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 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 60 49
Rank change year-on-year -50 -11 -5
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 366 574 881
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.67% 3.70% 4.33%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.77% 17.10% 22.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 431 646
10th Percentile £375 £313 £400
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.86% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £680
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
England median daily rate £489 £511 £550
% change year-on-year -4.40% -7.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £80.25 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - +7.00% +15.96%
England median hourly rate £21.27 £60.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.84% +15.24% -4.55%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 2,865 3,356 3,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 20.86% 21.63% 19.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,991 2,360 2,806
10th Percentile £363 £363 £382
25th Percentile £425 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £688
90th Percentile £788 £838 £788
England median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 22 37
10th Percentile £18.25 £27.81 £20.00
25th Percentile £30.69 £36.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £43.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.71% -2.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £66.56 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £87.50 £76.95 £79.00
England median hourly rate £43.50 £34.47 £46.84
% change year-on-year +26.22% -26.42% -6.32%

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 9 November 2025.

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 9 November 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 -26 53 £496 -14.20% 209
East London -6 3 £540 +35.00% 7
South London -6 1 - - 12
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 17 (4.64%) Confluence
2 16 (4.37%) IIS
3 10 (2.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 8 (2.19%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.91%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.91%) WebLogic
6 5 (1.37%) WebSphere
7 4 (1.09%) Apache
8 3 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.82%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.55%) CMS
9 2 (0.55%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.55%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.55%) WildFly
10 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.27%) CICS
10 1 (0.27%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.27%) SAS
10 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 43 (11.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.09%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.55%) Trello
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.19%) Oracle BPM
2 7 (1.91%) Fidessa
3 5 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.37%) OpenText MBPM
4 4 (1.09%) Aladdin
4 4 (1.09%) Endur
4 4 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.09%) thinkFolio
5 3 (0.82%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.55%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.55%) RMDS
6 2 (0.55%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 145 (39.62%) Azure
2 68 (18.58%) AWS
3 54 (14.75%) Power Platform
4 35 (9.56%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (8.74%) GitHub
6 19 (5.19%) GCP
6 19 (5.19%) SaaS
7 16 (4.37%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (4.10%) Snowflake
9 14 (3.83%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (3.55%) Azure Logic Apps
10 13 (3.55%) Serverless
11 12 (3.28%) PaaS
12 11 (3.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 11 (3.01%) Azure Service Bus
12 11 (3.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 11 (3.01%) Power Automate
13 9 (2.46%) PowerApps
14 8 (2.19%) Amazon S3
14 8 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.73%) Internet
2 6 (1.64%) Firewall
3 3 (0.82%) DNS
3 3 (0.82%) HTTP
4 2 (0.55%) NetScaler
4 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.27%) BGP
5 1 (0.27%) DHCP
5 1 (0.27%) DMZ
5 1 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.27%) Intranet
5 1 (0.27%) NAS
5 1 (0.27%) Network Security
5 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.27%) SSL
5 1 (0.27%) VPN
5 1 (0.27%) VSAN
5 1 (0.27%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.27%) WebEx
5 1 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (13.66%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (13.11%) Power BI
3 44 (12.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 42 (11.48%) Relational Database
5 33 (9.02%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (9.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 28 (7.65%) MongoDB
7 27 (7.38%) Oracle Database
8 22 (6.01%) NoSQL
9 21 (5.74%) Azure SQL Database
10 18 (4.92%) Redis
11 17 (4.64%) Big Data
12 16 (4.37%) MySQL
13 13 (3.55%) RDBMS
14 12 (3.28%) Data Lake
15 9 (2.46%) DB2
16 8 (2.19%) Hadoop
16 8 (2.19%) Power Query
16 8 (2.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 7 (1.91%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 35 (9.56%) Git
2 29 (7.92%) JIRA
3 19 (5.19%) Jenkins
4 17 (4.64%) SpecFlow
5 12 (3.28%) GitLab
6 9 (2.46%) Maven
6 9 (2.46%) Octopus Deploy
6 9 (2.46%) TeamCity
7 8 (2.19%) Bitbucket
7 8 (2.19%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.91%) webpack
9 6 (1.64%) ERwin
9 6 (1.64%) JUnit
10 5 (1.37%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.37%) Selenium
11 4 (1.09%) Eclipse
11 4 (1.09%) Gradle
12 3 (0.82%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.82%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 171 (46.72%) Finance
2 122 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 82 (22.40%) Banking
4 51 (13.93%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (7.38%) Investment Banking
6 20 (5.46%) Front Office
7 14 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (3.55%) Public Sector
9 12 (3.28%) Financial Institution
10 11 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.91%) Back Office
12 7 (1.91%) Retail
13 5 (1.37%) Legal
14 4 (1.09%) General Ledger
14 4 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.82%) Local Government
16 2 (0.55%) Digital Health
16 2 (0.55%) Manufacturing
17 1 (0.27%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 170 (46.45%) Developer
2 55 (15.03%) C# Developer
3 49 (13.39%) Senior
4 36 (9.84%) Data Engineer
5 35 (9.56%) .NET Developer
6 34 (9.29%) Senior Developer
7 28 (7.65%) Architect
8 27 (7.38%) Angular Developer
9 24 (6.56%) Analyst
10 21 (5.74%) C# .NET Developer
11 18 (4.92%) Lead
12 17 (4.64%) DBA
13 15 (4.10%) Full-Stack Developer
14 13 (3.55%) SQL DBA
14 13 (3.55%) SQL Developer
15 12 (3.28%) Consultant
15 12 (3.28%) Java Developer
15 12 (3.28%) Senior C# Developer
16 11 (3.01%) Python Developer
17 10 (2.73%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (32.51%) .NET
2 57 (15.57%) .NET Framework
3 39 (10.66%) AngularJS
3 39 (10.66%) HTML
4 36 (9.84%) REST
5 34 (9.29%) CSS
5 34 (9.29%) Entity Framework
6 30 (8.20%) RESTful
7 29 (7.92%) React
7 29 (7.92%) XML
8 26 (7.10%) Kafka
9 25 (6.83%) NHibernate
10 22 (6.01%) .NET Core
11 18 (4.92%) Playwright
12 16 (4.37%) Web Services
12 16 (4.37%) WPF
13 15 (4.10%) jQuery
14 13 (3.55%) JSON
15 12 (3.28%) RabbitMQ
15 12 (3.28%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.74%) Derivative
1 21 (5.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 15 (4.10%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (4.10%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.83%) Reinsurance
4 13 (3.55%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.28%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.01%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (3.01%) Fixed Income
6 11 (3.01%) Hedge funds
7 10 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (2.73%) Linux Command Line
7 10 (2.73%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.19%) Credit Risk
9 7 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.37%) Clustering
10 5 (1.37%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.09%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.09%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.48%) Windows
2 31 (8.47%) Linux
3 17 (4.64%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.91%) Unix
5 3 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.27%) AIX
6 1 (0.27%) Android
6 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.27%) Solaris
6 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (29.51%) Agile
2 74 (20.22%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (19.40%) DevOps
3 71 (19.40%) ETL
4 70 (19.13%) CI/CD
5 69 (18.85%) Microservices
6 62 (16.94%) Migration
7 52 (14.21%) Business Intelligence
8 47 (12.84%) Data Analysis
9 45 (12.30%) Data Modelling
10 38 (10.38%) Clean Code
10 38 (10.38%) Test Automation
11 37 (10.11%) Data Migration
11 37 (10.11%) Full-Stack Development
12 34 (9.29%) Scrum
13 29 (7.92%) Analytics
14 28 (7.65%) Data Governance
14 28 (7.65%) Software Engineering
14 28 (7.65%) Unit Testing
15 26 (7.10%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 208 (56.83%) SQL
2 136 (37.16%) C#
3 80 (21.86%) Python
4 53 (14.48%) T-SQL
5 51 (13.93%) JavaScript
6 37 (10.11%) Java
7 31 (8.47%) PL/SQL
8 27 (7.38%) VBA
9 24 (6.56%) PowerShell
10 17 (4.64%) Bash
11 14 (3.83%) VB
12 10 (2.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (2.73%) TypeScript
13 6 (1.64%) COBOL
14 4 (1.09%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.82%) Scala
15 3 (0.82%) XPath
16 2 (0.55%) AWK
16 2 (0.55%) C++
16 2 (0.55%) sed
Qualifications
1 38 (10.38%) Degree
2 33 (9.02%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.10%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.64%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.09%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.82%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.55%) MCITP
9 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.27%) CCNP
9 1 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.27%) CISSP
9 1 (0.27%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (12.02%) Data Quality
2 41 (11.20%) QA
3 10 (2.73%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.46%) MiFID
5 8 (2.19%) SLA
6 5 (1.37%) EMIR
7 3 (0.82%) GAAP
7 3 (0.82%) GDPR
8 2 (0.55%) HL7
8 2 (0.55%) IFRS
8 2 (0.55%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.55%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.55%) PMO
8 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.55%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.27%) NCSC
9 1 (0.27%) NIST
9 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 28 (7.65%) Docker
2 16 (4.37%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.73%) zsh
4 5 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.55%) GPFS
6 2 (0.55%) GridGain
6 2 (0.55%) NFS
6 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (7.65%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.46%) Terraform
3 6 (1.64%) Control-M
3 6 (1.64%) Grafana
4 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.37%) Puppet
4 5 (1.37%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.09%) Ansible
5 4 (1.09%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.09%) ZABBIX
6 3 (0.82%) Ambari
6 3 (0.82%) SCCM
6 3 (0.82%) SCOM
6 3 (0.82%) TIBCO Hawk
7 2 (0.55%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.55%) WMI
8 1 (0.27%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 115 (31.42%) Oracle
2 76 (20.77%) Microsoft
3 23 (6.28%) Databricks
4 15 (4.10%) Citrix
5 12 (3.28%) VMware
6 10 (2.73%) Informatica
6 10 (2.73%) SAP
7 8 (2.19%) IBM
8 7 (1.91%) Google
8 7 (1.91%) Talend
9 6 (1.64%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.37%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.37%) EMC
10 5 (1.37%) HP
10 5 (1.37%) UiPath
11 4 (1.09%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.09%) OpenLink
11 4 (1.09%) OpenText
11 4 (1.09%) Portware
11 4 (1.09%) Splunk