SQL Server Contracts in Dorset

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 10 0 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 10.20% - 6.94%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 45.45% - 46.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 14
10th Percentile £433 - £424
25th Percentile £450 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £506
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.56%
75th Percentile £675 - £538
90th Percentile £770 - £564
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £31.15
% change year-on-year -37.50% +28.42% -51.03%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 22 29 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 22.45% 17.58% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 22 27
10th Percentile £356 £400 £450
25th Percentile £413 £419 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £663 £590
Median % change year-on-year -24.53% +12.29% +27.57%
75th Percentile £675 £825 £663
90th Percentile £694 - £693
South West median daily rate £514 £500 £518
% change year-on-year +2.75% -3.38% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -61.02%
75th Percentile - - £35.28
90th Percentile - - £44.14
South West median hourly rate £68.75 £40.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +71.88% -38.46% -5.87%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Dorset

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in Dorset

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Dorset over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in Dorset

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in Dorset

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Bournemouth - 9 £575 - 18
SQL Server
South West

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (90.00%) Azure
2 6 (60.00%) Entra ID
2 6 (60.00%) Google Workspace
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Functions
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (10.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (90.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (30.00%) Power BI
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (20.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Site Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Report Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Developer Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Digital Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Integration Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Power BI Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Power BI Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Report Developer
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Developer
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Reporting Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (10.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) ARM Templates
2 1 (10.00%) JSON
2 1 (10.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
1 6 (60.00%) Change Management
1 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 6 (60.00%) Migration
1 6 (60.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 6 (60.00%) Validation
2 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) API Design
4 1 (10.00%) API Development
4 1 (10.00%) API Management
4 1 (10.00%) Data Integration
4 1 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 6 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) Google