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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | -2 | -2 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL | 4,220 | 6,796 | 10,791 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 9.81% | 11.68% | 12.32% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 33.15% | 33.60% | 33.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,065 | 4,898 | 7,784 |
| 10th Percentile | £357 | £363 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £536 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.28% | +2.10% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £744 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £486 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.31% | +5.14% | +8.82% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 63 | 93 | 148 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.00 | £19.11 | £16.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £32.94 | £26.48 | £20.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £45.00 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +42.86% | +29.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £59.24 | £70.00 | £53.81 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.99 | £84.60 | £64.13 |
| 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 | 12,729 | 20,225 | 31,759 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.60% | 34.77% | 36.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,058 | 14,580 | 23,147 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £394 | £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 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £780 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +2.04% | +15.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 488 | 464 | 510 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.16 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.36 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.43 | £61.84 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.95% | +23.68% | +16.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.88 | £78.00 | £72.70 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +21.95% |
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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 12 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 12 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 12 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 | 3,633 | £550 | - | 2,637 |
| London | +1 | 2,293 | £575 | - | 1,140 |
| Work from Home | +2 | 1,722 | £539 | +5.12% | 1,444 |
| UK excluding London | -6 | 1,474 | £475 | -2.31% | 1,608 |
| North of England | -4 | 392 | £475 | -1.04% | 411 |
| South East | -10 | 356 | £475 | -7.32% | 307 |
| North West | -3 | 241 | £475 | - | 220 |
| Midlands | -6 | 225 | £425 | -5.56% | 360 |
| Scotland | -1 | 216 | £475 | - | 112 |
| South West | -15 | 161 | £538 | +7.50% | 209 |
| West Midlands | -6 | 148 | £438 | -13.41% | 224 |
| Yorkshire | -7 | 119 | £450 | -10.00% | 150 |
| East of England | -21 | 80 | £450 | +5.88% | 159 |
| East Midlands | -1 | 75 | £400 | - | 136 |
| Wales | +11 | 35 | £450 | -17.43% | 50 |
| North East | +13 | 32 | £475 | -5.00% | 43 |
| Northern Ireland | -3 | 14 | £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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