SQL Server Contracts in Bristol

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 56 56
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +9
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2 25 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.31% 2.25% 2.88%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.74% 19.38% 19.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 22 18
10th Percentile - £355 £350
25th Percentile £313 £450 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +33.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £438 £650 £613
90th Percentile - £725 £661
South West median daily rate £475 £538 £506
% change year-on-year -11.63% +6.17% +6.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £50.00 £40.00 £28.15
% change year-on-year +25.00% +42.11% -52.13%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 73 129 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 11.25% 11.59% 14.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 81 110
10th Percentile £321 £319 £350
25th Percentile £400 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £468
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +4.28% -6.50%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £575
90th Percentile £650 £675 £676
South West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 6
10th Percentile £49.30 - £33.13
25th Percentile £67.50 £17.50 £52.19
Median hourly rate £70.00 £20.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +250.00% -65.22% -17.03%
75th Percentile £78.10 £85.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £79.22 - £66.00
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year +75.00% -39.39% +10.00%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Bristol

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in Bristol

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in Bristol

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) DBA
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle DBA
1 1 (50.00%) Umbraco Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Database Security
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) MVC
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) SAP