SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 35 30
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 +1
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 19 15 27
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 4.24% 4.46% 5.06%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.36% 31.25% 31.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 21
10th Percentile £356 £184 £185
25th Percentile £385 £210 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +38.29% -17.65% -11.46%
75th Percentile £573 £510 £488
90th Percentile £640 £566 £503
South East median daily rate £478 £495 £520
% change year-on-year -3.58% -4.76% +6.39%

All Database & BI Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 67 48 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 14.96% 14.29% 15.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 34 54
10th Percentile £307 £184 £267
25th Percentile £346 £278 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £444
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +1.41% -11.25%
75th Percentile £513 £550 £515
90th Percentile £588 £584 £600
South East median daily rate £463 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.61
Median hourly rate - - £23.22
Median % change year-on-year - - +27.21%
75th Percentile - - £43.16
90th Percentile - - £54.76
South East median hourly rate £44.36 £63.15 £58.16
% change year-on-year -29.75% +8.58% +93.87%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in Buckinghamshire

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

SQL Server
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 SQL Server within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 7 January 2026. 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 +2 19 £484 +38.29% 19
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (26.32%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.26%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) Power BI
2 4 (21.05%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database
4 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Data Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Architect
3 4 (21.05%) Full-Stack Developer
3 4 (21.05%) Technical Architect
4 3 (15.79%) Senior
5 2 (10.53%) Manual Tester
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Architect
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Technical Architect
5 2 (10.53%) Tester
5 2 (10.53%) Web Tester
6 1 (5.26%) C# Application Developer
6 1 (5.26%) C# Web Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Python Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Applications Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior C# Application Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior C# Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Web Applications Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Web Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (57.89%) .NET
2 1 (5.26%) .NET Core
2 1 (5.26%) .NET Framework
2 1 (5.26%) AngularJS
2 1 (5.26%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.26%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (5.26%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (5.26%) CSS
2 1 (5.26%) CSS3
2 1 (5.26%) Entity Framework
2 1 (5.26%) HTML
2 1 (5.26%) HTML5
2 1 (5.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (31.58%) Impact Assessments
3 5 (26.32%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (26.32%) CRM
3 5 (26.32%) Data Analysis
4 4 (21.05%) Change Management
4 4 (21.05%) ITIL
4 4 (21.05%) Software Engineering
4 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (15.79%) Agile
5 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
5 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.79%) Project Management
6 2 (10.53%) Acceptance Criteria
6 2 (10.53%) Data Validation
6 2 (10.53%) Performance Management
6 2 (10.53%) Regression Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Service Management
6 2 (10.53%) TDD
6 2 (10.53%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) SQL
2 3 (15.79%) C#
3 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) Security Cleared
2 8 (42.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
1 4 (21.05%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 6 (31.58%) Oracle
2 6 (31.58%) ServiceNow
3 5 (26.32%) Salesforce