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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 293 231
Rank change year-on-year -49 -62 +73
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 101 79 166
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.50% 0.58% 1.02%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.79% 2.73% 4.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 58 124
10th Percentile £420 £406 £310
25th Percentile £466 £451 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.65%
75th Percentile £644 £640 £675
90th Percentile £750 £725 £718
England median daily rate £525 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% -4.42%

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 3,618 2,898 3,833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.84% 21.34% 23.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,439 2,041 2,825
10th Percentile £363 £379 £363
25th Percentile £438 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £638 £700 £725
90th Percentile £750 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £515 £539
% change year-on-year -2.91% -4.45% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 33 24
10th Percentile £17.97 £24.60 £32.29
25th Percentile £25.25 £29.07 £41.25
Median hourly rate £37.75 £43.50 £50.25
Median % change year-on-year -13.22% -13.43% -16.25%
75th Percentile £55.25 £63.75 £57.51
90th Percentile £60.88 £86.00 £77.63
England median hourly rate £38.50 £34.58 £36.25
% change year-on-year +11.35% -4.62% -34.09%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -18 19 £500 -19.39% 29
North London - 1 £650 -
West London - 1 £550 - 2
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 13 (12.87%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.99%) Apache
3 1 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.99%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.99%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 101 (100.00%) Azure
2 47 (46.53%) Azure DevOps
3 41 (40.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 37 (36.63%) Power Platform
5 33 (32.67%) Azure Data Factory
6 30 (29.70%) GitHub
7 15 (14.85%) Azure Monitor
7 15 (14.85%) Entra ID
8 14 (13.86%) Serverless
9 12 (11.88%) Azure Functions
9 12 (11.88%) Azure Key Vault
10 11 (10.89%) PowerApps
11 9 (8.91%) PaaS
12 8 (7.92%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (7.92%) IaaS
12 8 (7.92%) SaaS
13 6 (5.94%) Azure Storage
14 5 (4.95%) Azure App Service
14 5 (4.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.95%) DNS
1 5 (4.95%) Network Security
2 3 (2.97%) Firewall
2 3 (2.97%) VPN
3 1 (0.99%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (35.64%) SQL Server
2 34 (33.66%) Data Lake
3 27 (26.73%) Power BI
4 24 (23.76%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (14.85%) Star Schema
6 8 (7.92%) Power Query
6 8 (7.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (6.93%) Delta Lake
7 7 (6.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (5.94%) Metadata
8 6 (5.94%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (4.95%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 5 (4.95%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 5 (4.95%) Relational Database
10 4 (3.96%) NoSQL
10 4 (3.96%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (3.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (2.97%) MySQL
11 3 (2.97%) OLAP
11 3 (2.97%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 20 (19.80%) Git
2 6 (5.94%) Visual Studio
3 4 (3.96%) JetBrains Rider
4 2 (1.98%) Jasmine
4 2 (1.98%) JUnit
4 2 (1.98%) Karma Test Runner
4 2 (1.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.99%) ERwin
5 1 (0.99%) GitLab
5 1 (0.99%) SonarQube
General
1 34 (33.66%) Finance
2 25 (24.75%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.89%) Banking
5 8 (7.92%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.94%) Investment Banking
7 4 (3.96%) Retail
8 3 (2.97%) Local Government
9 2 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.99%) Marketing
10 1 (0.99%) Military
Job Titles
1 31 (30.69%) Data Engineer
1 31 (30.69%) Developer
2 23 (22.77%) Architect
3 19 (18.81%) Senior
4 12 (11.88%) Data Architect
5 11 (10.89%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (9.90%) Full-Stack Developer
7 9 (8.91%) Informatica Engineer
8 8 (7.92%) Azure Architect
8 8 (7.92%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 8 (7.92%) Power BI Developer
8 8 (7.92%) Senior Developer
9 7 (6.93%) Angular Developer
9 7 (6.93%) Senior Data Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) .NET Developer
10 6 (5.94%) Azure Data Architect
10 6 (5.94%) Azure Data Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) Platform Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) SQL Developer
11 5 (4.95%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (18.81%) .NET
2 15 (14.85%) REST
3 9 (8.91%) CSS
3 9 (8.91%) HTML
4 8 (7.92%) AngularJS
4 8 (7.92%) PySpark
4 8 (7.92%) React
5 6 (5.94%) .NET Core
5 6 (5.94%) OAuth
6 5 (4.95%) .NET Framework
6 5 (4.95%) OAuth2
6 5 (4.95%) RESTful
7 4 (3.96%) CSS3
7 4 (3.96%) Entity Framework
7 4 (3.96%) HTML5
7 4 (3.96%) JSON
7 4 (3.96%) Middleware
8 3 (2.97%) ASP.NET
8 3 (2.97%) Web Services
8 3 (2.97%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.83%) Cloud Native
2 9 (8.91%) Replication
3 5 (4.95%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.98%) Clustering
5 2 (1.98%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.98%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.98%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.98%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.99%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.99%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.99%) NHS
6 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.99%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.97%) Windows
2 2 (1.98%) Linux
2 2 (1.98%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (58.42%) DevOps
2 46 (45.54%) CI/CD
3 39 (38.61%) Analytics
4 38 (37.62%) Data Modelling
5 33 (32.67%) ETL
6 27 (26.73%) Data Pipeline
7 26 (25.74%) Business Intelligence
8 25 (24.75%) Data Engineering
9 22 (21.78%) Agile
10 20 (19.80%) Infrastructure as Code
11 18 (17.82%) Data Governance
11 18 (17.82%) Migration
11 18 (17.82%) Performance Tuning
12 15 (14.85%) AI
13 14 (13.86%) Data Architecture
14 13 (12.87%) Dimensional Modelling
14 13 (12.87%) Validation
15 12 (11.88%) High Availability
16 11 (10.89%) Disaster Recovery
16 11 (10.89%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 101 (100.00%) SQL
2 21 (20.79%) Python
3 15 (14.85%) C#
4 14 (13.86%) TypeScript
5 12 (11.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 12 (11.88%) PowerShell
6 10 (9.90%) T-SQL
7 6 (5.94%) Bicep
7 6 (5.94%) Scala
8 4 (3.96%) JavaScript
9 3 (2.97%) Bash
9 3 (2.97%) Java
10 1 (0.99%) C
10 1 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 24 (23.76%) Security Cleared
2 23 (22.77%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.93%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.96%) Degree
5 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.99%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.99%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (15.84%) Data Quality
2 15 (14.85%) QA
3 5 (4.95%) GDPR
4 4 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.97%) NIST
6 2 (1.98%) NCSC
7 1 (0.99%) IFRS
7 1 (0.99%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.99%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.99%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (6.93%) Active Directory
1 7 (6.93%) Docker
2 2 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (22.77%) Terraform
2 7 (6.93%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.99%) Control-M
3 1 (0.99%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.99%) Puppet
3 1 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (57.43%) Microsoft
2 18 (17.82%) Databricks
3 12 (11.88%) Informatica
4 3 (2.97%) Oracle
5 1 (0.99%) Foundry
5 1 (0.99%) Google
5 1 (0.99%) IBM
5 1 (0.99%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.99%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.99%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (0.99%) Talend