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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 50 47
Rank change year-on-year -12 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 1,232 2,270 3,624
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.31% 4.48% 5.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.83% 24.91% 25.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 852 1,723 2,772
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £400 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% - +12.90%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 20 37
10th Percentile £26.95 £25.88 -
25th Percentile £39.41 £34.35 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.13 £41.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% -12.11% +69.64%
75th Percentile £53.55 £68.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £62.96 £85.25 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £44.32 £46.67
% change year-on-year -9.74% -5.05% +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 6,213 9,114 14,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.71% 17.99% 20.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,454 6,537 10,394
10th Percentile £350 £375 £363
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 £775 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £542
% change year-on-year -2.78% -0.41% +8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 167 169
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.98 £35.00 £22.38
Median hourly rate £40.25 £58.59 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.30% +37.86% +70.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £70.88 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.19 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.33% +41.18% +57.64%

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 26 April 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 26 April 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 26 April 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 +4 832 £540 -6.09% 358
North of England -27 105 £475 -5.00% 196
South East -50 101 £463 -7.50% 164
South West -18 70 £550 +10.00% 91
Midlands -14 69 £482 +13.41% 166
North West -22 64 £475 -5.00% 106
West Midlands +4 43 £463 -9.54% 100
Yorkshire -8 31 £450 -8.86% 64
East of England -37 26 £475 +5.56% 78
East Midlands -7 23 £490 +22.38% 66
North East +23 10 £475 -5.00% 27
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 66 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.68%) IIS
3 30 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.62%) Apache
4 20 (1.62%) CMS
5 18 (1.46%) Confluence
6 15 (1.22%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.81%) Tomcat
8 9 (0.73%) nginx
8 9 (0.73%) SAS
9 7 (0.57%) SharePoint 2010
9 7 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
10 6 (0.49%) JBoss
10 6 (0.49%) Tornado
11 4 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
12 3 (0.24%) WordPress
13 2 (0.16%) CICS
Applications
1 73 (5.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.79%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.65%) CATIA
5 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.081%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
1 18 (1.46%) Endur
2 15 (1.22%) Teamcenter
3 10 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.65%) DELMIA
5 6 (0.49%) Temenos T24
6 4 (0.32%) OPENHousing
7 3 (0.24%) MIS ActiveH
7 3 (0.24%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.24%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.16%) BusinessWorks
8 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
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%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.081%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.081%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 574 (46.59%) Azure
2 247 (20.05%) Azure DevOps
3 185 (15.02%) Power Platform
4 145 (11.77%) AWS
5 87 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
6 83 (6.74%) Entra ID
7 70 (5.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 70 (5.68%) Azure Data Factory
8 69 (5.60%) Azure Service Bus
9 63 (5.11%) GitHub
10 62 (5.03%) Serverless
11 52 (4.22%) Azure Functions
12 48 (3.90%) Power Automate
12 48 (3.90%) PowerApps
13 47 (3.81%) Azure Monitor
14 38 (3.08%) PaaS
15 32 (2.60%) Azure Logic Apps
16 29 (2.35%) GCP
16 29 (2.35%) Snowflake
17 27 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 51 (4.14%) Firewall
2 45 (3.65%) DNS
3 31 (2.52%) SAN
4 22 (1.79%) DHCP
5 19 (1.54%) WAN
6 17 (1.38%) Internet
6 17 (1.38%) LAN
7 15 (1.22%) FTP
7 15 (1.22%) NAS
8 11 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.73%) Wireless
10 8 (0.65%) MPLS
11 7 (0.57%) TCP/IP
11 7 (0.57%) VPN
12 6 (0.49%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (0.49%) HTTP
12 6 (0.49%) SSL
13 5 (0.41%) Network Security
14 4 (0.32%) Fibre Channel
15 3 (0.24%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (13.15%) Power BI
2 152 (12.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 126 (10.23%) Data Warehouse
4 112 (9.09%) Relational Database
5 104 (8.44%) PostgreSQL
6 103 (8.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 95 (7.71%) MySQL
8 60 (4.87%) Oracle Database
9 57 (4.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 55 (4.46%) NoSQL
11 50 (4.06%) Azure SQL Database
12 42 (3.41%) Data Lake
13 37 (3.00%) Metadata
14 35 (2.84%) Tableau
15 32 (2.60%) RDBMS
16 31 (2.52%) MongoDB
16 31 (2.52%) Oracle Reports
17 29 (2.35%) Microsoft Analysis Services
18 21 (1.70%) Big Data
19 15 (1.22%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 141 (11.44%) Git
2 79 (6.41%) JIRA
3 54 (4.38%) Visual Studio
4 45 (3.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 38 (3.08%) SpecFlow
6 37 (3.00%) Jenkins
7 32 (2.60%) TeamCity
8 31 (2.52%) Selenium
9 26 (2.11%) GitLab
10 17 (1.38%) Octopus Deploy
10 17 (1.38%) Postman
11 16 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
12 15 (1.22%) Bitbucket
13 13 (1.06%) Maven
13 13 (1.06%) WebDriver
14 12 (0.97%) SoapUI
15 11 (0.89%) ERwin
15 11 (0.89%) JMeter
15 11 (0.89%) NUnit
15 11 (0.89%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 272 (22.08%) Finance
2 250 (20.29%) Social Skills
3 134 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (9.74%) Banking
5 118 (9.58%) Public Sector
6 47 (3.81%) Back Office
7 32 (2.60%) Manufacturing
8 31 (2.52%) Front Office
9 30 (2.44%) Investment Banking
10 26 (2.11%) Marketing
11 25 (2.03%) Telecoms
12 23 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (1.70%) Financial Institution
14 20 (1.62%) Retail
15 18 (1.46%) Electronics
16 17 (1.38%) Local Government
17 14 (1.14%) Publishing
18 9 (0.73%) Legal
19 8 (0.65%) Aerospace
19 8 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 510 (41.40%) Developer
2 185 (15.02%) Senior
3 129 (10.47%) C# Developer
4 124 (10.06%) Senior Developer
5 123 (9.98%) .NET Developer
6 88 (7.14%) Analyst
7 86 (6.98%) Architect
8 80 (6.49%) Data Engineer
9 62 (5.03%) Software Developer
10 60 (4.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 60 (4.87%) SQL Developer
11 59 (4.79%) DBA
12 55 (4.46%) C# .NET Developer
13 54 (4.38%) Lead
14 52 (4.22%) Azure Developer
15 45 (3.65%) Senior Software Developer
16 44 (3.57%) Full Stack Developer
17 40 (3.25%) Azure Engineer
18 39 (3.17%) SQL DBA
19 38 (3.08%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 389 (31.57%) .NET
2 147 (11.93%) XML
3 136 (11.04%) .NET Framework
4 135 (10.96%) .NET Core
5 108 (8.77%) HTML
6 101 (8.20%) AngularJS
7 89 (7.22%) ASP.NET
8 79 (6.41%) CSS
9 66 (5.36%) React
10 60 (4.87%) REST
11 56 (4.55%) Web Services
12 48 (3.90%) JSON
13 44 (3.57%) Entity Framework
14 43 (3.49%) SOAP
15 41 (3.33%) Kafka
16 34 (2.76%) jQuery
16 34 (2.76%) WCF
17 33 (2.68%) RESTful
18 31 (2.52%) ASP.NET MVC
19 29 (2.35%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 59 (4.79%) Product Ownership
2 48 (3.90%) Onboarding
3 45 (3.65%) Replication
4 39 (3.17%) Clustering
5 24 (1.95%) Cloud Native
6 23 (1.87%) Client/Server
7 22 (1.79%) Derivative
7 22 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (1.79%) Hedge funds
7 22 (1.79%) Management Information System
7 22 (1.79%) Public Cloud
8 20 (1.62%) Data Centre
9 18 (1.46%) PKI
10 17 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
11 15 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (1.06%) Equity Derivative
13 12 (0.97%) Data Structures
14 11 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (0.89%) NHS
14 11 (0.89%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 220 (17.86%) Windows
2 115 (9.33%) Windows Server
3 107 (8.69%) Linux
4 50 (4.06%) Windows Server 2019
5 49 (3.98%) Unix
6 44 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 27 (2.19%) Windows 10
9 20 (1.62%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (0.89%) Ubuntu
10 11 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (0.73%) Windows 7
12 8 (0.65%) Android
12 8 (0.65%) VMS
13 6 (0.49%) CentOS
14 5 (0.41%) Apple iOS
14 5 (0.41%) Mac OS
14 5 (0.41%) zOS
15 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (33.28%) Agile
2 364 (29.55%) DevOps
3 203 (16.48%) Business Intelligence
4 186 (15.10%) Migration
5 181 (14.69%) Scrum
6 179 (14.53%) CI/CD
7 160 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
8 149 (12.09%) ETL
9 128 (10.39%) Data Modelling
10 121 (9.82%) TDD
11 94 (7.63%) OO
12 83 (6.74%) Data Analysis
13 81 (6.57%) MVC
14 80 (6.49%) SDLC
14 80 (6.49%) Software Engineering
15 72 (5.84%) Analytics
15 72 (5.84%) Disaster Recovery
16 69 (5.60%) Data Migration
17 68 (5.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 64 (5.19%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 660 (53.57%) SQL
2 474 (38.47%) C#
3 235 (19.07%) PowerShell
4 154 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 139 (11.28%) T-SQL
6 137 (11.12%) Python
7 110 (8.93%) Java
8 86 (6.98%) Bicep
9 84 (6.82%) PL/SQL
10 48 (3.90%) TypeScript
11 35 (2.84%) VBA
12 28 (2.27%) VB.NET
13 26 (2.11%) VB
14 25 (2.03%) Bash
15 16 (1.30%) C
15 16 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 16 (1.30%) Shell Script
16 13 (1.06%) C++
16 13 (1.06%) PHP
17 10 (0.81%) XPath
Qualifications
1 166 (13.47%) Security Cleared
2 123 (9.98%) Degree
3 92 (7.47%) SC Cleared
4 64 (5.19%) DV Cleared
5 40 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.06%) Master's Degree
9 10 (0.81%) ISTQB
9 10 (0.81%) MCSE
10 9 (0.73%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (0.41%) SAP Certification
13 4 (0.32%) ISEB
14 3 (0.24%) CISSP
14 3 (0.24%) MCITP
14 3 (0.24%) MCTS
15 2 (0.16%) CITP
15 2 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 2 (0.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (8.12%) QA
2 54 (4.38%) Data Quality
3 31 (2.52%) Accessibility
4 24 (1.95%) WCAG
5 13 (1.06%) GDPR
5 13 (1.06%) SLA
6 11 (0.89%) MiFID
7 5 (0.41%) EMIR
8 4 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.24%) Dodd-Frank
9 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.16%) IFRS
10 2 (0.16%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 233 (18.91%) Active Directory
2 45 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (3.57%) Docker
4 23 (1.87%) IAG
5 22 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (1.62%) ACF2
6 20 (1.62%) RACF
7 12 (0.97%) vSphere
8 9 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.65%) Hyper-V
9 8 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
10 4 (0.32%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.16%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.081%) NFS
13 1 (0.081%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.081%) vCloud
13 1 (0.081%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 55 (4.46%) Kubernetes
2 50 (4.06%) Terraform
3 44 (3.57%) Ansible
4 38 (3.08%) SCCM
5 27 (2.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 25 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
7 20 (1.62%) Microsoft Clustering
8 18 (1.46%) Puppet
9 15 (1.22%) Grafana
10 14 (1.14%) Progress Chef
11 13 (1.06%) Nagios
11 13 (1.06%) Prometheus
12 12 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
13 10 (0.81%) Nessus
14 9 (0.73%) Data Guard
14 9 (0.73%) Graylog
15 8 (0.65%) NetBackup
16 7 (0.57%) vCenter Server
17 5 (0.41%) WebInspect
17 5 (0.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 470 (38.15%) Microsoft
2 281 (22.81%) Oracle
3 70 (5.68%) VMware
4 49 (3.98%) SAP
5 48 (3.90%) Databricks
6 42 (3.41%) ServiceNow
7 35 (2.84%) Red Hat
8 33 (2.68%) Citrix
8 33 (2.68%) Sybase
9 32 (2.60%) Veeam
10 28 (2.27%) Informatica
11 21 (1.70%) Sparx
12 18 (1.46%) Splunk
13 17 (1.38%) Cisco
14 16 (1.30%) IBM
15 15 (1.22%) Salesforce
16 13 (1.06%) CA
17 12 (0.97%) OpenLink
18 11 (0.89%) HP
18 11 (0.89%) Qualys