SQL Server Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 23 48 30
Rank change year-on-year +25 -18 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 8 5 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 3.36% 1.38% 4.94%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.57% 7.94% 32.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 12
10th Percentile £315 £378 £363
25th Percentile £444 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -2.63% -
75th Percentile £488 £500 £520
90th Percentile £493 - £536
North East median daily rate £475 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +2.70% -2.63% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 28 63 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 11.76% 17.40% 15.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 53 44
10th Percentile £381 £500 £387
25th Percentile £427 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £488 £700 £600
90th Percentile £535 £775 £668
North East median daily rate £476 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -17.22% +9.52% +16.67%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Tyne and Wear

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in Tyne and Wear

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in Tyne and Wear

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Tyne and Wear.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in Tyne and Wear

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +25 5 £475 -5.00% 11
Sunderland - 2 £475 - 2
Gateshead +2 1 £150 -60.00% 2
SQL Server
North East

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) GitHub
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) AMQP
2 1 (12.50%) MQTT
2 1 (12.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) DBA
1 4 (50.00%) SQL DBA
2 2 (25.00%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Database Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Database Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (12.50%) JSON
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
1 1 (12.50%) XML
1 1 (12.50%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Clustering
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
1 6 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
1 4 (50.00%) Server Patching
2 3 (37.50%) Data Encryption
2 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (37.50%) High Availability
2 3 (37.50%) Service Management
2 3 (37.50%) Task Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) CRUD
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (12.50%) Database Optimisation
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) ETL
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (37.50%) MCSE
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) Salesforce