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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 428 326 311
Rank change year-on-year -102 -15 -52
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Integration Services 132 163 252
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.61% 0.68%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.44% 3.31% 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 119 199
10th Percentile £397 £329 £400
25th Percentile £421 £411 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £580
Median % change year-on-year - -13.79% +16.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £681 £655 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £493 £575
% change year-on-year +1.52% -14.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £25.25 -
25th Percentile - £25.63 £22.75
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year - +12.24% -30.00%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £26.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £27.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year - +12.24% -30.00%

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 5,400 4,923 6,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.43% 18.50% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,760 3,256 4,337
10th Percentile £328 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £426 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £606 £663 £650
90th Percentile £710 £775 £747
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 78 168
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.96 £15.57
25th Percentile £29.00 £24.81 £21.64
Median hourly rate £47.61 £38.31 £42.35
Median % change year-on-year +24.29% -9.54% -29.43%
75th Percentile £74.58 £64.73 £61.75
90th Percentile £85.30 £74.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £51.25 £35.00 £42.35
% change year-on-year +46.43% -17.35% -29.43%

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 29 January 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
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 29 January 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 -15 97 £526 -4.36% 9
South East -35 9 £425 -4.17% 11
Midlands -75 8 £449 -0.33% 17
North of England -68 6 £420 +14.91% 14
East of England -9 5 £475 -1.81% 3
North West -27 5 £420 +33.12% 8
West Midlands -48 5 £550 +22.22% 8
East Midlands -32 3 £447 +25.56% 9
South West -22 1 £388 -18.42% 3
Yorkshire -56 1 - - 6
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 (3.79%) CMS
2 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.27%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (1.52%) SAS
4 2 (1.52%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (1.52%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.76%) Apache
5 1 (0.76%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.76%) Luigi
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.76%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.27%) SAP PM
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.52%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.76%) Maximo
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 82 (62.12%) Azure
2 49 (37.12%) Power Platform
3 37 (28.03%) Azure Data Factory
4 24 (18.18%) AWS
5 18 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (12.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 11 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (8.33%) SaaS
8 7 (5.30%) Snowflake
9 6 (4.55%) Azure Functions
9 6 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (4.55%) Serverless
10 5 (3.79%) Azure Key Vault
10 5 (3.79%) GCP
10 5 (3.79%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (3.03%) GitHub
11 4 (3.03%) Power Automate
11 4 (3.03%) PowerApps
12 3 (2.27%) IaaS
12 3 (2.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.03%) Firewall
1 4 (3.03%) HTTP
2 2 (1.52%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (65.91%) SQL Server
2 46 (34.85%) Power BI
3 36 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (19.70%) Data Lake
4 26 (19.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (15.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 16 (12.12%) Metadata
7 13 (9.85%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (7.58%) Delta Lake
9 10 (7.58%) Oracle Database
10 9 (6.82%) DataStage
10 9 (6.82%) Relational Database
11 7 (5.30%) Star Schema
12 6 (4.55%) NoSQL
13 5 (3.79%) Data Vault
13 5 (3.79%) MongoDB
13 5 (3.79%) MySQL
13 5 (3.79%) Spark SQL
13 5 (3.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (7.58%) Git
2 9 (6.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 7 (5.30%) JIRA
4 5 (3.79%) ERwin
5 4 (3.03%) ER Studio
6 3 (2.27%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.76%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.76%) Hudson
7 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (26.52%) Social Skills
2 34 (25.76%) Finance
3 19 (14.39%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.36%) Banking
5 8 (6.06%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.55%) Marketing
7 5 (3.79%) Financial Institution
7 5 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.27%) Local Government
8 3 (2.27%) Military
9 2 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.76%) French Language
10 1 (0.76%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.76%) Japanese Language
10 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (31.82%) Data Engineer
2 33 (25.00%) Developer
3 16 (12.12%) Senior
4 14 (10.61%) Architect
5 10 (7.58%) Lead
5 10 (7.58%) Senior Data Engineer
6 9 (6.82%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (6.82%) Data Architect
7 8 (6.06%) DBA
7 8 (6.06%) SQL DBA
8 7 (5.30%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 6 (4.55%) Data Migration Specialist
9 6 (4.55%) Migration Specialist
9 6 (4.55%) Senior Developer
9 6 (4.55%) Support Engineer
10 5 (3.79%) Analyst
10 5 (3.79%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 5 (3.79%) SQL Developer
11 4 (3.03%) Azure Data Architect
11 4 (3.03%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.58%) JSON
1 10 (7.58%) XML
2 9 (6.82%) .NET
2 9 (6.82%) Kafka
3 5 (3.79%) EDI
3 5 (3.79%) HTML
3 5 (3.79%) Middleware
3 5 (3.79%) PySpark
3 5 (3.79%) REST
3 5 (3.79%) XSLT
3 5 (3.79%) YAML
4 4 (3.03%) Ajax
4 4 (3.03%) OAuth
4 4 (3.03%) OAuth2
4 4 (3.03%) SOAP
5 3 (2.27%) ADO
5 3 (2.27%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (2.27%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (2.27%) Visualforce
6 2 (1.52%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.58%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (6.06%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.55%) Data Structures
3 6 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.79%) Credit Risk
4 5 (3.79%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.27%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.27%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.52%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.52%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.52%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.52%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.76%) IoT
8 1 (0.76%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.61%) Linux
2 4 (3.03%) Windows
3 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (54.55%) ETL
2 54 (40.91%) Business Intelligence
3 47 (35.61%) Migration
4 41 (31.06%) Data Modelling
5 38 (28.79%) Data Migration
6 36 (27.27%) DevOps
7 34 (25.76%) Analytics
8 32 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (22.73%) Agile
10 29 (21.97%) CI/CD
11 25 (18.94%) Data Governance
11 25 (18.94%) Data Integration
12 23 (17.42%) Data Architecture
12 23 (17.42%) Data Pipeline
13 22 (16.67%) Data Engineering
14 20 (15.15%) Decision-Making
15 17 (12.88%) Performance Tuning
16 16 (12.12%) Dimensional Modelling
17 13 (9.85%) Data Transformation
18 12 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 101 (76.52%) SQL
2 23 (17.42%) Python
3 22 (16.67%) T-SQL
4 12 (9.09%) PowerShell
5 11 (8.33%) C#
6 8 (6.06%) JavaScript
7 7 (5.30%) PL/SQL
8 6 (4.55%) Bash
9 5 (3.79%) Java
10 4 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (3.03%) TypeScript
11 3 (2.27%) Apex Code
12 2 (1.52%) Bicep
12 2 (1.52%) R
12 2 (1.52%) VB
12 2 (1.52%) VBA
13 1 (0.76%) Scala
Qualifications
1 16 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 13 (9.85%) Degree
3 11 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 11 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (6.06%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.79%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.52%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.76%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.76%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.76%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (26.52%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.03%) GDPR
2 4 (3.03%) QA
3 3 (2.27%) IFRS
4 2 (1.52%) CRD IV
4 2 (1.52%) FINREP
4 2 (1.52%) SLA
5 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.76%) Basel III
5 1 (0.76%) GAAP
5 1 (0.76%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.76%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (3.79%) zsh
2 4 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.52%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.76%) Docker
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (3.79%) Terraform
2 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (1.52%) Control-M
3 2 (1.52%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.76%) Puppet
Vendors
1 41 (31.06%) Microsoft
2 32 (24.24%) Databricks
3 25 (18.94%) Oracle
4 17 (12.88%) Informatica
5 9 (6.82%) SAP
5 9 (6.82%) Talend
6 7 (5.30%) ServiceNow
7 4 (3.03%) Alteryx
7 4 (3.03%) Cognos
7 4 (3.03%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.27%) IBM
8 3 (2.27%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.52%) Liquidlogic
9 2 (1.52%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.52%) RedGate
9 2 (1.52%) Sitecore
9 2 (1.52%) Workday
10 1 (0.76%) IFS
10 1 (0.76%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.76%) Zoomdata