SQL Server Contracts in Liverpool

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Liverpool requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 24 34
Rank change year-on-year +2 +10 -6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 3 9 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 2.21% 4.84% 2.94%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.54% 33.33% 17.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 6
10th Percentile - £162 £403
25th Percentile £163 £254 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £290 £550
Median % change year-on-year -39.66% -47.27% +69.23%
75th Percentile £303 £388 £650
90th Percentile £373 - £671
Merseyside median daily rate £215 £290 £650
% change year-on-year -25.86% -55.38% +100.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 26 27 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 19.12% 14.52% 17.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 24 40
10th Percentile £406 £115 £317
25th Percentile £463 £191 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £363 £490
Median % change year-on-year +51.72% -26.02% -8.84%
75th Percentile £638 £480 £600
90th Percentile £663 £494 £629
Merseyside median daily rate £545 £363 £500
% change year-on-year +50.34% -27.50% -4.76%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Liverpool.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Liverpool

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Liverpool.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in Liverpool

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Liverpool over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in Liverpool

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Liverpool.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in Liverpool

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Liverpool 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory Support
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET Web API
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Insurtech
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Telematics
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft