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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | -2 | -2 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL | 4,208 | 6,582 | 10,766 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 9.88% | 11.56% | 12.30% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 33.09% | 33.40% | 33.99% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,046 | 4,751 | 7,766 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £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 | £485 | £470 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.06% | +3.19% | +10.59% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 62 | 83 | 140 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.88 | £19.11 | £16.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £31.65 | £26.37 | £20.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £44.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.50% | +42.86% | +29.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £58.24 | £70.00 | £53.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £63.00 | £82.00 | £63.62 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £42.50 | £44.16 | £26.98 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.76% | +63.68% | +13.67% |
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 | 12,717 | 19,709 | 31,670 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.87% | 34.61% | 36.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,044 | 14,221 | 23,079 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £389 | £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 | £656 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +1.01% | +16.47% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 493 | 440 | 503 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.05 | £19.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £61.60 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.46% | +23.20% | +17.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.00 | £72.35 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +25.00% |
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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 18 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 18 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 18 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 | 3,638 | £550 | - | 2,936 |
| London | +1 | 2,301 | £575 | -0.43% | 1,384 |
| Work from Home | +3 | 1,713 | £536 | +4.59% | 1,507 |
| UK excluding London | -5 | 1,465 | £475 | -2.06% | 1,851 |
| North of England | -2 | 398 | £475 | -1.94% | 467 |
| South East | -8 | 355 | £475 | -8.65% | 491 |
| North West | -4 | 242 | £475 | - | 254 |
| Midlands | -4 | 225 | £400 | -11.11% | 365 |
| Scotland | +1 | 209 | £450 | -5.26% | 107 |
| South West | -14 | 161 | £538 | +7.50% | 206 |
| West Midlands | -4 | 153 | £425 | -15.00% | 236 |
| Yorkshire | -8 | 124 | £488 | -2.50% | 168 |
| East of England | -22 | 77 | £450 | +5.88% | 154 |
| East Midlands | -2 | 71 | £388 | -3.13% | 129 |
| North East | +15 | 32 | £475 | -5.00% | 50 |
| Wales | +8 | 32 | £425 | -21.30% | 52 |
| Northern Ireland | -6 | 13 | £400 | -11.11% | 27 |
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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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