SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 56 49
Rank change year-on-year +4 -7 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 25 7 17
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 2.75% 1.50% 2.15%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.13% 7.37% 13.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 6 14
10th Percentile £400 £318 -
25th Percentile £415 £376 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £488
Median % change year-on-year +18.68% -17.90% -2.50%
75th Percentile £494 £490 £582
90th Percentile £500 £531 £616
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +18.68% -15.74% -5.00%

All Database & BI Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 155 95 127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 17.07% 20.30% 16.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 62 103
10th Percentile £400 £400 £400
25th Percentile £426 £416 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £504 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +0.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £600 £624
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £29.60 £31.50 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £31.54 -
Median hourly rate £74.00 £32.96 -
Median % change year-on-year +124.51% - -
75th Percentile - £34.38 -
90th Percentile - £34.43 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £49.00 £32.96 -
% change year-on-year +48.67% - -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Leeds

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Leeds over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in Leeds

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 18 (72.00%) AWS
2 11 (44.00%) Azure
3 10 (40.00%) GitHub
4 8 (32.00%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (12.00%) Google Analytics
6 2 (8.00%) Serverless
7 1 (4.00%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (48.00%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (24.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (16.00%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (12.00%) DTS
4 3 (12.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (48.00%) Jenkins
2 7 (28.00%) Gatling
3 5 (20.00%) Maven
4 4 (16.00%) Artifactory
5 3 (12.00%) Flyway
5 3 (12.00%) Git
5 3 (12.00%) GitLab
General
1 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (16.00%) Legal
2 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) DBA
1 7 (28.00%) SQL DBA
2 5 (20.00%) Platform Engineer
2 5 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Developer
4 3 (12.00%) Data Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Java Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Delphi Software Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (8.00%) Full-Stack Python Developer
5 2 (8.00%) Java Software Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Python Developer
6 1 (4.00%) .NET Developer
6 1 (4.00%) AWS Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Java Developer
6 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared Java Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior
6 1 (4.00%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.00%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (28.00%) Playwright
2 4 (16.00%) .NET
3 3 (12.00%) AWS CDK
3 3 (12.00%) WebSockets
4 2 (8.00%) CSS
4 2 (8.00%) Django
4 2 (8.00%) Flask
4 2 (8.00%) HTML
4 2 (8.00%) React
4 2 (8.00%) REST
4 2 (8.00%) Vue
5 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET
5 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (12.00%) Clustering
2 3 (12.00%) Replication
3 2 (8.00%) Data Structures
3 2 (8.00%) NHS
4 1 (4.00%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (4.00%) Legacy Code
4 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Linux
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Agile
2 8 (32.00%) CI/CD
2 8 (32.00%) DevOps
2 8 (32.00%) Roadmaps
2 8 (32.00%) Technical Debt
3 7 (28.00%) High Availability
3 7 (28.00%) Product Roadmap
4 6 (24.00%) Migration
4 6 (24.00%) Platform Engineering
4 6 (24.00%) Software Engineering
5 5 (20.00%) Front End Development
5 5 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (16.00%) Containerisation
6 4 (16.00%) Data Protection
6 4 (16.00%) Database Migration
6 4 (16.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (16.00%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (12.00%) Computer Science
7 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 10 (40.00%) SQL
2 9 (36.00%) Java
2 9 (36.00%) Python
3 7 (28.00%) Scala
4 4 (16.00%) C#
5 3 (12.00%) Delphi
5 3 (12.00%) PHP
5 3 (12.00%) PowerShell
5 3 (12.00%) TypeScript
6 2 (8.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) SC Cleared
1 13 (52.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (20.00%) Degree
3 4 (16.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (60.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (36.00%) Terraform
2 8 (32.00%) HAProxy
2 8 (32.00%) Kubernetes
3 3 (12.00%) Foglight
Vendors
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Databricks
2 3 (12.00%) Google
2 3 (12.00%) RedGate
2 3 (12.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (12.00%) SolarWinds