SQL Server Contracts in the North East

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 51 32
Rank change year-on-year +26 -19 +3
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 10 7 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 2.96% 1.60% 4.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.81% 9.59% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 12
10th Percentile £370 £378 £363
25th Percentile £463 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -2.63% -
75th Percentile £500 £500 £520
90th Percentile £675 - £536
England median daily rate £525 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -1.87% +1.90% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £23.85
25th Percentile - £48.50 £33.38
Median hourly rate - £49.00 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year - -1.01% -
75th Percentile - £49.50 £52.75
90th Percentile - - £54.55
England median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £46.67
% change year-on-year - -14.29% +55.57%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North East

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 East with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 42 73 68
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 12.43% 16.70% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 60 45
10th Percentile £404 £419 £389
25th Percentile £448 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.22% +9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £656 £700 £600
90th Percentile £678 £775 £665
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile - - £19.00
25th Percentile - £48.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.77 £49.00 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -57.61% +33.33% +93.42%
75th Percentile £46.18 £49.50 £51.25
90th Percentile - - £53.95
England median hourly rate £40.13 £58.59 £40.62
% change year-on-year -31.52% +44.26% +63.64%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the North East

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in the North East

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the North East over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in the North East

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in the North East

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Tyne and Wear +25 8 £475 +2.70% 16
Durham +3 2 £650 - 3
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) GitHub
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) AMQP
2 1 (10.00%) MQTT
2 1 (10.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (20.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) DBA
1 4 (40.00%) SQL DBA
2 2 (20.00%) Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Database Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Database Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (10.00%) JSON
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
1 1 (10.00%) Web Services
1 1 (10.00%) XML
1 1 (10.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Clustering
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (10.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
1 6 (60.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
1 4 (40.00%) Server Patching
2 3 (30.00%) Data Encryption
2 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (30.00%) High Availability
2 3 (30.00%) Service Management
2 3 (30.00%) Task Automation
3 2 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) CRUD
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (10.00%) Database Optimisation
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) ETL
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (30.00%) C#
4 2 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (30.00%) MCSE
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (20.00%) AVEVA
4 1 (10.00%) Salesforce