Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
East of England > Bedfordshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure SQL Database over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 31 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +10 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | - | - | 0.59% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | - | 4.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £475 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £488 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East of England median daily rate | £576 | £550 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.64% | +15.79% | +5.56% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Bedfordshire
Azure SQL Database 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 Bedfordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 17 | 16 | 24 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | 10.49% | 6.58% | 14.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £395 | £294 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £422 | £347 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £580 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.00% | +5.26% | +13.10% |
| 75th Percentile | £598 | £541 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £559 | £660 |
| East of England median daily rate | £494 | £450 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.72% | -10.00% | +7.53% |
Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire
Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.
Azure SQL Database
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure SQL Database in Bedfordshire.