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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 50 52
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 +4
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 20 7 16
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 2.49% 1.64% 1.90%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 15.04% 7.37% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 11
10th Percentile £400 £329 £281
25th Percentile £406 £379 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £401 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -11.00% -5.26%
75th Percentile £494 £531 £469
90th Percentile £498 £550 £625
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £400 £413
% change year-on-year +18.75% -3.03% -13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £19.44
Median hourly rate - - £20.71
75th Percentile - - £21.97
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - - £20.71

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 133 95 113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 16.54% 22.20% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 61 92
10th Percentile £400 £385 £313
25th Percentile £459 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £490
Median % change year-on-year -3.10% +7.14% -10.91%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £674 £738 £625
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £504 £490
% change year-on-year -0.74% +2.81% -10.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £29.60 £27.29 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £28.86 £19.44
Median hourly rate £74.00 £32.81 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year +125.54% +58.46% -
75th Percentile - £34.31 £21.97
90th Percentile - £34.40 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £74.00 £32.81 £20.71
% change year-on-year +125.54% +58.46% -

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 27 March 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 (15.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 13 (65.00%) AWS
2 4 (20.00%) GitHub
3 3 (15.00%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (10.00%) Amazon S3
4 2 (10.00%) Azure
5 1 (5.00%) Nutanix
5 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (35.00%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (15.00%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (15.00%) DTS
3 3 (15.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (10.00%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (15.00%) Flyway
2 3 (15.00%) Git
2 3 (15.00%) GitLab
3 2 (10.00%) Gatling
3 2 (10.00%) Maven
4 1 (5.00%) Artifactory
4 1 (5.00%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Legal
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) DBA
2 7 (35.00%) SQL DBA
3 4 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Data Business Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Delphi Software Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Java Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Administrator
5 1 (5.00%) AWS Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared DBA
5 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.00%) PHP Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Python Developer
5 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) .NET
1 3 (15.00%) AWS CDK
1 3 (15.00%) WebSockets
2 2 (10.00%) Playwright
2 2 (10.00%) REST
3 1 (5.00%) CSS
3 1 (5.00%) Django
3 1 (5.00%) Flask
3 1 (5.00%) HTML
3 1 (5.00%) React
3 1 (5.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Clustering
1 3 (15.00%) Data Structures
1 3 (15.00%) Replication
2 2 (10.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (5.00%) Legacy Code
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) High Availability
1 7 (35.00%) Migration
2 5 (25.00%) Agile
2 5 (25.00%) ETL
2 5 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 5 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (20.00%) Front End Development
3 4 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (20.00%) Task Automation
4 3 (15.00%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (15.00%) Database Security
4 3 (15.00%) DevOps
4 3 (15.00%) ETL Development
4 3 (15.00%) Kanban
4 3 (15.00%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (15.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 12 (60.00%) SQL
2 4 (20.00%) Java
2 4 (20.00%) Python
3 3 (15.00%) C#
3 3 (15.00%) Delphi
3 3 (15.00%) PHP
3 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (15.00%) TypeScript
4 2 (10.00%) Scala
5 1 (5.00%) Bash
5 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) Degree
3 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 8 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Foglight
1 3 (15.00%) HAProxy
1 3 (15.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (15.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Databricks
2 3 (15.00%) RedGate
2 3 (15.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (15.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco