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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 50 48
Rank change year-on-year -11 -2 +6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 1,233 2,211 3,619
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.34% 4.43% 5.09%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.86% 24.81% 25.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 863 1,688 2,770
10th Percentile £350 £363 £351
25th Percentile £407 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - +12.54%
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% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 19 38
10th Percentile £36.93 £25.50 -
25th Percentile £40.00 £33.70 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.25 £43.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.47% -10.31% +73.21%
75th Percentile £55.19 £70.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £62.96 £85.50 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £40.13 £45.00 £46.67
% change year-on-year -10.83% -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 6,208 8,913 14,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.84% 17.84% 20.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,468 6,398 10,319
10th Percentile £350 £371 £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 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 167 168
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £14.78
25th Percentile £20.98 £32.30 £21.44
Median hourly rate £40.13 £57.50 £43.38
Median % change year-on-year -30.22% +32.56% +74.76%
75th Percentile £58.68 £73.11 £62.24
90th Percentile £72.50 £81.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £59.30 £43.38
% change year-on-year -32.54% +36.70% +62.27%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 -1 827 £538 -6.52% 416
North of England -15 106 £450 -10.00% 193
South East -48 101 £463 -7.50% 162
Midlands -6 77 £450 +5.88% 178
South West -19 71 £550 +8.64% 99
North West -15 68 £450 -10.00% 103
West Midlands -7 43 £450 -13.46% 107
East Midlands +2 31 £445 +11.25% 70
Yorkshire -8 28 £450 -10.00% 68
East of England -36 24 £475 +5.56% 63
North East +19 10 £475 -5.00% 23
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 65 (5.27%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.68%) IIS
3 30 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.62%) CMS
5 19 (1.54%) Apache
5 19 (1.54%) Confluence
6 14 (1.14%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.73%) nginx
8 8 (0.65%) SAS
8 8 (0.65%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.57%) SharePoint 2010
9 7 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
10 6 (0.49%) JBoss
10 6 (0.49%) Tornado
11 3 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.24%) WordPress
12 2 (0.16%) Jadu
Applications
1 69 (5.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.78%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.65%) CATIA
5 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.081%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 17 (1.38%) 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%) Dynamics NAV
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%) Remedy AR System
8 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.16%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.081%) Epicor Tropos
9 1 (0.081%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.081%) Oracle Retail
9 1 (0.081%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.081%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 582 (47.20%) Azure
2 261 (21.17%) Azure DevOps
3 200 (16.22%) Power Platform
4 147 (11.92%) AWS
5 86 (6.97%) Entra ID
6 84 (6.81%) Microsoft 365
7 76 (6.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 75 (6.08%) Azure Service Bus
9 74 (6.00%) Azure Data Factory
10 59 (4.79%) Serverless
11 56 (4.54%) GitHub
12 52 (4.22%) PowerApps
13 51 (4.14%) Azure Functions
14 50 (4.06%) Power Automate
15 48 (3.89%) Azure Monitor
16 39 (3.16%) PaaS
17 33 (2.68%) Azure Logic Apps
18 30 (2.43%) Snowflake
19 26 (2.11%) Azure Key Vault
19 26 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 50 (4.06%) Firewall
2 40 (3.24%) DNS
3 29 (2.35%) SAN
4 21 (1.70%) DHCP
5 18 (1.46%) WAN
6 17 (1.38%) Internet
7 16 (1.30%) LAN
8 15 (1.22%) FTP
8 15 (1.22%) NAS
9 11 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.73%) Wireless
11 8 (0.65%) MPLS
12 7 (0.57%) TCP/IP
12 7 (0.57%) VPN
13 6 (0.49%) Cisco IOS
13 6 (0.49%) SSL
14 5 (0.41%) Network Security
15 4 (0.32%) Fibre Channel
15 4 (0.32%) HTTP
16 3 (0.24%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (14.36%) Power BI
2 145 (11.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 132 (10.71%) Data Warehouse
4 115 (9.33%) Relational Database
5 95 (7.70%) PostgreSQL
6 94 (7.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 91 (7.38%) MySQL
8 58 (4.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 57 (4.62%) NoSQL
10 56 (4.54%) Oracle Database
11 51 (4.14%) Azure SQL Database
12 42 (3.41%) Metadata
13 39 (3.16%) Data Lake
14 33 (2.68%) RDBMS
15 32 (2.60%) Tableau
16 31 (2.51%) MongoDB
17 29 (2.35%) Microsoft Analysis Services
18 26 (2.11%) Oracle Reports
19 21 (1.70%) Big Data
20 17 (1.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 134 (10.87%) Git
2 71 (5.76%) JIRA
3 53 (4.30%) Visual Studio
4 45 (3.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 39 (3.16%) SpecFlow
6 30 (2.43%) Jenkins
6 30 (2.43%) Selenium
7 28 (2.27%) TeamCity
8 25 (2.03%) GitLab
9 16 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
10 15 (1.22%) Bitbucket
11 14 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
11 14 (1.14%) WebDriver
12 12 (0.97%) JMeter
13 10 (0.81%) ERwin
13 10 (0.81%) NUnit
13 10 (0.81%) Postman
14 9 (0.73%) Cucumber
14 9 (0.73%) Visual Studio Team System
15 8 (0.65%) SonarQube
General
1 274 (22.22%) Finance
2 253 (20.52%) Social Skills
3 133 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (10.14%) Banking
5 116 (9.41%) Public Sector
6 49 (3.97%) Back Office
7 33 (2.68%) Front Office
8 32 (2.60%) Investment Banking
8 32 (2.60%) Manufacturing
9 26 (2.11%) Marketing
10 25 (2.03%) Telecoms
11 21 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (1.62%) Financial Institution
13 18 (1.46%) Local Government
13 18 (1.46%) Retail
14 17 (1.38%) Electronics
15 14 (1.14%) Publishing
16 10 (0.81%) Legal
17 9 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 502 (40.71%) Developer
2 196 (15.90%) Senior
3 133 (10.79%) Senior Developer
4 130 (10.54%) C# Developer
5 117 (9.49%) .NET Developer
6 89 (7.22%) Architect
7 85 (6.89%) Analyst
7 85 (6.89%) Data Engineer
8 65 (5.27%) Software Developer
9 61 (4.95%) DBA
10 57 (4.62%) Azure Developer
10 57 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 56 (4.54%) Lead
11 56 (4.54%) SQL Developer
12 50 (4.06%) C# .NET Developer
13 48 (3.89%) Senior Software Developer
14 43 (3.49%) Full Stack Developer
14 43 (3.49%) SQL DBA
15 41 (3.33%) Backend Developer
16 39 (3.16%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 399 (32.36%) .NET
2 151 (12.25%) XML
3 140 (11.35%) .NET Core
4 133 (10.79%) .NET Framework
5 111 (9.00%) HTML
6 97 (7.87%) AngularJS
6 97 (7.87%) ASP.NET
7 85 (6.89%) CSS
8 78 (6.33%) React
9 57 (4.62%) REST
10 55 (4.46%) Web Services
11 44 (3.57%) JSON
12 40 (3.24%) Entity Framework
12 40 (3.24%) Kafka
13 36 (2.92%) SOAP
14 35 (2.84%) RESTful
15 33 (2.68%) jQuery
15 33 (2.68%) WCF
16 30 (2.43%) ARM Templates
16 30 (2.43%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 64 (5.19%) Product Ownership
2 47 (3.81%) Onboarding
3 45 (3.65%) Replication
4 39 (3.16%) Clustering
5 27 (2.19%) Public Cloud
6 24 (1.95%) Cloud Native
7 23 (1.87%) Hedge funds
8 22 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
9 21 (1.70%) Client/Server
9 21 (1.70%) Derivative
9 21 (1.70%) Management Information System
10 18 (1.46%) Data Centre
11 17 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
11 17 (1.38%) PKI
12 14 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
13 13 (1.05%) Equity Derivative
14 11 (0.89%) Data Structures
14 11 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (0.89%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 226 (18.33%) Windows
2 117 (9.49%) Windows Server
3 107 (8.68%) Linux
4 49 (3.97%) Unix
5 48 (3.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 43 (3.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 25 (2.03%) Windows 10
9 20 (1.62%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (0.97%) Android
11 11 (0.89%) Ubuntu
11 11 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (0.73%) Apple iOS
12 9 (0.73%) Windows 7
13 8 (0.65%) VMS
14 6 (0.49%) zOS
15 5 (0.41%) CentOS
15 5 (0.41%) Mac OS
16 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (33.50%) Agile
2 371 (30.09%) DevOps
3 215 (17.44%) Business Intelligence
4 188 (15.25%) Scrum
5 187 (15.17%) CI/CD
6 182 (14.76%) Migration
7 159 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
8 156 (12.65%) ETL
9 133 (10.79%) Data Modelling
10 119 (9.65%) TDD
11 95 (7.70%) OO
12 81 (6.57%) SDLC
12 81 (6.57%) Software Engineering
13 77 (6.24%) Data Analysis
13 77 (6.24%) MVC
14 73 (5.92%) Disaster Recovery
15 72 (5.84%) Analytics
16 71 (5.76%) Data Migration
17 68 (5.52%) B2C
18 66 (5.35%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 643 (52.15%) SQL
2 480 (38.93%) C#
3 245 (19.87%) PowerShell
4 153 (12.41%) JavaScript
5 139 (11.27%) Python
6 133 (10.79%) T-SQL
7 111 (9.00%) Java
8 96 (7.79%) Bicep
9 80 (6.49%) PL/SQL
10 53 (4.30%) TypeScript
11 31 (2.51%) VBA
12 26 (2.11%) Bash
13 24 (1.95%) VB.NET
14 23 (1.87%) VB
15 21 (1.70%) C
16 17 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 17 (1.38%) Shell Script
17 14 (1.14%) C++
17 14 (1.14%) PHP
18 10 (0.81%) XPath
Qualifications
1 166 (13.46%) Security Cleared
2 124 (10.06%) Degree
3 94 (7.62%) SC Cleared
4 63 (5.11%) DV Cleared
5 39 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.05%) Master's Degree
9 10 (0.81%) ISTQB
9 10 (0.81%) MCSE
10 8 (0.65%) Azure Certification
10 8 (0.65%) MCITP
10 8 (0.65%) MCTS
11 6 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (0.41%) SAP Certification
13 4 (0.32%) CISSP
13 4 (0.32%) ISEB
14 2 (0.16%) CCNP
14 2 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (7.87%) QA
2 54 (4.38%) Data Quality
3 30 (2.43%) Accessibility
4 23 (1.87%) WCAG
5 14 (1.14%) GDPR
6 13 (1.05%) SLA
7 11 (0.89%) MiFID
8 5 (0.41%) 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
1 240 (19.46%) Active Directory
2 44 (3.57%) Docker
3 43 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.54%) IAG
6 17 (1.38%) ACF2
6 17 (1.38%) RACF
7 12 (0.97%) vSphere
8 9 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.65%) Hyper-V
9 8 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
10 7 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.32%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.16%) VirtualBox
14 1 (0.081%) KVM
14 1 (0.081%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.081%) vCloud
14 1 (0.081%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 54 (4.38%) Kubernetes
2 53 (4.30%) Terraform
3 45 (3.65%) Ansible
4 37 (3.00%) SCCM
5 28 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
6 26 (2.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (1.62%) Microsoft Clustering
8 18 (1.46%) Puppet
9 15 (1.22%) Grafana
10 14 (1.14%) Progress Chef
11 13 (1.05%) Nagios
11 13 (1.05%) Prometheus
12 11 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
13 10 (0.81%) Nessus
14 9 (0.73%) Graylog
15 8 (0.65%) Data Guard
15 8 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
15 8 (0.65%) NetBackup
16 6 (0.49%) vCenter Server
17 5 (0.41%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 476 (38.61%) Microsoft
2 269 (21.82%) Oracle
3 68 (5.52%) VMware
4 49 (3.97%) SAP
5 48 (3.89%) Databricks
6 39 (3.16%) ServiceNow
7 33 (2.68%) Red Hat
8 31 (2.51%) Veeam
9 29 (2.35%) Citrix
9 29 (2.35%) Sybase
10 28 (2.27%) Informatica
11 19 (1.54%) Sparx
12 18 (1.46%) Splunk
13 16 (1.30%) Cisco
14 15 (1.22%) Salesforce
15 13 (1.05%) IBM
16 12 (0.97%) CA
17 11 (0.89%) HP
17 11 (0.89%) OpenLink
17 11 (0.89%) Qualys