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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 258 271
Rank change year-on-year -30 +13 +48
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 106 100 115
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.70% 0.74% 0.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.51% 3.40% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 66 77
10th Percentile £404 £413 £450
25th Percentile £464 £514 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £620 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.32% +12.73% -
75th Percentile £597 £700 £675
90th Percentile £688 £775 £753
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% -3.18%
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 3,018 2,945 3,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 19.89% 21.66% 19.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,069 2,017 2,630
10th Percentile £356 £363 £385
25th Percentile £416 £454 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £558 £560
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -0.45% -6.67%
75th Percentile £638 £699 £686
90th Percentile £738 £825 £788
England median daily rate £500 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -6.98% - -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 30 40
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £20.98
25th Percentile £29.72 £28.60 £25.69
Median hourly rate £54.25 £42.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -4.00% -2.78%
75th Percentile £75.94 £60.25 £53.84
90th Percentile £89.75 £78.88 £63.83
England median hourly rate £54.50 £40.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +34.57% -4.71% -25.26%

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 -14 8 £588 -3.29% 40
West London -15 2 £550 - 2
South London - 1 £500 - 3
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 30 (28.30%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.94%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.94%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 106 (100.00%) Azure
2 66 (62.26%) Azure Data Factory
3 36 (33.96%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (31.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 30 (28.30%) Power Platform
6 22 (20.75%) GitHub
7 17 (16.04%) Serverless
8 16 (15.09%) Azure Key Vault
9 14 (13.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 14 (13.21%) Azure Functions
10 11 (10.38%) Azure AKS
10 11 (10.38%) Azure Monitor
10 11 (10.38%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (9.43%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (8.49%) Entra ID
12 9 (8.49%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (7.55%) PaaS
14 6 (5.66%) Snowflake
15 5 (4.72%) IaaS
15 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.83%) Network Security
2 2 (1.89%) Firewall
3 1 (0.94%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (47.17%) Data Warehouse
2 32 (30.19%) Data Lake
3 29 (27.36%) Power BI
4 27 (25.47%) NoSQL
5 25 (23.58%) SQL Server
6 13 (12.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (9.43%) Metadata
8 8 (7.55%) Delta Lake
9 7 (6.60%) Tableau
10 5 (4.72%) Big Data
10 5 (4.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (3.77%) Metadata Repository
11 4 (3.77%) Spark SQL
12 3 (2.83%) MySQL
12 3 (2.83%) Relational Database
12 3 (2.83%) Snowflake Schema
12 3 (2.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (1.89%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (1.89%) Oracle ODI
13 2 (1.89%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (35.85%) Git
2 7 (6.60%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.89%) Postman
4 1 (0.94%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.94%) JIRA
4 1 (0.94%) JMeter
4 1 (0.94%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.94%) Selenium
4 1 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 28 (26.42%) Social Skills
2 24 (22.64%) Finance
3 15 (14.15%) Public Sector
4 8 (7.55%) Banking
5 6 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.89%) Military
8 1 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.94%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (43.40%) Data Engineer
2 27 (25.47%) Azure Engineer
3 24 (22.64%) Azure Data Engineer
4 19 (17.92%) Developer
5 18 (16.98%) Architect
5 18 (16.98%) Senior
6 14 (13.21%) Azure Architect
7 12 (11.32%) Senior Data Engineer
8 11 (10.38%) Azure Developer
9 7 (6.60%) .NET Developer
9 7 (6.60%) Data Architect
9 7 (6.60%) Technical Architect
10 6 (5.66%) Azure Data Architect
10 6 (5.66%) DBA
10 6 (5.66%) SQL DBA
11 4 (3.77%) Lead
12 3 (2.83%) Backend Developer
12 3 (2.83%) Snowflake Developer
12 3 (2.83%) SQL Server DBA
12 3 (2.83%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (34.91%) PySpark
2 16 (15.09%) .NET
3 10 (9.43%) .NET Core
3 10 (9.43%) Kafka
4 7 (6.60%) AngularJS
5 5 (4.72%) React
6 4 (3.77%) ARM Templates
6 4 (3.77%) Node.js
6 4 (3.77%) YAML
7 3 (2.83%) ASP.NET
7 3 (2.83%) Next.js
7 3 (2.83%) Spring
7 3 (2.83%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.89%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.89%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (1.89%) JSON
8 2 (1.89%) RESTful
8 2 (1.89%) TensorFlow
8 2 (1.89%) Vue
8 2 (1.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.66%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.77%) AI Agents
3 3 (2.83%) Clustering
3 3 (2.83%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (1.89%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.89%) IoT
5 1 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.94%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.94%) Data Fabric
5 1 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.94%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.94%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.94%) VMS
1 1 (0.94%) Windows
1 1 (0.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (58.49%) Data Modelling
2 46 (43.40%) CI/CD
3 45 (42.45%) Data Pipeline
4 44 (41.51%) Data Governance
4 44 (41.51%) DevOps
5 40 (37.74%) Analytics
6 39 (36.79%) Agile
6 39 (36.79%) Data Engineering
7 37 (34.91%) Data Integration
8 36 (33.96%) ETL
9 35 (33.02%) Data Architecture
10 29 (27.36%) Business Intelligence
10 29 (27.36%) Integration Patterns
11 23 (21.70%) Infrastructure as Code
12 18 (16.98%) Data Science
13 16 (15.09%) Microservices
14 15 (14.15%) RBAC
15 14 (13.21%) Migration
16 11 (10.38%) High Availability
16 11 (10.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 106 (100.00%) SQL
2 46 (43.40%) Python
3 32 (30.19%) Scala
4 12 (11.32%) Bicep
4 12 (11.32%) C#
5 6 (5.66%) JavaScript
5 6 (5.66%) TypeScript
6 5 (4.72%) Java
6 5 (4.72%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.77%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.89%) R
10 1 (0.94%) ANSI SQL
10 1 (0.94%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.94%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (41.51%) Security Cleared
2 40 (37.74%) SC Cleared
3 15 (14.15%) Azure Certification
4 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.83%) Degree
6 2 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.94%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.94%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.94%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.94%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (42.45%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.60%) GDPR
3 6 (5.66%) QA
4 2 (1.89%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.94%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.94%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (13.21%) Docker
2 8 (7.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (22.64%) Terraform
2 11 (10.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 49 (46.23%) Databricks
2 36 (33.96%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.72%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.77%) OpenAI
4 4 (3.77%) Oracle
5 3 (2.83%) ForgeRock
6 2 (1.89%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.89%) SAP