Azure SQL Database Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 53 65
Rank change year-on-year -14 +12 +22
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 6 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.68% 0.67% 0.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.94% 3.85% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £409 - -
25th Percentile £415 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% +8.28%
75th Percentile £491 - £438
90th Percentile £501 - -
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 101 104 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 11.52% 17.45% 15.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 68 76
10th Percentile £325 £318 £325
25th Percentile £380 £356 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £424 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% -14.98% +11.11%
75th Percentile £474 £531 £563
90th Percentile £563 £591 £700
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £15.63 - £11.39
25th Percentile £18.76 £21.25 £11.67
Median hourly rate £23.71 £22.50 £17.05
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% +31.95% -71.58%
75th Percentile £36.72 £23.75 £26.11
90th Percentile £56.69 - £30.39
England median hourly rate £45.00 £36.25 £46.18
% change year-on-year +24.14% -21.50% -10.76%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Azure SQL Database.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Derbyshire 0 3 £410 -8.89% 1
Leicestershire - 1 £450 - 5
Lincolnshire - 1 £505 - 1
Nottinghamshire - 1 - - 5
Azure SQL Database
England

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Azure AKS
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (16.67%) Azure App Service
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (16.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Functions
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Storage
4 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (16.67%) IaaS
4 1 (16.67%) PaaS
4 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (16.67%) SaaS
4 1 (16.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (16.67%) Big Data
2 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
2 1 (16.67%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) Power Query
2 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Agriculture
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) Express.js
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) MERN Stack
1 1 (16.67%) Node.js
1 1 (16.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (50.00%) Cloud Operations
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 2 (33.33%) Cost Management
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (16.67%) Databricks
3 1 (16.67%) OpenAI