SQL Contracts in the Midlands

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -5 -3 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL 224 396 630
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.24% 11.81% 12.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.84% 44.59% 48.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 295 449
10th Percentile £259 £285 £300
25th Percentile £343 £373 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £572 £540 £510
90th Percentile £625 £600 £575
England median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 11
10th Percentile £14.15 £24.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.86 £24.63 £26.14
Median hourly rate £28.94 £26.48 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.27% -24.34% +66.67%
75th Percentile £32.53 £35.08 -
90th Percentile £42.58 £44.03 -
England median hourly rate £44.25 £49.28 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.21% +40.81% +33.33%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 625 888 1,301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.98% 26.48% 26.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 654 965
10th Percentile £260 £313 £313
25th Percentile £350 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £538
90th Percentile £638 £671 £613
England median daily rate £550 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -2.54% +2.60% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 14 16
10th Percentile £22.42 £19.74 £16.77
25th Percentile £27.38 £24.16 £20.25
Median hourly rate £51.78 £29.93 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.99% -14.48% -9.68%
75th Percentile £58.75 £54.69 -
90th Percentile £60.13 £88.88 £45.84
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.35
% change year-on-year - +24.13% +17.09%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the Midlands

SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for SQL in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SQL in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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 Midlands -7 147 £425 -16.67% 208
East Midlands -1 75 £400 - 143
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.79%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.79%) Confluence
3 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.34%) SAS
4 2 (0.89%) Apache
4 2 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.45%) Appian
5 1 (0.45%) CMS
5 1 (0.45%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.45%) IIS
5 1 (0.45%) nginx
5 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.45%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (10.71%) Chatbot
2 8 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.34%) NetSuite
1 3 (1.34%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 3 (1.34%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.89%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.45%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 64 (28.57%) Azure
2 44 (19.64%) Power Platform
3 21 (9.38%) AWS
4 19 (8.48%) Azure Data Factory
5 17 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (5.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (4.46%) Serverless
8 9 (4.02%) GCP
9 7 (3.13%) Azure App Service
9 7 (3.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 7 (3.13%) Azure Functions
9 7 (3.13%) Power Automate
9 7 (3.13%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.68%) Azure AKS
10 6 (2.68%) PowerApps
11 5 (2.23%) dbt
11 5 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (2.23%) SaaS
12 4 (1.79%) Apigee
12 4 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.57%) SAN
2 6 (2.68%) Fibre Channel
3 5 (2.23%) Firewall
4 4 (1.79%) DNS
5 3 (1.34%) LAN
5 3 (1.34%) VPN
6 2 (0.89%) DHCP
6 2 (0.89%) SSL
6 2 (0.89%) VoIP
6 2 (0.89%) WAN
7 1 (0.45%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.45%) IPsec
7 1 (0.45%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.45%) Network Security
7 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.45%) VLAN
7 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.45%) Wireless
7 1 (0.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (18.75%) Power BI
2 30 (13.39%) SQL Server
3 29 (12.95%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (7.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (5.80%) Data Lake
6 13 (5.80%) NoSQL
6 13 (5.80%) Relational Database
7 10 (4.46%) Big Data
8 8 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (3.57%) Hadoop
9 7 (3.13%) BusinessObjects
9 7 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (3.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (3.13%) Tableau
10 6 (2.68%) Impala
10 6 (2.68%) MySQL
11 5 (2.23%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (2.23%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.79%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 14 (6.25%) Rational Rhapsody
2 8 (3.57%) Git
2 8 (3.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (1.79%) Ant
3 4 (1.79%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.79%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.79%) JIRA
3 4 (1.79%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (1.34%) GitLab
4 3 (1.34%) Hudson
4 3 (1.34%) Selenium
4 3 (1.34%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.89%) TestRail
5 2 (0.89%) Travis CI
6 1 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.45%) webpack
General
1 46 (20.54%) Social Skills
2 29 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (9.82%) Finance
4 9 (4.02%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.57%) Retail
6 7 (3.13%) Banking
7 6 (2.68%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.79%) Automotive
8 4 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.34%) Marketing
9 3 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.89%) Advertising
10 2 (0.89%) Front Office
10 2 (0.89%) German Language
10 2 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.89%) Legal
10 2 (0.89%) Police
10 2 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 90 (40.18%) Developer
2 35 (15.63%) Analyst
3 29 (12.95%) Data Engineer
4 25 (11.16%) Software Developer
5 22 (9.82%) Senior
6 19 (8.48%) Architect
6 19 (8.48%) SQL Developer
7 14 (6.25%) Data Analyst
7 14 (6.25%) Integration Developer
8 12 (5.36%) DBA
9 10 (4.46%) SQL DBA
10 9 (4.02%) Senior Developer
11 8 (3.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 8 (3.57%) Data Architect
11 8 (3.57%) Lead
12 7 (3.13%) Administrator
12 7 (3.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 7 (3.13%) Senior Integration Developer
13 6 (2.68%) Angular Developer
13 6 (2.68%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.05%) HTML
2 20 (8.93%) .NET
3 7 (3.13%) AngularJS
3 7 (3.13%) RESTful
4 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.79%) Pandas
5 3 (1.34%) ADO
5 3 (1.34%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.34%) Flask
5 3 (1.34%) JSON
5 3 (1.34%) Kafka
5 3 (1.34%) PySpark
5 3 (1.34%) React
5 3 (1.34%) XML
6 2 (0.89%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.89%) CSS
6 2 (0.89%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.89%) SOAP
6 2 (0.89%) XSD
6 2 (0.89%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
1 8 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 6 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.23%) Clustering
3 5 (2.23%) HP Storage
3 5 (2.23%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.79%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (1.34%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.34%) Replication
6 2 (0.89%) Data Structures
6 2 (0.89%) FMCG
6 2 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.89%) Wiki
7 1 (0.45%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.45%) Insider Threat
7 1 (0.45%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.45%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.48%) Windows
2 10 (4.46%) Linux
3 9 (4.02%) Unix
4 6 (2.68%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.23%) AIX
5 5 (2.23%) Solaris
6 4 (1.79%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.89%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.45%) Android
9 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.45%) VMS
9 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (22.77%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (18.30%) Agile
3 33 (14.73%) Data Modelling
3 33 (14.73%) ETL
4 31 (13.84%) Analytics
5 29 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (12.50%) Migration
7 27 (12.05%) Artificial Intelligence
7 27 (12.05%) Code Quality
8 25 (11.16%) DevOps
8 25 (11.16%) Software Engineering
9 24 (10.71%) Conversational UI
10 19 (8.48%) Data Analytics
11 17 (7.59%) Data Analysis
12 15 (6.70%) Data Pipeline
13 14 (6.25%) Data Migration
13 14 (6.25%) Software Testing
14 13 (5.80%) Computer Science
14 13 (5.80%) Data Governance
14 13 (5.80%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 69 (30.80%) Python
2 41 (18.30%) C#
3 36 (16.07%) JavaScript
4 19 (8.48%) PL/SQL
5 14 (6.25%) Java
6 12 (5.36%) T-SQL
7 10 (4.46%) Bash
8 8 (3.57%) TypeScript
9 7 (3.13%) Bicep
9 7 (3.13%) Bourne shell
9 7 (3.13%) Korn
9 7 (3.13%) R
10 6 (2.68%) PowerShell
10 6 (2.68%) Scala
11 3 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (1.34%) PHP
12 2 (0.89%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.89%) VB
12 2 (0.89%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.89%) VBA
Qualifications
1 42 (18.75%) Degree
2 22 (9.82%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.70%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.68%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.23%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.23%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.79%) ISEB
7 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.89%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.89%) MCSE
9 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.45%) HND
9 1 (0.45%) MCITP
9 1 (0.45%) MCTS
9 1 (0.45%) PhD
9 1 (0.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.25%) Data Quality
1 14 (6.25%) HL7
2 10 (4.46%) QA
3 2 (0.89%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.89%) GDPR
4 1 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.34%) vSphere
4 2 (0.89%) Docker
5 1 (0.45%) HDFS
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (2.23%) EMC NetWorker
1 5 (2.23%) HP Data Protector
1 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Clustering
1 5 (2.23%) NetBackup
1 5 (2.23%) Terraform
2 4 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.34%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.89%) Ansible
4 2 (0.89%) SCCM
5 1 (0.45%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.45%) PaperCut
5 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.45%) VxRail
Vendors
1 45 (20.09%) Microsoft
2 32 (14.29%) Oracle
3 24 (10.71%) PayPal
4 12 (5.36%) Databricks
5 11 (4.91%) Informatica
6 7 (3.13%) EMC
7 6 (2.68%) Cisco
7 6 (2.68%) HP
8 5 (2.23%) Brocade
8 5 (2.23%) Symantec
8 5 (2.23%) Talend
8 5 (2.23%) VMware
9 4 (1.79%) JD Edwards
9 4 (1.79%) PeopleSoft
9 4 (1.79%) SAP
9 4 (1.79%) Workday
10 3 (1.34%) QAD
10 3 (1.34%) Sage
10 3 (1.34%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.89%) Splunk