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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 62 50
Rank change year-on-year -43 -12 -6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 384 567 874
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.75% 3.66% 4.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.18% 16.85% 22.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 426 640
10th Percentile £375 £319 £400
25th Percentile £409 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
England median daily rate £490 £506 £550
% change year-on-year -3.13% -8.03% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £64.23 -
25th Percentile £66.00 £70.19 -
Median hourly rate £68.00 £80.25 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.26% +7.00% +15.96%
75th Percentile £70.00 £90.19 -
90th Percentile - £96.08 -
England median hourly rate £21.27 £60.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.84% +15.24% +16.67%

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 2,914 3,364 3,861
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 20.86% 21.69% 19.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,030 2,370 2,780
10th Percentile £363 £363 £382
25th Percentile £425 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £688
90th Percentile £788 £838 £788
England median daily rate £502 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.77% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 22 37
10th Percentile £18.25 £27.81 £20.00
25th Percentile £30.96 £36.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £43.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -2.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £70.00 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £87.50 £76.95 £79.00
England median hourly rate £43.50 £34.47 £46.18
% change year-on-year +26.22% -25.37% +2.62%

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 12 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 12 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 -20 56 £500 -13.04% 108
South London -2 3 £528 +11.05% 6
East London -6 3 £540 +35.00% 8
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 18 (4.69%) IIS
2 17 (4.43%) Confluence
3 12 (3.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 9 (2.34%) WebLogic
5 8 (2.08%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.82%) Apache Spark
6 7 (1.82%) WebSphere
7 4 (1.04%) Apache
8 3 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.52%) CMS
9 2 (0.52%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.52%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.52%) WildFly
10 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.26%) CICS
10 1 (0.26%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.26%) SAS
10 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 44 (11.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.04%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.52%) Trello
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.08%) Oracle BPM
2 7 (1.82%) Fidessa
3 6 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.30%) BusinessWorks
4 5 (1.30%) OpenText MBPM
5 4 (1.04%) Aladdin
5 4 (1.04%) Endur
5 4 (1.04%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.04%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (1.04%) thinkFolio
6 2 (0.52%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.52%) RMDS
6 2 (0.52%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.26%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 151 (39.32%) Azure
2 75 (19.53%) AWS
3 55 (14.32%) Power Platform
4 35 (9.11%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (8.59%) GitHub
6 20 (5.21%) GCP
6 20 (5.21%) SaaS
7 16 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (3.91%) Snowflake
9 14 (3.65%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (3.39%) Azure Logic Apps
10 13 (3.39%) Serverless
11 12 (3.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 12 (3.13%) Azure Service Bus
11 12 (3.13%) PaaS
12 11 (2.86%) Amazon S3
12 11 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 11 (2.86%) Power Automate
13 10 (2.60%) IaaS
14 9 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.86%) Internet
2 6 (1.56%) Firewall
3 3 (0.78%) DNS
3 3 (0.78%) HTTP
4 2 (0.52%) NetScaler
4 2 (0.52%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.26%) BGP
5 1 (0.26%) DHCP
5 1 (0.26%) DMZ
5 1 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.26%) Intranet
5 1 (0.26%) NAS
5 1 (0.26%) Network Security
5 1 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.26%) SSL
5 1 (0.26%) VPN
5 1 (0.26%) VSAN
5 1 (0.26%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.26%) WebEx
5 1 (0.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (14.06%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (12.50%) Power BI
3 45 (11.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 44 (11.46%) Relational Database
5 34 (8.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 33 (8.59%) Data Warehouse
7 29 (7.55%) MongoDB
8 28 (7.29%) Oracle Database
9 23 (5.99%) NoSQL
10 21 (5.47%) Azure SQL Database
11 19 (4.95%) Redis
12 17 (4.43%) Big Data
13 16 (4.17%) MySQL
14 13 (3.39%) RDBMS
15 12 (3.13%) Data Lake
16 11 (2.86%) DB2
17 9 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
18 8 (2.08%) Hadoop
18 8 (2.08%) Power Query
18 8 (2.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 40 (10.42%) Git
2 29 (7.55%) JIRA
3 19 (4.95%) Jenkins
4 17 (4.43%) SpecFlow
5 12 (3.13%) GitLab
6 9 (2.34%) Maven
6 9 (2.34%) Octopus Deploy
6 9 (2.34%) TeamCity
7 8 (2.08%) Bitbucket
7 8 (2.08%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.82%) webpack
9 6 (1.56%) ERwin
9 6 (1.56%) JUnit
10 5 (1.30%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.30%) Selenium
11 4 (1.04%) Eclipse
11 4 (1.04%) Gradle
12 3 (0.78%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.78%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 178 (46.35%) Finance
2 129 (33.59%) Social Skills
3 84 (21.88%) Banking
4 52 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (7.29%) Investment Banking
6 20 (5.21%) Front Office
7 15 (3.91%) Financial Institution
8 14 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (3.39%) Public Sector
10 11 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (2.08%) Retail
13 7 (1.82%) Back Office
14 5 (1.30%) Legal
15 4 (1.04%) General Ledger
15 4 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.78%) Local Government
17 2 (0.52%) Digital Health
17 2 (0.52%) Law
17 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 181 (47.14%) Developer
2 58 (15.10%) C# Developer
3 52 (13.54%) Senior
4 40 (10.42%) .NET Developer
5 37 (9.64%) Data Engineer
6 36 (9.38%) Senior Developer
7 29 (7.55%) Architect
8 27 (7.03%) Angular Developer
9 25 (6.51%) Analyst
10 21 (5.47%) C# .NET Developer
11 18 (4.69%) Lead
12 17 (4.43%) DBA
13 15 (3.91%) Full-Stack Developer
14 14 (3.65%) SQL Developer
15 13 (3.39%) SQL DBA
16 12 (3.13%) Consultant
16 12 (3.13%) Java Developer
16 12 (3.13%) Senior C# Developer
17 11 (2.86%) Azure Engineer
17 11 (2.86%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (33.59%) .NET
2 63 (16.41%) .NET Framework
3 39 (10.16%) AngularJS
3 39 (10.16%) HTML
4 38 (9.90%) REST
5 34 (8.85%) CSS
5 34 (8.85%) Entity Framework
5 34 (8.85%) RESTful
6 31 (8.07%) XML
7 29 (7.55%) React
8 28 (7.29%) Kafka
9 26 (6.77%) .NET Core
10 25 (6.51%) NHibernate
11 21 (5.47%) WPF
12 18 (4.69%) Playwright
12 18 (4.69%) Web Services
13 15 (3.91%) jQuery
14 14 (3.65%) SOAP
14 14 (3.65%) WinForms
15 13 (3.39%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.47%) Derivative
1 21 (5.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 18 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 15 (3.91%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.65%) Reinsurance
6 13 (3.39%) Credit Risk
7 12 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (3.13%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (2.86%) Fixed Income
8 11 (2.86%) Hedge funds
9 10 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (2.60%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (2.60%) Product Ownership
10 8 (2.08%) Market Risk
11 7 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.30%) Clustering
12 5 (1.30%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 48 (12.50%) Windows
2 34 (8.85%) Linux
3 17 (4.43%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.82%) Unix
5 3 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.78%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.26%) AIX
6 1 (0.26%) Android
6 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.26%) Solaris
6 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (29.43%) Agile
2 79 (20.57%) CI/CD
3 77 (20.05%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (19.79%) DevOps
5 71 (18.49%) ETL
6 70 (18.23%) Microservices
7 66 (17.19%) Migration
8 52 (13.54%) Business Intelligence
9 49 (12.76%) Data Analysis
10 46 (11.98%) Data Modelling
11 39 (10.16%) Data Migration
12 38 (9.90%) Clean Code
12 38 (9.90%) Test Automation
13 37 (9.64%) Full-Stack Development
14 34 (8.85%) Scrum
15 31 (8.07%) Analytics
16 30 (7.81%) Software Engineering
17 29 (7.55%) SDLC
18 28 (7.29%) Data Governance
18 28 (7.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 218 (56.77%) SQL
2 146 (38.02%) C#
3 84 (21.88%) Python
4 55 (14.32%) T-SQL
5 52 (13.54%) JavaScript
6 38 (9.90%) Java
7 34 (8.85%) PL/SQL
8 28 (7.29%) VBA
9 24 (6.25%) PowerShell
10 20 (5.21%) Bash
11 15 (3.91%) VB
12 10 (2.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (2.60%) TypeScript
13 6 (1.56%) COBOL
14 5 (1.30%) XPath
15 4 (1.04%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.78%) Scala
17 2 (0.52%) AWK
17 2 (0.52%) C++
17 2 (0.52%) sed
Qualifications
1 41 (10.68%) Degree
2 33 (8.59%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.77%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.56%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.04%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.78%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.52%) MCITP
9 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.26%) CCNP
9 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.26%) CISSP
9 1 (0.26%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (11.46%) Data Quality
2 42 (10.94%) QA
3 10 (2.60%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.34%) MiFID
5 8 (2.08%) SLA
6 5 (1.30%) EMIR
7 3 (0.78%) GAAP
7 3 (0.78%) GDPR
8 2 (0.52%) HL7
8 2 (0.52%) IFRS
8 2 (0.52%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.52%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.52%) PMO
8 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.52%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.26%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.26%) NCSC
9 1 (0.26%) NIST
9 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
System Software
1 32 (8.33%) Docker
2 16 (4.17%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.60%) zsh
4 5 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.52%) GPFS
6 2 (0.52%) GridGain
6 2 (0.52%) NFS
6 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.13%) Terraform
3 10 (2.60%) Grafana
4 8 (2.08%) Puppet
5 7 (1.82%) Ansible
6 6 (1.56%) Control-M
7 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.30%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.30%) TIBCO Hawk
7 5 (1.30%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.04%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.78%) Ambari
9 3 (0.78%) SCCM
9 3 (0.78%) SCOM
10 2 (0.52%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.52%) WMI
11 1 (0.26%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 119 (30.99%) Oracle
2 81 (21.09%) Microsoft
3 23 (5.99%) Databricks
4 16 (4.17%) Citrix
5 12 (3.13%) VMware
6 10 (2.60%) IBM
6 10 (2.60%) Informatica
6 10 (2.60%) SAP
7 7 (1.82%) Google
7 7 (1.82%) Talend
8 6 (1.56%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.30%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.30%) BEA
9 5 (1.30%) EMC
9 5 (1.30%) HP
9 5 (1.30%) TIBCO
9 5 (1.30%) UiPath
10 4 (1.04%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.04%) Solace
10 4 (1.04%) Splunk