SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -21 - -
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 6 8 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 1.48% 6.02% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 40.00% 40.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £550 £446 -
25th Percentile £575 £482 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £559 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.23% - -
75th Percentile - £632 -
90th Percentile £688 £665 -
Hampshire median daily rate £640 £487 £450
% change year-on-year +31.35% +8.28% -11.76%

All Database & BI Skills
Basingstoke

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 Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 15 20 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 3.69% 15.04% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 4
10th Percentile - £245 -
25th Percentile £375 £452 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £350
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +64.29% -22.22%
75th Percentile £650 £622 £375
90th Percentile £665 £688 -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £37.00 - £80.00
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing SQL Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Basingstoke

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 5 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in Basingstoke

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing SQL Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Architect
1 6 (100.00%) ITSM Architect
1 6 (100.00%) Senior
1 6 (100.00%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) REST
2 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) PKI
2 3 (50.00%) Clustering
3 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) eTOM
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) ITSM
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
2 3 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) BMC
1 6 (100.00%) Remedy
1 6 (100.00%) ServiceNow