SPARQL
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SPARQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SPARQL over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 571 | 677 | 805 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +106 | +128 | -116 |
| Contract jobs citing SPARQL | 8 | 17 | 58 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.019% | 0.030% | 0.066% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.063% | 0.086% | 0.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 12 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | £479 | £459 | £504 |
| 25th Percentile | £514 | £538 | £550 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £588 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.28% | -16.07% | +21.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £546 | £639 | £746 |
| 90th Percentile | £560 | £650 | £863 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £533 | £425 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +25.41% | - | - |
All Programming Languages
UK
SPARQL 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 | 12,728 | 19,825 | 31,917 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.92% | 34.62% | 36.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,055 | 14,305 | 23,279 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £390 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £655 |
| 90th Percentile | £765 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +1.01% | +15.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 493 | 443 | 502 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.09 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.36 | £60.70 | £50.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.73% | +21.16% | +17.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.60 | £78.00 | £72.43 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.82% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SPARQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SPARQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SPARQL.
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Top 5 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SPARQL within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +108 | 8 | £533 | -7.30% | 4 |
| UK excluding London | +56 | 5 | £533 | +25.41% | 2 |
| South West | - | 5 | £533 | - | 1 |
| Work from Home | +110 | 3 | £533 | -11.17% | 2 |
| London | +93 | 3 | £500 | -13.04% | 3 |
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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: