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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 84 42
Rank change year-on-year -24 -42 +7
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 487 412 865
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.53% 3.22% 4.91%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 14.19% 14.93% 21.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 308 599
10th Percentile £363 £384 £363
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £530
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +8.49% -3.64%
75th Percentile £650 £690 £650
90th Percentile £738 £766 £750
England median daily rate £500 £513 £508
% change year-on-year -2.44% +0.99% -3.33%
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 £27.88 £25.66 £40.00
% change year-on-year +8.65% -35.85% -11.11%

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 3,432 2,759 4,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.86% 21.53% 23.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,321 1,931 3,018
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £638 £709 £720
90th Percentile £750 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 32 34
10th Percentile £18.19 £25.14 £20.98
25th Percentile £25.25 £29.07 £29.69
Median hourly rate £44.50 £39.31 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.22% -18.11% -20.00%
75th Percentile £60.88 £59.56 £54.03
90th Percentile £81.00 £79.75 £70.85
England median hourly rate £38.25 £34.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +12.50% -15.00% -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 29 June 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 29 June 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 -27 64 £575 +2.68% 15
West London -20 4 £550 -15.64% 1
East London 0 3 £630 +44.00% 2
South London -7 1 £600 -11.11% 2
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 36 (7.39%) SharePoint
2 24 (4.93%) IIS
3 15 (3.08%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (3.08%) Apache Spark
4 13 (2.67%) Apache
5 12 (2.46%) Appian
5 12 (2.46%) Camunda
6 11 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (1.64%) Confluence
7 8 (1.64%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.41%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.41%) WebSphere
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%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 25 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.85%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.23%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.03%) OpenText MBPM
3 5 (1.03%) Oracle BPM
4 4 (0.82%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.62%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.41%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.21%) Endur
7 1 (0.21%) Findur
7 1 (0.21%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.21%) SDL Web 8
7 1 (0.21%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 223 (45.79%) Azure
2 111 (22.79%) AWS
3 82 (16.84%) Power Platform
4 66 (13.55%) Azure DevOps
5 53 (10.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 48 (9.86%) GitHub
7 29 (5.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 28 (5.75%) Power Automate
9 27 (5.54%) Serverless
10 24 (4.93%) GitHub Actions
11 23 (4.72%) GCP
11 23 (4.72%) Snowflake
12 22 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
13 21 (4.31%) SaaS
14 18 (3.70%) Amazon EC2
14 18 (3.70%) Amazon S3
14 18 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
15 17 (3.49%) AWS Lambda
15 17 (3.49%) Azure Monitor
16 15 (3.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.31%) DNS
2 16 (3.29%) DHCP
3 12 (2.46%) Internet
4 9 (1.85%) Firewall
4 9 (1.85%) VPN
5 8 (1.64%) SAN
6 6 (1.23%) HTTPS
6 6 (1.23%) VLAN
6 6 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.03%) SSH
8 4 (0.82%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.62%) NetScaler
10 2 (0.41%) FTP
10 2 (0.41%) Intranet
11 1 (0.21%) DMZ
11 1 (0.21%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.21%) MQTT
11 1 (0.21%) Multicast
11 1 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.21%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (14.58%) PostgreSQL
2 65 (13.35%) Relational Database
3 64 (13.14%) Data Warehouse
4 61 (12.53%) Power BI
5 49 (10.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 44 (9.03%) Oracle Database
7 34 (6.98%) MongoDB
8 30 (6.16%) Data Lake
9 29 (5.95%) Azure SQL Database
10 25 (5.13%) NoSQL
11 23 (4.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (3.29%) Redis
13 15 (3.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 14 (2.87%) Delta Lake
15 13 (2.67%) Metadata
16 12 (2.46%) MySQL
17 11 (2.26%) Big Data
18 10 (2.05%) RDBMS
18 10 (2.05%) Tableau
19 9 (1.85%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 41 (8.42%) Git
2 26 (5.34%) JIRA
3 20 (4.11%) Visual Studio
4 18 (3.70%) TeamCity
5 17 (3.49%) Jenkins
6 11 (2.26%) Octopus Deploy
7 10 (2.05%) GitLab
8 8 (1.64%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.64%) MSTest
9 7 (1.44%) Chocolatey
9 7 (1.44%) ERwin
9 7 (1.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 6 (1.23%) Maven
10 6 (1.23%) MLflow
10 6 (1.23%) Mocha
10 6 (1.23%) tSQLt
11 5 (1.03%) JUnit
11 5 (1.03%) Mockito
11 5 (1.03%) NUnit
11 5 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 194 (39.84%) Finance
2 139 (28.54%) Social Skills
3 103 (21.15%) Banking
4 84 (17.25%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (6.98%) Front Office
6 21 (4.31%) Public Sector
7 20 (4.11%) Investment Banking
8 14 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.85%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.23%) Back Office
11 6 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.82%) Legal
12 4 (0.82%) Retail
13 3 (0.62%) Law
13 3 (0.62%) Publishing
14 2 (0.41%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.41%) Local Government
14 2 (0.41%) Prime Brokerage
14 2 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 182 (37.37%) Developer
2 80 (16.43%) C# Developer
3 76 (15.61%) Senior
4 74 (15.20%) Data Engineer
5 40 (8.21%) .NET Developer
6 33 (6.78%) Lead
7 32 (6.57%) Architect
8 29 (5.95%) DBA
9 26 (5.34%) Senior Developer
9 26 (5.34%) SQL Developer
10 23 (4.72%) Senior Data Engineer
11 22 (4.52%) C# .NET Developer
11 22 (4.52%) Software Engineer
12 20 (4.11%) Azure Engineer
12 20 (4.11%) SQL DBA
13 19 (3.90%) Full-Stack Developer
14 18 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (3.29%) Solutions Architect
16 15 (3.08%) Consultant
16 15 (3.08%) Front Office Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (29.98%) .NET
2 71 (14.58%) REST
3 67 (13.76%) .NET Framework
4 47 (9.65%) React
5 43 (8.83%) CSS
6 39 (8.01%) RESTful
7 37 (7.60%) AngularJS
7 37 (7.60%) HTML
8 32 (6.57%) Kafka
9 31 (6.37%) .NET Core
10 27 (5.54%) ASP.NET
10 27 (5.54%) OAuth
11 24 (4.93%) Web Services
11 24 (4.93%) XML
12 21 (4.31%) SOAP
13 19 (3.90%) Spring Boot
14 17 (3.49%) Spring
15 15 (3.08%) WinForms
15 15 (3.08%) WPF
16 14 (2.87%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.21%) Cloud Native
2 30 (6.16%) Legacy Systems
3 23 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (3.49%) Data Structures
4 17 (3.49%) Derivative
4 17 (3.49%) Replication
5 14 (2.87%) Fixed Income
5 14 (2.87%) Low-Code
6 12 (2.46%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (2.26%) Reinsurance
8 10 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (1.85%) Equities
10 8 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.44%) Clustering
11 7 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.44%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.23%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.23%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 103 (21.15%) Windows
2 44 (9.03%) Windows Server
3 31 (6.37%) Linux
4 11 (2.26%) Unix
5 4 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.62%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.41%) VMS
8 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (27.93%) DevOps
2 133 (27.31%) CI/CD
3 117 (24.02%) Agile
4 98 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
5 96 (19.71%) ETL
6 85 (17.45%) Data Modelling
7 83 (17.04%) Business Intelligence
8 76 (15.61%) AI
9 71 (14.58%) Migration
10 67 (13.76%) Disaster Recovery
11 66 (13.55%) Analytics
12 65 (13.35%) Data Analysis
13 62 (12.73%) Performance Tuning
14 60 (12.32%) Data Pipeline
15 51 (10.47%) Data Engineering
15 51 (10.47%) Test Automation
16 50 (10.27%) Data Integration
17 49 (10.06%) Microservices
18 48 (9.86%) Software Engineering
19 44 (9.03%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 302 (62.01%) SQL
2 173 (35.52%) C#
3 137 (28.13%) Python
4 103 (21.15%) T-SQL
5 61 (12.53%) JavaScript
6 57 (11.70%) PL/SQL
7 51 (10.47%) PowerShell
8 46 (9.45%) Java
9 36 (7.39%) TypeScript
10 11 (2.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 11 (2.26%) VB
11 10 (2.05%) VBA
12 8 (1.64%) Bash
12 8 (1.64%) Scala
13 6 (1.23%) Bicep
13 6 (1.23%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.03%) VB.NET
14 5 (1.03%) XPath
15 3 (0.62%) R
16 2 (0.41%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 62 (12.73%) Security Cleared
2 52 (10.68%) Degree
3 48 (9.86%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.26%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.44%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.03%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.82%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.82%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.82%) MCITP
9 4 (0.82%) MCTS
9 4 (0.82%) PhD
10 3 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.62%) CCA
10 3 (0.62%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.41%) CISSP
11 2 (0.41%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.41%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.41%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (13.35%) QA
2 63 (12.94%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.26%) SLA
4 7 (1.44%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.44%) GDPR
5 3 (0.62%) Basel III
5 3 (0.62%) WCAG
6 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.41%) COREP
6 2 (0.41%) FINREP
6 2 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.41%) IFRS
6 2 (0.41%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.21%) EMIR
7 1 (0.21%) GAAP
7 1 (0.21%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.21%) MiFID
7 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 50 (10.27%) Docker
2 31 (6.37%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.62%) GridGain
5 3 (0.62%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.62%) XenApp
5 3 (0.62%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.21%) NFS
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.21%) RACF
Systems Management
1 69 (14.17%) Kubernetes
2 43 (8.83%) Terraform
3 10 (2.05%) SCCM
4 7 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.23%) Ansible
6 3 (0.62%) Grafana
6 3 (0.62%) SCVMM
6 3 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.41%) Control-M
7 2 (0.41%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.41%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.21%) Packer
8 1 (0.21%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 146 (29.98%) Oracle
2 116 (23.82%) Microsoft
3 42 (8.62%) Citrix
3 42 (8.62%) Databricks
4 31 (6.37%) Informatica
5 18 (3.70%) SAP
5 18 (3.70%) VMware
6 13 (2.67%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.67%) Sybase
7 12 (2.46%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.85%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.64%) IBM
9 8 (1.64%) OutSystems
10 7 (1.44%) AppDynamics
10 7 (1.44%) CyberArk
10 7 (1.44%) Tenable
10 7 (1.44%) UiPath
11 6 (1.23%) Automation Anywhere
11 6 (1.23%) Google
12 5 (1.03%) OpenText