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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 342 379
Rank change year-on-year -70 +37 +66
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 7 8 23
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.037% 0.064% 0.13%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.29% 0.42% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 16
10th Percentile £405 £291 £325
25th Percentile £413 - £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £621
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -25.06% +37.89%
75th Percentile £500 - £688
90th Percentile - £468 £704
England median daily rate £425 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -8.60% -2.11% +5.56%

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 2,402 1,914 2,414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.66% 15.34% 13.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,574 1,290 1,720
10th Percentile £360 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £671
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 28
10th Percentile - £24.49 £24.10
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.14 £25.99
Median hourly rate £37.50 £38.75 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% - -48.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 £52.50 £68.06
90th Percentile £95.00 £73.88 £71.44
England median hourly rate £67.50 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.50% -7.69% +5.69%

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 19 June 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 -18 4 £450 - 1
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Alphatax
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
3 2 (28.57%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (28.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (14.29%) PaaS
4 1 (14.29%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (28.57%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle Database
3 2 (28.57%) Power BI
3 2 (28.57%) Relational Database
4 1 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (14.29%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Git
1 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Data Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Data Migration Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) DBA
1 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared DBA
1 2 (28.57%) Migration Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle DBA
1 2 (28.57%) SQL DBA
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Support
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Data Migration Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Migration Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Data Lineage
2 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
2 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) High Availability
2 2 (28.57%) Patch Management
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (28.57%) Security Management
2 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Statistics
2 2 (28.57%) System Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Validation
2 2 (28.57%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
3 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
3 1 (14.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle