SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 430 365 369
Rank change year-on-year -65 +4 +48
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 10 4 10
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.050% 0.030% 0.062%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.40% 0.19% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 8
10th Percentile £400 £233 -
25th Percentile £403 £320 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £465 £438
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +6.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £469 £468 £516
90th Percentile £481 £469 £627
England median daily rate £431 £473 £475
% change year-on-year -8.73% -0.53% -

All Development Application Skills
London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,528 2,088 2,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.58% 15.51% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,625 1,428 1,588
10th Percentile £375 £340 £363
25th Percentile £447 £417 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 20
10th Percentile £18.75 £26.98 £22.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £36.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £49.00 £45.00 £35.29
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% +27.53% -49.59%
75th Percentile £73.56 £63.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.29 £84.50 £71.31
England median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.62% - -

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) job vacancy trend in London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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 Management Studio (SSMS) within the London region over the 6 months to 18 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 -2 5 £450 -
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
England

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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 2 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Alphatax
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) GitHub
4 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (10.00%) PaaS
4 1 (10.00%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (90.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (50.00%) Relational Database
3 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (20.00%) Power BI
5 1 (10.00%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (10.00%) MS Access
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Visual Studio
2 3 (30.00%) Git
3 2 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Developer
1 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Data Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Data Migration Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Migration Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack C# Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) React Developer
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Agile
1 5 (50.00%) SDLC
1 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (40.00%) System Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Data Lineage
4 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Validation
4 2 (20.00%) Wealth Management
5 1 (10.00%) Data Reconciliation
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (10.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (10.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (10.00%) ISEB
3 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft