Azure SQL Database Contract Job Trends in Essex

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 0.83% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £503 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - -
75th Percentile £508 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £505 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -29.69%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Essex

Azure SQL Database 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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 12 13 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 9.92% 10.00% 16.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 28
10th Percentile £361 £154 £271
25th Percentile £400 £175 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £225 £500
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -55.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £508 £238 £564
90th Percentile £571 £550 £580
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £16.38 -
25th Percentile - £16.99 £76.50
Median hourly rate - £17.99 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year - -76.94% +9.27%
75th Percentile - £19.00 £79.50
90th Percentile - £19.60 -
East of England median hourly rate £31.64 £15.49 £67.50
% change year-on-year +104.26% -77.05% +65.73%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for Azure SQL Database in Essex

Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Azure SQL Database.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the Essex region over the 6 months to 6 September 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
Witham - 1 £505 -
Azure SQL Database
East of England

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (100.00%) Agriculture
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Frontends
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft