SQL Server Contracts in Essex

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server 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 18 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2 0 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 2.50% - 8.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 15.38% - 45.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 14
10th Percentile - - £218
25th Percentile £515 - £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - £268
Median % change year-on-year - - -38.25%
75th Percentile £545 - £417
90th Percentile - - £503
East of England median daily rate £501 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.53% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate - £24.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year - -18.33% -34.25%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Essex

SQL Server 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 13 17 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 16.25% 7.66% 19.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 28
10th Percentile £314 £275 £219
25th Percentile £315 £297 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £410 £360
Median % change year-on-year -21.97% +13.89% -20.00%
75th Percentile £372 £469 £500
90th Percentile £496 £494 £550
East of England median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £19.50
25th Percentile - - £20.63
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.34%
75th Percentile - - £31.88
90th Percentile - - £34.50
East of England median hourly rate £49.00 £25.18 £64.25
% change year-on-year +94.60% -60.81% +83.57%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Essex

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in Essex

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in Essex

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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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Demand Management
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) VMware