Azure SQL Database Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 283 289
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 +38
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 125 73 103
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.71% 0.57% 0.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.81% 2.57% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 48 73
10th Percentile £409 £425 £433
25th Percentile £463 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £580 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £625 £656 £688
90th Percentile £750 £751 £775
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.50 -
England median hourly rate - £60.50 -

All Database & BI Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,282 2,835 3,789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.74% 22.25% 21.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,252 1,999 2,786
10th Percentile £361 £375 £376
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £552 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% -1.87% -2.17%
75th Percentile £630 £713 £700
90th Percentile £749 £838 £825
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 33 36
10th Percentile £20.68 £22.27 £20.98
25th Percentile £31.03 £28.60 £25.59
Median hourly rate £46.50 £40.50 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% -17.77% -1.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £58.75 £54.34
90th Percentile £84.00 £75.50 £64.14
England median hourly rate £47.54 £33.11 £40.00
% change year-on-year +43.58% -17.23% -32.54%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in London

Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure SQL Database.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in London over the 6 months to 24 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure SQL Database in London

Azure SQL Database
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure SQL Database.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the London region over the 6 months to 24 April 2026. 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
Central London -11 12 £575 -10.16% 38
West London -23 1 £550 - 2
South London - 1 £500 -
Azure SQL Database
England

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 26 (20.80%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.40%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 125 (100.00%) Azure
2 68 (54.40%) Azure Data Factory
3 50 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 47 (37.60%) Azure DevOps
5 39 (31.20%) Power Platform
6 30 (24.00%) GitHub
7 16 (12.80%) Azure Key Vault
8 14 (11.20%) Azure Monitor
8 14 (11.20%) Serverless
9 12 (9.60%) Azure Functions
10 11 (8.80%) Azure AKS
11 10 (8.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 9 (7.20%) Entra ID
13 8 (6.40%) Azure Service Bus
13 8 (6.40%) PaaS
14 7 (5.60%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (5.60%) PowerApps
15 6 (4.80%) Azure Storage
15 6 (4.80%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (4.80%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.80%) Network Security
2 4 (3.20%) DNS
3 3 (2.40%) Firewall
4 1 (0.80%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 43 (34.40%) Data Lake
3 35 (28.00%) SQL Server
4 29 (23.20%) Power BI
5 21 (16.80%) NoSQL
6 14 (11.20%) Delta Lake
7 13 (10.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (7.20%) Metadata
9 5 (4.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 5 (4.00%) Spark SQL
9 5 (4.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (4.00%) Star Schema
9 5 (4.00%) Tableau
10 4 (3.20%) Big Data
10 4 (3.20%) Metadata Repository
11 3 (2.40%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 3 (2.40%) Relational Database
11 3 (2.40%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (1.60%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 41 (32.80%) Git
2 5 (4.00%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.80%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.80%) JMeter
4 1 (0.80%) Postman
4 1 (0.80%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.80%) Selenium
General
1 36 (28.80%) Finance
2 27 (21.60%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.60%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.60%) Banking
6 3 (2.40%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.60%) Military
8 1 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.80%) Marketing
8 1 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (48.00%) Data Engineer
2 28 (22.40%) Architect
3 23 (18.40%) Azure Engineer
4 22 (17.60%) Senior
5 21 (16.80%) Azure Data Engineer
6 17 (13.60%) Azure Architect
7 16 (12.80%) Senior Data Engineer
8 13 (10.40%) Developer
9 11 (8.80%) Data Architect
10 9 (7.20%) Technical Architect
11 8 (6.40%) Azure Data Architect
11 8 (6.40%) DBA
12 7 (5.60%) Informatica Engineer
12 7 (5.60%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (5.60%) SQL DBA
13 6 (4.80%) .NET Developer
14 5 (4.00%) Azure Developer
15 3 (2.40%) Backend Developer
15 3 (2.40%) Migration Engineer
15 3 (2.40%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (28.00%) PySpark
2 20 (16.00%) .NET
3 10 (8.00%) .NET Core
4 9 (7.20%) Kafka
5 8 (6.40%) AngularJS
6 6 (4.80%) REST
7 5 (4.00%) ARM Templates
7 5 (4.00%) React
8 3 (2.40%) .NET Framework
8 3 (2.40%) CSS
8 3 (2.40%) HTML
8 3 (2.40%) JSON
8 3 (2.40%) OAuth
8 3 (2.40%) Spring
8 3 (2.40%) Spring Boot
8 3 (2.40%) XML
8 3 (2.40%) YAML
9 2 (1.60%) Node.js
9 2 (1.60%) OAuth2
9 2 (1.60%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.40%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.60%) Replication
3 3 (2.40%) AI Agents
3 3 (2.40%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.60%) IoT
4 2 (1.60%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.80%) Clustering
5 1 (0.80%) Data Fabric
5 1 (0.80%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.80%) Legacy Code
5 1 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.80%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (54.40%) Data Modelling
2 59 (47.20%) DevOps
3 55 (44.00%) Data Pipeline
4 53 (42.40%) CI/CD
5 49 (39.20%) Analytics
6 48 (38.40%) Data Engineering
7 45 (36.00%) ETL
8 44 (35.20%) Data Governance
9 38 (30.40%) Data Architecture
10 35 (28.00%) Data Integration
11 32 (25.60%) Agile
12 30 (24.00%) Infrastructure as Code
13 29 (23.20%) Integration Patterns
14 28 (22.40%) Business Intelligence
15 21 (16.80%) Data Science
16 20 (16.00%) High Availability
17 18 (14.40%) Performance Tuning
18 17 (13.60%) Migration
19 15 (12.00%) AI
19 15 (12.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 125 (100.00%) SQL
2 48 (38.40%) Python
3 32 (25.60%) Scala
4 12 (9.60%) Bicep
5 11 (8.80%) C#
6 10 (8.00%) PowerShell
7 6 (4.80%) Java
7 6 (4.80%) TypeScript
8 5 (4.00%) JavaScript
9 4 (3.20%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.60%) Bash
10 2 (1.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.60%) R
11 1 (0.80%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.80%) C
11 1 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.80%) VBA
Qualifications
1 48 (38.40%) Security Cleared
2 44 (35.20%) SC Cleared
3 18 (14.40%) Azure Certification
4 7 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.60%) Degree
6 1 (0.80%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.80%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.80%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 10 (8.00%) QA
3 6 (4.80%) GDPR
4 2 (1.60%) NCSC
5 1 (0.80%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.80%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.80%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.80%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (10.40%) Docker
2 8 (6.40%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (25.60%) Terraform
2 12 (9.60%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.80%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 53 (42.40%) Microsoft
2 47 (37.60%) Databricks
3 7 (5.60%) Informatica
4 5 (4.00%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.20%) Oracle
6 3 (2.40%) ForgeRock
6 3 (2.40%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.60%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.80%) Google
8 1 (0.80%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.80%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud