Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
County Antrim > Belfast
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 24 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast | - | - | 0.60% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | - | 5.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £450 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £475 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| County Antrim median daily rate | - | - | £450 |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Belfast
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 Belfast.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 34 | 15 | 20 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast | 22.97% | 12.40% | 12.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 27 | 9 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £250 | £329 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £375 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £425 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -5.56% | -5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £519 | £500 | £535 |
| 90th Percentile | £612 | £513 | £645 |
| County Antrim median daily rate | £425 | £425 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.56% | -5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £13.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.48 | £16.12 | £13.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.45% | +19.41% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £13.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| County Antrim median hourly rate | £22.48 | £16.12 | £13.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.45% | +19.41% | - |
Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast
Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.
Azure SQL Database
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure SQL Database in Belfast.