Azure SQL Database Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 71 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.13% 0.14% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.48% 0.81% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 -
75th Percentile £575 £575 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £525 £467 £525
% change year-on-year +12.54% -11.14% +12.90%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 209 124 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 27.57% 17.56% 18.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 81 114
10th Percentile £313 £323 -
25th Percentile £386 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.50% -15.79% -5.94%
75th Percentile £530 £475 £567
90th Percentile £648 £525 £668
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.69% -0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - £17.72 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £18.92 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £19.59 -
Median % change year-on-year +180.76% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £55.00 £19.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year +180.76% +0.46% -7.14%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Conceptual Models
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft