SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 535 489 530
Rank change year-on-year -46 +41 +165
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 9 22 35
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.029% 0.076% 0.093%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.19% 0.57% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 27
10th Percentile - £210 £350
25th Percentile £463 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £569
90th Percentile £543 £673 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £456 £475
% change year-on-year +4.11% -3.95% +0.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £22.42 -

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 4,723 3,867 4,722
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.19% 13.30% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,285 2,428 3,340
10th Percentile £333 £341 £375
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £644
90th Percentile £700 £734 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 86 207
10th Percentile £39.53 £45.59 £45.88
25th Percentile £54.81 £54.09 £49.24
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.84%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.69 £77.50
90th Percentile £82.50 £75.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%

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

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) job vacancy trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

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 15 December 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
East of England -19 3 £475 +8.57% 3
London -31 2 £533 +6.50% 3
South East -5 1 - - 4
Yorkshire -41 1 £525 +10.53%
Midlands -41 1 - -
North of England -42 1 £525 +10.53% 3
West Midlands - 1 - -
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) SQL Server
2 7 (77.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (22.22%) Oracle Database
4 2 (22.22%) Power BI
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (11.11%) Data Lake
5 1 (11.11%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (11.11%) Metadata
General
1 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Data Integration Specialist
1 3 (33.33%) Data Migration Specialist
1 3 (33.33%) Integration Specialist
1 3 (33.33%) Migration Specialist
1 3 (33.33%) SSIS Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) DBA
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle DBA
2 2 (22.22%) SQL DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) REST
2 3 (33.33%) EDI
2 3 (33.33%) JSON
2 3 (33.33%) SOAP
2 3 (33.33%) XML
2 3 (33.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Client/Server
1 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Data Integration
2 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (33.33%) CRM
2 3 (33.33%) Data Extraction
2 3 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 3 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (33.33%) ERP
2 3 (33.33%) Logistics
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Validation
3 2 (22.22%) High Availability
3 2 (22.22%) Patch Management
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (22.22%) Security Management
3 2 (22.22%) Statistics
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) Java
2 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 1 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Databricks
3 1 (11.11%) iManage
3 1 (11.11%) Palantir