SQL Server Contracts in the North West

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > North West

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 48 33
Rank change year-on-year -18 -15 -1
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 69 129 240
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.53% 4.07% 5.94%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.39% 25.20% 32.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 99 196
10th Percentile £285 £373 £325
25th Percentile £363 £418 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £455
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +9.89% +17.42%
75th Percentile £541 £588 £525
90th Percentile £610 £675 £588
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile - - £33.00
25th Percentile £37.63 - £43.13
Median hourly rate £46.18 - £60.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 West

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 West with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 421 512 750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 15.47% 16.15% 18.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 375 563
10th Percentile £349 £343 £313
25th Percentile £408 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% -2.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £578 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 40
10th Percentile £26.85 £35.00 £11.21
25th Percentile £39.44 £39.60 £15.74
Median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +62.16% +18.24%
75th Percentile £46.18 £65.00 £45.68
90th Percentile £69.50 £65.40 £60.30
England median hourly rate £40.25 £55.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.82% +29.41% +71.23%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the North West

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in the North West

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the North West over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in the North West

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in the North West

SQL Server
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 Server within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Manchester -18 26 £475 -5.00% 65
Cheshire -8 25 £475 +5.56% 16
Merseyside +4 9 £290 -55.38% 11
Lancashire +6 6 - - 5
Cumbria - 1 £528 - 2
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
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 8 (11.59%) SharePoint
2 7 (10.14%) SharePoint 2010
2 7 (10.14%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (8.70%) SAS
4 1 (1.45%) Apache
4 1 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.45%) JBoss
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.45%) nginx
4 1 (1.45%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (11.59%) CATIA
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (11.59%) DELMIA
1 8 (11.59%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.45%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 22 (31.88%) Azure
2 18 (26.09%) Power Platform
3 8 (11.59%) AWS
3 8 (11.59%) Snowflake
4 7 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (8.70%) Collibra
5 6 (8.70%) Power Automate
6 5 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (5.80%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (5.80%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (5.80%) GCP
8 3 (4.35%) Entra ID
8 3 (4.35%) GitHub
8 3 (4.35%) SaaS
8 3 (4.35%) Serverless
9 2 (2.90%) Azure Functions
9 2 (2.90%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (2.90%) PowerApps
10 1 (1.45%) dbt
10 1 (1.45%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.25%) Firewall
2 4 (5.80%) DNS
3 2 (2.90%) DHCP
3 2 (2.90%) SAN
4 1 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.45%) LAN
4 1 (1.45%) NAS
4 1 (1.45%) Network Security
4 1 (1.45%) WAN
4 1 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (24.64%) Power BI
2 13 (18.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (11.59%) Metadata
3 8 (11.59%) PowerPivot
4 7 (10.14%) Data Lake
4 7 (10.14%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (8.70%) Ataccama
5 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Power View
5 6 (8.70%) Qlik Sense
5 6 (8.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (7.25%) Data Mining
6 5 (7.25%) Relational Database
7 4 (5.80%) DB2
8 2 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (2.90%) MySQL
8 2 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (2.90%) RDBMS
8 2 (2.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (1.45%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (8.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 5 (7.25%) Git
3 2 (2.90%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.45%) JIRA
4 1 (1.45%) Maven
4 1 (1.45%) Postman
4 1 (1.45%) Selenium
4 1 (1.45%) SoapUI
4 1 (1.45%) WebDriver
General
1 14 (20.29%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.94%) Finance
3 6 (8.70%) Banking
3 6 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
3 6 (8.70%) Publishing
4 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.90%) Automotive
5 2 (2.90%) Legal
5 2 (2.90%) Retail
6 1 (1.45%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.45%) Law
6 1 (1.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 15 (21.74%) Developer
2 11 (15.94%) Analyst
2 11 (15.94%) Lead
3 9 (13.04%) Data Analyst
4 8 (11.59%) Senior
4 8 (11.59%) Support Team Leader
5 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (10.14%) Team Leader
6 6 (8.70%) Architect
6 6 (8.70%) Data Quality Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) QA Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) Quality Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) SharePoint Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) .NET Developer
7 5 (7.25%) Senior Data Quality Analyst
7 5 (7.25%) Senior QA Analyst
7 5 (7.25%) Senior Quality Analyst
8 4 (5.80%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 4 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (18.84%) .NET
2 12 (17.39%) HTML
3 11 (15.94%) CSS
4 7 (10.14%) .NET Framework
4 7 (10.14%) Entity Framework
5 6 (8.70%) React
6 5 (7.25%) .NET Core
7 3 (4.35%) Kafka
7 3 (4.35%) Middleware
7 3 (4.35%) Node.js
7 3 (4.35%) Web Services
8 2 (2.90%) REST
8 2 (2.90%) RESTful
9 1 (1.45%) ASP.NET
9 1 (1.45%) IBM Integration Bus
9 1 (1.45%) jQuery
9 1 (1.45%) Lambda Expressions
9 1 (1.45%) LINQ
9 1 (1.45%) SOAP
9 1 (1.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.25%) Public Cloud
2 3 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (4.35%) Mainframe
3 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.90%) Clustering
3 2 (2.90%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.90%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (1.45%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.45%) Data Fabric
4 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.45%) IoT
4 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.45%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.45%) NHS
4 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.39%) Windows
2 6 (8.70%) Windows Server
3 5 (7.25%) Linux
4 4 (5.80%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (5.80%) zOS
5 3 (4.35%) Android
5 3 (4.35%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.90%) Unix
6 2 (2.90%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.90%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.09%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (17.39%) Agile
2 12 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (13.04%) DevOps
5 8 (11.59%) Configuration Management
5 8 (11.59%) Data Analysis
5 8 (11.59%) Data Management
5 8 (11.59%) ETL
5 8 (11.59%) ITIL
5 8 (11.59%) Migration
5 8 (11.59%) PLM
5 8 (11.59%) Visualisation
5 8 (11.59%) Workflow
6 7 (10.14%) Data Architecture
6 7 (10.14%) Data Cleansing
6 7 (10.14%) Metadata Management
6 7 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (8.70%) Data Governance
7 6 (8.70%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 46 (66.67%) SQL
2 13 (18.84%) PowerShell
3 11 (15.94%) C#
3 11 (15.94%) Python
4 10 (14.49%) JavaScript
5 5 (7.25%) Java
6 3 (4.35%) C
6 3 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (4.35%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.90%) PHP
8 1 (1.45%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.45%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (8.70%) Degree
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.45%) MCSA
3 1 (1.45%) MCSE
3 1 (1.45%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.45%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.59%) Data Quality
1 8 (11.59%) QA
2 1 (1.45%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.45%) GDPR
2 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (1.45%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (7.25%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.90%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.45%) Docker
4 1 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (2.90%) SCCM
2 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (1.45%) vCenter Server
2 1 (1.45%) VxRail
Vendors
1 24 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.04%) VMware
3 8 (11.59%) Siemens
4 6 (8.70%) Alteryx
4 6 (8.70%) Dataiku
4 6 (8.70%) SAP
4 6 (8.70%) Trillium
5 4 (5.80%) F5
5 4 (5.80%) Oracle
6 3 (4.35%) IBM
7 2 (2.90%) Citrix
7 2 (2.90%) Databricks
7 2 (2.90%) Dell
7 2 (2.90%) HP
8 1 (1.45%) Cisco
8 1 (1.45%) EMC
8 1 (1.45%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (1.45%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.45%) Splunk
8 1 (1.45%) Temenos