Azure SQL Database Contracts in London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Azure SQL Database skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 281 331 356
Rank change year-on-year +50 +25 -114
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 109 161 264
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.62% 0.60% 0.68%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.85% 2.94% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 99 196
10th Percentile £450 £443 £403
25th Percentile £475 £475 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% - -
75th Percentile £688 £650 £638
90th Percentile £775 £725 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £528
% change year-on-year - -0.47% +5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
England median hourly rate - £60.50 -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
London

Azure SQL Database is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,830 5,475 8,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 21.65% 20.43% 21.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,832 3,992 6,210
10th Percentile £375 £400 £406
25th Percentile £456 £475 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -1.71% +11.43%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £700
90th Percentile £825 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 53 35
10th Percentile £20.98 £21.24 £26.25
25th Percentile £25.59 £24.50 £32.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +50.52%
75th Percentile £55.00 £76.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £64.78 £89.66 £82.50
England median hourly rate £40.13 £56.95 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.54% +34.00% +70.00%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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 +26 17 £513 -29.31% 10
South London - 2 £475 -
West London - 1 £530 - 2
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 10 (9.17%) Apache Spark
2 9 (8.26%) BizTalk Server
3 6 (5.50%) Apache
4 2 (1.83%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.92%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.92%) CMS
5 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.92%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.75%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 109 (100.00%) Azure
2 43 (39.45%) Azure Data Factory
2 43 (39.45%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (36.70%) Power Platform
4 34 (31.19%) Serverless
5 31 (28.44%) Azure Functions
6 30 (27.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 29 (26.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 28 (25.69%) Azure Logic Apps
9 26 (23.85%) Azure Storage
10 25 (22.94%) Azure Service Bus
11 23 (21.10%) Azure API Management
12 20 (18.35%) Azure Key Vault
13 18 (16.51%) PaaS
14 14 (12.84%) PowerApps
15 13 (11.93%) AWS
15 13 (11.93%) Entra ID
16 11 (10.09%) Power Automate
17 10 (9.17%) AWS Lambda
17 10 (9.17%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.92%) Firewall
1 1 (0.92%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (29.36%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (28.44%) Data Lake
2 31 (28.44%) Power BI
3 28 (25.69%) SQL Server
4 17 (15.60%) NoSQL
5 12 (11.01%) MongoDB
6 10 (9.17%) Big Data
7 9 (8.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 9 (8.26%) Parquet
8 8 (7.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (6.42%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 7 (6.42%) Power Query
9 7 (6.42%) Relational Database
10 6 (5.50%) OLTP
10 6 (5.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (3.67%) Delta Lake
11 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 4 (3.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (2.75%) Data Mart
13 2 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (15.60%) Git
2 10 (9.17%) Postman
3 6 (5.50%) Visual Studio Team System
4 4 (3.67%) Deequ
4 4 (3.67%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.92%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.92%) JMeter
5 1 (0.92%) NUnit
5 1 (0.92%) Selenium
5 1 (0.92%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 30 (27.52%) Finance
2 23 (21.10%) Social Skills
3 10 (9.17%) Banking
4 6 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.50%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (3.67%) Back Office
5 4 (3.67%) Marketing
6 3 (2.75%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.83%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.83%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.83%) Retail
8 1 (0.92%) Front Office
8 1 (0.92%) Law
8 1 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 38 (34.86%) Developer
2 34 (31.19%) Data Engineer
3 31 (28.44%) Azure Engineer
4 20 (18.35%) Azure Data Engineer
5 14 (12.84%) Lead
6 9 (8.26%) Architect
6 9 (8.26%) Azure Developer
7 8 (7.34%) Full Stack Developer
7 8 (7.34%) Python Developer
7 8 (7.34%) Senior
8 7 (6.42%) Azure Architect
8 7 (6.42%) SQL Developer
9 6 (5.50%) Analyst
9 6 (5.50%) Data Analyst
9 6 (5.50%) Lead Data Engineer
10 5 (4.59%) Integration Engineer
10 5 (4.59%) Senior Developer
10 5 (4.59%) Senior Python Developer
11 4 (3.67%) C# Developer
11 4 (3.67%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (33.03%) .NET
2 21 (19.27%) .NET Core
3 16 (14.68%) JSON
4 15 (13.76%) PySpark
4 15 (13.76%) Web Services
5 14 (12.84%) ARM Templates
6 11 (10.09%) REST
6 11 (10.09%) Swagger
7 10 (9.17%) XML
8 9 (8.26%) YAML
9 8 (7.34%) Blazor
9 8 (7.34%) SOAP
10 7 (6.42%) Apache Avro
11 6 (5.50%) GraphQL
12 5 (4.59%) .NET Framework
12 5 (4.59%) JSON Schema
12 5 (4.59%) Kafka
13 4 (3.67%) Great Expectations
13 4 (3.67%) React
14 3 (2.75%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.93%) Cloud Native
2 8 (7.34%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (4.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (2.75%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.83%) Market Risk
5 2 (1.83%) Wiki
6 1 (0.92%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.92%) Clustering
6 1 (0.92%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.92%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.92%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.92%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.92%) Replication
6 1 (0.92%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.93%) Windows
2 4 (3.67%) Unix
3 3 (2.75%) Linux
3 3 (2.75%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.83%) VMS
5 1 (0.92%) CentOS
5 1 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (44.95%) Agile
2 46 (42.20%) DevOps
3 44 (40.37%) CI/CD
4 34 (31.19%) ETL
5 32 (29.36%) Data Modelling
6 30 (27.52%) Business Intelligence
7 29 (26.61%) TDD
8 27 (24.77%) Software Engineering
9 26 (23.85%) Analytics
10 25 (22.94%) API Management
11 23 (21.10%) Migration
12 22 (20.18%) Data Engineering
13 21 (19.27%) Scrum
14 19 (17.43%) Microservices
15 18 (16.51%) Continuous Integration
15 18 (16.51%) Data Migration
15 18 (16.51%) SDLC
16 16 (14.68%) Data Pipeline
17 15 (13.76%) Data Integration
18 14 (12.84%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 103 (94.50%) SQL
2 56 (51.38%) Python
3 31 (28.44%) C#
3 31 (28.44%) PowerShell
4 23 (21.10%) T-SQL
5 12 (11.01%) Java
5 12 (11.01%) JavaScript
6 11 (10.09%) Scala
7 10 (9.17%) C++
7 10 (9.17%) PL/SQL
8 9 (8.26%) Go
9 8 (7.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (6.42%) Bicep
11 4 (3.67%) R
12 2 (1.83%) Bash
12 2 (1.83%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.92%) Perl
13 1 (0.92%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (6.42%) Azure Certification
2 4 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (3.67%) Degree
2 4 (3.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (3.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.75%) CIMA
4 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (21.10%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.75%) PMO
3 2 (1.83%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.83%) QA
3 2 (1.83%) WCAG
4 1 (0.92%) IFRS
System Software
1 11 (10.09%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.59%) Docker
3 3 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.92%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (19.27%) Terraform
2 12 (11.01%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.92%) Ansible
4 1 (0.92%) Grafana
4 1 (0.92%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.92%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.92%) Puppet
4 1 (0.92%) yum
Vendors
1 48 (44.04%) Microsoft
2 29 (26.61%) Databricks
3 13 (11.93%) Oracle
4 9 (8.26%) MuleSoft
5 4 (3.67%) SAP
6 2 (1.83%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.83%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.92%) Cisco
7 1 (0.92%) Informatica
7 1 (0.92%) New Relic
7 1 (0.92%) Nintex
7 1 (0.92%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.92%) Virgin Media