Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
East of England > Bedfordshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 33 | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -13 | +10 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL Server | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | - | 1.22% | 6.52% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | 17.65% | 44.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £426 | £247 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £447 | £331 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £488 | £406 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +20.00% | -9.72% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £522 | £628 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £539 | £706 |
| East of England median daily rate | £501 | £475 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.53% | +5.56% | +5.88% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Bedfordshire
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 Bedfordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 17 | 17 | 27 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | 10.83% | 6.94% | 14.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 12 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £395 | £269 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £450 | £339 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £580 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.00% | - | +14.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £598 | £553 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £560 | £694 |
| East of England median daily rate | £488 | £463 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.41% | -7.50% | +11.11% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire
Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Bedfordshire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Bedfordshire.