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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 52 50
Rank change year-on-year -56 -2 -6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 373 646 891
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.79% 4.08% 4.28%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.28% 18.40% 22.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 487 668
10th Percentile £375 £328 £400
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £571
Median % change year-on-year - -3.72% -3.59%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
England median daily rate £496 £506 £540
% change year-on-year -2.05% -6.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £100.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% +15.96%
England median hourly rate £21.27 £56.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year -62.19% +7.14% -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 2,809 3,510 3,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 20.98% 22.16% 19.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,955 2,499 2,868
10th Percentile £375 £363 £385
25th Percentile £431 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £850 £788
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 22 39
10th Percentile £18.25 £27.81 £19.11
25th Percentile £31.29 £36.25 £35.13
Median hourly rate £52.50 £43.75 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -11.62% -10.00%
75th Percentile £68.38 £62.21 £64.75
90th Percentile £87.50 £78.75 £90.00
England median hourly rate £43.50 £33.93 £50.50
% change year-on-year +28.21% -32.81% +1.00%

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 21 October 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 21 October 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 -29 54 £496 -13.83% 71
East London -7 3 £540 +48.97% 3
South London -5 2 £675 +56.98% 4
West London -12 1 £750 +59.57% 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 17 (4.56%) Confluence
2 14 (3.75%) IIS
3 8 (2.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (2.14%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.88%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.34%) WebLogic
6 4 (1.07%) Apache
6 4 (1.07%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.80%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.54%) CMS
8 2 (0.54%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.54%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.54%) WildFly
9 1 (0.27%) CICS
9 1 (0.27%) Luigi
9 1 (0.27%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.27%) SAS
9 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 46 (12.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.07%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.54%) Trello
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (2.68%) Oracle BPM
2 7 (1.88%) Fidessa
2 7 (1.88%) OpenText MBPM
3 5 (1.34%) Endur
4 4 (1.07%) Aladdin
4 4 (1.07%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.07%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.07%) thinkFolio
5 3 (0.80%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.54%) RMDS
6 2 (0.54%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
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
1 153 (41.02%) Azure
2 71 (19.03%) AWS
3 50 (13.40%) Power Platform
4 33 (8.85%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (8.58%) GitHub
6 21 (5.63%) Azure Data Factory
7 19 (5.09%) SaaS
8 18 (4.83%) GCP
9 17 (4.56%) Snowflake
10 14 (3.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 14 (3.75%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (3.49%) Azure Service Bus
11 13 (3.49%) PaaS
12 12 (3.22%) Entra ID
12 12 (3.22%) Power Automate
12 12 (3.22%) Serverless
13 11 (2.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 11 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (2.68%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (2.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.41%) Internet
2 7 (1.88%) Firewall
3 4 (1.07%) DNS
4 3 (0.80%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.54%) DHCP
5 2 (0.54%) HTTP
5 2 (0.54%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.27%) BGP
6 1 (0.27%) DMZ
6 1 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.27%) Intranet
6 1 (0.27%) NAS
6 1 (0.27%) Skype
6 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.27%) SSL
6 1 (0.27%) VoIP
6 1 (0.27%) VPN
6 1 (0.27%) VSAN
6 1 (0.27%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.27%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (12.87%) PostgreSQL
1 48 (12.87%) Power BI
2 38 (10.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 36 (9.65%) Relational Database
4 35 (9.38%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (7.77%) MongoDB
5 29 (7.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 27 (7.24%) Oracle Database
7 24 (6.43%) NoSQL
8 22 (5.90%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (5.63%) Redis
10 17 (4.56%) MySQL
11 16 (4.29%) Big Data
12 13 (3.49%) RDBMS
13 12 (3.22%) Data Lake
14 9 (2.41%) Hadoop
14 9 (2.41%) Power Query
15 8 (2.14%) Delta Lake
16 7 (1.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 7 (1.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (9.12%) Git
2 30 (8.04%) JIRA
3 18 (4.83%) Jenkins
4 17 (4.56%) SpecFlow
5 15 (4.02%) GitLab
6 10 (2.68%) Octopus Deploy
7 8 (2.14%) Bitbucket
7 8 (2.14%) Maven
7 8 (2.14%) TeamCity
8 7 (1.88%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.88%) webpack
9 6 (1.61%) JUnit
10 5 (1.34%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.34%) ERwin
10 5 (1.34%) Selenium
11 4 (1.07%) CircleCI
11 4 (1.07%) Eclipse
11 4 (1.07%) Gradle
11 4 (1.07%) Liquibase
11 4 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
General
1 167 (44.77%) Finance
2 123 (32.98%) Social Skills
3 81 (21.72%) Banking
4 53 (14.21%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (7.51%) Investment Banking
6 21 (5.63%) Front Office
7 14 (3.75%) Public Sector
8 12 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (3.22%) Financial Institution
8 12 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.88%) Back Office
11 5 (1.34%) Legal
11 5 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.80%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.80%) Retail
13 2 (0.54%) Digital Health
13 2 (0.54%) Local Government
13 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.27%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 172 (46.11%) Developer
2 57 (15.28%) C# Developer
3 50 (13.40%) Senior
4 38 (10.19%) .NET Developer
5 36 (9.65%) Data Engineer
5 36 (9.65%) Senior Developer
6 35 (9.38%) Architect
7 28 (7.51%) Angular Developer
8 22 (5.90%) C# .NET Developer
9 20 (5.36%) Analyst
10 19 (5.09%) Lead
11 16 (4.29%) DBA
11 16 (4.29%) Full-Stack Developer
12 14 (3.75%) SQL Developer
13 13 (3.49%) Senior C# Developer
14 12 (3.22%) Azure Engineer
14 12 (3.22%) Consultant
14 12 (3.22%) Python Developer
14 12 (3.22%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (3.22%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (32.44%) .NET
2 54 (14.48%) .NET Framework
3 44 (11.80%) HTML
4 38 (10.19%) AngularJS
4 38 (10.19%) CSS
5 34 (9.12%) Entity Framework
6 33 (8.85%) React
6 33 (8.85%) REST
7 30 (8.04%) RESTful
8 28 (7.51%) .NET Core
9 26 (6.97%) Kafka
10 25 (6.70%) NHibernate
10 25 (6.70%) XML
11 18 (4.83%) Playwright
12 17 (4.56%) ASP.NET
13 15 (4.02%) jQuery
13 15 (4.02%) WPF
14 13 (3.49%) JSON
15 12 (3.22%) RabbitMQ
15 12 (3.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.43%) Derivative
2 17 (4.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 15 (4.02%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.75%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (3.75%) Reinsurance
5 12 (3.22%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.22%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.95%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (2.95%) Fixed Income
6 11 (2.95%) Hedge funds
6 11 (2.95%) Linux Command Line
7 10 (2.68%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (2.14%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.88%) Credit Risk
9 7 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.61%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.34%) Clustering
11 5 (1.34%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.07%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 44 (11.80%) Windows
2 34 (9.12%) Linux
3 18 (4.83%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.14%) Unix
5 5 (1.34%) Android
5 5 (1.34%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.07%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.27%) AIX
8 1 (0.27%) Solaris
8 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.27%) VMS
8 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (29.22%) Agile
2 82 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (21.18%) ETL
4 71 (19.03%) CI/CD
4 71 (19.03%) Microservices
5 67 (17.96%) DevOps
6 62 (16.62%) Migration
7 52 (13.94%) Business Intelligence
8 43 (11.53%) Data Analysis
9 40 (10.72%) Data Modelling
10 38 (10.19%) Scrum
10 38 (10.19%) Test Automation
11 37 (9.92%) Clean Code
11 37 (9.92%) Full-Stack Development
12 34 (9.12%) Data Migration
13 32 (8.58%) Analytics
14 31 (8.31%) Data Governance
14 31 (8.31%) Data Integration
15 29 (7.77%) Data Pipeline
16 28 (7.51%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 208 (55.76%) SQL
2 141 (37.80%) C#
3 89 (23.86%) Python
4 54 (14.48%) JavaScript
5 51 (13.67%) T-SQL
6 38 (10.19%) Java
7 29 (7.77%) PL/SQL
8 28 (7.51%) PowerShell
9 26 (6.97%) VBA
10 18 (4.83%) Bash
11 15 (4.02%) VB
12 13 (3.49%) TypeScript
13 9 (2.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (1.61%) COBOL
15 4 (1.07%) Bicep
15 4 (1.07%) Scala
15 4 (1.07%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.54%) AWK
16 2 (0.54%) C++
16 2 (0.54%) sed
Qualifications
1 41 (10.99%) Degree
2 37 (9.92%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.51%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.88%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.88%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.80%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.80%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.80%) SAP Certification
8 2 (0.54%) MCITP
9 1 (0.27%) CCNP
9 1 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.27%) CISSP
9 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (12.06%) Data Quality
2 41 (10.99%) QA
3 11 (2.95%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.68%) SLA
5 9 (2.41%) MiFID
6 5 (1.34%) EMIR
7 3 (0.80%) GAAP
8 2 (0.54%) GDPR
8 2 (0.54%) HL7
8 2 (0.54%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.54%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.54%) PMO
8 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.27%) IFRS
9 1 (0.27%) NCSC
9 1 (0.27%) NIST
9 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 28 (7.51%) Docker
2 23 (6.17%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.68%) zsh
4 7 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.54%) GPFS
7 2 (0.54%) GridGain
7 2 (0.54%) NFS
7 2 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.27%) KVM
8 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (8.31%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.68%) Terraform
3 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.88%) Grafana
5 6 (1.61%) Control-M
6 5 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.34%) Puppet
6 5 (1.34%) SCCM
6 5 (1.34%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.07%) Ansible
7 4 (1.07%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.80%) Ambari
8 3 (0.80%) SCOM
9 2 (0.54%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.54%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.54%) WMI
10 1 (0.27%) BladeLogic
10 1 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 114 (30.56%) Oracle
2 78 (20.91%) Microsoft
3 25 (6.70%) Databricks
4 16 (4.29%) SAP
5 14 (3.75%) VMware
6 13 (3.49%) Citrix
7 11 (2.95%) Informatica
8 10 (2.68%) Talend
9 8 (2.14%) Google
10 6 (1.61%) OpenText
10 6 (1.61%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.34%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.34%) Cisco
11 5 (1.34%) EMC
11 5 (1.34%) HP
11 5 (1.34%) IBM
11 5 (1.34%) OpenLink
11 5 (1.34%) UiPath
12 4 (1.07%) CyberArk
12 4 (1.07%) Splunk