Azure SQL Database Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 47 62
Rank change year-on-year +2 +15 +37
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 4 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 1.02% 1.03% 0.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.35% 6.78% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - £528 -
25th Percentile - £533 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £545 £600
Median % change year-on-year +17.43% -9.17% -
75th Percentile - £560 £625
90th Percentile - £569 -
South East median daily rate £446 £525 £633
% change year-on-year -15.05% -17.00% +1.20%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 63 59 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 16.11% 15.17% 17.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 39 74
10th Percentile £309 £196 £289
25th Percentile £329 £330 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £509 £550 £575
90th Percentile £575 £593 £643
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.50 - -
Median hourly rate £24.00 - -
75th Percentile £24.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £40.00 £45.34 £50.53
% change year-on-year -11.78% -10.27% +129.67%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Azure SQL Database.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 29 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes +1 4 £640 +17.97% 2
Azure SQL Database
South East

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Technical Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Architect
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft