SQL Contracts in the South East

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 22 13 13
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 -1
Contract jobs citing SQL 354 573 797
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 6.43% 10.07% 10.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.23% 36.17% 39.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 411 526
10th Percentile £309 £306 £325
25th Percentile £400 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +2.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £578 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
England median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 25 30
10th Percentile £22.61 - -
25th Percentile £24.43 £18.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £58.91 £32.30 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +82.37% +55.66% -13.54%
75th Percentile £62.96 £57.50 £22.25
90th Percentile £67.50 £79.19 £54.82
England median hourly rate £44.25 £49.28 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.21% +40.81% +33.33%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,211 1,584 2,041
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.99% 27.84% 26.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1,123 1,316
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £617 £588
90th Percentile £686 £694 £650
England median daily rate £550 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -2.54% +2.60% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 89 86
10th Percentile £35.00 £18.85 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £26.08 £20.00
Median hourly rate £60.14 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% +57.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £66.01 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.50 £75.00 £62.15
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.35
% change year-on-year - +24.13% +17.09%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for SQL in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for SQL in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Hourly rate histogram for SQL in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the South East 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
Thames Valley -7 181 £480 -6.34% 90
Berkshire -10 120 £500 -2.44% 44
Surrey +1 68 £433 -17.62% 46
Hampshire -29 58 £544 +16.00% 72
Buckinghamshire +9 49 £475 -7.32% 26
West Sussex +2 26 £383 +22.40% 11
Oxfordshire 0 12 £463 +15.63% 20
Kent -11 6 £550 -12.00% 27
Home Counties - 4 - -
East Sussex -2 2 £625 +13.64% 17
Middlesex +1 1 £425 -22.73% 1
Sussex - 1 £350 - 1
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 29 (8.19%) SAS
2 27 (7.63%) Confluence
3 15 (4.24%) Apache
3 15 (4.24%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (3.95%) SharePoint
5 12 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.56%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.56%) nginx
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.28%) IIS
7 1 (0.28%) Jadu
7 1 (0.28%) JBoss
7 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.28%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.98%) SPSS
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.41%) Aareon QL
1 5 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.13%) Adobe Campaign
2 4 (1.13%) FastStats
2 4 (1.13%) Unica
3 3 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.56%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.28%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.28%) Epicor Tropos
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 84 (23.73%) Azure
2 66 (18.64%) Power Platform
3 49 (13.84%) AWS
4 29 (8.19%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (5.37%) Azure Data Factory
6 16 (4.52%) Serverless
7 13 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (3.67%) PowerApps
8 12 (3.39%) GitHub
9 11 (3.11%) Azure Functions
9 11 (3.11%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (2.54%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.26%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (1.98%) GCP
12 7 (1.98%) PaaS
12 7 (1.98%) Snowflake
13 6 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.67%) BGP
2 12 (3.39%) VPN
3 11 (3.11%) DHCP
3 11 (3.11%) DNS
4 10 (2.82%) Ethernet VPN
4 10 (2.82%) MPLS
4 10 (2.82%) Radio Access Network
5 9 (2.54%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.98%) Firewall
6 7 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.41%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (1.13%) SAN
9 3 (0.85%) FTP
9 3 (0.85%) HTTP
9 3 (0.85%) IOS XR
9 3 (0.85%) Network Security
9 3 (0.85%) OpenLDAP
10 2 (0.56%) NAS
10 2 (0.56%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (17.51%) SQL Server
2 56 (15.82%) Power BI
3 42 (11.86%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (10.17%) Oracle Database
5 32 (9.04%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (7.06%) NoSQL
7 22 (6.21%) Tableau
8 19 (5.37%) Oracle Database 11g
9 18 (5.08%) Relational Database
10 15 (4.24%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (4.24%) Data Lake
10 15 (4.24%) MySQL
11 14 (3.95%) MongoDB
12 11 (3.11%) Crystal Reports
12 11 (3.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (3.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (2.26%) Big Data
13 8 (2.26%) Qlik Sense
14 7 (1.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (1.69%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 44 (12.43%) JIRA
2 18 (5.08%) Git
3 14 (3.95%) GitLab
4 13 (3.67%) TestRail
5 10 (2.82%) Robot Framework
6 8 (2.26%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.26%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (1.13%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.13%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.85%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.85%) Postman
10 2 (0.56%) kappa
11 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.28%) ERwin
11 1 (0.28%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.28%) JMeter
11 1 (0.28%) JUnit
11 1 (0.28%) MLflow
11 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 77 (21.75%) Social Skills
2 51 (14.41%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (11.86%) Finance
4 28 (7.91%) Retail
5 25 (7.06%) Telecoms
6 19 (5.37%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.82%) Marketing
7 10 (2.82%) Military
8 9 (2.54%) Billing
9 7 (1.98%) Banking
9 7 (1.98%) Legal
10 6 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.41%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (1.13%) Automotive
13 3 (0.85%) Local Government
14 2 (0.56%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 114 (32.20%) Developer
2 61 (17.23%) Analyst
3 38 (10.73%) Data Analyst
4 25 (7.06%) Test Engineer
5 24 (6.78%) Senior
6 21 (5.93%) SQL Developer
7 18 (5.08%) Data Engineer
8 17 (4.80%) DBA
9 15 (4.24%) Lead
10 14 (3.95%) PostgreSQL Developer
11 13 (3.67%) Architect
11 13 (3.67%) Network Engineer
12 12 (3.39%) SQL Analyst
13 11 (3.11%) C Developer
13 11 (3.11%) Consultant
13 11 (3.11%) SQL DBA
14 10 (2.82%) Applications Support
14 10 (2.82%) SQL Data Analyst
15 9 (2.54%) Azure Engineer
15 9 (2.54%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.47%) REST
2 22 (6.21%) .NET
2 22 (6.21%) SOAP
2 22 (6.21%) XML
3 15 (4.24%) JSON
3 15 (4.24%) RESTful
4 13 (3.67%) YANG
5 10 (2.82%) NETCONF
5 10 (2.82%) RESTCONF
6 8 (2.26%) .NET Core
7 7 (1.98%) AngularJS
7 7 (1.98%) D3.js
7 7 (1.98%) Spring
8 6 (1.69%) Spring Boot
8 6 (1.69%) Web Services
9 4 (1.13%) ADO
9 4 (1.13%) Blazor
9 4 (1.13%) HTML
9 4 (1.13%) LAMP
9 4 (1.13%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.95%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.39%) PKI
3 9 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (1.98%) Digital Signage
5 6 (1.69%) Housing Association
5 6 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (1.69%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.41%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.41%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.41%) Smart Meter
7 4 (1.13%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.13%) e-Health
7 4 (1.13%) Replication
8 3 (0.85%) CCTV
8 3 (0.85%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.85%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.56%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 54 (15.25%) Windows
2 41 (11.58%) Linux
3 39 (11.02%) Unix
4 22 (6.21%) Windows Server
5 13 (3.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (3.11%) Windows 10
7 10 (2.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (2.82%) Windows 7
8 8 (2.26%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (1.98%) Apple iOS
10 6 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (1.13%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.56%) Android
13 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (24.58%) Agile
2 62 (17.51%) Analytics
2 62 (17.51%) Business Intelligence
3 51 (14.41%) DevOps
4 48 (13.56%) Migration
5 46 (12.99%) Data Modelling
6 42 (11.86%) Scrum
7 37 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (9.32%) Data Migration
9 31 (8.76%) Performance Tuning
9 31 (8.76%) Software Testing
9 31 (8.76%) Unit Testing
10 30 (8.47%) ETL
10 30 (8.47%) Workflow
11 29 (8.19%) Test Automation
12 28 (7.91%) Data Analysis
12 28 (7.91%) Software Engineering
13 25 (7.06%) CI/CD
13 25 (7.06%) Regression Testing
14 22 (6.21%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 63 (17.80%) Python
2 47 (13.28%) PL/SQL
3 36 (10.17%) C#
4 20 (5.65%) Java
5 18 (5.08%) T-SQL
6 14 (3.95%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.67%) C
8 12 (3.39%) C++
9 11 (3.11%) Shell Script
10 10 (2.82%) PowerShell
11 9 (2.54%) ProC
12 8 (2.26%) R
12 8 (2.26%) Scala
13 6 (1.69%) Bash
13 6 (1.69%) VB
13 6 (1.69%) VBA
14 5 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (1.13%) F#
15 4 (1.13%) PHP
15 4 (1.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 65 (18.36%) Security Cleared
2 47 (13.28%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.17%) Degree
4 15 (4.24%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.54%) MCSA
5 9 (2.54%) MCSE
5 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (2.26%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.85%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.85%) HNC
7 3 (0.85%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.28%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.08%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.67%) QA
3 9 (2.54%) GDPR
4 8 (2.26%) SLA
5 4 (1.13%) IFRS
5 4 (1.13%) IFRS 9
6 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.56%) GxP
7 2 (0.56%) PMO
8 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (7.63%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.37%) Docker
3 12 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.41%) vSphere
5 4 (1.13%) VirtualBox
6 1 (0.28%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (3.95%) Terraform
2 8 (2.26%) Ansible
3 6 (1.69%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.85%) Grafana
5 2 (0.56%) Graylog
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.56%) Nagios
5 2 (0.56%) PaperCut
5 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.56%) SCCM
6 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.28%) Kibana
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.28%) vRealize
6 1 (0.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 86 (24.29%) Oracle
2 69 (19.49%) Microsoft
3 21 (5.93%) VMware
4 13 (3.67%) Databricks
5 12 (3.39%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.82%) IFS
7 9 (2.54%) Informatica
8 8 (2.26%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.69%) Google
9 6 (1.69%) SAP
10 5 (1.41%) Aareon
10 5 (1.41%) Ab Initio
10 5 (1.41%) Cisco
10 5 (1.41%) Facebook
11 4 (1.13%) Adobe
11 4 (1.13%) Alteryx
11 4 (1.13%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.13%) Snapchat
11 4 (1.13%) Splunk
12 3 (0.85%) Veeam