SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 84 104
Rank change year-on-year -21 +20 +29
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.19% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.96% 1.52% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - £365
25th Percentile £463 £431 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +2.94% +52.06%
75th Percentile £488 £444 £463
90th Percentile - - £485
England median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.00 -
England median hourly rate - £20.00 -

All Development Application Skills
East of England

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 153 132 186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 9.65% 11.41% 10.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 49 83
10th Percentile £400 £293 £313
25th Percentile £417 £313 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £468
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -9.09% -10.95%
75th Percentile £566 £525 £569
90th Percentile £625 £645 £623
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 24 53
10th Percentile - £48.79 £65.00
25th Percentile £65.00 £57.19 £69.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £65.00 £78.73
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% -17.43% +21.12%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £90.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.88 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.77% -2.69% +5.69%

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) job vacancy trend in the East of England

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Hertfordshire - 3 £475 -
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
England

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Data Integration Specialist
1 3 (100.00%) Data Migration Specialist
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Specialist
1 3 (100.00%) Migration Specialist
1 3 (100.00%) SSIS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) EDI
1 3 (100.00%) JSON
1 3 (100.00%) REST
1 3 (100.00%) SOAP
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) XSLT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CRM
1 3 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 3 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 3 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 3 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 3 (100.00%) ERP
1 3 (100.00%) Logistics
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL