Azure SQL Database Contract Job Trends in Devon

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 22 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 1.06% 0.94% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.65% 9.09% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £428 - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile £473 - -
South West median daily rate £488 £500 £439
% change year-on-year -2.50% +13.84% -25.24%

All Database & BI Skills
Devon

Azure SQL Database 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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 17 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 6.03% 10.38% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 10 6
10th Percentile £55 £295 £419
25th Percentile £180 £311 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £344 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.96% -31.25% -
75th Percentile £421 £488 £656
90th Percentile £470 £500 £675
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in Devon

Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Azure SQL Database.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the Devon region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Exeter -19 3 £450 -10.00% 2
Azure SQL Database
South West

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft