SQL Contract Job Trends in Surrey

SQL (Structured Query Language)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 2 8
Rank change year-on-year -25 +6 +14
Contract jobs citing SQL 43 71 66
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 6.54% 20.06% 12.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.07% 48.63% 37.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 28 47
10th Percentile £331 £204 £268
25th Percentile £413 £294 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £619 £548 £556
90th Percentile £636 £597 £575
South East median daily rate £475 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -3.06% -6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 18 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £52.50 £13.25
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year - +307.41% -72.31%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £13.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £38.25 £55.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year -30.45% +307.41% -70.00%

All Programming Languages
Surrey

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 143 146 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 21.77% 41.24% 34.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 91 122
10th Percentile £204 - £203
25th Percentile £413 £204 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £548 £561
90th Percentile £652 £588 £630
South East median daily rate £515 £489 £514
% change year-on-year +5.32% -4.86% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 18 9
10th Percentile £67.47 - £13.25
25th Percentile £68.74 £52.50 £57.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -26.67% +37.61%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £80.00
90th Percentile - - £81.50
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £69.69
% change year-on-year +9.09% -21.08% +26.70%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

SQL job vacancy trend in Surrey

SQL
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SQL

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in Surrey over the 6 months to 4 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in Surrey

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SQL

SQL
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 4 October 2026. 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
Leatherhead -2 9 £500 +150.00% 3
Reigate -2 4 £475 - 7
Redhill -5 4 £550 - 7
Epsom +5 2 £517 -1.52% 3
Woking -5 2 £513 -16.39% 17
Staines -22 2 £350 +68.67% 4
SQL
South East

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (9.30%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Siebel CRM
2 2 (4.65%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 16 (37.21%) Azure
2 15 (34.88%) Power Platform
3 10 (23.26%) OCI
4 4 (9.30%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (6.98%) GitHub
6 2 (4.65%) AWS
6 2 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.65%) Entra ID
6 2 (4.65%) GCP
6 2 (4.65%) Snowflake
7 1 (2.33%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.33%) Azure Stack
7 1 (2.33%) Azure Storage
7 1 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (2.33%) dbt
7 1 (2.33%) IaaS
7 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.33%) SaaS
7 1 (2.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) Firewall
1 2 (4.65%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (32.56%) Power BI
2 8 (18.60%) Siebel EIM
2 8 (18.60%) SQL Server
3 5 (11.63%) Relational Database
4 4 (9.30%) Oracle Database
5 3 (6.98%) Metadata
5 3 (6.98%) MySQL
5 3 (6.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (4.65%) Data Lake
6 2 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (4.65%) GIS
6 2 (4.65%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (4.65%) Tableau
7 1 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (2.33%) Db2
7 1 (2.33%) Power Query
7 1 (2.33%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Git
2 2 (4.65%) JIRA
General
1 16 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.26%) Public Sector
3 7 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (16.28%) Finance
4 3 (6.98%) Legal
4 3 (6.98%) Marketing
5 2 (4.65%) Advertising
5 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Automotive
6 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (30.23%) Developer
2 10 (23.26%) Analyst
2 10 (23.26%) Siebel Developer
3 7 (16.28%) Data Analyst
4 6 (13.95%) Support Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (9.30%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) Data Migration Lead
5 4 (9.30%) Lead
6 3 (6.98%) Data Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Records Management Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) Senior
7 2 (4.65%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
7 2 (4.65%) Cloud Developer
7 2 (4.65%) EAI Developer
7 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Support
7 2 (4.65%) Network Systems Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Siebel EAI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) XML
2 2 (4.65%) .NET
3 1 (2.33%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.33%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.33%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (2.33%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (2.33%) Dapper ORM
3 1 (2.33%) Entity Framework
3 1 (2.33%) JSON
3 1 (2.33%) OAuth
3 1 (2.33%) OAuth2
3 1 (2.33%) OpenID
3 1 (2.33%) REST
3 1 (2.33%) RESTful
3 1 (2.33%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (6.98%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.65%) Operational Technology
3 2 (4.65%) SCADA
4 1 (2.33%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.33%) AS400
4 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.33%) PMI
4 1 (2.33%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) Linux
1 2 (4.65%) Unix
1 2 (4.65%) Windows
1 2 (4.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) Business Intelligence
1 14 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (27.91%) ETL
3 9 (20.93%) Agile
3 9 (20.93%) AI
3 9 (20.93%) Data Analysis
3 9 (20.93%) Data Migration
3 9 (20.93%) Migration
4 8 (18.60%) Analytics
4 8 (18.60%) CRM
4 8 (18.60%) Data Modelling
4 8 (18.60%) EAI
4 8 (18.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (16.28%) Data Governance
5 7 (16.28%) Validation
6 6 (13.95%) Dashboard Development
6 6 (13.95%) Decision-Making
6 6 (13.95%) Machine Learning
6 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (13.95%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 14 (32.56%) Python
2 7 (16.28%) PL/SQL
3 5 (11.63%) Bash
4 3 (6.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (6.98%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.65%) C#
5 2 (4.65%) Java
5 2 (4.65%) Perl
5 2 (4.65%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.33%) VB
6 1 (2.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (34.88%) Security Cleared
2 10 (23.26%) SC Cleared
3 7 (16.28%) Degree
4 4 (9.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (6.98%) Azure Certification
6 2 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.65%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.65%) Master's Degree
6 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.33%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (2.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (23.26%) Data Quality
1 10 (23.26%) QA
2 1 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.33%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.65%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (39.53%) Oracle
2 11 (25.58%) Microsoft
3 10 (23.26%) Siebel
4 2 (4.65%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.33%) Databricks
5 1 (2.33%) Guidewire
5 1 (2.33%) Informatica
5 1 (2.33%) Tagetik