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 24 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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
14,324
6,268
17,095
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
21.30%
22.93%
22.18%
Number of daily rates quoted
10,242
4,393
11,966
10th Percentile
£350
£313
£325
25th Percentile
£425
£400
£400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£525
£500
£480
Median % change year-on-year
+5.00%
+4.17%
+1.05%
75th Percentile
£635
£600
£575
90th Percentile
£720
£675
£663
UK median daily rate
£525
£488
£475
% change year-on-year
+7.69%
+2.63%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
189
96
227
10th Percentile
£16.25
£12.63
£12.58
25th Percentile
£22.50
£17.74
£17.12
Median hourly rate
£34.00
£27.23
£30.00
Median % change year-on-year
+24.86%
-9.23%
+1.69%
75th Percentile
£58.75
£42.00
£50.00
90th Percentile
£65.50
£54.50
£63.75
UK median hourly rate
£35.00
£25.52
£30.00
% change year-on-year
+37.13%
-14.93%
+8.19%
SQL Server Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
SQL Server Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 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 24 October 2021.
SQL Server Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 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 24 October 2021.
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 24 October 2021. 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
SQL Server Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England
For the 6 months to 24 October 2021, IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for SQL Server.
SQL Server Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
