Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
East Midlands > Leicestershire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure SQL Database over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 26 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire | - | 0.64% | - |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | 6.25% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £310 | - |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £575 | £463 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +24.32% | -7.50% | -16.67% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Leicestershire
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 Leicestershire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 11 | 16 | 51 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire | 10.89% | 10.19% | 29.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 13 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | £372 | £288 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £378 | £310 | £346 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £406 | £375 | £423 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -11.24% | +5.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £450 | £525 | £450 |
| 90th Percentile | £473 | £688 | £484 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £463 | £400 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.63% | -5.88% | -2.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | - | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £19.00 | - | £20.32 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -13.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £19.50 | - | £21.58 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East Midlands median hourly rate | £19.00 | £14.00 | £23.40 |
| % change year-on-year | +35.71% | -40.17% | -33.14% |
Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire
Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.
Azure SQL Database
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure SQL Database in Leicestershire.