SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Bournemouth

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Dorset > Bournemouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bournemouth requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 10 17
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bournemouth 4.08% 11.86% 2.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.67% 33.33% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £360 £450 £321
25th Percentile £375 £453 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £354
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +41.14% +77.13%
75th Percentile £425 £644 £378
90th Percentile £440 £675 £384
Dorset median daily rate £400 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -20.00% - +17.65%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Bournemouth

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 Bournemouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 12 21 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth 24.49% 35.59% 23.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 18 18
10th Percentile £248 £435 £315
25th Percentile £314 £464 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £800
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% -39.06% +73.91%
75th Percentile £469 £550 £825
90th Percentile £503 £596 -
Dorset median daily rate £450 £494 £513
% change year-on-year -8.86% -3.66% -2.38%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

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

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

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Bournemouth

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

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

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft