Senior SQL Developer Contract Job Trends in England

Senior SQL Developer
UK > England

The median Senior SQL Developer daily rate in England is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 492 535
Rank change year-on-year -117 +43 +86
Contract jobs requiring a Senior SQL Developer 10 18 6
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.022% 0.066% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.072% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 6
10th Percentile £393 £604 £563
25th Percentile £569 £628 £586
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £688 £635
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.27% +18.14%
75th Percentile £813 £728 £675
90th Percentile £853 £741 £756
UK median daily rate £588 £625 £635
% change year-on-year -6.00% -1.57% +18.14%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 41,387 24,981 33,973
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 91.90% 92.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,310 16,224 22,273
10th Percentile £325 £291 £300
25th Percentile £423 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,974 1,234 2,436
10th Percentile £16.04 £13.80 £13.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.87 £17.25
Median hourly rate £46.73 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.89% -30.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.50 £64.25
90th Percentile £80.04 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £26.21 £40.00
% change year-on-year +71.69% -34.48% -5.88%

Senior SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior SQL Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Senior SQL Developer job vacancy trend in England

Senior SQL Developer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior SQL Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior SQL Developer job vacancies in England

Senior SQL Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior SQL Developer in England over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior SQL Developer in England

Senior SQL Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior SQL Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior SQL Developer job vacancies in England

Senior SQL Developer
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 Senior SQL Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 16 July 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 -76 10 £625 -9.09% 2
Senior SQL Developer
UK

Senior SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 July 2026, Senior SQL Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Senior SQL Developer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) SQL
2 7 (70.00%) Investment Management
3 6 (60.00%) Azure
3 6 (60.00%) Python
4 5 (50.00%) Data Integration
4 5 (50.00%) ETL
4 5 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
4 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (40.00%) .NET
5 4 (40.00%) Data Modelling
6 3 (30.00%) Aladdin
6 3 (30.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (30.00%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (30.00%) Data Ingestion
6 3 (30.00%) Data Lake
6 3 (30.00%) Data Mapping
6 3 (30.00%) Data Pipeline
6 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (30.00%) Relational Database
6 3 (30.00%) SimCorp
6 3 (30.00%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (20.00%) C#
7 2 (20.00%) Databricks
7 2 (20.00%) DevOps
8 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
8 1 (10.00%) Agile
8 1 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
8 1 (10.00%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence

Senior SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Aladdin
1 3 (30.00%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) Copilot Studio
3 1 (10.00%) Dagster
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (10.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (30.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (30.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (10.00%) Power BI
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (10.00%) CSS
2 1 (10.00%) Entity Framework
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Data Structures
1 3 (30.00%) Reference Data
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Code
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Investment Management
2 5 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 5 (50.00%) ETL
2 5 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (30.00%) Data Ingestion
4 3 (30.00%) Data Mapping
4 3 (30.00%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (20.00%) DevOps
6 1 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (10.00%) Clean Code
6 1 (10.00%) Code Quality
6 1 (10.00%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (10.00%) Data Engineering
6 1 (10.00%) Front End Development
6 1 (10.00%) Kanban
6 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (10.00%) SDLC
6 1 (10.00%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (60.00%) Python
3 2 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (10.00%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (30.00%) SimCorp
2 2 (20.00%) Databricks
3 1 (10.00%) IBM