SQL Server Integration Services Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SQL Server Integration Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 367 311
Rank change year-on-year -53 -56 -45
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Integration Services 169 102 231
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.41% 0.42% 0.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.72% 2.21% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 71 188
10th Percentile £341 £350 £382
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £650
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £550
% change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile - £30.13 -
25th Percentile £19.25 £37.81 £22.75
Median hourly rate £19.50 £53.75 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.72% +119.39% -53.33%
75th Percentile £27.50 £72.81 £26.25
90th Percentile £41.30 £82.38 -
UK median hourly rate £19.50 £38.85 £24.50
% change year-on-year -49.80% +58.55% -62.31%

All Database & BI Skills
England

SQL Server Integration Services 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,211 4,620 6,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.25% 19.09% 17.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,260 3,221 4,467
10th Percentile £350 £363 £355
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 86 130
10th Percentile £16.07 £21.03 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.92 £23.69 £20.98
Median hourly rate £45.90 £32.43 £40.13
Median % change year-on-year +41.54% -19.18% -30.22%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.46 £58.68
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.13 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £47.54 £34.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +37.80% -13.75% -32.54%

SQL Server Integration Services
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server Integration Services relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

SQL Server Integration Services job vacancy trend in England

SQL Server Integration Services
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SQL Server Integration Services.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SQL Server Integration Services

SQL Server Integration Services
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server Integration Services in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server Integration Services in England

SQL Server Integration Services
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SQL Server Integration Services.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SQL Server Integration Services

SQL Server Integration Services
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL Server Integration Services in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SQL Server Integration Services in England

SQL Server Integration Services
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 Integration Services within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 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 -26 95 £500 -4.76% 9
North of England -56 29 £447 +5.18% 11
North West -27 20 £455 +7.00% 7
Midlands -60 18 £475 -7.32% 6
West Midlands -56 15 £513 - 2
South East -48 12 £500 -3.29% 10
Yorkshire -55 10 £400 -8.57% 4
East of England -29 5 £211 -54.48% 3
South West -28 4 £425 +21.43% 5
East Midlands -27 2 £468 - 4
SQL Server Integration Services
UK

SQL Server Integration Services
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 5 (2.96%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.37%) Apache
2 4 (2.37%) Confluence
2 4 (2.37%) IIS
2 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.78%) SAS
3 3 (1.78%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.18%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.18%) CMS
4 2 (1.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (1.18%) Umbraco
4 2 (1.18%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.59%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.59%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.78%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.78%) SystmOne
3 2 (1.18%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (1.18%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.18%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.59%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.59%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.59%) iTrent
4 1 (0.59%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 85 (50.30%) Azure
2 62 (36.69%) Power Platform
3 43 (25.44%) Azure Data Factory
4 28 (16.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 17 (10.06%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (9.47%) Snowflake
7 15 (8.88%) AWS
8 9 (5.33%) Matillion
9 8 (4.73%) Boomi
10 7 (4.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 7 (4.14%) Azure Key Vault
10 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (3.55%) dbt
12 5 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (2.96%) GitHub
13 4 (2.37%) Azure Functions
13 4 (2.37%) Serverless
14 3 (1.78%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (1.78%) Azure Stack
14 3 (1.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.37%) Firewall
2 2 (1.18%) HTTP
2 2 (1.18%) Network Security
3 1 (0.59%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (68.64%) SQL Server
2 58 (34.32%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (33.14%) Power BI
4 43 (25.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 37 (21.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 32 (18.93%) Data Lake
7 18 (10.65%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (8.28%) Tableau
9 13 (7.69%) Metadata
10 11 (6.51%) Oracle Database
11 8 (4.73%) Star Schema
12 7 (4.14%) DataStage
12 7 (4.14%) Relational Database
13 6 (3.55%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (3.55%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (2.96%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 5 (2.96%) Delta Lake
14 5 (2.96%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 5 (2.96%) Oracle BI EE
14 5 (2.96%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 16 (9.47%) JIRA
2 15 (8.88%) Git
3 6 (3.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (2.37%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.78%) Flyway
5 3 (1.78%) GitLab
6 2 (1.18%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.59%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.59%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.59%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.59%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.59%) ERwin
7 1 (0.59%) Hudson
7 1 (0.59%) Postman
7 1 (0.59%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 61 (36.09%) Social Skills
2 39 (23.08%) Finance
3 38 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.06%) Banking
5 11 (6.51%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.37%) Legal
9 3 (1.78%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.78%) Military
10 2 (1.18%) Local Government
10 2 (1.18%) Marketing
10 2 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.59%) French Language
11 1 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.59%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.59%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (33.73%) Data Engineer
2 36 (21.30%) Developer
3 27 (15.98%) Senior
4 25 (14.79%) DBA
5 24 (14.20%) SQL DBA
6 21 (12.43%) Senior Data Engineer
7 14 (8.28%) Architect
8 13 (7.69%) SQL Developer
9 12 (7.10%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 12 (7.10%) Data Architect
10 9 (5.33%) Support Engineer
11 8 (4.73%) Migration Engineer
12 7 (4.14%) Analyst
12 7 (4.14%) Data Migration Engineer
12 7 (4.14%) Integration Engineer
12 7 (4.14%) Lead
12 7 (4.14%) SQL Server DBA
13 6 (3.55%) Data Integration Engineer
14 5 (2.96%) Administrator
14 5 (2.96%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.69%) .NET
2 9 (5.33%) XML
2 9 (5.33%) YAML
3 8 (4.73%) JSON
3 8 (4.73%) Middleware
4 7 (4.14%) HTML
4 7 (4.14%) Kafka
5 6 (3.55%) AWS CDK
6 5 (2.96%) .NET Framework
6 5 (2.96%) CSS
6 5 (2.96%) Entity Framework
7 4 (2.37%) PySpark
7 4 (2.37%) REST
7 4 (2.37%) SOAP
7 4 (2.37%) Spring
7 4 (2.37%) Spring Boot
8 3 (1.78%) ASP.NET
8 3 (1.78%) OAuth
8 3 (1.78%) OAuth2
9 2 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.43%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (7.69%) Data Structures
3 12 (7.10%) Clustering
3 12 (7.10%) Replication
4 6 (3.55%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.55%) Wiki
5 4 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.37%) NHS
5 4 (2.37%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.78%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.18%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.18%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.59%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.59%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.59%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.59%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.92%) Windows
2 8 (4.73%) Linux
3 7 (4.14%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.18%) Unix
5 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (57.99%) ETL
2 69 (40.83%) Business Intelligence
3 58 (34.32%) Data Modelling
4 47 (27.81%) Migration
4 47 (27.81%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (22.49%) Analytics
6 35 (20.71%) Data Engineering
7 34 (20.12%) CI/CD
8 32 (18.93%) Data Pipeline
8 32 (18.93%) DevOps
9 31 (18.34%) Data Migration
10 30 (17.75%) Performance Tuning
11 26 (15.38%) Agile
12 25 (14.79%) Data Governance
13 23 (13.61%) Validation
14 22 (13.02%) Data Architecture
14 22 (13.02%) Data Integration
14 22 (13.02%) Decision-Making
14 22 (13.02%) Dimensional Modelling
15 19 (11.24%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 143 (84.62%) SQL
2 48 (28.40%) T-SQL
3 28 (16.57%) PowerShell
4 27 (15.98%) Python
5 14 (8.28%) C#
6 13 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 12 (7.10%) PL/SQL
8 9 (5.33%) JavaScript
9 7 (4.14%) TypeScript
10 5 (2.96%) Java
11 4 (2.37%) Bicep
11 4 (2.37%) VB.NET
12 2 (1.18%) R
12 2 (1.18%) VB
13 1 (0.59%) Scala
13 1 (0.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (11.83%) Security Cleared
2 15 (8.88%) Degree
3 13 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 12 (7.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (5.92%) Azure Certification
6 9 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.96%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.78%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.59%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.59%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.59%) OCP
10 1 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.59%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (24.26%) Data Quality
2 16 (9.47%) QA
3 9 (5.33%) GDPR
4 4 (2.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.78%) IFRS
5 3 (1.78%) WCAG
6 2 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.18%) CRD IV
6 2 (1.18%) FINREP
6 2 (1.18%) GMP
6 2 (1.18%) PMO
6 2 (1.18%) SLA
7 1 (0.59%) Basel III
7 1 (0.59%) DICOM
7 1 (0.59%) GAAP
7 1 (0.59%) HL7
7 1 (0.59%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.59%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.59%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (3.55%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.37%) Docker
2 4 (2.37%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (2.37%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.78%) Control-M
2 3 (1.78%) Foglight
2 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (1.18%) Terraform
4 1 (0.59%) Grafana
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.59%) SELinux
4 1 (0.59%) systemd
Vendors
1 65 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 37 (21.89%) Databricks
3 34 (20.12%) Oracle
4 25 (14.79%) Informatica
5 18 (10.65%) SAP
6 16 (9.47%) ServiceNow
7 8 (4.73%) Talend
8 7 (4.14%) MuleSoft
8 7 (4.14%) RedGate
9 6 (3.55%) Alteryx
9 6 (3.55%) SolarWinds
10 4 (2.37%) Cognos
10 4 (2.37%) Palo Alto
10 4 (2.37%) Remedy
10 4 (2.37%) VMware
11 3 (1.78%) BMC
11 3 (1.78%) Dell
12 2 (1.18%) IBM
12 2 (1.18%) Sybase
12 2 (1.18%) Workday