SQL Contracts in the North West

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 12 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 +6
Contract jobs citing SQL 243 343 526
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 9.14% 11.24% 13.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.27% 38.71% 37.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 260 358
10th Percentile £299 £325 £304
25th Percentile £394 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.75%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £561
90th Percentile £610 £657 £638
England median daily rate £550 £550 £540
% change year-on-year - +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 14
10th Percentile £37.63 £25.69 £14.08
25th Percentile £41.25 £35.12 £14.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.59 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +159.94% -31.32%
75th Percentile £45.57 £53.84 £30.81
90th Percentile £46.18 £59.28 £60.43
England median hourly rate £43.75 £49.79 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.12% +42.24% +34.62%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 North West with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 652 886 1,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 24.53% 29.03% 34.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 660 1,063
10th Percentile £325 £336 £315
25th Percentile £400 £413 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +22.70%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £588
90th Percentile £615 £650 £663
England median daily rate £550 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -2.54% +2.60% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 15 42
10th Percentile £37.93 £24.29 £14.25
25th Percentile £41.25 £37.77 £21.57
Median hourly rate £48.43 £47.50 £49.98
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -4.95% +66.58%
75th Percentile £71.87 £56.95 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.27 £65.90 £77.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.50
% change year-on-year - +21.36% +20.74%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the North West

SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for SQL in the North West

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in the North West over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in the North West

SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL in the North West

SQL
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 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
Manchester -1 128 £475 - 156
Cheshire -4 70 £500 +1.55% 55
Merseyside 0 25 £375 -24.24% 25
Lancashire -3 11 £400 -11.36% 22
Cumbria -15 3 £470 -6.00% 2
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (4.12%) Apache Spark
2 9 (3.70%) SAS
3 8 (3.29%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.88%) Apache
4 7 (2.88%) SharePoint 2010
4 7 (2.88%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.82%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.41%) CMS
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (10.29%) Chatbot
2 17 (7.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.29%) CATIA
4 5 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.29%) DELMIA
1 8 (3.29%) Teamcenter
2 3 (1.23%) Aareon QL
3 2 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 59 (24.28%) Power Platform
2 44 (18.11%) Azure
3 25 (10.29%) AWS
3 25 (10.29%) Snowflake
4 12 (4.94%) Power Automate
5 11 (4.53%) Amazon EC2
5 11 (4.53%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (4.12%) GCP
6 10 (4.12%) Serverless
7 9 (3.70%) Google Analytics
8 8 (3.29%) Amazon S3
8 8 (3.29%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (3.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.88%) GitHub
10 6 (2.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (2.47%) Amazon ELB
10 6 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (2.47%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.06%) DNS
1 5 (2.06%) FTP
1 5 (2.06%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.65%) DHCP
2 4 (1.65%) Firewall
3 2 (0.82%) Network Security
3 2 (0.82%) WAN
4 1 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.41%) Internet
4 1 (0.41%) LAN
4 1 (0.41%) NAS
4 1 (0.41%) SAN
4 1 (0.41%) VLAN
4 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (24.28%) Power BI
2 50 (20.58%) SQL Server
3 36 (14.81%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (11.52%) Data Lake
5 20 (8.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 17 (7.00%) Tableau
7 14 (5.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (4.94%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (4.53%) Big Data
9 11 (4.53%) Metadata
9 11 (4.53%) MySQL
10 9 (3.70%) NoSQL
10 9 (3.70%) Relational Database
11 8 (3.29%) BigQuery
11 8 (3.29%) PowerPivot
12 6 (2.47%) Ataccama
12 6 (2.47%) DynamoDB
12 6 (2.47%) Microsoft Power View
12 6 (2.47%) Qlik Sense
12 6 (2.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 19 (7.82%) Git
2 14 (5.76%) JIRA
3 7 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.47%) SonarQube
4 6 (2.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (2.06%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.65%) Jasmine
6 4 (1.65%) Karma Test Runner
6 4 (1.65%) Mocha
6 4 (1.65%) webpack
7 3 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.23%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.82%) JMeter
8 2 (0.82%) Selenium
8 2 (0.82%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.41%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.41%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.41%) SpecFlow
General
1 54 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 31 (12.76%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (7.00%) Finance
3 17 (7.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 13 (5.35%) Manufacturing
5 10 (4.12%) Retail
6 9 (3.70%) Banking
7 7 (2.88%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.47%) Legal
8 6 (2.47%) Publishing
9 5 (2.06%) Marketing
10 3 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.82%) Automotive
11 2 (0.82%) German Language
11 2 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.41%) Games
12 1 (0.41%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.41%) Law
12 1 (0.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 86 (35.39%) Developer
2 42 (17.28%) Analyst
3 28 (11.52%) Data Analyst
3 28 (11.52%) Software Developer
4 20 (8.23%) Data Engineer
5 19 (7.82%) Senior
6 16 (6.58%) Senior Analyst
7 15 (6.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 14 (5.76%) Lead
9 10 (4.12%) .NET Developer
9 10 (4.12%) Architect
9 10 (4.12%) Power BI Developer
9 10 (4.12%) Project Manager
10 9 (3.70%) Data Quality Analyst
10 9 (3.70%) QA Analyst
10 9 (3.70%) Quality Analyst
11 8 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.29%) Senior QA Analyst
11 8 (3.29%) Senior Quality Analyst
11 8 (3.29%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (15.23%) HTML
2 22 (9.05%) .NET
3 12 (4.94%) CSS
4 11 (4.53%) XML
5 10 (4.12%) .NET Framework
6 9 (3.70%) AngularJS
7 8 (3.29%) React
7 8 (3.29%) RESTful
8 7 (2.88%) .NET Core
8 7 (2.88%) Kafka
8 7 (2.88%) Node.js
9 6 (2.47%) Web Services
10 5 (2.06%) Entity Framework
10 5 (2.06%) JSON
11 4 (1.65%) PySpark
11 4 (1.65%) REST
12 2 (0.82%) jQuery
12 2 (0.82%) ODBC
12 2 (0.82%) SOAP
13 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (2.88%) Onboarding
2 6 (2.47%) Life Science
2 6 (2.47%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.06%) Algorithms
3 5 (2.06%) Data Structures
3 5 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.06%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.65%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.23%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.23%) CMDB
5 3 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.23%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.23%) NHS
5 3 (1.23%) Smartphone
6 2 (0.82%) Clustering
6 2 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.82%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.29%) Windows
2 6 (2.47%) Unix
3 5 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.65%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (1.23%) Linux
5 3 (1.23%) VMS
6 2 (0.82%) Android
6 2 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.82%) zOS
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (25.51%) Business Intelligence
2 44 (18.11%) Agile
2 44 (18.11%) Analytics
3 42 (17.28%) Software Engineering
4 41 (16.87%) ETL
5 34 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (11.52%) Code Quality
6 28 (11.52%) Visualisation
7 27 (11.11%) CI/CD
8 25 (10.29%) Artificial Intelligence
8 25 (10.29%) Conversational UI
8 25 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (9.88%) Data Modelling
10 23 (9.47%) DevOps
11 22 (9.05%) Data Management
11 22 (9.05%) Migration
12 17 (7.00%) CRM
12 17 (7.00%) Data Analysis
12 17 (7.00%) Data Architecture
12 17 (7.00%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 73 (30.04%) Python
2 53 (21.81%) C#
3 44 (18.11%) JavaScript
4 16 (6.58%) PowerShell
5 13 (5.35%) Java
6 11 (4.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 10 (4.12%) PL/SQL
8 9 (3.70%) Go
8 9 (3.70%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.88%) Bash
10 6 (2.47%) T-SQL
11 5 (2.06%) Search Processing Language
12 3 (1.23%) R
13 2 (0.82%) Bicep
13 2 (0.82%) C++
13 2 (0.82%) PHP
14 1 (0.41%) Scala
14 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (16.46%) Degree
2 11 (4.53%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.23%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.82%) CCNA
5 2 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.82%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (0.82%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.41%) Data Quality
2 17 (7.00%) QA
3 5 (2.06%) GAMP
3 5 (2.06%) GxP
4 4 (1.65%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.23%) ISO 22301
5 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.41%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (4.53%) Docker
2 9 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.06%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.41%) Firmware
6 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (4.94%) Terraform
2 10 (4.12%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.47%) Ansible
3 6 (2.47%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.82%) Nagios
4 2 (0.82%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.41%) Control-M
5 1 (0.41%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 33 (13.58%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.29%) PayPal
3 19 (7.82%) Oracle
4 12 (4.94%) Splunk
5 11 (4.53%) Google
6 10 (4.12%) VMware
7 9 (3.70%) Databricks
7 9 (3.70%) SAP
8 8 (3.29%) Salesforce
8 8 (3.29%) Siemens
9 7 (2.88%) Alteryx
9 7 (2.88%) Avaloq
10 6 (2.47%) Dataiku
10 6 (2.47%) Trillium
11 5 (2.06%) Informatica
11 5 (2.06%) Talend
12 3 (1.23%) Aareon
13 2 (0.82%) F5
13 2 (0.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 2 (0.82%) SolarWinds