SQL Server Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 82 41
Rank change year-on-year -35 -41 +8
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 476 435 873
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.40% 3.19% 5.13%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.64% 14.83% 21.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 325 612
10th Percentile £373 £368 £351
25th Percentile £415 £415 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
England median daily rate £490 £509 £500
% change year-on-year -3.69% +1.75% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £26.32 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.91% - -
75th Percentile £19.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £29.48 £25.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +17.92% -37.50% -12.09%

All Database & BI Skills
London

SQL Server falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,490 2,934 3,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.62% 21.50% 23.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,337 2,054 2,977
10th Percentile £363 £381 £363
25th Percentile £435 £444 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -3.51% -0.87%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £725
90th Percentile £750 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £520 £528
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.52% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 35 25
10th Percentile £18.48 £25.53 £23.75
25th Percentile £25.25 £29.07 £41.25
Median hourly rate £41.00 £43.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.75% -13.00% -20.63%
75th Percentile £58.06 £62.88 £55.00
90th Percentile £73.23 £84.50 £71.80
England median hourly rate £40.25 £34.58 £40.00
% change year-on-year +16.41% -13.56% -27.27%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in London

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SQL Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in London over the 6 months to 20 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SQL Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SQL Server

SQL Server
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 20 July 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 -21 69 £575 +4.55% 13
West London -20 4 £550 -15.64% 5
East London -1 3 £630 +21.15% 1
South London -11 3 £650 -3.70% 6
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
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 33 (6.93%) SharePoint
2 27 (5.67%) IIS
3 13 (2.73%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.73%) Camunda
4 12 (2.52%) Apache Spark
4 12 (2.52%) Confluence
5 11 (2.31%) Apache
6 9 (1.89%) Appian
7 7 (1.47%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.42%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.21%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.21%) CMS
10 1 (0.21%) HCL Domino
10 1 (0.21%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.21%) Mule
10 1 (0.21%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 28 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.68%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.26%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (1.26%) OpenText MBPM
2 6 (1.26%) Oracle BPM
3 4 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.84%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.63%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.42%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.42%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.21%) Endur
6 1 (0.21%) Findur
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.21%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.21%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 204 (42.86%) Azure
2 103 (21.64%) AWS
3 66 (13.87%) Power Platform
4 61 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (10.29%) GitHub
6 37 (7.77%) Azure Data Factory
7 27 (5.67%) Serverless
8 24 (5.04%) Power Automate
9 22 (4.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 22 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
9 22 (4.62%) SaaS
9 22 (4.62%) Snowflake
10 20 (4.20%) Azure Monitor
10 20 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (3.78%) Amazon EC2
11 18 (3.78%) Amazon S3
11 18 (3.78%) Entra ID
12 17 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (3.57%) Datadog
12 17 (3.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.83%) DNS
2 17 (3.57%) DHCP
3 13 (2.73%) Internet
4 12 (2.52%) Firewall
5 11 (2.31%) VPN
6 9 (1.89%) SAN
7 8 (1.68%) VLAN
8 7 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.26%) HTTPS
9 6 (1.26%) SSH
10 5 (1.05%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.42%) FTP
11 2 (0.42%) Intranet
11 2 (0.42%) SSL
11 2 (0.42%) WinSCP
12 1 (0.21%) Kerberos
12 1 (0.21%) MQTT
12 1 (0.21%) Multicast
12 1 (0.21%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (13.45%) PostgreSQL
2 62 (13.03%) Relational Database
3 52 (10.92%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (9.87%) Power BI
5 44 (9.24%) Oracle Database
6 41 (8.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 28 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 28 (5.88%) MongoDB
7 28 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 20 (4.20%) Data Lake
9 19 (3.99%) NoSQL
10 17 (3.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 15 (3.15%) Redis
12 10 (2.10%) MySQL
13 9 (1.89%) Big Data
13 9 (1.89%) Metadata
13 9 (1.89%) Star Schema
14 8 (1.68%) BigQuery
15 7 (1.47%) RDBMS
15 7 (1.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (9.24%) Git
2 24 (5.04%) JIRA
3 19 (3.99%) Jenkins
3 19 (3.99%) Visual Studio
4 18 (3.78%) TeamCity
5 11 (2.31%) GitLab
6 10 (2.10%) Octopus Deploy
6 10 (2.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 8 (1.68%) Chocolatey
7 8 (1.68%) MSTest
8 7 (1.47%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.47%) Maven
9 6 (1.26%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.26%) JUnit
9 6 (1.26%) Mocha
9 6 (1.26%) Mockito
9 6 (1.26%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (1.26%) tSQLt
10 5 (1.05%) REST Assured
10 5 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 197 (41.39%) Finance
2 141 (29.62%) Social Skills
3 108 (22.69%) Banking
4 96 (20.17%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (7.56%) Front Office
6 22 (4.62%) Investment Banking
7 20 (4.20%) Public Sector
8 16 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (2.52%) Financial Institution
10 10 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.26%) Back Office
11 6 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.84%) Legal
13 3 (0.63%) Law
13 3 (0.63%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.63%) Publishing
14 2 (0.42%) Prime Brokerage
14 2 (0.42%) Retail
15 1 (0.21%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.21%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 190 (39.92%) Developer
2 81 (17.02%) C# Developer
3 71 (14.92%) Senior
4 50 (10.50%) Data Engineer
5 46 (9.66%) .NET Developer
6 32 (6.72%) DBA
7 31 (6.51%) Architect
8 30 (6.30%) Lead
9 29 (6.09%) Senior Developer
10 28 (5.88%) SQL Developer
11 26 (5.46%) Software Engineer
12 25 (5.25%) C# .NET Developer
13 24 (5.04%) SQL DBA
14 23 (4.83%) Full-Stack Developer
15 21 (4.41%) Azure Engineer
16 19 (3.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 17 (3.57%) Consultant
17 17 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
18 15 (3.15%) Cloud Engineer
18 15 (3.15%) Front Office Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (32.77%) .NET
2 76 (15.97%) REST
3 70 (14.71%) .NET Framework
4 51 (10.71%) React
5 44 (9.24%) CSS
6 39 (8.19%) AngularJS
7 38 (7.98%) HTML
8 35 (7.35%) RESTful
9 34 (7.14%) .NET Core
10 31 (6.51%) ASP.NET
11 28 (5.88%) Kafka
12 25 (5.25%) SOAP
12 25 (5.25%) Web Services
13 24 (5.04%) XML
14 21 (4.41%) OAuth
15 20 (4.20%) WinForms
16 18 (3.78%) JSON
16 18 (3.78%) WPF
17 17 (3.57%) Spring Boot
18 14 (2.94%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.77%) Cloud Native
2 29 (6.09%) Legacy Systems
3 27 (5.67%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (3.99%) Replication
5 18 (3.78%) Data Structures
6 16 (3.36%) Derivative
7 15 (3.15%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.94%) Fixed Income
9 12 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (2.31%) Low-Code
11 10 (2.10%) Clustering
12 9 (1.89%) Equities
12 9 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.89%) Product Ownership
13 8 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (1.26%) Algorithms
14 6 (1.26%) Data Centre
14 6 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (1.26%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 113 (23.74%) Windows
2 51 (10.71%) Windows Server
3 32 (6.72%) Linux
4 9 (1.89%) Unix
5 3 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.63%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.63%) VMS
6 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (28.15%) DevOps
2 122 (25.63%) CI/CD
3 116 (24.37%) Agile
4 102 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (16.60%) Migration
6 75 (15.76%) AI
7 72 (15.13%) Disaster Recovery
7 72 (15.13%) ETL
8 66 (13.87%) Business Intelligence
8 66 (13.87%) Data Modelling
9 64 (13.45%) Performance Tuning
10 58 (12.18%) Data Analysis
11 53 (11.13%) Software Engineering
12 49 (10.29%) Microservices
13 48 (10.08%) Data Pipeline
14 47 (9.87%) Analytics
14 47 (9.87%) Test Automation
15 42 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
15 42 (8.82%) Validation
16 41 (8.61%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 290 (60.92%) SQL
2 179 (37.61%) C#
3 114 (23.95%) Python
4 105 (22.06%) T-SQL
5 70 (14.71%) JavaScript
6 59 (12.39%) PL/SQL
7 58 (12.18%) PowerShell
8 44 (9.24%) Java
9 38 (7.98%) TypeScript
10 12 (2.52%) VBA
11 11 (2.31%) Bash
11 11 (2.31%) VB
12 10 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (1.26%) Scala
13 6 (1.26%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.26%) VB.NET
13 6 (1.26%) XPath
14 4 (0.84%) Bicep
14 4 (0.84%) Groovy
15 2 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 60 (12.61%) Security Cleared
2 46 (9.66%) Degree
3 45 (9.45%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.89%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.26%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.05%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.84%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.84%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.84%) MCITP
9 4 (0.84%) MCTS
9 4 (0.84%) PhD
10 3 (0.63%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.42%) CISSP
11 2 (0.42%) ISEB
11 2 (0.42%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.42%) Tableau Certification
12 1 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (13.03%) QA
2 42 (8.82%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.31%) SLA
4 8 (1.68%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.05%) GDPR
6 4 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.84%) WCAG
7 2 (0.42%) Basel III
7 2 (0.42%) COREP
7 2 (0.42%) FINREP
7 2 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.42%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.21%) EMIR
8 1 (0.21%) IFRS
8 1 (0.21%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.21%) MiFID
System Software
1 39 (8.19%) Docker
2 36 (7.56%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.63%) GridGain
6 3 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.21%) NFS
8 1 (0.21%) RACF
8 1 (0.21%) XenApp
8 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (12.18%) Kubernetes
2 37 (7.77%) Terraform
3 9 (1.89%) SCCM
4 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.05%) Ansible
6 4 (0.84%) Grafana
6 4 (0.84%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Clustering
7 3 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.42%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.42%) SCOM
9 1 (0.21%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.21%) Packer
9 1 (0.21%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.21%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 141 (29.62%) Oracle
2 116 (24.37%) Microsoft
3 41 (8.61%) Citrix
4 26 (5.46%) Databricks
5 25 (5.25%) VMware
6 19 (3.99%) Informatica
7 16 (3.36%) SAP
8 15 (3.15%) Dynatrace
9 13 (2.73%) Sybase
10 12 (2.52%) CyberArk
11 11 (2.31%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.68%) AppDynamics
12 8 (1.68%) IBM
12 8 (1.68%) OutSystems
12 8 (1.68%) Tenable
13 6 (1.26%) OpenAI
14 5 (1.05%) BeyondTrust
14 5 (1.05%) Cisco
14 5 (1.05%) ION Trading
14 5 (1.05%) OpenText