SQL (Structured Query Language)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | -2 | -2 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL | 4,223 | 6,798 | 10,763 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 9.81% | 11.72% | 12.34% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 33.16% | 33.62% | 34.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,064 | 4,896 | 7,763 |
| 10th Percentile | £357 | £363 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £538 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +2.38% | +9.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £461 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | +5.69% | +8.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 64 | 93 | 146 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.13 | £19.11 | £16.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £34.22 | £26.48 | £20.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £44.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.50% | +42.86% | +29.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £58.86 | £70.00 | £53.94 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.99 | £84.60 | £64.38 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £42.50 | £40.59 | £26.98 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.71% | +50.44% | +12.42% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,736 | 20,223 | 31,637 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.58% | 34.86% | 36.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,069 | 14,573 | 23,041 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £395 | £383 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £528 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +2.56% | +14.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 486 | 462 | 501 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.14 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.18 | £60.94 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.03% | +21.88% | +14.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.96 | £78.00 | £69.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £61.84 | £49.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.07% | +24.30% | +19.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SQL 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 SQL.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.
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Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 |
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| England | -1 | 3,628 | £550 | - | 2,535 |
| London | +1 | 2,295 | £575 | - | 1,086 |
| Work from Home | +2 | 1,729 | £538 | +4.72% | 1,397 |
| UK excluding London | -6 | 1,470 | £475 | -2.56% | 1,553 |
| North of England | -4 | 387 | £475 | -1.04% | 397 |
| South East | -9 | 354 | £475 | -6.86% | 288 |
| North West | -2 | 240 | £475 | - | 220 |
| Midlands | -5 | 224 | £425 | -5.56% | 355 |
| Scotland | 0 | 218 | £475 | -2.56% | 108 |
| South West | -14 | 159 | £538 | +7.50% | 196 |
| West Midlands | -7 | 147 | £425 | -16.67% | 210 |
| Yorkshire | -7 | 114 | £450 | -10.00% | 141 |
| East of England | -23 | 83 | £450 | +5.88% | 167 |
| East Midlands | -1 | 75 | £400 | - | 145 |
| Wales | +12 | 35 | £450 | -17.43% | 46 |
| North East | +14 | 33 | £475 | -5.00% | 38 |
| Northern Ireland | -5 | 15 | £400 | -11.11% | 24 |
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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:
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