SQL Server Contracts in the City of London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 30 43
Rank change year-on-year -18 +13 +4
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 78 121 176
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 4.44% 5.71% 5.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.26% 24.64% 24.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 78 116
10th Percentile £404 £363 £416
25th Percentile £425 £416 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% +1.91%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £710
90th Percentile £725 £829 £783
Central London median daily rate £560 £505 £600
% change year-on-year +10.89% -15.83% +1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 405 491 719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 23.04% 23.18% 20.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 345 432
10th Percentile £404 £400 £416
25th Percentile £463 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +1.69%
75th Percentile £690 £711 £730
90th Percentile £775 £800 £813
Central London median daily rate £556 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -3.27% -4.17% +0.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 7
10th Percentile £22.70 - £42.50
25th Percentile £32.00 £46.75 £49.38
Median hourly rate £34.65 £48.50 £84.09
Median % change year-on-year -28.56% -42.32% +52.89%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.25 £88.30
90th Percentile £85.50 - -
Central London median hourly rate £34.33 £48.50 £84.09
% change year-on-year -29.23% -42.32% +52.89%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the City of London

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in the City of London

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the City of London over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in the City of London

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in the City of London

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 5 (6.41%) Apache
1 5 (6.41%) Apache Spark
2 3 (3.85%) IIS
3 2 (2.56%) Jupyter
3 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.28%) Confluence
4 1 (1.28%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (1.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (3.85%) OpenText MBPM
1 3 (3.85%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (1.28%) Endur
2 1 (1.28%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.28%) Maximo
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 31 (39.74%) Azure
2 12 (15.38%) Power Platform
3 8 (10.26%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (8.97%) AWS
5 6 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (5.13%) Azure Service Bus
7 4 (5.13%) PaaS
7 4 (5.13%) SaaS
8 3 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (3.85%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (3.85%) Amazon ElastiCache
8 3 (3.85%) Amazon S3
8 3 (3.85%) CloudFront
8 3 (3.85%) Entra ID
8 3 (3.85%) GitHub
8 3 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (3.85%) Route 53
9 2 (2.56%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.13%) DNS
2 3 (3.85%) Firewall
3 2 (2.56%) HTTP
3 2 (2.56%) Network Security
3 2 (2.56%) SSH
4 1 (1.28%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (14.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 10 (12.82%) Power BI
2 10 (12.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 9 (11.54%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (10.26%) Oracle Database
5 6 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (7.69%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (7.69%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (6.41%) Big Data
6 5 (6.41%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (6.41%) Relational Database
6 5 (6.41%) Tableau
7 4 (5.13%) MySQL
7 4 (5.13%) Redis
8 3 (3.85%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (3.85%) DB2
8 3 (3.85%) Delta Lake
8 3 (3.85%) Hadoop
8 3 (3.85%) MongoDB
8 3 (3.85%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) JIRA
2 3 (3.85%) Git
3 2 (2.56%) GitLab
3 2 (2.56%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.56%) JMeter
3 2 (2.56%) RStudio
3 2 (2.56%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.28%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.28%) Postman
4 1 (1.28%) Selenium
4 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (55.13%) Finance
2 24 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 17 (21.79%) Banking
4 11 (14.10%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.97%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (5.13%) Back Office
6 4 (5.13%) Front Office
6 4 (5.13%) Legal
7 3 (3.85%) Retail Banking
8 2 (2.56%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.28%) Advertising
9 1 (1.28%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.28%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.28%) International Banking
9 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (46.15%) Developer
2 16 (20.51%) Analyst
3 10 (12.82%) Senior
4 8 (10.26%) C# Developer
5 7 (8.97%) Data Analyst
6 6 (7.69%) .NET Developer
6 6 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
7 5 (6.41%) Applications Developer
7 5 (6.41%) Power BI Developer
7 5 (6.41%) Python Developer
8 4 (5.13%) Administrator
8 4 (5.13%) Applications Support
8 4 (5.13%) Automation Developer
8 4 (5.13%) C# .NET Developer
8 4 (5.13%) Data Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) DBA
9 3 (3.85%) BPM Developer
9 3 (3.85%) Consultant
9 3 (3.85%) Full-Stack Python Developer
9 3 (3.85%) Python/Django Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (30.77%) .NET
2 8 (10.26%) RESTful
3 7 (8.97%) React
3 7 (8.97%) REST
4 5 (6.41%) .NET Framework
4 5 (6.41%) AngularJS
4 5 (6.41%) CSS
4 5 (6.41%) HTML
5 4 (5.13%) Kafka
6 3 (3.85%) .NET Core
6 3 (3.85%) Django
6 3 (3.85%) Entity Framework
6 3 (3.85%) GraphQL
6 3 (3.85%) JSON
6 3 (3.85%) Leaflet
6 3 (3.85%) Pandas
6 3 (3.85%) PySpark
6 3 (3.85%) Spring
6 3 (3.85%) Web Services
6 3 (3.85%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.41%) Clustering
2 5 (6.41%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (5.13%) Derivative
3 4 (5.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (3.85%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.85%) Fixed Income
4 3 (3.85%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.85%) Reference Data
4 3 (3.85%) Replication
4 3 (3.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.56%) Pricing Data
5 2 (2.56%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.28%) Data Fabric
6 1 (1.28%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.28%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.67%) Windows
2 12 (15.38%) Linux
3 7 (8.97%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.85%) Unix
5 2 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.21%) Agile
2 18 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (20.51%) Data Analysis
4 14 (17.95%) DevOps
5 12 (15.38%) CI/CD
5 12 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 11 (14.10%) Data Modelling
6 11 (14.10%) Unit Testing
7 10 (12.82%) Visualisation
8 9 (11.54%) Data Management
8 9 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (10.26%) SDLC
9 8 (10.26%) Software Engineering
10 7 (8.97%) Business Analysis
10 7 (8.97%) ETL
10 7 (8.97%) Performance Tuning
10 7 (8.97%) User Experience
11 6 (7.69%) Full-Stack Development
11 6 (7.69%) TDD
12 5 (6.41%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 43 (55.13%) SQL
2 31 (39.74%) C#
3 20 (25.64%) Python
4 14 (17.95%) JavaScript
5 9 (11.54%) Java
6 5 (6.41%) Scala
6 5 (6.41%) TypeScript
6 5 (6.41%) VBA
7 4 (5.13%) Bash
7 4 (5.13%) PowerShell
7 4 (5.13%) Shell Script
8 3 (3.85%) Perl
9 2 (2.56%) AWK
9 2 (2.56%) PL/SQL
9 2 (2.56%) R
9 2 (2.56%) sed
9 2 (2.56%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 11 (14.10%) Degree
2 4 (5.13%) Azure Certification
3 3 (3.85%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.85%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.56%) VCAP
4 2 (2.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.28%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.38%) QA
2 5 (6.41%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.13%) GDPR
4 3 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 3 (3.85%) EMIR
4 3 (3.85%) MiFID
5 2 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.28%) GAAP
6 1 (1.28%) IFRS
6 1 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.56%) GPFS
2 2 (2.56%) NFS
3 1 (1.28%) Docker
3 1 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (6.41%) Kubernetes
1 5 (6.41%) Terraform
2 4 (5.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (2.56%) Ansible
3 2 (2.56%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.28%) WMI
Vendors
1 33 (42.31%) Oracle
2 22 (28.21%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.97%) Databricks
4 5 (6.41%) ServiceNow
5 4 (5.13%) VMware
6 3 (3.85%) OpenText
6 3 (3.85%) Sybase
7 2 (2.56%) Atempo
7 2 (2.56%) F5
7 2 (2.56%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.56%) Mellanox
7 2 (2.56%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.56%) UiPath
8 1 (1.28%) Bloomberg
8 1 (1.28%) CQG
8 1 (1.28%) NetApp
8 1 (1.28%) OpenLink
8 1 (1.28%) Reuters
8 1 (1.28%) Spotify
8 1 (1.28%) TIBCO