SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 37 45
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 5 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.37% 0.73% 1.23%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.89% 7.69% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile - £411 £604
25th Percentile - £427 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £211 £458 £650
Median % change year-on-year -53.98% -29.62% +11.83%
75th Percentile £232 £492 £700
90th Percentile £244 £510 £711
East of England median daily rate £600 £523 £500
% change year-on-year +14.83% +4.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £26.72 - -
25th Percentile £27.06 - -
Median hourly rate £28.24 - -
75th Percentile £29.56 - -
90th Percentile £29.97 - -
East of England median hourly rate £25.25 - £24.50
% change year-on-year - - -30.00%

All Database & BI Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 36 26 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 9.86% 9.45% 8.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 15 22
10th Percentile £211 £413 -
25th Percentile £389 £431 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £567 £561 £586
90th Percentile £583 £594 £675
East of England median daily rate £496 £454 £450
% change year-on-year +9.27% +0.89% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 6
10th Percentile £27.83 £17.95 £20.35
25th Percentile £29.28 £18.16 £27.64
Median hourly rate £32.50 £19.15 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.71% -65.18% +110.65%
75th Percentile £35.46 £20.76 £77.50
90th Percentile £39.45 £21.36 -
East of England median hourly rate £33.75 £63.00 £24.84
% change year-on-year -46.43% +153.62% -60.57%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 10 March 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
Cambridge -3 4 £211 -47.37% 3
SQL Server
East of England

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Google Ads
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (40.00%) QlikView
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Administrator
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) IT Systems Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI Developer
3 1 (20.00%) SQL BI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (60.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Data Extraction
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Information Management
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Facilities Management
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft