SQL Server Contracts in England

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 50 47
Rank change year-on-year -10 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 1,224 2,291 3,659
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.29% 4.51% 5.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.76% 25.02% 25.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 847 1,742 2,804
10th Percentile £350 £363 £351
25th Percentile £400 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +12.90%
75th Percentile £643 £675 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £748
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -1.43% +2.44% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 20 38
10th Percentile £26.95 £25.88 £20.75
25th Percentile £39.41 £34.35 £21.19
Median hourly rate £40.13 £41.75 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% -13.92% +73.21%
75th Percentile £53.55 £68.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £62.96 £85.25 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £44.32 £46.67
% change year-on-year -9.74% -5.05% +66.68%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

SQL Server is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,193 9,158 14,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.64% 18.02% 20.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,445 6,570 10,465
10th Percentile £350 £375 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £653
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £540
% change year-on-year -3.67% +0.93% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 164 173
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.25
25th Percentile £20.98 £35.00 £22.38
Median hourly rate £40.00 £59.30 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.54% +39.52% +70.00%
75th Percentile £54.56 £71.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.76 £69.81
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.33% +41.18% +57.64%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in England.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in England.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL Server in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the England region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
London +3 820 £540 -6.09% 396
South East -53 104 £463 -7.50% 168
North of England -19 102 £475 -5.00% 191
Midlands -15 70 £489 +14.39% 164
South West -26 69 £550 +10.00% 81
North West -30 61 £475 -5.00% 101
West Midlands +2 44 £475 -9.09% 97
Yorkshire -3 31 £450 -8.86% 65
East of England -31 28 £475 +7.95% 71
East Midlands -13 23 £490 +18.67% 67
North East +20 10 £475 -5.00% 26
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 65 (5.31%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.70%) IIS
3 29 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (1.72%) Apache
5 20 (1.63%) CMS
6 17 (1.39%) Confluence
7 16 (1.31%) Apache Spark
8 11 (0.90%) Tomcat
9 9 (0.74%) nginx
9 9 (0.74%) SAS
10 7 (0.57%) SharePoint 2010
10 7 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
11 6 (0.49%) JBoss
11 6 (0.49%) Tornado
12 4 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
13 3 (0.25%) Appian
13 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.25%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 71 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.80%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.65%) CATIA
5 4 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.082%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 18 (1.47%) Endur
2 15 (1.23%) Teamcenter
3 10 (0.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.65%) DELMIA
5 6 (0.49%) Temenos T24
6 4 (0.33%) OPENHousing
7 3 (0.25%) MIS ActiveH
7 3 (0.25%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.25%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.16%) BusinessWorks
8 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.16%) Remedy AR System
8 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.16%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.082%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.082%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.082%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.082%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 568 (46.41%) Azure
2 240 (19.61%) Azure DevOps
3 182 (14.87%) Power Platform
4 145 (11.85%) AWS
5 87 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
6 80 (6.54%) Entra ID
7 71 (5.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 71 (5.80%) Azure Data Factory
8 66 (5.39%) Azure Service Bus
9 64 (5.23%) GitHub
10 60 (4.90%) Serverless
11 50 (4.08%) Azure Functions
12 47 (3.84%) Azure Monitor
12 47 (3.84%) Power Automate
13 46 (3.76%) PowerApps
14 39 (3.19%) PaaS
15 32 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
16 28 (2.29%) Snowflake
17 27 (2.21%) GCP
18 26 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 52 (4.25%) Firewall
2 46 (3.76%) DNS
3 30 (2.45%) SAN
4 22 (1.80%) DHCP
5 19 (1.55%) WAN
6 18 (1.47%) Internet
7 17 (1.39%) LAN
8 15 (1.23%) FTP
9 14 (1.14%) NAS
10 11 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.74%) Wireless
12 8 (0.65%) MPLS
12 8 (0.65%) VPN
13 6 (0.49%) Cisco IOS
13 6 (0.49%) SSL
13 6 (0.49%) TCP/IP
14 5 (0.41%) HTTP
14 5 (0.41%) Network Security
15 4 (0.33%) Fibre Channel
16 3 (0.25%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (12.99%) Power BI
2 153 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 130 (10.62%) Data Warehouse
4 111 (9.07%) Relational Database
5 106 (8.66%) PostgreSQL
6 104 (8.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 95 (7.76%) MySQL
8 62 (5.07%) Oracle Database
9 59 (4.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 55 (4.49%) NoSQL
11 51 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
12 44 (3.59%) Data Lake
13 37 (3.02%) Metadata
14 36 (2.94%) Tableau
15 32 (2.61%) RDBMS
16 31 (2.53%) Oracle Reports
17 30 (2.45%) MongoDB
18 29 (2.37%) Microsoft Analysis Services
19 21 (1.72%) Big Data
20 15 (1.23%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 137 (11.19%) Git
2 79 (6.45%) JIRA
3 54 (4.41%) Visual Studio
4 45 (3.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 37 (3.02%) Jenkins
5 37 (3.02%) SpecFlow
6 32 (2.61%) Selenium
6 32 (2.61%) TeamCity
7 26 (2.12%) GitLab
8 18 (1.47%) Octopus Deploy
9 17 (1.39%) Postman
10 16 (1.31%) Team Foundation Server
11 15 (1.23%) Bitbucket
12 13 (1.06%) Maven
12 13 (1.06%) WebDriver
13 12 (0.98%) SoapUI
14 11 (0.90%) ERwin
14 11 (0.90%) JMeter
14 11 (0.90%) NUnit
14 11 (0.90%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 264 (21.57%) Finance
2 250 (20.42%) Social Skills
3 130 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (9.48%) Banking
5 115 (9.40%) Public Sector
6 44 (3.59%) Back Office
7 32 (2.61%) Manufacturing
8 28 (2.29%) Front Office
8 28 (2.29%) Investment Banking
9 26 (2.12%) Marketing
10 25 (2.04%) Telecoms
11 23 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (1.63%) Financial Institution
12 20 (1.63%) Retail
13 18 (1.47%) Electronics
14 16 (1.31%) Local Government
15 14 (1.14%) Publishing
16 9 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (0.74%) Legal
17 8 (0.65%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 501 (40.93%) Developer
2 179 (14.62%) Senior
3 129 (10.54%) C# Developer
4 118 (9.64%) .NET Developer
5 117 (9.56%) Senior Developer
6 88 (7.19%) Analyst
7 83 (6.78%) Architect
8 80 (6.54%) Data Engineer
9 62 (5.07%) Software Developer
10 60 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 60 (4.90%) SQL Developer
11 59 (4.82%) DBA
12 55 (4.49%) C# .NET Developer
12 55 (4.49%) Lead
13 50 (4.08%) Azure Developer
14 44 (3.59%) Full Stack Developer
14 44 (3.59%) Senior Software Developer
15 40 (3.27%) Azure Engineer
16 39 (3.19%) Administrator
16 39 (3.19%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 380 (31.05%) .NET
2 142 (11.60%) XML
3 133 (10.87%) .NET Core
4 132 (10.78%) .NET Framework
5 106 (8.66%) HTML
6 103 (8.42%) AngularJS
7 83 (6.78%) ASP.NET
8 77 (6.29%) CSS
9 60 (4.90%) React
9 60 (4.90%) REST
10 56 (4.58%) Web Services
11 47 (3.84%) JSON
12 43 (3.51%) Entity Framework
12 43 (3.51%) SOAP
13 42 (3.43%) Kafka
14 34 (2.78%) jQuery
15 32 (2.61%) ASP.NET MVC
15 32 (2.61%) RESTful
16 30 (2.45%) WCF
17 29 (2.37%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 56 (4.58%) Product Ownership
2 47 (3.84%) Onboarding
3 45 (3.68%) Replication
4 38 (3.10%) Clustering
5 24 (1.96%) Cloud Native
6 23 (1.88%) Client/Server
7 22 (1.80%) Derivative
7 22 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (1.80%) Management Information System
7 22 (1.80%) Public Cloud
8 21 (1.72%) Hedge funds
9 19 (1.55%) Data Centre
10 17 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
10 17 (1.39%) PKI
11 16 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (1.06%) Equity Derivative
13 11 (0.90%) Contactless
13 11 (0.90%) Data Structures
13 11 (0.90%) NHS
13 11 (0.90%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 215 (17.57%) Windows
2 116 (9.48%) Windows Server
3 105 (8.58%) Linux
4 51 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 48 (3.92%) Unix
6 45 (3.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 30 (2.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 28 (2.29%) Windows 10
9 21 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (0.90%) Ubuntu
10 11 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (0.74%) Windows 7
12 8 (0.65%) Android
12 8 (0.65%) VMS
13 6 (0.49%) CentOS
14 5 (0.41%) Apple iOS
14 5 (0.41%) Mac OS
14 5 (0.41%) zOS
15 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (32.84%) Agile
2 357 (29.17%) DevOps
3 200 (16.34%) Business Intelligence
4 185 (15.11%) Migration
5 177 (14.46%) Scrum
6 172 (14.05%) CI/CD
7 157 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
8 153 (12.50%) ETL
9 130 (10.62%) Data Modelling
10 122 (9.97%) TDD
11 94 (7.68%) OO
12 83 (6.78%) Data Analysis
13 82 (6.70%) MVC
14 80 (6.54%) SDLC
14 80 (6.54%) Software Engineering
15 76 (6.21%) Analytics
16 74 (6.05%) Disaster Recovery
17 69 (5.64%) Data Migration
17 69 (5.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 63 (5.15%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 655 (53.51%) SQL
2 464 (37.91%) C#
3 225 (18.38%) PowerShell
4 153 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 137 (11.19%) T-SQL
6 136 (11.11%) Python
7 107 (8.74%) Java
8 85 (6.94%) PL/SQL
9 82 (6.70%) Bicep
10 44 (3.59%) TypeScript
11 34 (2.78%) VBA
12 28 (2.29%) VB.NET
13 26 (2.12%) VB
14 25 (2.04%) Bash
15 16 (1.31%) C
15 16 (1.31%) Shell Script
16 15 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 13 (1.06%) C++
17 13 (1.06%) PHP
18 10 (0.82%) XPath
Qualifications
1 165 (13.48%) Security Cleared
2 123 (10.05%) Degree
3 90 (7.35%) SC Cleared
4 65 (5.31%) DV Cleared
5 39 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (0.82%) ISTQB
8 10 (0.82%) Master's Degree
9 9 (0.74%) Azure Certification
9 9 (0.74%) MCSE
10 6 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.41%) SAP Certification
12 4 (0.33%) ISEB
13 3 (0.25%) MCITP
13 3 (0.25%) MCTS
14 2 (0.16%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 2 (0.16%) RHCSA
14 2 (0.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (8.01%) QA
2 55 (4.49%) Data Quality
3 31 (2.53%) Accessibility
4 24 (1.96%) WCAG
5 13 (1.06%) GDPR
5 13 (1.06%) SLA
6 11 (0.90%) MiFID
7 5 (0.41%) EMIR
8 4 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.25%) Dodd-Frank
9 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.16%) IFRS
10 2 (0.16%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 231 (18.87%) Active Directory
2 44 (3.59%) Docker
2 44 (3.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.88%) IAG
4 22 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (1.63%) ACF2
5 20 (1.63%) RACF
6 13 (1.06%) vSphere
7 9 (0.74%) Hyper-V
7 9 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
9 5 (0.41%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.16%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.082%) NFS
12 1 (0.082%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.082%) vCloud
12 1 (0.082%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 58 (4.74%) Kubernetes
2 49 (4.00%) Terraform
3 43 (3.51%) Ansible
4 39 (3.19%) SCCM
5 29 (2.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 21 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
7 20 (1.63%) Microsoft Clustering
8 17 (1.39%) Puppet
9 15 (1.23%) Grafana
10 13 (1.06%) Nagios
10 13 (1.06%) Progress Chef
10 13 (1.06%) Prometheus
11 12 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
12 10 (0.82%) Nessus
13 9 (0.74%) Data Guard
13 9 (0.74%) Graylog
14 8 (0.65%) NetBackup
15 7 (0.57%) vCenter Server
16 6 (0.49%) WSUS
17 5 (0.41%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 468 (38.24%) Microsoft
2 281 (22.96%) Oracle
3 69 (5.64%) VMware
4 49 (4.00%) Databricks
5 48 (3.92%) SAP
6 42 (3.43%) ServiceNow
7 36 (2.94%) Red Hat
8 33 (2.70%) Citrix
9 32 (2.61%) Sybase
9 32 (2.61%) Veeam
10 30 (2.45%) Informatica
11 20 (1.63%) Sparx
12 17 (1.39%) Splunk
13 16 (1.31%) IBM
14 15 (1.23%) Salesforce
15 14 (1.14%) Cisco
16 13 (1.06%) CA
16 13 (1.06%) OpenLink
17 12 (0.98%) HP
18 11 (0.90%) Qualys