Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
East Midlands > Leicestershire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring SQL Server skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 21 | 12 | 22 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -9 | +10 | -7 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL Server | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire | 1.52% | 7.63% | 3.66% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 18.18% | 42.86% | 18.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £278 | £318 |
| 25th Percentile | £368 | £294 | £325 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £385 | £378 | £350 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.78% | +8.07% | -22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £403 | £474 | £360 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £369 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £327 | £411 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.56% | -13.47% | - |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Leicestershire
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 Leicestershire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 11 | 21 | 33 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire | 8.33% | 17.80% | 20.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £371 | £291 | £319 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £310 | £370 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £430 | £400 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.50% | -20.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £475 | £474 | £530 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £555 | £563 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £420 | £412 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -13.32% | -5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £19.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £19.50 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East Midlands median hourly rate | £28.98 | £22.50 | £11.62 |
| % change year-on-year | +28.80% | +93.59% | -66.79% |
SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire
Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.
SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing SQL Server.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing SQL Server.
SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester | -5 | 2 | £385 | +1.78% | 4 |
| SQL Server East Midlands |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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: