SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.23% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.81% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile £483 - -
Central London median daily rate £450 - -

All Development Application Skills
City of London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 277 263 293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 12.57% 15.33% 13.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 182 187
10th Percentile £363 £341 £370
25th Percentile £456 £422 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -2.65% -5.83%
75th Percentile £650 £658 £703
90th Percentile £738 £724 £790
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £17.41 £63.75 -
25th Percentile £18.27 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -74.00% - -
75th Percentile £20.25 £82.50 -
90th Percentile - £86.25 -
Central London median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year -74.00% - -

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) job vacancy trend in the City of London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) Relational Database
3 2 (40.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (40.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Git
1 3 (60.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Data Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Data Migration Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Migration Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Migration Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (60.00%) SDLC
1 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (60.00%) System Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Data Lineage
2 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Wealth Management
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DBS Check