SQL Server Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of Westminster citing SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 2.56% - 1.89%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.00% - 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £609 - -
25th Percentile £618 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £653 - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.87%
75th Percentile £680 - £544
90th Percentile £685 - -
Central London median daily rate £550 £496 £575
% change year-on-year +11.00% -13.83% -4.17%

All Database & BI Skills
City of Westminster

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 citing database or business intelligence skills in the City of Westminster.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills 10 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 12.82% 6.82% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 5
10th Percentile £400 £441 £470
25th Percentile £508 £447 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -20.83% -18.64%
75th Percentile £622 £503 £693
90th Percentile £667 £509 £697
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.13% -0.04%

SQL Server Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

SQL Server Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing SQL Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing SQL Server

SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing SQL Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing SQL Server

SQL Server Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

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 City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Westminster - 1 £675 - 2
Paddington - 1 £630 -
SQL Server
Central London

SQL Server Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Database & Business Intelligence

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1MongoDB50.0%1
1Redis50.0%1