Structured Query Report Writer (SQR)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SQR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQR over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 8 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 598 | 690 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +92 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing SQR | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.002% | 0.002% | - |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.008% | 0.005% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Programming Languages
UK
SQR is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 13,032 | 18,971 | 31,817 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.10% | 34.05% | 36.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,198 | 13,653 | 23,242 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £385 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £458 | £459 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £680 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £763 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 528 | 437 | 498 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.95 | £30.45 | £19.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £51.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +20.77% | +15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.63 | £78.00 | £70.23 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +25.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SQR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQR.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQR.
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Top 2 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQR within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +95 | 1 | £700 | - | 1 |
| London | - | 1 | £700 | - |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: