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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing SQL 233 350 637
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.35% 10.77% 12.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.52% 41.13% 47.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 252 448
10th Percentile £259 £277 £312
25th Percentile £351 £363 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £538
90th Percentile £625 £638 £588
England median daily rate £545 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -0.91% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 12
10th Percentile £14.15 £24.31 £16.48
25th Percentile £22.86 £25.09 £28.08
Median hourly rate £28.94 £29.93 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -14.48% +84.21%
75th Percentile £33.04 £46.27 -
90th Percentile £42.92 £60.00 -
England median hourly rate £42.50 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -15.00% +42.86% +34.62%

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 656 851 1,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.50% 26.19% 26.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 621 966
10th Percentile £260 £313 £319
25th Percentile £350 £375 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £540
90th Percentile £634 £688 £623
England median daily rate £543 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% +2.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 16
10th Percentile £22.50 £20.74 £17.42
25th Percentile £30.37 £24.47 £20.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £41.69 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.92% +19.12% +45.83%
75th Percentile £58.75 £54.06 -
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.75 £47.25
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +20.00%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -4 147 £425 -15.00% 165
East Midlands +1 85 £400 - 107
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 9 (3.86%) SAS
2 6 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.15%) Confluence
3 5 (2.15%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 5 (2.15%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.29%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.43%) Apache
6 1 (0.43%) Appian
6 1 (0.43%) CMS
6 1 (0.43%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.43%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (10.30%) Chatbot
2 11 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.58%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.86%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.15%) Oracle HRMS
2 4 (1.72%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.86%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 2 (0.86%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.43%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 60 (25.75%) Azure
2 48 (20.60%) Power Platform
3 21 (9.01%) AWS
4 16 (6.87%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (6.44%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (4.29%) dbt
7 9 (3.86%) Serverless
8 7 (3.00%) Azure AKS
8 7 (3.00%) Azure App Service
8 7 (3.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 7 (3.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 7 (3.00%) PowerApps
9 6 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (2.58%) Snowflake
10 5 (2.15%) Azure Functions
10 5 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (2.15%) GitHub
10 5 (2.15%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.72%) AWS Step Functions
11 4 (1.72%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.00%) SAN
2 6 (2.58%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (1.72%) DNS
3 4 (1.72%) Firewall
4 2 (0.86%) DHCP
4 2 (0.86%) LAN
4 2 (0.86%) SSL
4 2 (0.86%) VoIP
4 2 (0.86%) VPN
4 2 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.43%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.43%) IPsec
5 1 (0.43%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.43%) Network Security
5 1 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.43%) VLAN
5 1 (0.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (19.74%) Power BI
2 33 (14.16%) SQL Server
3 23 (9.87%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (6.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (6.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (5.58%) NoSQL
7 11 (4.72%) Relational Database
7 11 (4.72%) Tableau
8 9 (3.86%) Hadoop
9 8 (3.43%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (3.43%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (3.00%) Data Lake
10 7 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (3.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (2.58%) BusinessObjects
11 6 (2.58%) Impala
12 5 (2.15%) MySQL
12 5 (2.15%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.72%) Snowflake Schema
13 4 (1.72%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (6.01%) Rational Rhapsody
2 8 (3.43%) Git
2 8 (3.43%) JIRA
3 7 (3.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (2.58%) Oracle APEX
5 5 (2.15%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.72%) Ant
6 4 (1.72%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.29%) GitLab
7 3 (1.29%) Hudson
7 3 (1.29%) Selenium
7 3 (1.29%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.86%) TestRail
8 2 (0.86%) Travis CI
9 1 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.43%) webpack
General
1 52 (22.32%) Social Skills
2 31 (13.30%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (9.87%) Finance
4 10 (4.29%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.43%) Retail
6 6 (2.58%) Banking
6 6 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.72%) Marketing
7 4 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.29%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.86%) Advertising
9 2 (0.86%) Automotive
9 2 (0.86%) Back Office
9 2 (0.86%) Front Office
9 2 (0.86%) German Language
9 2 (0.86%) Legal
9 2 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.86%) Police
Job Titles
1 87 (37.34%) Developer
2 46 (19.74%) Analyst
3 29 (12.45%) Data Engineer
4 24 (10.30%) Senior
4 24 (10.30%) Software Developer
5 19 (8.15%) SQL Developer
6 17 (7.30%) Architect
6 17 (7.30%) Data Analyst
7 14 (6.01%) DBA
7 14 (6.01%) Integration Developer
8 12 (5.15%) SQL DBA
9 9 (3.86%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.43%) Business Analyst
10 8 (3.43%) Oracle Developer
11 7 (3.00%) Administrator
11 7 (3.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 7 (3.00%) Data Architect
11 7 (3.00%) Senior Integration Developer
12 6 (2.58%) Angular Developer
12 6 (2.58%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.88%) HTML
2 19 (8.15%) .NET
3 8 (3.43%) RESTful
4 7 (3.00%) AngularJS
5 5 (2.15%) CSS
5 5 (2.15%) REST
6 4 (1.72%) Pandas
7 3 (1.29%) ADO
7 3 (1.29%) Flask
7 3 (1.29%) JSON
7 3 (1.29%) Kafka
7 3 (1.29%) SOAP
7 3 (1.29%) XML
8 2 (0.86%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.86%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.86%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (0.86%) LDAP
8 2 (0.86%) Web Services
8 2 (0.86%) XSD
8 2 (0.86%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
1 8 (3.43%) Onboarding
2 6 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (2.58%) Product Ownership
2 6 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.15%) Clustering
3 5 (2.15%) HP Storage
3 5 (2.15%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.72%) Algorithms
4 4 (1.72%) Credit Risk
5 3 (1.29%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (1.29%) Replication
6 2 (0.86%) FMCG
6 2 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (0.86%) Wiki
7 1 (0.43%) Chip and PIN
7 1 (0.43%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.43%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.43%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.30%) Windows
2 9 (3.86%) Unix
3 7 (3.00%) Linux
4 5 (2.15%) AIX
4 5 (2.15%) Solaris
4 5 (2.15%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.72%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.86%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.43%) Android
7 1 (0.43%) VMS
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (22.75%) Business Intelligence
2 45 (19.31%) Agile
3 32 (13.73%) Analytics
4 31 (13.30%) Data Modelling
4 31 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (12.02%) Migration
6 27 (11.59%) Artificial Intelligence
6 27 (11.59%) Code Quality
7 26 (11.16%) ETL
8 25 (10.73%) DevOps
8 25 (10.73%) Software Engineering
9 24 (10.30%) Conversational UI
10 15 (6.44%) Data Analysis
10 15 (6.44%) User Acceptance Testing
11 14 (6.01%) Data Pipeline
11 14 (6.01%) Software Testing
12 13 (5.58%) Computer Science
12 13 (5.58%) Data Analytics
12 13 (5.58%) Data Migration
12 13 (5.58%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 64 (27.47%) Python
2 41 (17.60%) JavaScript
3 39 (16.74%) C#
4 19 (8.15%) PL/SQL
5 11 (4.72%) Bash
6 10 (4.29%) Java
7 9 (3.86%) T-SQL
8 8 (3.43%) Bicep
8 8 (3.43%) R
9 7 (3.00%) Bourne shell
9 7 (3.00%) Korn
9 7 (3.00%) PowerShell
9 7 (3.00%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.29%) PHP
11 2 (0.86%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.86%) Scala
11 2 (0.86%) VB
11 2 (0.86%) VBA
12 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (18.88%) Degree
2 22 (9.44%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.01%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.58%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.58%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.15%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.72%) ISEB
7 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.86%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.86%) MCSE
9 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.43%) MCITP
9 1 (0.43%) MCTS
9 1 (0.43%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.43%) PhD
9 1 (0.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.01%) Data Quality
1 14 (6.01%) HL7
2 10 (4.29%) QA
3 8 (3.43%) SLA
4 3 (1.29%) GDPR
5 2 (0.86%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 11 (4.72%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.43%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.86%) Docker
4 2 (0.86%) vSphere
5 1 (0.43%) HDFS
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (3.00%) Terraform
2 5 (2.15%) EMC NetWorker
2 5 (2.15%) HP Data Protector
2 5 (2.15%) Microsoft Clustering
2 5 (2.15%) NetBackup
3 4 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.86%) Ansible
4 2 (0.86%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.43%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.43%) SCCM
5 1 (0.43%) SCOM
5 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 46 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 37 (15.88%) Oracle
3 24 (10.30%) PayPal
4 10 (4.29%) Databricks
5 8 (3.43%) Salesforce
6 7 (3.00%) EMC
7 6 (2.58%) Informatica
8 5 (2.15%) Brocade
8 5 (2.15%) Cisco
8 5 (2.15%) HP
8 5 (2.15%) Symantec
8 5 (2.15%) VMware
9 4 (1.72%) SAP
10 3 (1.29%) IFS
10 3 (1.29%) JD Edwards
10 3 (1.29%) PeopleSoft
11 2 (0.86%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.86%) Sage
11 2 (0.86%) Splunk
11 2 (0.86%) Talend