SQL Developer Contracts in Scotland

SQL Developer
UK > Scotland

The median SQL Developer daily rate in Scotland is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 161 161
Rank change year-on-year +42 0 -15
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Developer 8 7 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.37% 0.26% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.27% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 11
10th Percentile £345 £375 £350
25th Percentile £388 £425 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £519 £547 £488
90th Percentile £553 £550 -
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +16.28%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,026 2,569 3,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 95.29% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,242 1,786 2,312
10th Percentile £200 £224 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £557 £550 £550
90th Percentile £637 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 45 50
10th Percentile £12.30 £12.48 £17.15
25th Percentile £16.00 £14.25 £18.43
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -50.57% +37.36%
75th Percentile £58.13 £58.75 £48.56
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.88 £55.86
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured SQL Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Developer in Scotland

SQL Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Developer in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for SQL Developer in Scotland

SQL Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Developer in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Developer in Scotland

SQL Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Developer in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Developer in Scotland

SQL Developer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Developer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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
Glasgow +20 6 £379 +8.21% 2
Edinburgh +28 2 £538 +7.50%
SQL Developer
UK

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, SQL Developer contract job roles required 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 Scotland region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 7 (87.50%) Oracle
3 5 (62.50%) Unix
3 5 (62.50%) PL/SQL
4 4 (50.00%) AWS
4 4 (50.00%) Oracle Database
5 3 (37.50%) Amazon S3
5 3 (37.50%) Database Optimisation
5 3 (37.50%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (37.50%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (25.00%) Finance
6 2 (25.00%) Shell Script
6 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
7 1 (12.50%) MySQL
7 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
7 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
7 1 (12.50%) Agile
7 1 (12.50%) Banking
7 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
7 1 (12.50%) Google
7 1 (12.50%) JIRA
7 1 (12.50%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
7 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
7 1 (12.50%) Database Tuning
7 1 (12.50%) Apache Hive
7 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (12.50%) Big Data
7 1 (12.50%) Relational Database

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (12.50%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) Amazon S3
3 1 (12.50%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle Database
2 3 (37.50%) Amazon Athena
2 3 (37.50%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (12.50%) Apache Hive
4 1 (12.50%) Big Data
4 1 (12.50%) Impala
4 1 (12.50%) Metadata
4 1 (12.50%) MySQL
4 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
4 1 (12.50%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle APEX
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Database Optimisation
2 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Database Tuning
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Optimisation
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (62.50%) PL/SQL
3 2 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft