SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Contracts in England

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 494 602
Rank change year-on-year +24 +108 +94
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 15 48 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.062% 0.13% 0.10%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.45% 1.13% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 35 36
10th Percentile £387 £360 £281
25th Percentile £439 £400 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £444
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +7.04% -22.83%
75th Percentile £483 £569 £505
90th Percentile £515 £688 £534
UK median daily rate £465 £475 £440
% change year-on-year -2.11% +7.95% -26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.00 - £25.00

All Development Application Skills
England

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 3,305 4,263 7,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.57% 11.46% 14.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,218 2,908 5,318
10th Percentile £350 £355 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.41% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 182 222
10th Percentile £27.50 £31.84 £45.00
25th Percentile £52.00 £52.50 £52.56
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.34
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.97% +21.46%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.75 £82.35 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in England

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in England.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in England

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in England

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in England.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in England

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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 Management Studio (SSMS) within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +25 8 £465 -25.06% 9
North of England +16 4 £500 +5.26% 3
North West +15 4 £500 +5.26% 1
South West - 2 £475 - 5
East of England +25 1 £438 -7.89% 4
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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 1 (6.67%) Drupal
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) FileZilla
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) SPSS
2 1 (6.67%) Stata
Business Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (6.67%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
1 6 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (26.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) FTP
1 1 (6.67%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 9 (60.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (40.00%) Power BI
4 5 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (26.67%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (20.00%) Dremio
7 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (6.67%) MS Access
8 1 (6.67%) MySQL
8 1 (6.67%) QGIS
8 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (6.67%) tSQLt
2 1 (6.67%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 6 (40.00%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Healthcare
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Cognos Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Data Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) SQL Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Data Analytics Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Data Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Data Migration Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Database Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) DBA
5 1 (6.67%) Developer Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Migration Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) NHS DBA
5 1 (6.67%) Power BI Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Report Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Report Developer
5 1 (6.67%) SQL Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) XML
2 1 (6.67%) FHIR
2 1 (6.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Clustering
1 1 (6.67%) FMCG
1 1 (6.67%) NHS
1 1 (6.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Unix
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (26.67%) Data Transformation
3 3 (20.00%) Analytics
3 3 (20.00%) Data Engineering
3 3 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 3 (20.00%) Design Patterns
3 3 (20.00%) Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Modelling
4 2 (13.33%) Data Analytics
4 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Project Management
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (6.67%) Data Integration
5 1 (6.67%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (6.67%) DevOps
5 1 (6.67%) High Availability
5 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
5 1 (6.67%) Task Automation
5 1 (6.67%) User Experience
5 1 (6.67%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (26.67%) PL/SQL
2 4 (26.67%) T-SQL
3 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.67%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) HL7
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) CODA
2 4 (26.67%) Cognos
2 4 (26.67%) Oracle
3 3 (20.00%) Databricks
4 1 (6.67%) IBM
4 1 (6.67%) LexisNexis
4 1 (6.67%) RedGate
4 1 (6.67%) Sage