SQL Server Contracts in England

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 50 49
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 +5
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 1,241 2,153 3,543
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.37% 4.39% 5.06%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.97% 24.52% 25.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 870 1,652 2,709
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -3.81% +1.94% +13.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 19 37
10th Percentile £36.84 £25.50 -
25th Percentile £40.00 £33.70 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.13 £43.50 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.76% -12.12% +76.79%
75th Percentile £50.47 £70.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £62.96 £85.50 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £46.67
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.58% +66.68%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

SQL Server is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,215 8,781 13,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.89% 17.90% 19.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,475 6,308 10,113
10th Percentile £355 £372 £369
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £656
90th Percentile £788 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 167 166
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £14.63
25th Percentile £20.98 £32.35 £21.31
Median hourly rate £40.25 £58.59 £42.92
Median % change year-on-year -31.30% +36.52% +71.67%
75th Percentile £60.81 £73.73 £62.15
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.13 £60.00 £42.92
% change year-on-year -33.13% +39.80% +59.07%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL Server in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
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 SQL Server within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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 +1 830 £538 -6.52% 362
North of England -14 109 £475 -5.00% 182
South East -50 102 £475 -5.00% 149
Midlands -1 77 £463 +8.82% 172
North West -14 71 £463 -6.07% 98
South West -28 70 £550 +4.76% 92
West Midlands -5 42 £500 -3.15% 102
East Midlands +6 31 £445 +11.25% 70
Yorkshire -7 28 £450 -10.00% 65
East of England -38 25 £475 +5.56% 58
North East +15 10 £475 -5.00% 20
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 64 (5.16%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.58%) IIS
3 29 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.61%) CMS
5 19 (1.53%) Apache
5 19 (1.53%) Confluence
6 14 (1.13%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.73%) nginx
8 8 (0.64%) SAS
8 8 (0.64%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.56%) SharePoint 2010
9 7 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
10 6 (0.48%) JBoss
10 6 (0.48%) Tornado
11 5 (0.40%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 3 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
12 3 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 67 (5.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.77%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.64%) CATIA
5 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.081%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.081%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 17 (1.37%) Endur
2 15 (1.21%) Teamcenter
3 10 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.64%) DELMIA
5 6 (0.48%) Temenos T24
6 4 (0.32%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.32%) OPENHousing
7 3 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.24%) MIS ActiveH
7 3 (0.24%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.16%) BusinessWorks
8 2 (0.16%) Remedy AR System
8 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.16%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.081%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.081%) Epicor Tropos
9 1 (0.081%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.081%) Oracle Retail
9 1 (0.081%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 590 (47.54%) Azure
2 264 (21.27%) Azure DevOps
3 205 (16.52%) Power Platform
4 150 (12.09%) AWS
5 91 (7.33%) Entra ID
6 82 (6.61%) Microsoft 365
7 80 (6.45%) Azure Service Bus
8 77 (6.20%) Azure Data Factory
9 76 (6.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 59 (4.75%) Serverless
11 56 (4.51%) GitHub
12 54 (4.35%) PowerApps
13 52 (4.19%) Power Automate
14 51 (4.11%) Azure Functions
15 49 (3.95%) Azure Monitor
16 39 (3.14%) PaaS
17 33 (2.66%) Azure Logic Apps
18 27 (2.18%) Snowflake
19 26 (2.10%) Azure Key Vault
19 26 (2.10%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 51 (4.11%) Firewall
2 39 (3.14%) DNS
3 29 (2.34%) SAN
4 21 (1.69%) DHCP
5 19 (1.53%) WAN
6 18 (1.45%) Internet
7 17 (1.37%) LAN
8 15 (1.21%) FTP
8 15 (1.21%) NAS
9 12 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.73%) Wireless
11 8 (0.64%) MPLS
11 8 (0.64%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.64%) VPN
12 6 (0.48%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (0.48%) SSL
13 5 (0.40%) Network Security
13 5 (0.40%) SSH
13 5 (0.40%) VLAN
14 4 (0.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (14.67%) Power BI
2 141 (11.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 133 (10.72%) Data Warehouse
4 119 (9.59%) Relational Database
5 95 (7.66%) MySQL
6 93 (7.49%) PostgreSQL
7 91 (7.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 59 (4.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 58 (4.67%) NoSQL
10 53 (4.27%) Oracle Database
11 52 (4.19%) Azure SQL Database
12 45 (3.63%) Metadata
13 41 (3.30%) Data Lake
14 35 (2.82%) RDBMS
15 33 (2.66%) MongoDB
16 30 (2.42%) Microsoft Analysis Services
17 29 (2.34%) Tableau
18 26 (2.10%) Oracle Reports
19 23 (1.85%) Big Data
20 19 (1.53%) Redis
Development Applications
1 133 (10.72%) Git
2 70 (5.64%) JIRA
3 53 (4.27%) Visual Studio
4 44 (3.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 40 (3.22%) SpecFlow
6 31 (2.50%) Selenium
7 27 (2.18%) Jenkins
7 27 (2.18%) TeamCity
8 25 (2.01%) GitLab
9 16 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
10 15 (1.21%) Bitbucket
11 14 (1.13%) WebDriver
12 13 (1.05%) Octopus Deploy
13 12 (0.97%) JMeter
14 10 (0.81%) ERwin
14 10 (0.81%) NUnit
15 9 (0.73%) Cucumber
15 9 (0.73%) Postman
15 9 (0.73%) Visual Studio Team System
16 8 (0.64%) SonarQube
General
1 272 (21.92%) Finance
2 259 (20.87%) Social Skills
3 137 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (9.75%) Banking
5 117 (9.43%) Public Sector
6 49 (3.95%) Back Office
7 35 (2.82%) Front Office
8 32 (2.58%) Manufacturing
9 31 (2.50%) Investment Banking
10 27 (2.18%) Marketing
11 26 (2.10%) Telecoms
12 22 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (1.61%) Financial Institution
14 19 (1.53%) Local Government
15 18 (1.45%) Electronics
15 18 (1.45%) Retail
16 14 (1.13%) Publishing
17 10 (0.81%) Legal
18 9 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
19 8 (0.64%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 506 (40.77%) Developer
2 196 (15.79%) Senior
3 134 (10.80%) Senior Developer
4 128 (10.31%) C# Developer
5 116 (9.35%) .NET Developer
6 87 (7.01%) Architect
7 85 (6.85%) Analyst
8 83 (6.69%) Data Engineer
9 65 (5.24%) DBA
9 65 (5.24%) Software Developer
10 59 (4.75%) Lead
11 57 (4.59%) Azure Developer
11 57 (4.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 53 (4.27%) SQL Developer
13 48 (3.87%) Senior Software Developer
14 47 (3.79%) C# .NET Developer
14 47 (3.79%) SQL DBA
15 45 (3.63%) Full Stack Developer
16 42 (3.38%) Backend Developer
16 42 (3.38%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 402 (32.39%) .NET
2 154 (12.41%) XML
3 141 (11.36%) .NET Core
4 132 (10.64%) .NET Framework
5 114 (9.19%) HTML
6 99 (7.98%) ASP.NET
7 98 (7.90%) AngularJS
8 86 (6.93%) CSS
9 82 (6.61%) React
10 57 (4.59%) Web Services
11 55 (4.43%) REST
12 44 (3.55%) JSON
13 43 (3.46%) Entity Framework
14 41 (3.30%) Kafka
15 37 (2.98%) SOAP
16 36 (2.90%) RESTful
17 35 (2.82%) WCF
18 33 (2.66%) jQuery
19 31 (2.50%) ASP.NET MVC
20 30 (2.42%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 63 (5.08%) Product Ownership
2 52 (4.19%) Onboarding
3 44 (3.55%) Replication
4 41 (3.30%) Clustering
5 28 (2.26%) Public Cloud
6 23 (1.85%) Cloud Native
6 23 (1.85%) Management Information System
7 22 (1.77%) Hedge funds
8 21 (1.69%) Client/Server
8 21 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
9 19 (1.53%) Derivative
10 18 (1.45%) Data Centre
11 17 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
12 16 (1.29%) PKI
13 14 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (1.05%) Data Structures
14 13 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
15 12 (0.97%) Equity Derivative
15 12 (0.97%) NHS
16 11 (0.89%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 233 (18.78%) Windows
2 118 (9.51%) Windows Server
3 114 (9.19%) Linux
4 53 (4.27%) Unix
5 46 (3.71%) Windows Server 2019
6 42 (3.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 31 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 24 (1.93%) Windows 10
9 20 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (0.89%) Android
10 11 (0.89%) Ubuntu
10 11 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (0.73%) VMS
11 9 (0.73%) Windows 7
12 8 (0.64%) Apple iOS
13 7 (0.56%) zOS
14 5 (0.40%) CentOS
14 5 (0.40%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (32.96%) Agile
2 373 (30.06%) DevOps
3 217 (17.49%) Business Intelligence
4 188 (15.15%) CI/CD
5 184 (14.83%) Scrum
6 177 (14.26%) Migration
7 165 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
8 158 (12.73%) ETL
9 135 (10.88%) Data Modelling
10 119 (9.59%) TDD
11 95 (7.66%) OO
12 84 (6.77%) Software Engineering
13 78 (6.29%) Data Analysis
13 78 (6.29%) SDLC
14 77 (6.20%) MVC
15 75 (6.04%) Analytics
16 74 (5.96%) Disaster Recovery
17 70 (5.64%) B2C
17 70 (5.64%) Data Migration
18 65 (5.24%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 648 (52.22%) SQL
2 481 (38.76%) C#
3 248 (19.98%) PowerShell
4 154 (12.41%) JavaScript
5 137 (11.04%) Python
6 132 (10.64%) T-SQL
7 111 (8.94%) Java
8 98 (7.90%) Bicep
9 78 (6.29%) PL/SQL
10 56 (4.51%) TypeScript
11 31 (2.50%) VBA
12 26 (2.10%) Bash
13 22 (1.77%) VB
14 21 (1.69%) C
15 20 (1.61%) VB.NET
16 19 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 18 (1.45%) Shell Script
18 14 (1.13%) C++
18 14 (1.13%) PHP
19 10 (0.81%) XPath
Qualifications
1 172 (13.86%) Security Cleared
2 128 (10.31%) Degree
3 100 (8.06%) SC Cleared
4 63 (5.08%) DV Cleared
5 41 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.13%) Master's Degree
8 10 (0.81%) ISTQB
8 10 (0.81%) MCSE
9 8 (0.64%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.64%) MCITP
9 8 (0.64%) MCTS
10 6 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.40%) SAP Certification
12 4 (0.32%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.32%) CISSP
12 4 (0.32%) ISEB
13 3 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 2 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (8.06%) QA
2 52 (4.19%) Data Quality
3 30 (2.42%) Accessibility
4 24 (1.93%) WCAG
5 14 (1.13%) GDPR
6 13 (1.05%) SLA
7 11 (0.89%) MiFID
8 5 (0.40%) EMIR
9 4 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
10 3 (0.24%) IFRS
10 3 (0.24%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 3 (0.24%) Solvency II
11 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 249 (20.06%) Active Directory
2 45 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (3.38%) Docker
4 21 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.53%) IAG
6 17 (1.37%) ACF2
6 17 (1.37%) RACF
7 12 (0.97%) vSphere
8 9 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.64%) Hyper-V
9 8 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
10 4 (0.32%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.16%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.081%) KVM
13 1 (0.081%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.081%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.081%) vCloud
13 1 (0.081%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 55 (4.43%) Kubernetes
2 52 (4.19%) Terraform
3 44 (3.55%) Ansible
4 36 (2.90%) SCCM
5 29 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
6 25 (2.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (1.61%) Microsoft Clustering
8 18 (1.45%) Puppet
9 15 (1.21%) Progress Chef
10 14 (1.13%) Grafana
11 13 (1.05%) Nagios
11 13 (1.05%) Prometheus
12 11 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
13 10 (0.81%) Nessus
14 9 (0.73%) Graylog
14 9 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
15 8 (0.64%) Data Guard
15 8 (0.64%) NetBackup
16 6 (0.48%) vCenter Server
17 5 (0.40%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 485 (39.08%) Microsoft
2 273 (22.00%) Oracle
3 70 (5.64%) VMware
4 50 (4.03%) SAP
5 49 (3.95%) Databricks
6 40 (3.22%) ServiceNow
7 33 (2.66%) Red Hat
8 30 (2.42%) Sybase
8 30 (2.42%) Veeam
9 29 (2.34%) Informatica
10 28 (2.26%) Citrix
11 18 (1.45%) Sparx
11 18 (1.45%) Splunk
12 17 (1.37%) Cisco
13 15 (1.21%) CyberArk
14 13 (1.05%) Salesforce
15 12 (0.97%) CA
15 12 (0.97%) IBM
16 11 (0.89%) HP
16 11 (0.89%) OpenLink