) CSS
10 11 (4.38%) RESTful
11 10 (3.98%) Hibernate
11 10 (3.98%) OAuth
11 10 (3.98%) Web Services
12 9 (3.59%) AngularJS
12 9 (3.59%) JSON
12 9 (3.59%) OAuth2
12 9 (3.59%) PySpark
12 9 (3.59%) Redux
13 8 (3.19%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.37%) Data Structures
2 18 (7.17%) NHS
3 16 (6.37%) Cloud Native
4 14 (5.58%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (5.58%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.98%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (3.19%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.99%) Robotics
8 5 (1.99%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.20%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.20%) Data Fabric
10 3 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.20%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.20%) Replication
10 3 (1.20%) Sports Betting
11 2 (0.80%) Equities
11 2 (0.80%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.80%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.56%) Linux
2 11 (4.38%) Windows
3 8 (3.19%) Unix
4 6 (2.39%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.80%) AIX
5 2 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.80%) Solaris
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (27.49%) CI/CD
2 59 (23.51%) Analytics
3 56 (22.31%) Business Intelligence
4 55 (21.91%) Agile
5 51 (20.32%) Data Pipeline
6 47 (18.73%) ETL
7 46 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (17.93%) DevOps
9 43 (17.13%) Data Modelling
10 42 (16.73%) Validation
11 39 (15.54%) Microservices
12 35 (13.94%) Migration
13 34 (13.55%) Data Engineering
14 30 (11.95%) Data Governance
14 30 (11.95%) Performance Tuning
14 30 (11.95%) Stakeholder Management
15 28 (11.16%) Test Automation
16 27 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (10.76%) Infrastructure as Code
17 24 (9.56%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 75 (29.88%) Python
2 51 (20.32%) Java
3 20 (7.97%) JavaScript
4 19 (7.57%) PL/SQL
5 17 (6.77%) C#
6 16 (6.37%) PowerShell
7 15 (5.98%) T-SQL
8 11 (4.38%) Kotlin
9 9 (3.59%) Bash
10 8 (3.19%) R
11 6 (2.39%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (1.59%) Scala
13 4 (1.59%) Shell Script
14 3 (1.20%) Bicep
15 2 (0.80%) Perl
15 2 (0.80%) PHP
15 2 (0.80%) PromQL
16 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (8.76%) Security Cleared
2 15 (5.98%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.58%) Degree
4 9 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.20%) OCP
5 3 (1.20%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.40%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (17.93%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.98%) QA
3 3 (1.20%) GDPR
4 2 (0.80%) ISO 20022
4 2 (0.80%) MiFID
5 1 (0.40%) GRC
5 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 41 (16.33%) Docker
2 17 (6.77%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.59%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.59%) KVM
3 4 (1.59%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 31 (12.35%) Kubernetes
2 17 (6.77%) Ansible
3 14 (5.58%) Prometheus
4 12 (4.78%) Grafana
5 11 (4.38%) Control-M
6 5 (1.99%) Argo
6 5 (1.99%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (1.59%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.80%) Consul
8 2 (0.80%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.40%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.40%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.40%) Kiali
9 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (20.32%) Microsoft
2 36 (14.34%) Oracle
3 24 (9.56%) Databricks
4 17 (6.77%) SAP
5 14 (5.58%) Google
6 11 (4.38%) Splunk
7 8 (3.19%) Alteryx
8 6 (2.39%) Centrify
8 6 (2.39%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.99%) Infor
10 4 (1.59%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.59%) Cerner
10 4 (1.59%) Foundry
10 4 (1.59%) Palantir
10 4 (1.59%) VMware
11 3 (1.20%) Adobe
11 3 (1.20%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.20%) SYSPRO
11 3 (1.20%) Teradata
12 2 (0.80%) Solace