SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - 39
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 4.67% - 0.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 70.00% - 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile £423 - £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 - £528
75th Percentile £489 - £542
90th Percentile £492 - -
North West median daily rate £450 £438 £455
% change year-on-year +2.86% -3.85% -9.00%

All Database & BI Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 10 5 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 6.67% 2.25% 5.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 9
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile £423 - £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 - £476
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.76%
75th Percentile £489 - £613
90th Percentile £492 - -
North West median daily rate £445 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -11.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
Median hourly rate - £25.43 £44.74
Median % change year-on-year - -43.16% -
North West median hourly rate £70.00 £25.43 £44.74
% change year-on-year +175.27% -43.16% -31.17%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Cumbria

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

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

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

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

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 5 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 6 £447 - 2
SQL Server
North West

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (42.86%) MySQL
2 3 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) DBA
2 5 (71.43%) Administrator
3 4 (57.14%) SQL DBA
4 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared DBA
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Clustering
1 4 (57.14%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Capacity Planning
1 4 (57.14%) Database Security
1 4 (57.14%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (57.14%) High Availability
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) PowerShell
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) RedGate
1 4 (57.14%) SolarWinds
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle