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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 74 43
Rank change year-on-year -29 -31 +3
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 470 416 824
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.58% 3.41% 4.74%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 14.25% 15.48% 21.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 296 575
10th Percentile £363 £371 £363
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £578 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% +10.00% -8.70%
75th Percentile £638 £690 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
England median daily rate £488 £525 £506
% change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -3.57%
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 £47.54 £63.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -25.42% +59.36% -2.44%

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 3,299 2,688 3,873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.07% 22.00% 22.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,250 1,883 2,877
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £552 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% -1.43% -2.61%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £700
90th Percentile £750 £838 £838
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 29 34
10th Percentile £18.19 £22.27 £20.98
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.32 £25.31
Median hourly rate £44.50 £35.00 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year +27.14% -28.93% -6.19%
75th Percentile £60.88 £53.75 £54.78
90th Percentile £81.00 £80.75 £70.85
England median hourly rate £42.50 £32.05 £40.00
% change year-on-year +32.61% -19.88% -29.76%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -34 56 £500 -14.53% 42
East London -7 3 £630 +44.00% 1
West London -31 3 £463 -29.06% 5
South London -16 2 £565 -19.29%
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 35 (7.45%) SharePoint
2 23 (4.89%) IIS
3 14 (2.98%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.77%) Apache
4 13 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (2.55%) Apache Spark
6 11 (2.34%) Appian
7 8 (1.70%) Camunda
7 8 (1.70%) Confluence
8 7 (1.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (1.06%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.43%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.43%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.21%) CMS
12 1 (0.21%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.21%) Mule
12 1 (0.21%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.13%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.28%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.64%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.64%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.43%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.43%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.43%) OpenText MBPM
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.43%) Veritas eDiscovery
6 1 (0.21%) Endur
6 1 (0.21%) Findur
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.21%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.21%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 226 (48.09%) Azure
2 99 (21.06%) AWS
3 90 (19.15%) Power Platform
4 80 (17.02%) Azure DevOps
5 65 (13.83%) Azure Data Factory
6 52 (11.06%) GitHub
7 41 (8.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 28 (5.96%) Power Automate
9 24 (5.11%) GCP
9 24 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (5.11%) Serverless
10 22 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
11 21 (4.47%) Amazon S3
12 18 (3.83%) Snowflake
13 17 (3.62%) SaaS
14 16 (3.40%) Amazon EC2
14 16 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (2.77%) Datadog
16 13 (2.77%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.19%) DNS
2 12 (2.55%) Internet
3 10 (2.13%) DHCP
3 10 (2.13%) Firewall
4 8 (1.70%) VPN
5 7 (1.49%) SAN
6 6 (1.28%) VLAN
6 6 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.85%) NetScaler
8 3 (0.64%) FTP
9 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.21%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.21%) MQTT
10 1 (0.21%) Multicast
10 1 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (14.68%) Power BI
2 67 (14.26%) Data Warehouse
3 66 (14.04%) PostgreSQL
4 63 (13.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 52 (11.06%) Relational Database
6 46 (9.79%) Oracle Database
7 40 (8.51%) Data Lake
8 33 (7.02%) Azure SQL Database
9 30 (6.38%) MongoDB
10 23 (4.89%) NoSQL
11 19 (4.04%) Delta Lake
11 19 (4.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 19 (4.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (3.40%) Metadata
13 14 (2.98%) Redis
14 13 (2.77%) MySQL
15 12 (2.55%) BigQuery
15 12 (2.55%) Tableau
16 11 (2.34%) DataStage
17 10 (2.13%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 40 (8.51%) Git
2 28 (5.96%) JIRA
3 17 (3.62%) TeamCity
4 16 (3.40%) Visual Studio
5 15 (3.19%) Jenkins
6 10 (2.13%) Octopus Deploy
7 8 (1.70%) ERwin
7 8 (1.70%) GitLab
7 8 (1.70%) MLflow
8 7 (1.49%) Chocolatey
8 7 (1.49%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.49%) MSTest
8 7 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (1.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (1.06%) Mocha
10 5 (1.06%) tSQLt
11 4 (0.85%) JUnit
11 4 (0.85%) Mockito
11 4 (0.85%) NUnit
11 4 (0.85%) SpecFlow
General
1 169 (35.96%) Finance
2 125 (26.60%) Social Skills
3 94 (20.00%) Banking
4 75 (15.96%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.96%) Front Office
6 22 (4.68%) Public Sector
7 20 (4.26%) Investment Banking
8 13 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.91%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.06%) Back Office
12 5 (1.06%) Retail
13 4 (0.85%) Legal
13 4 (0.85%) Publishing
13 4 (0.85%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.64%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.64%) Local Government
15 2 (0.43%) Corporate Banking
15 2 (0.43%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 161 (34.26%) Developer
2 88 (18.72%) Senior
3 87 (18.51%) Data Engineer
4 72 (15.32%) C# Developer
5 35 (7.45%) .NET Developer
6 32 (6.81%) Architect
6 32 (6.81%) DBA
7 31 (6.60%) Senior Data Engineer
8 28 (5.96%) Senior Developer
9 26 (5.53%) Lead
10 24 (5.11%) SQL DBA
11 20 (4.26%) Azure Engineer
11 20 (4.26%) C# .NET Developer
12 19 (4.04%) Software Engineer
13 17 (3.62%) Full-Stack Developer
13 17 (3.62%) Integration Engineer
14 16 (3.40%) Consultant
15 15 (3.19%) SQL Developer
16 12 (2.55%) Analyst
16 12 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (27.45%) .NET
2 61 (12.98%) .NET Framework
3 57 (12.13%) REST
4 43 (9.15%) React
5 41 (8.72%) CSS
5 41 (8.72%) HTML
6 37 (7.87%) RESTful
7 33 (7.02%) AngularJS
8 31 (6.60%) Kafka
9 27 (5.74%) .NET Core
9 27 (5.74%) OAuth
10 21 (4.47%) ASP.NET
11 20 (4.26%) XML
12 17 (3.62%) Web Services
13 15 (3.19%) WinForms
14 14 (2.98%) SOAP
14 14 (2.98%) WPF
15 13 (2.77%) JSON
15 13 (2.77%) PySpark
15 13 (2.77%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.45%) Legacy Systems
2 29 (6.17%) Cloud Native
3 18 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (3.62%) Replication
5 15 (3.19%) Data Structures
5 15 (3.19%) Low-Code
6 12 (2.55%) Derivative
7 11 (2.34%) Fixed Income
8 10 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.91%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.91%) Reinsurance
10 7 (1.49%) Clustering
10 7 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.28%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.28%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.28%) NHS
12 5 (1.06%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 91 (19.36%) Windows
2 38 (8.09%) Windows Server
3 33 (7.02%) Linux
4 9 (1.91%) Unix
5 6 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.85%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (28.94%) DevOps
2 130 (27.66%) CI/CD
3 109 (23.19%) ETL
4 97 (20.64%) Business Intelligence
5 96 (20.43%) Agile
5 96 (20.43%) Data Modelling
6 92 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
7 74 (15.74%) Analytics
8 72 (15.32%) AI
9 66 (14.04%) Disaster Recovery
9 66 (14.04%) Migration
10 64 (13.62%) Data Pipeline
11 61 (12.98%) Data Engineering
12 60 (12.77%) Data Analysis
13 59 (12.55%) Performance Tuning
14 56 (11.91%) Test Automation
15 48 (10.21%) Data Integration
16 43 (9.15%) Change Management
16 43 (9.15%) Microservices
17 42 (8.94%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 306 (65.11%) SQL
2 151 (32.13%) C#
3 135 (28.72%) Python
4 95 (20.21%) T-SQL
5 62 (13.19%) PL/SQL
6 57 (12.13%) JavaScript
7 47 (10.00%) Java
8 39 (8.30%) PowerShell
9 29 (6.17%) TypeScript
10 14 (2.98%) VB
11 12 (2.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (2.55%) VBA
12 10 (2.13%) Bicep
13 7 (1.49%) Bash
14 6 (1.28%) Scala
15 5 (1.06%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.64%) R
16 3 (0.64%) XPath
17 2 (0.43%) C
18 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 62 (13.19%) Security Cleared
2 50 (10.64%) Degree
3 46 (9.79%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (2.55%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.28%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.06%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.85%) CCA
9 4 (0.85%) Citrix Certification
9 4 (0.85%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.85%) MCITP
9 4 (0.85%) MCTS
10 2 (0.43%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.43%) CISSP
10 2 (0.43%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.43%) PMP
10 2 (0.43%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.43%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (14.89%) Data Quality
2 63 (13.40%) QA
3 10 (2.13%) SLA
4 9 (1.91%) GDPR
5 7 (1.49%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.64%) Basel III
6 3 (0.64%) IFRS
6 3 (0.64%) IFRS 9
6 3 (0.64%) WCAG
7 2 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.43%) EMIR
7 2 (0.43%) GAAP
7 2 (0.43%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.43%) MiFID
7 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 55 (11.70%) Docker
2 25 (5.32%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.85%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.85%) XenApp
5 4 (0.85%) XenDesktop
6 3 (0.64%) GridGain
6 3 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.21%) NFS
8 1 (0.21%) RACF
Systems Management
1 67 (14.26%) Kubernetes
2 40 (8.51%) Terraform
3 11 (2.34%) SCCM
4 7 (1.49%) Ansible
4 7 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.85%) SCVMM
6 3 (0.64%) Control-M
6 3 (0.64%) Grafana
6 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.43%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.43%) TIBCO Hawk
8 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.21%) Packer
8 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 156 (33.19%) Oracle
2 116 (24.68%) Microsoft
3 54 (11.49%) Databricks
4 42 (8.94%) Citrix
5 27 (5.74%) Informatica
6 15 (3.19%) VMware
7 14 (2.98%) SAP
8 11 (2.34%) Dynatrace
9 10 (2.13%) OpenAI
9 10 (2.13%) Sybase
10 9 (1.91%) IBM
10 9 (1.91%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.91%) UiPath
11 8 (1.70%) Automation Anywhere
12 7 (1.49%) AppDynamics
12 7 (1.49%) OutSystems
12 7 (1.49%) Tenable
13 6 (1.28%) Alteryx
13 6 (1.28%) Google
14 4 (0.85%) Pega