SQL Server Contracts in Hertfordshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 44 64 42
Rank change year-on-year +20 -22 -5
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 1 9 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.31% 1.08% 3.95%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.69% 28.13% 34.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 29
10th Percentile - £350 £381
25th Percentile - £503 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £613 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +22.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile - £656 £550
90th Percentile - £675 £580
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
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
East of England median hourly rate - £24.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year - -18.33% -34.25%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 59 32 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 18.38% 3.84% 11.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 21 57
10th Percentile £409 £325 £388
25th Percentile £425 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.28% +13.16%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £638
90th Percentile - £675 £788
East of England median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 13
10th Percentile £31.64 - £61.30
25th Percentile £39.11 - £61.50
Median hourly rate £63.00 - £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +61.73%
75th Percentile £66.00 - £66.00
90th Percentile £82.25 - £72.20
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 Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Hertfordshire

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in Hertfordshire

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in Hertfordshire

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Skype
1 1 (100.00%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware