SQL Contracts in the North West

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +8
Contract jobs citing SQL 245 340 545
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 8.95% 11.22% 13.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.01% 38.86% 37.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 257 380
10th Percentile £299 £325 £306
25th Percentile £394 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.75%
75th Percentile £553 £586 £563
90th Percentile £610 £657 £650
England median daily rate £545 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -0.91% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 12
10th Percentile £37.63 £26.16 £14.03
25th Percentile £41.25 £30.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.59 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +175.19% -35.12%
75th Percentile £45.57 £52.99 £23.34
90th Percentile £46.18 £58.32 £61.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -15.00% +42.86% +34.62%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 advertised in the North West with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 662 875 1,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 24.18% 28.87% 35.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 653 1,097
10th Percentile £325 £325 £315
25th Percentile £400 £413 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +20.48%
75th Percentile £542 £588 £588
90th Percentile £614 £650 £663
England median daily rate £543 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% +2.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 17 39
10th Percentile £38.08 £25.22 £14.25
25th Percentile £41.25 £37.75 £21.64
Median hourly rate £48.43 £46.18 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.87% -12.04% +75.00%
75th Percentile £71.87 £56.40 £75.00
90th Percentile £79.90 £65.85 £77.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +20.00%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the North West

SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in the North West.

Daily rate trend for SQL in the North West

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL in the North West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL in the North West

SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in the North West

SQL
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester -3 130 £475 - 164
Cheshire -4 71 £500 -9.09% 43
Merseyside 0 25 £375 -23.47% 34
Lancashire 0 12 £400 -0.62% 23
Cumbria -14 2 £473 -5.45% 5
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (4.08%) Apache Spark
2 9 (3.67%) SAS
3 8 (3.27%) Apache
3 8 (3.27%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.86%) SharePoint 2010
4 7 (2.86%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (2.45%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.82%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.41%) CMS
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (10.20%) Chatbot
2 17 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.27%) CATIA
4 5 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.27%) DELMIA
1 8 (3.27%) Teamcenter
2 3 (1.22%) Aareon QL
3 2 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 61 (24.90%) Power Platform
2 45 (18.37%) Azure
3 27 (11.02%) AWS
4 26 (10.61%) Snowflake
5 12 (4.90%) Power Automate
6 11 (4.49%) Amazon EC2
6 11 (4.49%) Azure Data Factory
6 11 (4.49%) GCP
6 11 (4.49%) Serverless
7 9 (3.67%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (3.67%) Google Analytics
8 8 (3.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.86%) GitHub
10 6 (2.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (2.45%) Amazon ELB
10 6 (2.45%) Amazon EMR
10 6 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.45%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.04%) FTP
1 5 (2.04%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.63%) DNS
3 3 (1.22%) DHCP
3 3 (1.22%) Firewall
4 2 (0.82%) Network Security
5 1 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.41%) Internet
5 1 (0.41%) NAS
5 1 (0.41%) SAN
5 1 (0.41%) VLAN
5 1 (0.41%) WAN
5 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (24.90%) Power BI
2 51 (20.82%) SQL Server
3 38 (15.51%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (11.43%) Data Lake
5 20 (8.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 17 (6.94%) Tableau
7 14 (5.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (4.90%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (4.49%) Big Data
9 11 (4.49%) Metadata
9 11 (4.49%) MySQL
10 10 (4.08%) Relational Database
11 9 (3.67%) BigQuery
11 9 (3.67%) NoSQL
12 8 (3.27%) PowerPivot
13 7 (2.86%) MongoDB
14 6 (2.45%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (2.45%) DynamoDB
14 6 (2.45%) Microsoft Power View
14 6 (2.45%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 20 (8.16%) Git
2 14 (5.71%) JIRA
3 7 (2.86%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (2.45%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.04%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.63%) Jasmine
6 4 (1.63%) Karma Test Runner
6 4 (1.63%) Mocha
6 4 (1.63%) webpack
7 3 (1.22%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.82%) GitLab
8 2 (0.82%) JMeter
8 2 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.82%) Selenium
8 2 (0.82%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.41%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.41%) SpecFlow
General
1 54 (22.04%) Social Skills
2 31 (12.65%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (8.16%) Finance
4 17 (6.94%) Pharmaceutical
5 13 (5.31%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.08%) Retail
7 9 (3.67%) Banking
8 7 (2.86%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.45%) Legal
9 6 (2.45%) Publishing
10 5 (2.04%) Marketing
11 3 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.82%) Automotive
12 2 (0.82%) German Language
13 1 (0.41%) Games
13 1 (0.41%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.41%) Law
13 1 (0.41%) Local Government
13 1 (0.41%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 84 (34.29%) Developer
2 42 (17.14%) Analyst
3 28 (11.43%) Software Developer
4 27 (11.02%) Data Analyst
5 20 (8.16%) Data Engineer
5 20 (8.16%) Senior
6 17 (6.94%) Senior Analyst
7 16 (6.53%) Lead
8 15 (6.12%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 10 (4.08%) Architect
9 10 (4.08%) Power BI Developer
9 10 (4.08%) Project Manager
10 9 (3.67%) .NET Developer
10 9 (3.67%) Data Quality Analyst
10 9 (3.67%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (3.67%) QA Analyst
10 9 (3.67%) Quality Analyst
11 8 (3.27%) Senior QA Analyst
11 8 (3.27%) Senior Quality Analyst
11 8 (3.27%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (15.10%) HTML
2 21 (8.57%) .NET
3 12 (4.90%) CSS
4 10 (4.08%) .NET Framework
4 10 (4.08%) XML
5 9 (3.67%) AngularJS
6 8 (3.27%) Node.js
6 8 (3.27%) React
6 8 (3.27%) RESTful
7 7 (2.86%) .NET Core
7 7 (2.86%) Kafka
8 6 (2.45%) JSON
8 6 (2.45%) Web Services
9 5 (2.04%) Entity Framework
9 5 (2.04%) PySpark
10 4 (1.63%) REST
11 2 (0.82%) jQuery
11 2 (0.82%) ODBC
11 2 (0.82%) SOAP
12 1 (0.41%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 7 (2.86%) Onboarding
2 6 (2.45%) Life Science
2 6 (2.45%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.04%) Algorithms
3 5 (2.04%) Data Structures
3 5 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.04%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.63%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (1.63%) NHS
4 4 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.22%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.22%) CMDB
5 3 (1.22%) Data Fabric
5 3 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.22%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.22%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.22%) Smartphone
6 2 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.27%) Windows
2 5 (2.04%) Unix
3 4 (1.63%) Linux
3 4 (1.63%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.22%) VMS
4 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (1.22%) zOS
5 2 (0.82%) Android
5 2 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (26.12%) Business Intelligence
2 45 (18.37%) Agile
2 45 (18.37%) Analytics
3 44 (17.96%) ETL
4 42 (17.14%) Software Engineering
5 34 (13.88%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (11.43%) CI/CD
6 28 (11.43%) Code Quality
7 27 (11.02%) Visualisation
8 26 (10.61%) Data Modelling
9 25 (10.20%) Artificial Intelligence
9 25 (10.20%) Conversational UI
10 24 (9.80%) DevOps
10 24 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (9.39%) Data Management
11 23 (9.39%) Migration
12 17 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (6.94%) CRM
12 17 (6.94%) Data Architecture
13 16 (6.53%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 74 (30.20%) Python
2 52 (21.22%) C#
3 45 (18.37%) JavaScript
4 17 (6.94%) PowerShell
5 14 (5.71%) Java
6 11 (4.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 9 (3.67%) Go
7 9 (3.67%) PL/SQL
8 8 (3.27%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.86%) Bash
10 6 (2.45%) T-SQL
11 5 (2.04%) Search Processing Language
12 3 (1.22%) R
13 2 (0.82%) Bicep
13 2 (0.82%) C++
13 2 (0.82%) PHP
13 2 (0.82%) Scala
14 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (16.73%) Degree
2 12 (4.90%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.08%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.22%) Azure Certification
4 3 (1.22%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (0.82%) CCNA
5 2 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.82%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.35%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.94%) QA
3 5 (2.04%) GAMP
3 5 (2.04%) GxP
4 4 (1.63%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.22%) ISO 22301
5 3 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.41%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (4.90%) Docker
2 8 (3.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.04%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.41%) Firmware
5 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (5.31%) Terraform
2 10 (4.08%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.86%) Ansible
4 6 (2.45%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.82%) Nagios
5 2 (0.82%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.41%) Control-M
6 1 (0.41%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 32 (13.06%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.20%) PayPal
3 19 (7.76%) Oracle
4 12 (4.90%) Splunk
5 11 (4.49%) Databricks
5 11 (4.49%) Google
6 9 (3.67%) SAP
6 9 (3.67%) VMware
7 8 (3.27%) Salesforce
7 8 (3.27%) Siemens
8 7 (2.86%) Alteryx
8 7 (2.86%) Avaloq
9 6 (2.45%) Dataiku
9 6 (2.45%) Trillium
10 5 (2.04%) Informatica
10 5 (2.04%) Talend
11 3 (1.22%) Aareon
11 3 (1.22%) F5
12 2 (0.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 2 (0.82%) SolarWinds