SQL Server Contracts in East London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in East London 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 15 15 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +8
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 5 20 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East London 4.76% 8.66% 10.81%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.33% 47.62% 40.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 18
10th Percentile - £400 £341
25th Percentile - £403 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £516 £400
Median % change year-on-year -22.52% +29.06% -
75th Percentile £488 £603 £534
90th Percentile £548 £685 £680
London median daily rate £575 £538 £575
% change year-on-year +6.98% -6.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £36.00
London median hourly rate £26.32 - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
East London

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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 15 42 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 14.29% 18.18% 26.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 34 34
10th Percentile - £368 £344
25th Percentile £400 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £516 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.99% +3.25% +2.67%
75th Percentile £638 £618 £608
90th Percentile £668 £765 £650
London median daily rate £552 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.17% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 10
10th Percentile £10.06 - -
25th Percentile £13.15 £20.98 £21.24
Median hourly rate £18.30 £23.32 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year -21.53% +3.71% -
75th Percentile £23.45 £25.66 £23.73
90th Percentile £26.54 - £24.95
London median hourly rate £39.31 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -21.39% -4.76% -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in East London

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in East London

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in East London

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

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in East London

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in East London

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in East London

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in East London

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 East London 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
Tower Hamlets +5 2 £525 -2.78%
SQL Server
London

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East London 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (40.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (40.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (20.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) CRM Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) .NET
1 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) HTML5 Canvas
2 2 (40.00%) JSON
2 2 (40.00%) WCF
2 2 (40.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) CRM
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Web Development
2 1 (20.00%) Feature Driven Development
2 1 (20.00%) IT Audit
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) TDD
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Cognizant