SQL Server Specialist Contract Job Trends in London

SQL Server Specialist
England > London

The median SQL Server Specialist daily rate in London is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 - 456
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server Specialist 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.008% - 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% - 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - £570
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - £625
75th Percentile £519 - £638
90th Percentile - - £900
England median daily rate £513 £686 £625
% change year-on-year -25.32% +9.80% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,265 15,131 21,023
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 94.07% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,212 10,167 15,334
10th Percentile £325 £342 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £671 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 181 235
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.50 £18.07
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.50 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% -6.67% +15.03%
75th Percentile £50.25 £56.00 £63.88
90th Percentile £66.34 £71.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -47.05% +5.56% +73.08%

SQL Server Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured SQL Server Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Specialist in London

SQL Server Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL Server Specialist job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL Server Specialist job vacancies in London

SQL Server Specialist Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, SQL Server Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring SQL Server Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding

SQL Server Specialist Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 SQL Server Specialist jobs Nationwide