SQL Server Contract Job Trends in the Home Counties

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South East > Home Counties

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Home Counties requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 1
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 0 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Home Counties - - 57.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - - 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £450 £450 £506
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -1.22%

All Database & BI Skills
Home Counties

SQL Server falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the Home Counties.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties 21.43% 14.29% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.

SQL Server job vacancy trend in the Home Counties

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing SQL Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in the Home Counties

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing SQL Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing SQL Server