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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 334 368
Rank change year-on-year -61 +34 +121
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 5 12 22
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.030% 0.094% 0.12%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.21% 0.67% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 16
10th Percentile £420 £374 £388
25th Percentile £450 £465 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £468 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -18.73% +21.75%
75th Percentile - £525 £688
90th Percentile - £574 £704
England median daily rate £450 £468 £475
% change year-on-year -3.74% -1.58% +11.76%

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 2,414 1,800 2,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.51% 14.13% 12.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,633 1,225 1,646
10th Percentile £350 £343 £375
25th Percentile £421 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £535 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% -5.73% -5.42%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -7.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 20
10th Percentile - £23.45 £24.70
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.41 £30.34
Median hourly rate £19.50 £47.50 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -58.95% +15.15% -28.26%
75th Percentile £76.75 £70.31 £60.31
90th Percentile £95.00 £83.13 £70.38
England median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +6.40% - +1.63%

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)
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 (20.00%) Alphatax
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) PaaS
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle Database
3 1 (20.00%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (20.00%) Metadata
3 1 (20.00%) MS Access
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (20.00%) Star Schema
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) DBA
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle DBA
1 3 (60.00%) SQL DBA
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared DBA
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Support
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) High Availability
1 3 (60.00%) Patch Management
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 3 (60.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Security Management
1 3 (60.00%) Statistics
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Break/Fix
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Conceptual Models
2 1 (20.00%) Data Design
2 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
2 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle