SQL Server Contracts in Cambridgeshire

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 45 37
Rank change year-on-year -3 -8 -6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 8 15 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.64% 2.51% 4.39%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.62% 24.59% 35.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 34
10th Percentile £433 £253 -
25th Percentile £463 £313 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £506 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +19.12% -5.56%
75th Percentile £539 £592 £538
90th Percentile £624 £600 -
East of England median daily rate £475 £430 £425
% change year-on-year +10.47% +1.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.75
Median hourly rate - - £25.50
75th Percentile - - £26.25
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £24.50 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -30.00% +37.25% -39.29%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Cambridgeshire

SQL Server is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 37 61 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 7.57% 10.22% 12.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 40 73
10th Percentile - £273 £370
25th Percentile £405 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £440
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% +12.22% -8.57%
75th Percentile £569 £589 £500
90th Percentile £638 £625 £538
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £26.16 - £12.27
25th Percentile £27.64 £25.56 £12.30
Median hourly rate £30.09 £26.11 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.24% +108.88% -10.71%
75th Percentile £32.55 £26.67 £14.25
90th Percentile £34.02 - £21.45
East of England median hourly rate £25.18 £63.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -60.03% +80.00% +65.68%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Cambridgeshire

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in Cambridgeshire

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in Cambridgeshire

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in Cambridgeshire

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 23 April 2024. 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 +1 1 £590 +16.54% 11
Peterborough -5 1 £425 +50.44% 3
SQL Server
East of England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Power Platform
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 4 (50.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
1 1 (12.50%) NAS
1 1 (12.50%) PBX
1 1 (12.50%) SAN
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) VLAN
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Applications Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Systems Developer
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Power BI Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Data Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) SSIS Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (62.50%) .NET
2 4 (50.00%) REST
3 1 (12.50%) .NET Core
3 1 (12.50%) CSS
3 1 (12.50%) HTML
3 1 (12.50%) LDAP
3 1 (12.50%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (12.50%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Web Development
1 4 (50.00%) Workflow
2 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (25.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (25.00%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Logical Data Model
3 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Physical Data Model
3 1 (12.50%) Server Management
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) C
2 4 (50.00%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) RHCE
1 2 (25.00%) RHCSA
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CCIE
2 1 (12.50%) CCNA
2 1 (12.50%) CCNP
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) MCSE
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) GxP
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Red Hat