SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Derby

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derby requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 17 25
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 0.70% 2.33% 1.90%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.11% 28.57% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £320
25th Percentile £488 £456 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £373
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +24.16% -14.86%
75th Percentile £563 £469 £411
90th Percentile - - £427
Derbyshire median daily rate £494 £463 £373
% change year-on-year +6.76% +24.16% -14.86%

All Database & BI Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 9 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 6.29% 8.14% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £454 £415 £328
25th Percentile £472 £431 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% +15.63% -5.88%
75th Percentile £511 £469 £419
90th Percentile £542 - £430
Derbyshire median daily rate £475 £463 £400
% change year-on-year +2.70% +15.63% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.00 -
Derbyshire median hourly rate - £23.00 -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Derby

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

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

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

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

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

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Storage
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR