SQL Contracts in the South East

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 25 14 14
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL 345 543 810
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 6.11% 9.63% 10.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.17% 36.20% 40.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 386 542
10th Percentile £306 £303 £325
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% +4.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £597
90th Percentile £677 £691 £650
England median daily rate £545 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -0.91% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 20 31
10th Percentile £22.61 £17.95 -
25th Percentile £23.52 £22.16 £16.25
Median hourly rate £58.91 £32.30 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +82.37% +50.23% +2.38%
75th Percentile £65.23 £75.19 £23.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £79.19 £54.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -15.00% +42.86% +34.62%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,270 1,500 2,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.51% 26.59% 26.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 871 1,045 1,322
10th Percentile £325 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £613 £600
90th Percentile £675 £691 £650
England median daily rate £543 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% +2.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 86 77
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.74 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £32.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +57.14% -18.24%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £75.00 £63.95
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +20.00%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SQL in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for SQL in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SQL in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the South East 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
Thames Valley -7 165 £450 -14.29% 88
Berkshire -13 103 £435 -17.14% 37
Hampshire -25 67 £575 +21.05% 47
Surrey +1 65 £425 -19.05% 47
Buckinghamshire +8 51 £475 -13.64% 33
West Sussex +2 25 £390 +26.83% 10
Oxfordshire -3 11 £383 -4.38% 18
Kent -5 8 £550 -17.45% 34
Home Counties - 4 - -
East Sussex -1 2 £625 +13.64% 26
Middlesex -4 2 £463 -15.91% 5
Sussex - 1 £350 - 1
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 30 (8.70%) SAS
2 21 (6.09%) Confluence
3 14 (4.06%) SharePoint
4 12 (3.48%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (3.19%) Apache
6 10 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.58%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.29%) IIS
8 1 (0.29%) Jadu
8 1 (0.29%) JBoss
8 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.03%) SPSS
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Aareon QL
1 5 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.16%) Adobe Campaign
2 4 (1.16%) FastStats
2 4 (1.16%) Unica
3 3 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.29%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.29%) Epicor Tropos
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.29%) Relativity
5 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.29%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 77 (22.32%) Azure
2 64 (18.55%) Power Platform
3 43 (12.46%) AWS
4 20 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (3.77%) Serverless
6 12 (3.48%) GitHub
7 11 (3.19%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (2.61%) Power Automate
8 9 (2.61%) PowerApps
9 8 (2.32%) Azure Functions
9 8 (2.32%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (2.32%) GCP
9 8 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (2.32%) Snowflake
10 7 (2.03%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.45%) PaaS
11 5 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.19%) DHCP
1 11 (3.19%) DNS
2 10 (2.90%) BGP
3 9 (2.61%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.32%) VPN
5 7 (2.03%) Ethernet VPN
5 7 (2.03%) MPLS
5 7 (2.03%) Radio Access Network
5 7 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.45%) Firewall
7 3 (0.87%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.87%) FTP
7 3 (0.87%) HTTP
7 3 (0.87%) IOS XR
7 3 (0.87%) OpenLDAP
8 2 (0.58%) NAS
8 2 (0.58%) Network Security
8 2 (0.58%) SAN
8 2 (0.58%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (16.81%) SQL Server
2 54 (15.65%) Power BI
3 36 (10.43%) Data Warehouse
4 35 (10.14%) PostgreSQL
5 31 (8.99%) Oracle Database
6 27 (7.83%) Tableau
7 18 (5.22%) Data Lake
7 18 (5.22%) NoSQL
8 17 (4.93%) Relational Database
9 15 (4.35%) Oracle Database 11g
10 13 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (3.48%) Big Data
11 12 (3.48%) MySQL
12 11 (3.19%) Crystal Reports
12 11 (3.19%) MongoDB
13 10 (2.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 8 (2.32%) Qlik Sense
15 7 (2.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 6 (1.74%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 36 (10.43%) JIRA
2 19 (5.51%) Git
3 11 (3.19%) GitLab
3 11 (3.19%) TestRail
4 9 (2.61%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.03%) Robot Framework
5 7 (2.03%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.45%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (1.16%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.87%) Postman
9 2 (0.58%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.58%) kappa
9 2 (0.58%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.29%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.29%) JUnit
10 1 (0.29%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.29%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 75 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 53 (15.36%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (12.17%) Finance
4 28 (8.12%) Retail
5 25 (7.25%) Telecoms
6 19 (5.51%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.61%) Billing
7 9 (2.61%) Marketing
7 9 (2.61%) Military
8 8 (2.32%) Legal
9 7 (2.03%) Banking
10 6 (1.74%) Automotive
10 6 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.45%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.87%) Local Government
14 2 (0.58%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.29%) Advertising
15 1 (0.29%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 115 (33.33%) Developer
2 62 (17.97%) Analyst
3 38 (11.01%) Data Analyst
4 23 (6.67%) Senior
4 23 (6.67%) Test Engineer
5 21 (6.09%) SQL Developer
6 20 (5.80%) DBA
7 16 (4.64%) Data Engineer
8 15 (4.35%) SQL DBA
9 13 (3.77%) Lead
10 12 (3.48%) PostgreSQL Developer
10 12 (3.48%) SQL Analyst
11 11 (3.19%) Administrator
11 11 (3.19%) C Developer
11 11 (3.19%) Consultant
12 10 (2.90%) Applications Support
12 10 (2.90%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (2.90%) Network Engineer
13 9 (2.61%) Architect
13 9 (2.61%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.38%) REST
2 18 (5.22%) XML
3 15 (4.35%) .NET
3 15 (4.35%) SOAP
4 14 (4.06%) RESTful
5 11 (3.19%) JSON
5 11 (3.19%) YANG
6 9 (2.61%) Spring
7 7 (2.03%) .NET Core
7 7 (2.03%) AngularJS
7 7 (2.03%) D3.js
7 7 (2.03%) NETCONF
7 7 (2.03%) RESTCONF
8 6 (1.74%) Spring Boot
9 5 (1.45%) HTML
9 5 (1.45%) Kafka
9 5 (1.45%) Web Services
10 4 (1.16%) ADO
10 4 (1.16%) LAMP
10 4 (1.16%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.48%) PKI
1 12 (3.48%) Product Ownership
2 9 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (2.03%) Digital Signage
3 7 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (1.74%) Housing Association
4 6 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (1.74%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.45%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.45%) Credit Risk
5 5 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.45%) Smart Meter
6 4 (1.16%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.16%) e-Health
6 4 (1.16%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.16%) Replication
7 3 (0.87%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.58%) Clustering
8 2 (0.58%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.29%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 53 (15.36%) Windows
2 43 (12.46%) Unix
3 40 (11.59%) Linux
4 24 (6.96%) Windows Server
5 12 (3.48%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (3.19%) Windows 10
7 9 (2.61%) Windows 7
8 7 (2.03%) Apple iOS
8 7 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.16%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (22.32%) Agile
2 63 (18.26%) Business Intelligence
3 60 (17.39%) Analytics
4 47 (13.62%) Data Modelling
5 45 (13.04%) Migration
6 43 (12.46%) Scrum
7 40 (11.59%) DevOps
8 37 (10.72%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (10.43%) Performance Tuning
10 33 (9.57%) ETL
11 29 (8.41%) Test Automation
12 28 (8.12%) Data Analysis
12 28 (8.12%) Software Testing
13 27 (7.83%) Data Migration
14 24 (6.96%) Data Science
14 24 (6.96%) Software Engineering
14 24 (6.96%) Unit Testing
14 24 (6.96%) Visualisation
14 24 (6.96%) Workflow
15 22 (6.38%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 63 (18.26%) Python
2 42 (12.17%) PL/SQL
3 28 (8.12%) C#
4 23 (6.67%) Java
5 18 (5.22%) T-SQL
6 13 (3.77%) C
7 12 (3.48%) C++
7 12 (3.48%) JavaScript
7 12 (3.48%) Shell Script
8 11 (3.19%) R
9 9 (2.61%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.61%) ProC
10 6 (1.74%) Bash
10 6 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (1.74%) VB
10 6 (1.74%) VBA
11 4 (1.16%) F#
11 4 (1.16%) PHP
11 4 (1.16%) X++
12 3 (0.87%) Scala
Qualifications
1 57 (16.52%) Security Cleared
2 41 (11.88%) Degree
3 38 (11.01%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.35%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.61%) Master's Degree
5 9 (2.61%) MCSA
5 9 (2.61%) MCSE
5 9 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (1.16%) HNC
6 4 (1.16%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (0.87%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.29%) OCP
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.93%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.06%) QA
3 9 (2.61%) GDPR
4 8 (2.32%) SLA
5 3 (0.87%) IFRS
5 3 (0.87%) IFRS 9
5 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.58%) GxP
6 2 (0.58%) PMO
6 2 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 25 (7.25%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.35%) Docker
3 13 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.45%) vSphere
5 4 (1.16%) VirtualBox
6 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.29%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (3.48%) Terraform
2 8 (2.32%) Ansible
2 8 (2.32%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.58%) Grafana
4 1 (0.29%) Control-M
4 1 (0.29%) Graylog
4 1 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.29%) Kibana
4 1 (0.29%) Nagios
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.29%) vRealize
4 1 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 81 (23.48%) Oracle
2 63 (18.26%) Microsoft
3 20 (5.80%) VMware
4 12 (3.48%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.90%) IFS
6 9 (2.61%) Informatica
7 8 (2.32%) Databricks
8 7 (2.03%) Google
8 7 (2.03%) SAP
9 6 (1.74%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.45%) Aareon
10 5 (1.45%) Ab Initio
10 5 (1.45%) Adobe
10 5 (1.45%) Facebook
10 5 (1.45%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.16%) Alteryx
11 4 (1.16%) Snapchat
12 3 (0.87%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.87%) Splunk
12 3 (0.87%) TOWER Software