Azure SQL Database Contracts in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 246 337
Rank change year-on-year -34 +91 +22
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 75 152 157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.58% 0.86% 0.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.69% 3.74% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 113 94
10th Percentile £425 £400 £444
25th Percentile £496 £468 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £571 £550 £595
Median % change year-on-year +3.86% -7.56% +10.70%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £747 £738 £781
England median daily rate £520 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -4.59% -0.91% +2.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £68.50

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 2,791 4,063 5,063
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 21.49% 23.07% 20.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,955 3,033 3,686
10th Percentile £385 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -1.74% -2.54%
75th Percentile £706 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £850 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 34 45
10th Percentile £25.27 £20.98 £21.24
25th Percentile £29.07 £29.69 £35.25
Median hourly rate £40.50 £48.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% -20.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £59.00 £54.03 £83.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £70.85 £90.00
England median hourly rate £34.00 £40.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -15.00% -30.43% +46.44%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure SQL Database in London

Azure SQL Database
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure SQL Database in London.

Daily rate trend for Azure SQL Database in London

Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in London over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure SQL Database in London

Azure SQL Database
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure SQL Database in London.

Hourly rate trend for Azure SQL Database in London

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 2 July 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
Central London -7 13 £650 +23.81% 66
West London - 1 - - 6
Azure SQL Database
England

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (9.33%) Apache Spark
2 6 (8.00%) Apache
3 4 (5.33%) Jupyter
4 3 (4.00%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (2.67%) SharePoint
5 2 (2.67%) Umbraco
6 1 (1.33%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Markit EDM
2 1 (1.33%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 75 (100.00%) Azure
2 25 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (30.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 23 (30.67%) Power Platform
4 15 (20.00%) Serverless
5 14 (18.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 10 (13.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 10 (13.33%) Entra ID
6 10 (13.33%) SaaS
7 9 (12.00%) Azure Functions
7 9 (12.00%) Azure Service Bus
7 9 (12.00%) PaaS
8 8 (10.67%) AWS
8 8 (10.67%) IaaS
9 7 (9.33%) Azure AKS
9 7 (9.33%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (8.00%) Azure Storage
10 6 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (6.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.33%) SSH
2 2 (2.67%) Network Security
3 1 (1.33%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (41.33%) SQL Server
2 22 (29.33%) Power BI
3 15 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (17.33%) Data Lake
5 7 (9.33%) Delta Lake
6 6 (8.00%) Apache Hive
7 5 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (4.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (4.00%) MongoDB
8 3 (4.00%) Relational Database
9 2 (2.67%) Data Mining
9 2 (2.67%) Data Vault
9 2 (2.67%) NoSQL
10 1 (1.33%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (1.33%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (1.33%) MySQL
10 1 (1.33%) QlikView
10 1 (1.33%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (1.33%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (9.33%) Git
2 6 (8.00%) JIRA
3 4 (5.33%) RStudio
4 3 (4.00%) ERwin
5 2 (2.67%) SonarQube
6 1 (1.33%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.33%) JBehave
6 1 (1.33%) JUnit
6 1 (1.33%) Postman
6 1 (1.33%) Selenium
6 1 (1.33%) SpecFlow
General
1 21 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (24.00%) Finance
3 13 (17.33%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.00%) Banking
6 3 (4.00%) Retail
7 2 (2.67%) Front Office
7 2 (2.67%) Local Government
7 2 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.33%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.33%) Legal
8 1 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (29.33%) Developer
2 17 (22.67%) Architect
2 17 (22.67%) Senior
3 16 (21.33%) Data Engineer
4 13 (17.33%) Azure Architect
5 11 (14.67%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (13.33%) Senior Developer
7 9 (12.00%) .NET Developer
7 9 (12.00%) Data Architect
8 7 (9.33%) Senior .NET Developer
9 6 (8.00%) Cloud Architect
10 5 (6.67%) Azure Data Architect
10 5 (6.67%) DBA
11 4 (5.33%) Azure Data Engineer
11 4 (5.33%) Azure Developer
11 4 (5.33%) Migration Engineer
11 4 (5.33%) Senior Architect
11 4 (5.33%) SQL DBA
12 3 (4.00%) Full-Stack Developer
12 3 (4.00%) SC Cleared DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (26.67%) .NET
2 18 (24.00%) .NET Core
3 9 (12.00%) PySpark
4 7 (9.33%) AngularJS
5 6 (8.00%) ARM Templates
5 6 (8.00%) JSON
5 6 (8.00%) pydantic
5 6 (8.00%) React
5 6 (8.00%) SOAP
5 6 (8.00%) YAML
6 4 (5.33%) RESTful
7 3 (4.00%) .NET Framework
7 3 (4.00%) ASP.NET
7 3 (4.00%) Azure Blueprints
7 3 (4.00%) Blazor
7 3 (4.00%) CSS
7 3 (4.00%) Entity Framework
7 3 (4.00%) HTML
7 3 (4.00%) Kafka
8 2 (2.67%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.00%) Linux Command Line
2 8 (10.67%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (8.00%) Cloud Native
3 6 (8.00%) Data Structures
3 6 (8.00%) Reference Data
4 5 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (5.33%) Management Information System
6 3 (4.00%) TWAP
6 3 (4.00%) VWAP
7 2 (2.67%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.67%) NHS
7 2 (2.67%) Reinsurance
8 1 (1.33%) Clustering
8 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.33%) Legacy Code
8 1 (1.33%) Life Science
8 1 (1.33%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.33%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.67%) Linux
2 7 (9.33%) Windows
3 3 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.33%) VMS
4 1 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (44.00%) DevOps
2 24 (32.00%) Agile
3 23 (30.67%) CI/CD
4 18 (24.00%) ETL
4 18 (24.00%) Migration
5 17 (22.67%) Analytics
6 16 (21.33%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (21.33%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (20.00%) Data Modelling
8 13 (17.33%) Infrastructure as Code
9 12 (16.00%) Data Pipeline
9 12 (16.00%) Scrum
10 9 (12.00%) Data Ingestion
10 9 (12.00%) Data Security
10 9 (12.00%) High Availability
11 8 (10.67%) Cloud Security
11 8 (10.67%) Data Engineering
11 8 (10.67%) Data Governance
11 8 (10.67%) Data Management
11 8 (10.67%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 71 (94.67%) SQL
2 26 (34.67%) Python
3 24 (32.00%) C#
4 11 (14.67%) Java
4 11 (14.67%) T-SQL
5 10 (13.33%) JavaScript
6 9 (12.00%) Bicep
7 8 (10.67%) Bash
8 6 (8.00%) PowerShell
8 6 (8.00%) Scala
9 3 (4.00%) C++
9 3 (4.00%) Go
9 3 (4.00%) PL/SQL
9 3 (4.00%) VBA
10 2 (2.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (1.33%) R
11 1 (1.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (16.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (16.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.33%) Azure Certification
2 7 (9.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.00%) Degree
4 1 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (17.33%) GDPR
2 6 (8.00%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.33%) QA
4 3 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (4.00%) SOC 2
5 2 (2.67%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.33%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (1.33%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.33%) GxP
System Software
1 8 (10.67%) Active Directory
1 8 (10.67%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (5.33%) Docker
3 1 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (21.33%) Terraform
2 10 (13.33%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.33%) Grafana
3 1 (1.33%) Istio
3 1 (1.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (36.00%) Microsoft
2 21 (28.00%) Databricks
3 4 (5.33%) Oracle
4 3 (4.00%) MuleSoft
5 2 (2.67%) Google
5 2 (2.67%) IBM
6 1 (1.33%) ESRI
6 1 (1.33%) Informatica
6 1 (1.33%) SAP
6 1 (1.33%) Splunk
6 1 (1.33%) TOWER Software