Azure SQL Database Contract Job Trends in England
Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 494 | 392 | 296 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -102 | -96 | +30 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database | 157 | 130 | 242 |
| As % of all contract jobs in England | 0.34% | 0.46% | 0.76% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 2.31% | 2.54% | 4.19% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 110 | 102 | 178 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £376 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £452 | £413 | £433 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £491 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.96% | -10.68% | -3.72% |
| 75th Percentile | £609 | £575 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £649 | £700 |
| UK median daily rate | £530 | £480 | £545 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.42% | -11.93% | +0.93% |
All Database & BI Skills
England
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 England.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 6,800 | 5,122 | 5,769 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England | 14.53% | 18.14% | 18.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,504 | 3,519 | 3,912 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £338 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £510 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.27% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £722 | £750 | £810 |
| UK median daily rate | £505 | £500 | £528 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.00% | -5.21% | -1.95% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 276 | 72 | 83 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.70 | £18.72 | £17.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.21 | £29.00 | £22.20 |
| Median hourly rate | £39.50 | £42.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.94% | +19.99% | -33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.81 | £65.00 | £61.60 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.68 | £80.00 | £71.15 |
| UK median hourly rate | £40.18 | £39.48 | £33.22 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.77% | +18.86% | -34.94% |
Azure SQL Database Job Vacancy Trend in England
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.
Azure SQL Database Daily Rate Trend in England
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure SQL Database.
Azure SQL Database Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in England over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
Azure SQL Database Hourly Rate Trend in England
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure SQL Database.
Azure SQL Database Contract Job Locations in England
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 England region over the 6 months to 17 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | -77 | 84 | £550 | +2.33% | 64 |
| Midlands | -39 | 21 | £550 | +22.22% | 23 |
| South East | -57 | 21 | £563 | +32.35% | 27 |
| North of England | -73 | 15 | £405 | -10.00% | 26 |
| West Midlands | -39 | 14 | £550 | +12.82% | 18 |
| South West | -31 | 8 | £600 | +15.38% | 4 |
| East Midlands | -11 | 7 | £625 | +38.89% | 5 |
| North East | -36 | 6 | £388 | +3.33% | 6 |
| North West | -49 | 5 | £381 | -15.33% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | -31 | 4 | £490 | -6.67% | 13 |
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Azure SQL Database Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL Server | 38.2% | 60 |
| 2 | Power BI | 31.2% | 49 |
| 3 | Data Lake | 29.9% | 47 |
| 4 | Data Warehouse | 20.4% | 32 |
| 5 | PostgreSQL | 12.7% | 20 |
| 6 | NoSQL | 10.8% | 17 |
| 7 | Metadata | 10.2% | 16 |
| 7 | Star Schema | 10.2% | 16 |
| 9 | SQL Server Integration Services | 8.3% | 13 |
| 10 | Power Query | 7.6% | 12 |
| 11 | SQL Server Reporting Services | 6.4% | 10 |
| 12 | Relational Database | 4.5% | 7 |
| 13 | Azure SQL Data Warehouse | 3.8% | 6 |
| 13 | Semantic Layer | 3.8% | 6 |
| 15 | Delta Lake | 3.2% | 5 |
| 15 | MySQL | 3.2% | 5 |
| 15 | Parquet | 3.2% | 5 |
| 18 | Amazon RDS | 2.5% | 4 |
| 18 | Data Hub | 2.5% | 4 |
| 18 | Enterprise Data Warehouse | 2.5% | 4 |