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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 88 42
Rank change year-on-year -33 -46 +6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 488 416 803
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.42% 3.04% 4.96%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.63% 14.29% 20.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 313 568
10th Percentile £375 £375 £338
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% -5.70%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £741
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -6.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £26.32 £100.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.91% -73.68% +80.18%
75th Percentile £19.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £47.54 £23.80 £48.56
% change year-on-year +99.79% -51.00% +6.73%

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 3,581 2,911 3,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.78% 21.29% 23.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,417 2,053 2,822
10th Percentile £363 £378 £363
25th Percentile £438 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £638 £700 £725
90th Percentile £750 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £515 £540
% change year-on-year -2.91% -4.63% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 33 25
10th Percentile £17.72 £24.60 £32.85
25th Percentile £25.25 £29.07 £41.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £43.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% -13.86% -15.83%
75th Percentile £53.75 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £61.00 £86.00 £77.25
England median hourly rate £38.50 £34.65 £37.50
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.60% -31.82%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -25 75 £575 +4.55% 44
South London -6 9 £550 -18.52% 6
West London -20 4 £550 -15.64% 1
East London 0 2 £565 +6.60% 5
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 38 (7.79%) SharePoint
2 29 (5.94%) IIS
3 15 (3.07%) Confluence
4 13 (2.66%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (2.46%) Apache Spark
5 12 (2.46%) Camunda
6 10 (2.05%) Apache
6 10 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (1.43%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (1.23%) Appian
9 4 (0.82%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.41%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.41%) CMS
11 1 (0.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.20%) HCL Domino
11 1 (0.20%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 29 (5.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.82%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (1.84%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.43%) OpenText MBPM
3 7 (1.43%) Oracle BPM
4 6 (1.23%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.82%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.82%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.41%) Endur
6 2 (0.41%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.41%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.20%) Findur
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.20%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.20%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 210 (43.03%) Azure
2 100 (20.49%) AWS
3 82 (16.80%) Power Platform
4 59 (12.09%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (9.43%) GitHub
6 39 (7.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 29 (5.94%) Entra ID
8 27 (5.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 27 (5.53%) Serverless
9 25 (5.12%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
10 23 (4.71%) Power Automate
11 22 (4.51%) Azure Monitor
11 22 (4.51%) Snowflake
12 18 (3.69%) SaaS
13 17 (3.48%) Azure AKS
13 17 (3.48%) Datadog
13 17 (3.48%) PowerApps
14 16 (3.28%) AWS Lambda
14 16 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.94%) DNS
2 22 (4.51%) DHCP
3 17 (3.48%) Firewall
4 13 (2.66%) Internet
5 11 (2.25%) VPN
5 11 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (1.84%) SAN
6 9 (1.84%) TCP/IP
7 8 (1.64%) VLAN
8 6 (1.23%) HTTPS
8 6 (1.23%) SSH
9 4 (0.82%) LAN
9 4 (0.82%) Network Security
9 4 (0.82%) WAN
10 3 (0.61%) SSL
11 2 (0.41%) FTP
11 2 (0.41%) Intranet
11 2 (0.41%) WinSCP
12 1 (0.20%) MQTT
12 1 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (13.11%) Power BI
2 60 (12.30%) Relational Database
3 58 (11.89%) PostgreSQL
4 56 (11.48%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (8.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 41 (8.40%) Oracle Database
7 36 (7.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 35 (7.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 33 (6.76%) MongoDB
10 22 (4.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 21 (4.30%) Data Lake
12 20 (4.10%) Redis
13 19 (3.89%) NoSQL
14 16 (3.28%) MySQL
15 13 (2.66%) Star Schema
16 9 (1.84%) Metadata
17 8 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
17 8 (1.64%) Big Data
17 8 (1.64%) Power Query
17 8 (1.64%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 46 (9.43%) Git
2 28 (5.74%) JIRA
3 18 (3.69%) TeamCity
4 17 (3.48%) Jenkins
5 16 (3.28%) Visual Studio
6 12 (2.46%) GitLab
6 12 (2.46%) Octopus Deploy
7 8 (1.64%) Chocolatey
7 8 (1.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 7 (1.43%) Maven
8 7 (1.43%) MSTest
8 7 (1.43%) REST Assured
9 6 (1.23%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.23%) JUnit
9 6 (1.23%) Mockito
10 5 (1.02%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.02%) Mocha
10 5 (1.02%) NUnit
10 5 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (1.02%) tSQLt
General
1 203 (41.60%) Finance
2 149 (30.53%) Social Skills
3 113 (23.16%) Banking
4 100 (20.49%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (8.20%) Front Office
6 24 (4.92%) Investment Banking
7 23 (4.71%) Public Sector
8 15 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.87%) Financial Institution
10 8 (1.64%) Back Office
11 7 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.02%) Retail
13 5 (1.02%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.82%) Legal
15 3 (0.61%) Law
15 3 (0.61%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.61%) Publishing
16 2 (0.41%) Marketing
16 2 (0.41%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 178 (36.48%) Developer
2 83 (17.01%) Senior
3 78 (15.98%) C# Developer
4 50 (10.25%) Data Engineer
5 47 (9.63%) .NET Developer
6 40 (8.20%) DBA
7 33 (6.76%) Senior Developer
8 32 (6.56%) Architect
9 30 (6.15%) Lead
10 27 (5.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 27 (5.53%) Software Engineer
11 26 (5.33%) C# .NET Developer
11 26 (5.33%) SQL DBA
12 24 (4.92%) Full-Stack Developer
13 23 (4.71%) Azure Engineer
13 23 (4.71%) SQL Developer
14 19 (3.89%) Consultant
15 18 (3.69%) Solutions Architect
16 17 (3.48%) Administrator
17 16 (3.28%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (32.99%) .NET
2 73 (14.96%) REST
3 67 (13.73%) .NET Framework
4 46 (9.43%) React
5 39 (7.99%) CSS
6 36 (7.38%) AngularJS
7 35 (7.17%) ASP.NET
8 32 (6.56%) Kafka
9 31 (6.35%) HTML
10 30 (6.15%) RESTful
11 29 (5.94%) .NET Core
12 23 (4.71%) SOAP
12 23 (4.71%) WinForms
12 23 (4.71%) XML
13 22 (4.51%) Web Services
14 21 (4.30%) WPF
15 18 (3.69%) JSON
16 17 (3.48%) OAuth
17 14 (2.87%) Spring Boot
18 13 (2.66%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.38%) Cloud Native
2 29 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (4.30%) Legacy Systems
3 21 (4.30%) Onboarding
4 20 (4.10%) Replication
5 17 (3.48%) Clustering
5 17 (3.48%) Data Structures
5 17 (3.48%) Derivative
6 15 (3.07%) Data Centre
7 14 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.25%) Fixed Income
9 10 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (2.05%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.84%) Equities
11 8 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (1.64%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.23%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.23%) Market Risk
13 5 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (1.02%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 134 (27.46%) Windows
2 61 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 38 (7.79%) Linux
4 8 (1.64%) Unix
5 5 (1.02%) VMS
6 4 (0.82%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (27.66%) DevOps
2 125 (25.61%) CI/CD
3 115 (23.57%) Agile
4 96 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (19.06%) Migration
6 82 (16.80%) Disaster Recovery
7 81 (16.60%) ETL
8 74 (15.16%) AI
8 74 (15.16%) Business Intelligence
9 70 (14.34%) Data Modelling
10 66 (13.52%) Performance Tuning
11 55 (11.27%) Data Analysis
12 53 (10.86%) Data Pipeline
12 53 (10.86%) Software Engineering
13 52 (10.66%) Analytics
14 50 (10.25%) Microservices
15 46 (9.43%) Stakeholder Management
15 46 (9.43%) Test Automation
16 45 (9.22%) Continuous Improvement
17 44 (9.02%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 295 (60.45%) SQL
2 183 (37.50%) C#
3 102 (20.90%) Python
4 99 (20.29%) T-SQL
5 74 (15.16%) PowerShell
6 70 (14.34%) JavaScript
7 58 (11.89%) PL/SQL
8 38 (7.79%) Java
9 31 (6.35%) TypeScript
10 16 (3.28%) Bash
11 15 (3.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (2.46%) VBA
13 11 (2.25%) VB
14 7 (1.43%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.23%) VB.NET
15 6 (1.23%) XPath
16 5 (1.02%) Bicep
16 5 (1.02%) Scala
17 3 (0.61%) Groovy
17 3 (0.61%) Korn
Qualifications
1 74 (15.16%) Security Cleared
2 59 (12.09%) SC Cleared
3 43 (8.81%) Degree
4 21 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.05%) Azure Certification
6 9 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.64%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.02%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.82%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.82%) MCITP
10 4 (0.82%) MCTS
10 4 (0.82%) PhD
11 3 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.61%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.61%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.41%) ISEB
12 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.41%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.41%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (13.11%) QA
2 45 (9.22%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.07%) SLA
4 8 (1.64%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.02%) GDPR
6 4 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.82%) WCAG
7 2 (0.41%) Basel III
7 2 (0.41%) COREP
7 2 (0.41%) FINREP
7 2 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.20%) EMIR
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.20%) MiFID
8 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (10.25%) Active Directory
2 33 (6.76%) Docker
3 19 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (3.48%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.61%) GridGain
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.20%) NFS
9 1 (0.20%) RACF
9 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 56 (11.48%) Kubernetes
2 46 (9.43%) Terraform
3 12 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (2.05%) Microsoft Clustering
5 8 (1.64%) Ansible
5 8 (1.64%) SCCM
6 6 (1.23%) SCOM
7 4 (0.82%) Grafana
7 4 (0.82%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.41%) Packer
9 2 (0.41%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.20%) Argo
10 1 (0.20%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.20%) Istio
10 1 (0.20%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 134 (27.46%) Oracle
2 124 (25.41%) Microsoft
3 40 (8.20%) VMware
4 38 (7.79%) Citrix
5 32 (6.56%) Databricks
6 18 (3.69%) Informatica
7 17 (3.48%) CyberArk
8 14 (2.87%) Dynatrace
8 14 (2.87%) SAP
9 12 (2.46%) ServiceNow
10 10 (2.05%) Cisco
10 10 (2.05%) Sybase
11 9 (1.84%) BeyondTrust
11 9 (1.84%) BMC
11 9 (1.84%) IBM
11 9 (1.84%) Remedy
12 8 (1.64%) AppDynamics
12 8 (1.64%) OutSystems
12 8 (1.64%) Tenable
12 8 (1.64%) WALLIX