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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 39 22
Rank change year-on-year +12 -17 +32
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 12 10 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 3.75% 2.72% 7.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.67% 19.23% 50.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 49
10th Percentile - £316 £355
25th Percentile - £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £331 £475 £575
90th Percentile £388 £505 £625
South East median daily rate £350 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -30.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 61 52 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 19.06% 14.17% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 30 94
10th Percentile £284 £361 £363
25th Percentile £325 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £444 £538
Median % change year-on-year -11.55% -17.44% +9.14%
75th Percentile £466 £484 £600
90th Percentile £553 £566 £680
South East median daily rate £460 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.25 - -
Median hourly rate £24.00 - -
75th Percentile £24.50 - -
90th Percentile £42.05 - -
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £51.59 £50.00
% change year-on-year -53.48% +3.18% +122.22%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server 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 29 August 2025.

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 29 August 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 +9 12 £325 -13.33% 7
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 2 (16.67%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (16.67%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
1 6 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (8.33%) Hadoop
2 1 (8.33%) IBM InfoSphere
2 1 (8.33%) Impala
2 1 (8.33%) MySQL
2 1 (8.33%) OLAP
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Database
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle OLAP
2 1 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
2 2 (16.67%) QARun
2 2 (16.67%) WinRunner
3 1 (8.33%) SoapUI
3 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Banking
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Analyst
2 7 (58.33%) Test Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Integration Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Integration Test Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) BizTalk Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) BizTalk Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Data Modeller
4 1 (8.33%) DBA
4 1 (8.33%) Finance Modeller
4 1 (8.33%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) WebdriverIO
2 2 (16.67%) .NET
2 2 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (8.33%) SOAP
3 1 (8.33%) XML
3 1 (8.33%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (8.33%) Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (75.00%) Migration
3 7 (58.33%) Data Migration
3 7 (58.33%) Defect Management
3 7 (58.33%) Software Testing
3 7 (58.33%) Test Automation
3 7 (58.33%) Waterfall
4 6 (50.00%) DevOps
4 6 (50.00%) Integration Testing
4 6 (50.00%) Logistics
4 6 (50.00%) SDLC
4 6 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
4 6 (50.00%) Test Planning
5 5 (41.67%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (33.33%) Agile
6 4 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
6 4 (33.33%) Test Management
7 2 (16.67%) Case Management
7 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
7 2 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) C#
1 6 (50.00%) VB
2 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) ISEB
2 1 (8.33%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (8.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) SCOM
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) IBM
3 2 (16.67%) Dynatrace
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle
3 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
4 1 (8.33%) Compaq
4 1 (8.33%) HP
4 1 (8.33%) Terracotta
4 1 (8.33%) webMethods