SQL Contracts with Work from Home Options

SQL (Structured Query Language)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 11 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 0
Contract jobs citing SQL 1,720 2,856 5,335
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.74% 11.69% 12.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.32% 31.65% 31.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,191 2,126 3,927
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% -2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £534 £538 £530
% change year-on-year -0.65% +1.42% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 30 45
10th Percentile £22.61 £22.16 £20.30
25th Percentile £25.13 £35.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.25 £61.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.82% +37.22% +73.08%
75th Percentile £55.13 £71.19 £56.50
90th Percentile £63.00 £85.00 £66.51
UK median hourly rate £43.75 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% +42.86% +29.63%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,012 9,023 16,788
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.20% 36.93% 38.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,641 6,624 12,497
10th Percentile £351 £388 £375
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £650 £672 £638
90th Percentile £788 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £526 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.36% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 192 187
10th Percentile £28.00 £31.18 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.19 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +12.99%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £60.63
90th Percentile £85.00 £82.25 £73.50
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.77
% change year-on-year - +23.10% +18.51%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SQL trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SQL.

SQL daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SQL over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

SQL daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SQL.

SQL hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SQL over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

SQL hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 42 (2.44%) Apache Spark
2 31 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (1.80%) SAS
2 31 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.57%) Confluence
4 24 (1.40%) Apache
5 17 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.81%) IIS
7 13 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
8 7 (0.41%) CMS
9 6 (0.35%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.29%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.23%) JBoss
11 4 (0.23%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.23%) nginx
11 4 (0.23%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
11 4 (0.23%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.17%) MTS
12 3 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 121 (7.03%) Chatbot
2 71 (4.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.28%) MS Visio
4 21 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.058%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (0.93%) Dynamics GP
1 16 (0.93%) Endur
2 15 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.70%) Elite 3E
3 12 (0.70%) NEC Housing
3 12 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
4 9 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
6 7 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
6 7 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.41%) Teamcenter
7 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.29%) Aareon QL
8 5 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle 11i
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 459 (26.69%) Azure
2 253 (14.71%) AWS
3 235 (13.66%) Power Platform
4 143 (8.31%) Azure DevOps
5 87 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
6 75 (4.36%) GCP
7 74 (4.30%) Serverless
8 66 (3.84%) GitHub
9 43 (2.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 42 (2.44%) Snowflake
11 41 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
12 39 (2.27%) Amazon S3
13 37 (2.15%) PowerApps
14 34 (1.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 33 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
16 32 (1.86%) Azure Functions
17 30 (1.74%) Azure Service Bus
17 30 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
17 30 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
18 25 (1.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.58%) HTTP
2 9 (0.52%) Internet
3 8 (0.47%) Firewall
3 8 (0.47%) SAN
4 7 (0.41%) VPN
5 6 (0.35%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.29%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.23%) DNS
7 4 (0.23%) FIX Connectivity
7 4 (0.23%) Network Security
8 3 (0.17%) BGP
8 3 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (0.17%) DHCP
8 3 (0.17%) IOS XR
8 3 (0.17%) LAN
8 3 (0.17%) PuTTY
8 3 (0.17%) WAN
9 2 (0.12%) SSL
9 2 (0.12%) VoIP
9 2 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 298 (17.33%) SQL Server
2 207 (12.03%) Power BI
3 170 (9.88%) Data Warehouse
4 104 (6.05%) PostgreSQL
5 95 (5.52%) Oracle Database
6 88 (5.12%) NoSQL
7 86 (5.00%) Relational Database
8 68 (3.95%) Azure SQL Database
9 63 (3.66%) Data Lake
9 63 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 60 (3.49%) Tableau
11 58 (3.37%) Big Data
12 49 (2.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 45 (2.62%) BigQuery
14 42 (2.44%) MySQL
15 36 (2.09%) Oracle Reports
16 32 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
16 32 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
16 32 (1.86%) Metadata
17 30 (1.74%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 91 (5.29%) Git
2 87 (5.06%) JIRA
3 46 (2.67%) Jenkins
4 33 (1.92%) Visual Studio
5 23 (1.34%) Selenium
6 22 (1.28%) TeamCity
7 21 (1.22%) GitLab
8 20 (1.16%) Cypress.io
9 18 (1.05%) Oracle APEX
10 15 (0.87%) Postman
11 14 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 13 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
13 12 (0.70%) SpecFlow
14 11 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
15 10 (0.58%) JMeter
15 10 (0.58%) Maven
16 8 (0.47%) Artifactory
16 8 (0.47%) Subversion
16 8 (0.47%) WebDriver
17 7 (0.41%) CircleCI
General
1 434 (25.23%) Finance
2 367 (21.34%) Social Skills
3 170 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
4 166 (9.65%) Banking
5 119 (6.92%) Public Sector
6 114 (6.63%) Front Office
7 50 (2.91%) Retail
8 49 (2.85%) Back Office
9 48 (2.79%) Marketing
10 34 (1.98%) Investment Banking
11 29 (1.69%) Manufacturing
12 26 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 26 (1.51%) Telecoms
13 24 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (1.28%) Financial Institution
15 15 (0.87%) Electronics
16 14 (0.81%) Billing
16 14 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
17 13 (0.76%) Legal
18 12 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 618 (35.93%) Developer
2 273 (15.87%) Analyst
3 172 (10.00%) Data Engineer
3 172 (10.00%) Senior
4 157 (9.13%) Software Developer
5 106 (6.16%) Data Analyst
6 96 (5.58%) Consultant
7 88 (5.12%) SQL Developer
8 85 (4.94%) Architect
9 83 (4.83%) Business Analyst
10 69 (4.01%) DBA
11 63 (3.66%) Azure Engineer
12 61 (3.55%) Lead
13 55 (3.20%) C# Developer
14 52 (3.02%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 51 (2.97%) Financial Analyst
16 50 (2.91%) Java Developer
17 44 (2.56%) Senior Developer
18 43 (2.50%) SQL Analyst
18 43 (2.50%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (11.74%) HTML
2 175 (10.17%) .NET
3 80 (4.65%) REST
3 80 (4.65%) XML
4 53 (3.08%) React
5 50 (2.91%) CSS
5 50 (2.91%) JSON
5 50 (2.91%) SOAP
5 50 (2.91%) Web Services
6 46 (2.67%) AngularJS
7 45 (2.62%) PySpark
8 44 (2.56%) RESTful
9 37 (2.15%) .NET Framework
10 32 (1.86%) Kafka
11 29 (1.69%) Spring
12 28 (1.63%) Node.js
13 27 (1.57%) ASP.NET
14 25 (1.45%) Spring Boot
15 24 (1.40%) .NET Core
15 24 (1.40%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.77%) Derivative
2 54 (3.14%) Hedge funds
3 49 (2.85%) Product Ownership
4 46 (2.67%) Management Information System
5 38 (2.21%) Replication
6 37 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
7 34 (1.98%) Equities
8 33 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
9 31 (1.80%) Fixed Income
10 29 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
11 28 (1.63%) Data Centre
11 28 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 27 (1.57%) Onboarding
13 25 (1.45%) Data Structures
14 24 (1.40%) Algorithms
15 20 (1.16%) Clustering
16 17 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
16 17 (0.99%) NHS
17 14 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
18 12 (0.70%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 135 (7.85%) Windows
2 67 (3.90%) Linux
3 65 (3.78%) Unix
4 49 (2.85%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.81%) VMS
6 12 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (0.41%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.29%) Android
9 5 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.23%) AIX
10 4 (0.23%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.23%) CentOS
10 4 (0.23%) Solaris
11 3 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (0.17%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.12%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (19.24%) Agile
2 285 (16.57%) Business Intelligence
3 263 (15.29%) DevOps
4 250 (14.53%) Analytics
5 248 (14.42%) Software Engineering
6 231 (13.43%) Data Modelling
7 210 (12.21%) ETL
8 200 (11.63%) Migration
9 195 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
10 179 (10.41%) Artificial Intelligence
11 169 (9.83%) CI/CD
12 143 (8.31%) Code Quality
13 134 (7.79%) Data Analysis
14 121 (7.03%) Conversational UI
15 120 (6.98%) Visualisation
16 99 (5.76%) Computer Science
17 90 (5.23%) Test Automation
18 88 (5.12%) Data Engineering
19 87 (5.06%) Data Migration
19 87 (5.06%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 530 (30.81%) Python
2 392 (22.79%) C#
3 280 (16.28%) JavaScript
4 207 (12.03%) Java
5 146 (8.49%) PL/SQL
6 102 (5.93%) PowerShell
7 70 (4.07%) T-SQL
8 48 (2.79%) TypeScript
9 36 (2.09%) C++
9 36 (2.09%) R
10 32 (1.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 31 (1.80%) Bash
12 24 (1.40%) Scala
13 19 (1.10%) C
14 17 (0.99%) PHP
15 16 (0.93%) Perl
16 15 (0.87%) VBA
17 14 (0.81%) VB
18 13 (0.76%) Go
18 13 (0.76%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 270 (15.70%) Degree
2 151 (8.78%) Security Cleared
3 122 (7.09%) SC Cleared
4 42 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (1.40%) Azure Certification
6 21 (1.22%) Master's Degree
7 20 (1.16%) DV Cleared
8 15 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (0.70%) PhD
10 11 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.47%) CISSP
11 8 (0.47%) ISTQB
11 8 (0.47%) MCSE
12 6 (0.35%) ISEB
13 5 (0.29%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.29%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.23%) Numerate Degree
14 4 (0.23%) SANS
14 4 (0.23%) SAP Certification
15 3 (0.17%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (5.12%) Data Quality
2 73 (4.24%) QA
3 16 (0.93%) GDPR
4 15 (0.87%) Accessibility
5 13 (0.76%) MiFID
6 11 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (0.52%) EMIR
7 9 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.47%) CDISC
9 6 (0.35%) Dodd-Frank
9 6 (0.35%) IFRS
9 6 (0.35%) SLA
10 5 (0.29%) GxP
11 4 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.17%) Good Clinical Practice
12 3 (0.17%) IFRS 17
12 3 (0.17%) IFRS 9
12 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 2 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 72 (4.19%) Active Directory
1 72 (4.19%) Docker
2 17 (0.99%) IAG
3 16 (0.93%) ACF2
3 16 (0.93%) RACF
3 16 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.17%) VirtualBox
5 3 (0.17%) vSphere
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.058%) HDFS
7 1 (0.058%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.058%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.058%) XenApp
7 1 (0.058%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 66 (3.84%) Kubernetes
2 60 (3.49%) Terraform
3 31 (1.80%) Ansible
4 22 (1.28%) Grafana
5 8 (0.47%) PingFederate
5 8 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.35%) SCOM
8 5 (0.29%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.23%) BladeLogic
9 4 (0.23%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (0.17%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.17%) Puppet
10 3 (0.17%) SCCM
10 3 (0.17%) WSUS
11 2 (0.12%) HP Data Protector
11 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 276 (16.05%) Oracle
2 263 (15.29%) Microsoft
3 121 (7.03%) PayPal
4 101 (5.87%) Databricks
5 61 (3.55%) SAP
6 45 (2.62%) Google
7 32 (1.86%) ServiceNow
8 25 (1.45%) Salesforce
9 21 (1.22%) VMware
10 20 (1.16%) Sybase
11 19 (1.10%) Splunk
12 17 (0.99%) Informatica
13 14 (0.81%) NEC
14 12 (0.70%) Avaloq
14 12 (0.70%) IBM
15 11 (0.64%) Cisco
15 11 (0.64%) OpenLink
16 10 (0.58%) Citrix
16 10 (0.58%) HP
16 10 (0.58%) OpenAI