SQL Server Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 65 39
Rank change year-on-year -19 -26 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 109 193 379
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.31% 3.33% 5.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 15.42% 22.71% 29.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 149 304
10th Percentile £286 £373 £313
25th Percentile £363 £425 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £525
90th Percentile £625 £675 £588
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile - - £21.88
25th Percentile £37.63 £48.50 £32.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £49.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% -6.67% +101.92%
75th Percentile - £49.50 £58.94
90th Percentile - - £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.25 £43.50 £48.50
% change year-on-year -7.47% -10.31% +73.21%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 707 850 1,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.97% 14.66% 17.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 616 948
10th Percentile £350 £363 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £478
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +4.71% +9.33%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £647 £700 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 18 46
10th Percentile £11.00 £35.00 £12.80
25th Percentile £14.00 £39.70 £17.31
Median hourly rate £40.25 £47.00 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -14.36% +93.02% +10.68%
75th Percentile £44.74 £65.00 £48.25
90th Percentile £50.69 £65.30 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.25 £56.40 £42.50
% change year-on-year -28.63% +32.71% +72.48%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the North of England

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in the North of England

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in the North of England

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in the North of England

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
North West -22 69 £463 -7.50% 102
Yorkshire -6 30 £450 -10.00% 63
North East +20 10 £475 -5.00% 22
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 9 (8.26%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.42%) SharePoint 2010
2 7 (6.42%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (5.50%) SAS
4 2 (1.83%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.92%) Apache
5 1 (0.92%) JBoss
5 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.92%) nginx
5 1 (0.92%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (7.34%) CATIA
1 8 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (7.34%) DELMIA
1 8 (7.34%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.92%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 38 (34.86%) Azure
2 23 (21.10%) Power Platform
3 14 (12.84%) AWS
4 13 (11.93%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (7.34%) GitHub
5 8 (7.34%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (7.34%) Snowflake
6 6 (5.50%) Collibra
6 6 (5.50%) Power Automate
7 5 (4.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (3.67%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (3.67%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (3.67%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.67%) GCP
8 4 (3.67%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (3.67%) SaaS
9 3 (2.75%) Serverless
10 2 (1.83%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.83%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.83%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.26%) Firewall
2 5 (4.59%) DNS
3 3 (2.75%) DHCP
4 2 (1.83%) LAN
4 2 (1.83%) SAN
4 2 (1.83%) WAN
4 2 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.92%) AMQP
5 1 (0.92%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.92%) MQTT
5 1 (0.92%) NAS
5 1 (0.92%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.92%) Network Security
5 1 (0.92%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (20.18%) Power BI
2 14 (12.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 13 (11.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (11.01%) Relational Database
5 11 (10.09%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (7.34%) Metadata
6 8 (7.34%) PowerPivot
7 7 (6.42%) Data Lake
7 7 (6.42%) MySQL
8 6 (5.50%) Ataccama
8 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Power View
8 6 (5.50%) Qlik Sense
9 5 (4.59%) Data Mining
10 4 (3.67%) DB2
11 3 (2.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 2 (1.83%) MongoDB
12 2 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (1.83%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (9.17%) Git
2 7 (6.42%) GitLab
2 7 (6.42%) Jenkins
2 7 (6.42%) JIRA
2 7 (6.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (4.59%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (3.67%) AppScan
4 4 (3.67%) Burp Suite
4 4 (3.67%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.83%) Maven
5 2 (1.83%) Subversion
6 1 (0.92%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.92%) Postman
6 1 (0.92%) Selenium
6 1 (0.92%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.92%) WebDriver
General
1 21 (19.27%) Finance
2 18 (16.51%) Social Skills
3 8 (7.34%) Banking
4 6 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.50%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (5.50%) Publishing
5 3 (2.75%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.83%) Automotive
6 2 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.83%) Law
6 2 (1.83%) Legal
6 2 (1.83%) Retail
7 1 (0.92%) Back Office
7 1 (0.92%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.92%) Local Government
7 1 (0.92%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (30.28%) Developer
2 13 (11.93%) Analyst
3 12 (11.01%) Lead
4 11 (10.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 10 (9.17%) Data Analyst
6 9 (8.26%) Senior
7 8 (7.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (7.34%) Support Team Leader
8 7 (6.42%) SQL Developer
8 7 (6.42%) Team Leader
9 6 (5.50%) .NET Developer
9 6 (5.50%) Architect
9 6 (5.50%) Data Quality Analyst
9 6 (5.50%) DBA
9 6 (5.50%) QA Analyst
9 6 (5.50%) Quality Analyst
9 6 (5.50%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (5.50%) SharePoint Engineer
9 6 (5.50%) SQL BI Developer
10 5 (4.59%) Senior Quality Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.68%) .NET
2 12 (11.01%) HTML
3 11 (10.09%) CSS
4 8 (7.34%) .NET Framework
5 7 (6.42%) Entity Framework
6 6 (5.50%) React
7 5 (4.59%) .NET Core
8 4 (3.67%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (3.67%) Kafka
8 4 (3.67%) Middleware
8 4 (3.67%) Spring
8 4 (3.67%) Spring Boot
8 4 (3.67%) Web Services
9 3 (2.75%) Node.js
10 2 (1.83%) REST
10 2 (1.83%) RESTful
10 2 (1.83%) XML
11 1 (0.92%) ASP.NET
11 1 (0.92%) LDAP
11 1 (0.92%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.17%) Public Cloud
2 5 (4.59%) Clustering
3 3 (2.75%) Client/Server
3 3 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.75%) Mainframe
4 2 (1.83%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.83%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.83%) NHS
4 2 (1.83%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.92%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.92%) LIMS
5 1 (0.92%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.92%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.92%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.92%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 20 (18.35%) Windows
2 13 (11.93%) Windows Server
3 11 (10.09%) Linux
4 5 (4.59%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (3.67%) Unix
5 4 (3.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.67%) zOS
6 3 (2.75%) Android
6 3 (2.75%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.75%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.83%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (27.52%) Business Intelligence
2 23 (21.10%) DevOps
3 22 (20.18%) Agile
4 13 (11.93%) Configuration Management
4 13 (11.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (11.01%) Analytics
5 12 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (11.01%) ITIL
6 11 (10.09%) Migration
7 10 (9.17%) Data Analysis
7 10 (9.17%) ETL
7 10 (9.17%) Waterfall
8 9 (8.26%) Project Management
8 9 (8.26%) Visualisation
9 8 (7.34%) Data Management
9 8 (7.34%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (7.34%) PLM
9 8 (7.34%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (7.34%) TDD
9 8 (7.34%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 69 (63.30%) SQL
2 21 (19.27%) PowerShell
3 18 (16.51%) C#
4 15 (13.76%) Python
5 14 (12.84%) Java
6 10 (9.17%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.67%) Bash
7 4 (3.67%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.75%) C
8 3 (2.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.83%) PHP
9 2 (1.83%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.92%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.92%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.92%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (7.34%) Degree
2 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (6.42%) SC Cleared
2 7 (6.42%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.67%) MCSE
4 1 (0.92%) MCSA
4 1 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.93%) QA
2 10 (9.17%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.92%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.92%) GDPR
3 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.92%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (9.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (6.42%) Docker
3 6 (5.50%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.83%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.92%) IAG
5 1 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.92%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.92%) vSphere
5 1 (0.92%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (5.50%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.59%) Ansible
2 5 (4.59%) Progress Chef
2 5 (4.59%) Prometheus
2 5 (4.59%) Puppet
2 5 (4.59%) Terraform
3 4 (3.67%) Grafana
3 4 (3.67%) Graylog
3 4 (3.67%) HP Fortify
3 4 (3.67%) Nessus
3 4 (3.67%) WebInspect
4 2 (1.83%) SCCM
5 1 (0.92%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.92%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.92%) VxRail
Vendors
1 41 (37.61%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.17%) Oracle
2 10 (9.17%) VMware
3 8 (7.34%) Siemens
4 6 (5.50%) Alteryx
4 6 (5.50%) Dataiku
4 6 (5.50%) SAP
4 6 (5.50%) Trillium
5 5 (4.59%) Splunk
6 4 (3.67%) Checkmarx
6 4 (3.67%) F5
6 4 (3.67%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.67%) Veracode
7 3 (2.75%) Citrix
7 3 (2.75%) Databricks
7 3 (2.75%) HP
7 3 (2.75%) IBM
8 2 (1.83%) AVEVA
8 2 (1.83%) Cisco
8 2 (1.83%) Dell