SQL Server Contracts in England

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > England

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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 50 48
Rank change year-on-year -10 -2 +6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 1,237 2,115 3,566
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.40% 4.39% 5.07%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.90% 24.59% 25.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 869 1,630 2,731
10th Percentile £348 £363 £350
25th Percentile £413 £421 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -3.81% +2.44% +11.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 39
10th Percentile £36.84 £24.00 £20.75
25th Percentile £40.00 £29.44 £21.63
Median hourly rate £40.13 £49.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.11% -2.00% +92.31%
75th Percentile £50.47 £78.75 £67.41
90th Percentile £62.96 £86.50 £75.17
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £48.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +8.25% +86.54%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

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 6,216 8,600 13,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.08% 17.85% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,487 6,193 10,127
10th Percentile £355 £375 £365
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £656
90th Percentile £788 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £545
% change year-on-year -3.67% - +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 162 173
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.93 £31.84 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.13 £58.59 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.52% +30.20% +83.67%
75th Percentile £59.44 £73.75 £65.54
90th Percentile £74.75 £82.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% +30.43% +73.58%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in England.

Daily rate trend for 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 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in England.

Hourly rate trend for 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 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SQL Server in England

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 16 May 2024. 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 +3 823 £538 -6.52% 356
North of England -22 108 £475 -5.00% 203
South East -49 102 £475 -5.94% 149
Midlands +4 84 £450 +5.88% 184
North West -21 72 £475 -1.02% 118
South West -25 69 £550 +10.00% 93
West Midlands +2 45 £518 +0.98% 109
East Midlands +1 36 £445 +14.84% 75
Yorkshire -16 26 £450 -10.00% 62
East of England -33 23 £475 +11.76% 57
North East +12 10 £475 -5.00% 24
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
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 67 (5.42%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.75%) IIS
3 26 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (1.78%) Apache
4 22 (1.78%) Confluence
5 20 (1.62%) CMS
6 15 (1.21%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.65%) SAS
7 8 (0.65%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.57%) SharePoint 2010
8 7 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (0.49%) JBoss
9 6 (0.49%) nginx
9 6 (0.49%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 6 (0.49%) Tornado
10 3 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 64 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.78%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.65%) CATIA
5 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.081%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.081%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.29%) Endur
3 15 (1.21%) Teamcenter
4 10 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 8 (0.65%) DELMIA
6 6 (0.49%) Temenos T24
7 4 (0.32%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.32%) OPENHousing
8 3 (0.24%) MIS ActiveH
9 2 (0.16%) BusinessWorks
9 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.16%) Relativity
9 2 (0.16%) Remedy AR System
9 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.16%) Veritas eDiscovery
9 2 (0.16%) Visualfiles
10 1 (0.081%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.081%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.081%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.081%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 589 (47.62%) Azure
2 261 (21.10%) Azure DevOps
3 210 (16.98%) Power Platform
4 149 (12.05%) AWS
5 94 (7.60%) Entra ID
6 83 (6.71%) Microsoft 365
7 81 (6.55%) Azure Service Bus
8 76 (6.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 75 (6.06%) Azure Data Factory
10 61 (4.93%) PowerApps
11 59 (4.77%) GitHub
12 56 (4.53%) Serverless
13 54 (4.37%) Power Automate
14 49 (3.96%) Azure Monitor
15 48 (3.88%) Azure Functions
16 40 (3.23%) PaaS
17 35 (2.83%) Azure Logic Apps
18 27 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
19 26 (2.10%) Azure Key Vault
19 26 (2.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.80%) Firewall
2 40 (3.23%) DNS
3 26 (2.10%) SAN
4 21 (1.70%) DHCP
5 20 (1.62%) Internet
6 17 (1.37%) LAN
6 17 (1.37%) WAN
7 15 (1.21%) NAS
8 14 (1.13%) FTP
9 12 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.65%) MPLS
11 6 (0.49%) SSH
11 6 (0.49%) SSL
11 6 (0.49%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.49%) VPN
11 6 (0.49%) Wireless
12 5 (0.40%) Network Security
13 4 (0.32%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (0.32%) Fibre Channel
13 4 (0.32%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (15.12%) Power BI
2 138 (11.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 128 (10.35%) Data Warehouse
4 114 (9.22%) Relational Database
5 92 (7.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 90 (7.28%) MySQL
7 86 (6.95%) PostgreSQL
8 58 (4.69%) NoSQL
9 56 (4.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 51 (4.12%) Azure SQL Database
11 46 (3.72%) Oracle Database
12 45 (3.64%) Metadata
13 36 (2.91%) Data Lake
14 33 (2.67%) MongoDB
15 31 (2.51%) RDBMS
16 30 (2.43%) Microsoft Analysis Services
17 29 (2.34%) Tableau
18 26 (2.10%) Oracle Reports
19 24 (1.94%) Big Data
20 20 (1.62%) Redis
Development Applications
1 127 (10.27%) Git
2 71 (5.74%) JIRA
3 55 (4.45%) Visual Studio
4 44 (3.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 40 (3.23%) SpecFlow
6 32 (2.59%) Selenium
7 29 (2.34%) TeamCity
8 28 (2.26%) GitLab
9 27 (2.18%) Jenkins
10 18 (1.46%) Team Foundation Server
11 15 (1.21%) Bitbucket
11 15 (1.21%) Octopus Deploy
12 14 (1.13%) WebDriver
13 12 (0.97%) JMeter
14 10 (0.81%) ERwin
14 10 (0.81%) NUnit
15 9 (0.73%) Cucumber
15 9 (0.73%) Visual Studio Team System
16 8 (0.65%) Postman
16 8 (0.65%) SonarQube
General
1 268 (21.67%) Finance
2 262 (21.18%) Social Skills
3 135 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (9.70%) Banking
5 118 (9.54%) Public Sector
6 49 (3.96%) Back Office
7 37 (2.99%) Front Office
8 31 (2.51%) Investment Banking
9 29 (2.34%) Manufacturing
10 25 (2.02%) Marketing
11 24 (1.94%) Telecoms
12 21 (1.70%) Financial Institution
13 19 (1.54%) Local Government
13 19 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (1.46%) Retail
15 16 (1.29%) Electronics
16 14 (1.13%) Publishing
17 13 (1.05%) Legal
18 11 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
19 10 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 502 (40.58%) Developer
2 192 (15.52%) Senior
3 133 (10.75%) Senior Developer
4 121 (9.78%) C# Developer
5 107 (8.65%) .NET Developer
6 87 (7.03%) Architect
7 86 (6.95%) Analyst
8 79 (6.39%) Data Engineer
9 67 (5.42%) Software Developer
10 64 (5.17%) DBA
11 59 (4.77%) Lead
12 56 (4.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 53 (4.28%) Azure Developer
13 53 (4.28%) SQL Developer
14 48 (3.88%) Senior Software Developer
14 48 (3.88%) SQL DBA
15 45 (3.64%) Consultant
15 45 (3.64%) Full Stack Developer
16 44 (3.56%) Administrator
17 42 (3.40%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 399 (32.26%) .NET
2 156 (12.61%) XML
3 140 (11.32%) .NET Core
4 126 (10.19%) .NET Framework
5 118 (9.54%) HTML
6 98 (7.92%) ASP.NET
7 95 (7.68%) AngularJS
8 88 (7.11%) CSS
9 83 (6.71%) React
10 58 (4.69%) Web Services
11 56 (4.53%) REST
12 43 (3.48%) Entity Framework
12 43 (3.48%) JSON
13 42 (3.40%) Kafka
14 38 (3.07%) RESTful
14 38 (3.07%) SOAP
15 35 (2.83%) jQuery
15 35 (2.83%) WCF
16 30 (2.43%) ARM Templates
16 30 (2.43%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 63 (5.09%) Product Ownership
2 56 (4.53%) Onboarding
3 42 (3.40%) Clustering
3 42 (3.40%) Replication
4 27 (2.18%) Public Cloud
5 24 (1.94%) Management Information System
6 22 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (1.78%) Hedge funds
7 21 (1.70%) Client/Server
8 19 (1.54%) Cloud Native
8 19 (1.54%) Derivative
9 18 (1.46%) Data Centre
10 17 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
11 15 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.21%) PKI
12 14 (1.13%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
14 12 (0.97%) Equity Derivative
15 11 (0.89%) NHS
15 11 (0.89%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 240 (19.40%) Windows
2 121 (9.78%) Windows Server
3 117 (9.46%) Linux
4 55 (4.45%) Unix
5 43 (3.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 43 (3.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 29 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 24 (1.94%) Windows 10
8 16 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (0.73%) Android
9 9 (0.73%) VMS
9 9 (0.73%) Windows 7
10 8 (0.65%) Apple iOS
10 8 (0.65%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (0.57%) zOS
12 5 (0.40%) CentOS
13 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (32.66%) Agile
2 372 (30.07%) DevOps
3 216 (17.46%) Business Intelligence
4 187 (15.12%) CI/CD
5 183 (14.79%) Scrum
6 170 (13.74%) Migration
7 168 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
8 153 (12.37%) ETL
9 134 (10.83%) Data Modelling
10 115 (9.30%) TDD
11 93 (7.52%) OO
12 82 (6.63%) Software Engineering
13 79 (6.39%) SDLC
14 78 (6.31%) MVC
15 76 (6.14%) Analytics
16 75 (6.06%) Data Analysis
17 70 (5.66%) B2C
17 70 (5.66%) Disaster Recovery
18 69 (5.58%) Data Migration
18 69 (5.58%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 645 (52.14%) SQL
2 477 (38.56%) C#
3 250 (20.21%) PowerShell
4 155 (12.53%) JavaScript
5 139 (11.24%) Python
6 130 (10.51%) T-SQL
7 115 (9.30%) Java
8 97 (7.84%) Bicep
9 76 (6.14%) PL/SQL
10 56 (4.53%) TypeScript
11 27 (2.18%) VBA
12 26 (2.10%) Bash
13 21 (1.70%) C
14 19 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 18 (1.46%) Shell Script
15 18 (1.46%) VB
16 17 (1.37%) VB.NET
17 14 (1.13%) C++
17 14 (1.13%) PHP
18 10 (0.81%) XPath
Qualifications
1 171 (13.82%) Security Cleared
2 132 (10.67%) Degree
3 100 (8.08%) SC Cleared
4 62 (5.01%) DV Cleared
5 43 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.13%) Master's Degree
8 10 (0.81%) ISTQB
8 10 (0.81%) MCSE
9 8 (0.65%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.65%) MCITP
9 8 (0.65%) MCTS
10 6 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.40%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.40%) CISSP
11 5 (0.40%) SAP Certification
12 4 (0.32%) ISEB
13 3 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 2 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (7.84%) QA
2 48 (3.88%) Data Quality
3 30 (2.43%) Accessibility
4 24 (1.94%) WCAG
5 14 (1.13%) GDPR
6 13 (1.05%) MiFID
6 13 (1.05%) SLA
7 7 (0.57%) EMIR
8 5 (0.40%) Dodd-Frank
9 4 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.16%) GxP
11 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.16%) IFRS
11 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 254 (20.53%) Active Directory
2 46 (3.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (3.56%) Docker
4 21 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.54%) IAG
6 17 (1.37%) ACF2
6 17 (1.37%) RACF
7 10 (0.81%) vSphere
8 9 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.65%) Hyper-V
9 8 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
10 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.24%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.16%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 2 (0.16%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.081%) Firmware
12 1 (0.081%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.081%) vCloud
12 1 (0.081%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 56 (4.53%) Kubernetes
2 48 (3.88%) Terraform
3 45 (3.64%) Ansible
4 37 (2.99%) SCCM
5 31 (2.51%) Single Sign-On
6 22 (1.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (1.62%) Microsoft Clustering
8 19 (1.54%) Puppet
9 16 (1.29%) Progress Chef
10 13 (1.05%) Grafana
11 12 (0.97%) Nagios
11 12 (0.97%) Prometheus
12 10 (0.81%) Nessus
13 9 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
14 8 (0.65%) Graylog
14 8 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
14 8 (0.65%) NetBackup
15 6 (0.49%) Data Guard
15 6 (0.49%) SCOM
15 6 (0.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 494 (39.94%) Microsoft
2 274 (22.15%) Oracle
3 71 (5.74%) VMware
4 47 (3.80%) Databricks
4 47 (3.80%) SAP
5 41 (3.31%) ServiceNow
6 31 (2.51%) Red Hat
7 30 (2.43%) Sybase
8 29 (2.34%) Informatica
9 28 (2.26%) Veeam
10 26 (2.10%) Citrix
11 18 (1.46%) CyberArk
11 18 (1.46%) Sparx
12 17 (1.37%) Splunk
13 13 (1.05%) CA
13 13 (1.05%) Salesforce
14 12 (0.97%) Cisco
14 12 (0.97%) IBM
14 12 (0.97%) Qualys
15 10 (0.81%) OpenLink