The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Spark SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Spark SQL over the 6 months leading up to 6 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 6 Mar 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
118
124
175
Rank change year-on-year
+6
+51
-
Contract jobs citing Spark SQL
1
2
2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London
Spark SQL falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the City of London.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills
377
489
837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
20.62%
20.83%
21.54%
Number of daily rates quoted
246
332
502
10th Percentile
£406
£413
£421
25th Percentile
£471
£475
£503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£575
£600
£600
Median % change year-on-year
-4.17%
-
+4.35%
75th Percentile
£688
£713
£717
90th Percentile
£754
£825
£788
Central London median daily rate
£575
£600
£600
% change year-on-year
-4.17%
-
+4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
1
6
10th Percentile
-
-
£43.13
25th Percentile
£36.75
£46.75
£58.41
Median hourly rate
£38.50
£48.50
£84.09
Median % change year-on-year
-20.62%
-42.32%
+54.29%
75th Percentile
£40.25
£50.25
£88.30
90th Percentile
-
-
-
Central London median hourly rate
£38.50
£48.50
£84.09
% change year-on-year
-20.62%
-42.32%
+54.29%
Spark SQL Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing Spark SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Spark SQL Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Spark SQL in the City of London.
Spark SQL Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London
For the 6 months to 6 March 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Spark SQL also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Spark SQL.
Spark SQL Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:
