SQL Server Contracts in London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 44 48
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 +10
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 822 1,379 2,032
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.60% 5.05% 5.20%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.70% 24.49% 23.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 1,073 1,579
10th Percentile £363 £400 £385
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - +14.94%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £688
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
England median daily rate £520 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -2.80% +1.90% +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 7
10th Percentile - £39.05 £23.30
25th Percentile - £43.63 £34.75
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +12.36%
75th Percentile - £67.50 £56.88
90th Percentile - £70.50 £66.34
England median hourly rate £40.13 £41.75 £48.50
% change year-on-year -3.89% -13.92% +73.21%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
London

SQL Server 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 3,788 5,632 8,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 21.20% 20.63% 21.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,786 4,098 6,317
10th Percentile £376 £400 £406
25th Percentile £456 £475 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -1.71% +11.43%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £700
90th Percentile £825 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 50 37
10th Percentile £20.98 £21.24 £26.25
25th Percentile £25.59 £24.94 £34.00
Median hourly rate £49.25 £50.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% -4.76% +50.52%
75th Percentile £54.34 £75.44 £68.75
90th Percentile £64.14 £88.47 £81.25
England median hourly rate £40.00 £59.30 £42.50
% change year-on-year -32.54% +39.52% +70.00%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
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 SQL Server within the London region over the 6 months to 23 April 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 -3 127 £505 -19.20% 53
East London -8 20 £495 +23.75% 13
West London +13 6 £200 -66.67% 12
South London -4 5 £475 -5.00% 6
North London - 2 £350 - 1
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
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 31 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.28%) IIS
3 19 (2.31%) CMS
4 16 (1.95%) Apache
5 14 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (1.22%) Confluence
7 9 (1.09%) Apache Spark
7 9 (1.09%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.73%) Tornado
9 5 (0.61%) JBoss
9 5 (0.61%) nginx
10 3 (0.36%) Appian
10 3 (0.36%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.24%) CICS
12 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 58 (7.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.68%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) Notepad++
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.19%) Endur
2 15 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.61%) Temenos T24
5 4 (0.49%) OPENHousing
6 3 (0.36%) MIS ActiveH
6 3 (0.36%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.24%) Remedy AR System
7 2 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.24%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.12%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.12%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 414 (50.36%) Azure
2 180 (21.90%) Azure DevOps
3 113 (13.75%) Power Platform
4 104 (12.65%) AWS
5 69 (8.39%) Entra ID
6 64 (7.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 56 (6.81%) Azure Service Bus
8 48 (5.84%) GitHub
9 47 (5.72%) Microsoft 365
10 40 (4.87%) Azure Data Factory
10 40 (4.87%) Serverless
11 39 (4.74%) Azure Monitor
12 35 (4.26%) PowerApps
13 33 (4.01%) Azure Functions
14 31 (3.77%) Power Automate
15 25 (3.04%) PaaS
16 23 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
17 22 (2.68%) Azure Pipelines
18 19 (2.31%) Azure Key Vault
19 18 (2.19%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.16%) Firewall
2 18 (2.19%) DNS
3 16 (1.95%) Internet
4 10 (1.22%) FTP
5 4 (0.49%) HTTP
5 4 (0.49%) SAN
5 4 (0.49%) SSL
6 3 (0.36%) NAS
6 3 (0.36%) Wireless
7 2 (0.24%) DHCP
7 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.24%) VPN
7 2 (0.24%) VSAN
7 2 (0.24%) WAN
8 1 (0.12%) IPsec
8 1 (0.12%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.12%) LAN
8 1 (0.12%) S/MIME
8 1 (0.12%) Softphone
8 1 (0.12%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (12.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 101 (12.29%) Data Warehouse
3 97 (11.80%) Power BI
4 79 (9.61%) PostgreSQL
5 68 (8.27%) Relational Database
6 64 (7.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 61 (7.42%) MySQL
8 47 (5.72%) NoSQL
9 45 (5.47%) Oracle Database
10 32 (3.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 29 (3.53%) Azure SQL Database
11 29 (3.53%) Data Lake
12 26 (3.16%) RDBMS
13 24 (2.92%) Metadata
13 24 (2.92%) Oracle Reports
14 21 (2.55%) MongoDB
15 15 (1.82%) Tableau
16 14 (1.70%) Big Data
17 10 (1.22%) QlikView
18 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 101 (12.29%) Git
2 52 (6.33%) JIRA
3 39 (4.74%) Visual Studio
4 34 (4.14%) SpecFlow
5 30 (3.65%) TeamCity
6 28 (3.41%) Selenium
7 26 (3.16%) Jenkins
8 19 (2.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 15 (1.82%) Octopus Deploy
10 14 (1.70%) GitLab
11 13 (1.58%) Postman
12 12 (1.46%) WebDriver
13 11 (1.34%) Maven
14 10 (1.22%) ERwin
14 10 (1.22%) NUnit
14 10 (1.22%) SoapUI
14 10 (1.22%) Visual Studio Team System
15 8 (0.97%) Cucumber
15 8 (0.97%) JMeter
16 7 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 212 (25.79%) Finance
2 172 (20.92%) Social Skills
3 111 (13.50%) Banking
4 92 (11.19%) Public Sector
5 78 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (5.11%) Back Office
7 28 (3.41%) Front Office
7 28 (3.41%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.07%) Financial Institution
8 17 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (1.82%) Manufacturing
10 14 (1.70%) Marketing
11 13 (1.58%) Local Government
11 13 (1.58%) Retail
12 12 (1.46%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.34%) Electronics
14 9 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (0.97%) Publishing
16 7 (0.85%) Legal
17 6 (0.73%) Law
Job Titles
1 380 (46.23%) Developer
2 137 (16.67%) Senior
3 116 (14.11%) C# Developer
4 97 (11.80%) Senior Developer
5 90 (10.95%) .NET Developer
6 52 (6.33%) Analyst
7 51 (6.20%) Software Developer
8 48 (5.84%) C# .NET Developer
8 48 (5.84%) Data Engineer
9 44 (5.35%) Architect
10 41 (4.99%) SQL Developer
11 39 (4.74%) Senior Software Developer
12 38 (4.62%) Azure Developer
13 35 (4.26%) DBA
14 33 (4.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 33 (4.01%) Lead
15 31 (3.77%) Full Stack Developer
16 28 (3.41%) Backend Developer
16 28 (3.41%) Consultant
16 28 (3.41%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 292 (35.52%) .NET
2 121 (14.72%) XML
3 108 (13.14%) .NET Framework
4 106 (12.90%) .NET Core
5 80 (9.73%) AngularJS
6 67 (8.15%) HTML
7 52 (6.33%) ASP.NET
8 45 (5.47%) Web Services
9 44 (5.35%) CSS
9 44 (5.35%) React
10 41 (4.99%) REST
11 37 (4.50%) JSON
12 34 (4.14%) Kafka
13 30 (3.65%) SOAP
14 28 (3.41%) jQuery
15 27 (3.28%) Entity Framework
16 25 (3.04%) WCF
17 23 (2.80%) ARM Templates
17 23 (2.80%) Node.js
18 21 (2.55%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.84%) Product Ownership
2 34 (4.14%) Onboarding
3 28 (3.41%) Replication
4 22 (2.68%) Derivative
5 21 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (2.55%) Hedge funds
6 15 (1.82%) Clustering
6 15 (1.82%) Management Information System
7 13 (1.58%) Cloud Native
7 13 (1.58%) Equity Derivative
8 11 (1.34%) Contactless
8 11 (1.34%) Reference Data
9 10 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
10 9 (1.09%) Client/Server
10 9 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (0.97%) Data Structures
11 8 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (0.97%) Market Risk
12 7 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 122 (14.84%) Windows
2 68 (8.27%) Windows Server
3 56 (6.81%) Linux
4 29 (3.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 27 (3.28%) Unix
5 27 (3.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (1.82%) Windows 10
8 10 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.61%) Android
9 5 (0.61%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.61%) CentOS
10 3 (0.36%) VMS
10 3 (0.36%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.24%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.12%) OS/390
12 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (37.83%) Agile
2 272 (33.09%) DevOps
3 146 (17.76%) Scrum
4 135 (16.42%) CI/CD
5 124 (15.09%) Business Intelligence
6 118 (14.36%) Migration
7 107 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
8 103 (12.53%) TDD
9 101 (12.29%) ETL
10 87 (10.58%) Data Modelling
11 74 (9.00%) OO
12 72 (8.76%) Software Engineering
13 66 (8.03%) SDLC
14 61 (7.42%) Data Analysis
15 53 (6.45%) Test Automation
16 52 (6.33%) Microservices
16 52 (6.33%) OOD
17 51 (6.20%) API Management
18 50 (6.08%) Clean Code
19 49 (5.96%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 419 (50.97%) SQL
2 363 (44.16%) C#
3 158 (19.22%) PowerShell
4 110 (13.38%) T-SQL
5 99 (12.04%) JavaScript
6 97 (11.80%) Python
7 79 (9.61%) Java
8 77 (9.37%) Bicep
9 74 (9.00%) PL/SQL
10 33 (4.01%) TypeScript
11 32 (3.89%) VBA
12 25 (3.04%) VB
12 25 (3.04%) VB.NET
13 13 (1.58%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.22%) Bash
14 10 (1.22%) PHP
14 10 (1.22%) XPath
15 9 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (0.97%) XQuery
17 7 (0.85%) C++
Qualifications
1 78 (9.49%) Degree
2 63 (7.66%) Security Cleared
3 30 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (3.28%) DV Cleared
4 27 (3.28%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (0.85%) ISTQB
6 7 (0.85%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.73%) Azure Certification
7 6 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (0.36%) MCITP
8 3 (0.36%) MCTS
9 2 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.24%) Tableau Certification
10 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.12%) ISEB
10 1 (0.12%) MCSA
10 1 (0.12%) MCSE
10 1 (0.12%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (6.57%) QA
2 36 (4.38%) Data Quality
3 26 (3.16%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.55%) WCAG
5 13 (1.58%) SLA
6 12 (1.46%) GDPR
6 12 (1.46%) MiFID
7 6 (0.73%) EMIR
8 4 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.36%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.24%) IFRS
10 2 (0.24%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.24%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.12%) FATCA
11 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
System Software
1 162 (19.71%) Active Directory
2 35 (4.26%) Docker
3 19 (2.31%) IAG
4 18 (2.19%) ACF2
4 18 (2.19%) RACF
5 14 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.49%) vSphere
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.12%) KVM
9 1 (0.12%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.12%) vCloud
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 45 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 25 (3.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 25 (3.04%) Terraform
3 20 (2.43%) SCCM
4 17 (2.07%) Ansible
5 10 (1.22%) Puppet
6 8 (0.97%) Data Guard
6 8 (0.97%) Grafana
6 8 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.85%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
9 5 (0.61%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.36%) Netcool
10 3 (0.36%) Rancher
11 2 (0.24%) Control-M
11 2 (0.24%) Nagios
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.24%) SCOM
Vendors
1 320 (38.93%) Microsoft
2 222 (27.01%) Oracle
3 42 (5.11%) Databricks
4 32 (3.89%) ServiceNow
5 28 (3.41%) Citrix
6 27 (3.28%) Sybase
7 26 (3.16%) Informatica
8 23 (2.80%) SAP
9 22 (2.68%) VMware
10 21 (2.55%) Veeam
11 19 (2.31%) Red Hat
11 19 (2.31%) Sparx
12 13 (1.58%) CA
12 13 (1.58%) OpenLink
13 11 (1.34%) IBM
13 11 (1.34%) Salesforce
14 9 (1.09%) Qualys
15 8 (0.97%) Splunk
16 7 (0.85%) AVEVA
17 6 (0.73%) Optimizely