SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Contracts in London

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 370 468
Rank change year-on-year +25 +98 +86
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 8 21 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.064% 0.12% 0.092%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.44% 0.90% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 16
10th Percentile £282 £325 £325
25th Percentile - £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £621 £450
Median % change year-on-year -25.06% +37.89% -25.00%
75th Percentile - £688 £500
90th Percentile £468 £704 £522
England median daily rate £465 £475 £444
% change year-on-year -2.11% +7.04% -22.83%

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 1,814 2,325 4,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.46% 13.04% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,230 1,656 3,172
10th Percentile £350 £363 £413
25th Percentile £419 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £725
90th Percentile £800 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -6.41% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 24 39
10th Percentile £22.93 £22.90 £48.20
25th Percentile £26.04 £25.99 £56.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% -36.52% +29.21%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.31 £77.50
90th Percentile £84.00 £71.25 £86.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.34
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.97% +21.46%

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

Job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in London

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in London.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in London

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

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in London

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

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in London.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in London

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 1 May 2025. 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 +4 1 - -
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
England

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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 1 (12.50%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) FileZilla
1 1 (12.50%) SPSS
1 1 (12.50%) Stata
Business Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) FTP
1 1 (12.50%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) SQL Server
2 4 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (12.50%) MS Access
4 1 (12.50%) MySQL
4 1 (12.50%) Power BI
4 1 (12.50%) QGIS
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) tSQLt
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Digital Healthcare
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Cognos Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) DBA
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) NHS DBA
3 1 (12.50%) SQL DBA
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (12.50%) FHIR
2 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Clustering
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
1 1 (12.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Data Transformation
3 1 (12.50%) DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) High Availability
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
3 1 (12.50%) User Experience
3 1 (12.50%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 1 (12.50%) R
3 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) HL7
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) CODA
1 4 (50.00%) Cognos
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) IBM
3 1 (12.50%) LexisNexis
3 1 (12.50%) RedGate
3 1 (12.50%) Sage