SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 13 22
Rank change year-on-year +3 +9 +3
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 1 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 2.27% 11.11% 4.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.00% 24.00% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - - £410
25th Percentile - £363 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £550
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -31.82% +37.50%
75th Percentile - £394 £575
90th Percentile - £398 £590
Suffolk median daily rate £525 £375 £550
% change year-on-year +40.00% -31.82% +43.79%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5 25 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 11.36% 46.30% 14.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 10
10th Percentile - £300 £356
25th Percentile - £300 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £538
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -30.23% -16.83%
75th Percentile - £388 £675
90th Percentile - £408 £700
Suffolk median daily rate £525 £375 £525
% change year-on-year +40.00% -28.57% -18.60%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich.

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Ipswich

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing SQL Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing SQL Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 DevOps
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Backend Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) MediatR
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CQRS
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft