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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 44 52
Rank change year-on-year -54 +8 -6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 393 760 952
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.92% 4.66% 4.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.70% 20.38% 22.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 556 720
10th Percentile £375 £350 £400
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £535 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% -7.04% -0.86%
75th Percentile £700 £639 £688
90th Percentile £775 £738 £750
England median daily rate £496 £513 £538
% change year-on-year -3.32% -4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £100.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% +36.36%
England median hourly rate £21.27 £43.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -50.53% -18.10% -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 2,868 3,729 4,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 21.29% 22.87% 19.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,000 2,675 3,039
10th Percentile £375 £363 £399
25th Percentile £425 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £688
90th Percentile £825 £850 £788
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 26 38
10th Percentile £28.26 £26.00 £19.05
25th Percentile £33.75 £36.25 £35.06
Median hourly rate £55.00 £46.25 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -13.95% -2.27%
75th Percentile £69.75 £55.00 £71.99
90th Percentile £87.50 £79.38 £90.00
England median hourly rate £44.25 £36.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +22.07% -34.09% +22.22%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -33 60 £496 -9.08% 34
West London -10 4 £750 +59.57% 7
East London -4 3 £540 +27.06% 4
South London -7 2 £675 +56.98% 1
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (4.33%) Confluence
1 17 (4.33%) IIS
2 13 (3.31%) Apache
2 13 (3.31%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (2.04%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.78%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (1.27%) WebLogic
6 4 (1.02%) Jupyter
6 4 (1.02%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.51%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.51%) SAS
8 2 (0.51%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.51%) WildFly
9 1 (0.25%) CICS
9 1 (0.25%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.25%) nginx
9 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 51 (12.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.02%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.51%) Trello
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (2.54%) Oracle BPM
2 7 (1.78%) Fidessa
2 7 (1.78%) OpenText MBPM
3 6 (1.53%) Endur
4 5 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.02%) Aladdin
5 4 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (1.02%) thinkFolio
6 3 (0.76%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.51%) Alphatax
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.51%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.25%) ION Anvil
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 1 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 168 (42.75%) Azure
2 61 (15.52%) Power Platform
3 60 (15.27%) AWS
4 31 (7.89%) GitHub
5 27 (6.87%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (6.36%) Azure Data Factory
7 20 (5.09%) Azure Service Bus
8 18 (4.58%) Entra ID
9 16 (4.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 15 (3.82%) GCP
10 15 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (3.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 14 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
11 14 (3.56%) PaaS
11 14 (3.56%) SaaS
12 13 (3.31%) Power Automate
13 12 (3.05%) PowerApps
13 12 (3.05%) Serverless
14 11 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (2.80%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.54%) Internet
2 8 (2.04%) Firewall
3 7 (1.78%) DNS
4 4 (1.02%) SSH
5 3 (0.76%) DHCP
5 3 (0.76%) VoIP
6 2 (0.51%) HTTP
6 2 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.51%) NAS
6 2 (0.51%) NetScaler
6 2 (0.51%) Skype
6 2 (0.51%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.25%) DECT
7 1 (0.25%) Intranet
7 1 (0.25%) LAN
7 1 (0.25%) SAN
7 1 (0.25%) VLAN
7 1 (0.25%) VPN
7 1 (0.25%) WAN
7 1 (0.25%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (14.25%) Power BI
2 46 (11.70%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (8.40%) Relational Database
4 32 (8.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 30 (7.63%) MongoDB
6 29 (7.38%) Oracle Database
7 28 (7.12%) Data Warehouse
7 28 (7.12%) NoSQL
8 27 (6.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 26 (6.62%) Azure SQL Database
10 21 (5.34%) Redis
11 15 (3.82%) MySQL
12 12 (3.05%) Delta Lake
13 11 (2.80%) Big Data
13 11 (2.80%) Data Lake
14 10 (2.54%) Hadoop
14 10 (2.54%) Tableau
15 8 (2.04%) DB2
15 8 (2.04%) Power Query
16 7 (1.78%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 38 (9.67%) Git
2 36 (9.16%) JIRA
3 16 (4.07%) Jenkins
4 14 (3.56%) GitLab
5 13 (3.31%) Bitbucket
5 13 (3.31%) SpecFlow
6 11 (2.80%) TeamCity
7 10 (2.54%) Octopus Deploy
8 7 (1.78%) webpack
9 6 (1.53%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.53%) Selenium
9 6 (1.53%) Visual Studio
10 5 (1.27%) ERwin
10 5 (1.27%) JUnit
10 5 (1.27%) Maven
11 4 (1.02%) Eclipse
11 4 (1.02%) JMeter
11 4 (1.02%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (1.02%) RStudio
11 4 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 173 (44.02%) Finance
2 129 (32.82%) Social Skills
3 86 (21.88%) Banking
4 59 (15.01%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (7.63%) Front Office
5 30 (7.63%) Investment Banking
6 12 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (3.05%) Public Sector
7 11 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.54%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.29%) Legal
10 8 (2.04%) Back Office
11 7 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.76%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.76%) Law
12 3 (0.76%) Retail
13 2 (0.51%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.51%) Digital Health
13 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 188 (47.84%) Developer
2 66 (16.79%) C# Developer
3 53 (13.49%) Senior
4 39 (9.92%) Data Engineer
4 39 (9.92%) Senior Developer
5 38 (9.67%) Architect
6 35 (8.91%) .NET Developer
7 27 (6.87%) Analyst
8 26 (6.62%) Angular Developer
9 21 (5.34%) C# .NET Developer
9 21 (5.34%) SQL Developer
10 18 (4.58%) DBA
10 18 (4.58%) Full-Stack Developer
11 16 (4.07%) Senior C# Developer
12 15 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.56%) Data Analyst
13 14 (3.56%) Lead
13 14 (3.56%) SQL DBA
14 13 (3.31%) Python Developer
14 13 (3.31%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (33.33%) .NET
2 52 (13.23%) .NET Framework
3 49 (12.47%) HTML
4 43 (10.94%) CSS
5 40 (10.18%) AngularJS
6 38 (9.67%) REST
7 37 (9.41%) React
8 33 (8.40%) .NET Core
9 32 (8.14%) Entity Framework
10 31 (7.89%) RESTful
11 29 (7.38%) Kafka
12 26 (6.62%) XML
13 23 (5.85%) ASP.NET
14 21 (5.34%) NHibernate
15 17 (4.33%) JSON
16 16 (4.07%) WPF
17 15 (3.82%) Web Services
18 14 (3.56%) jQuery
19 13 (3.31%) Playwright
19 13 (3.31%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.38%) Derivative
2 18 (4.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 15 (3.82%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (3.82%) Linux Command Line
3 15 (3.82%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.31%) Fixed Income
5 13 (3.31%) Reinsurance
6 11 (2.80%) Cloud Native
6 11 (2.80%) Data Structures
6 11 (2.80%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.54%) Hedge funds
8 8 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.53%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.53%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.53%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.27%) Credit Risk
11 5 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 50 (12.72%) Windows
2 39 (9.92%) Linux
3 18 (4.58%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.54%) Unix
5 7 (1.78%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.27%) Android
6 5 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.02%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.51%) CentOS
8 2 (0.51%) VMS
9 1 (0.25%) AIX
9 1 (0.25%) Solaris
9 1 (0.25%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (29.26%) Agile
2 90 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
3 69 (17.56%) DevOps
3 69 (17.56%) Microservices
4 67 (17.05%) ETL
5 63 (16.03%) CI/CD
6 52 (13.23%) Migration
7 51 (12.98%) Business Intelligence
8 48 (12.21%) Data Analysis
9 43 (10.94%) Test Automation
10 42 (10.69%) Scrum
11 38 (9.67%) Full-Stack Development
12 37 (9.41%) Data Modelling
13 35 (8.91%) Clean Code
13 35 (8.91%) Data Pipeline
14 33 (8.40%) Software Engineering
15 32 (8.14%) Data Integration
16 30 (7.63%) Analytics
17 29 (7.38%) Risk Management
17 29 (7.38%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 215 (54.71%) SQL
2 161 (40.97%) C#
3 95 (24.17%) Python
4 61 (15.52%) JavaScript
5 53 (13.49%) T-SQL
6 39 (9.92%) Java
7 30 (7.63%) PL/SQL
8 28 (7.12%) PowerShell
8 28 (7.12%) VBA
9 22 (5.60%) Bash
10 19 (4.83%) VB
11 17 (4.33%) TypeScript
12 11 (2.80%) Scala
13 7 (1.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (1.53%) COBOL
15 5 (1.27%) Shell Script
16 4 (1.02%) Bicep
17 2 (0.51%) AWK
17 2 (0.51%) R
17 2 (0.51%) sed
Qualifications
1 49 (12.47%) Degree
2 36 (9.16%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.12%) SC Cleared
4 23 (5.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.04%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.53%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.02%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.02%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.76%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.51%) MCITP
10 2 (0.51%) MCPD
10 2 (0.51%) MCSD
11 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (10.18%) QA
2 37 (9.41%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.05%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.80%) SLA
5 9 (2.29%) MiFID
6 7 (1.78%) GDPR
7 6 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.27%) EMIR
9 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.76%) GAAP
11 2 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.51%) HL7
11 2 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.51%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.51%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.51%) PMO
12 1 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.25%) IFRS
12 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 26 (6.62%) Active Directory
2 21 (5.34%) Docker
3 13 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.29%) zsh
5 5 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.51%) GPFS
7 2 (0.51%) GridGain
7 2 (0.51%) KVM
7 2 (0.51%) NFS
7 2 (0.51%) vCloud
7 2 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.51%) vSphere
8 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 29 (7.38%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.31%) Terraform
3 9 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.53%) Control-M
4 6 (1.53%) Grafana
4 6 (1.53%) SCCM
5 5 (1.27%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.02%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.02%) Puppet
6 4 (1.02%) ZABBIX
7 3 (0.76%) Ambari
7 3 (0.76%) Ansible
7 3 (0.76%) Kibana
7 3 (0.76%) SCOM
8 2 (0.51%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.51%) WMI
9 1 (0.25%) logstash
Vendors
1 117 (29.77%) Oracle
2 89 (22.65%) Microsoft
3 32 (8.14%) Databricks
4 19 (4.83%) VMware
5 15 (3.82%) SAP
6 14 (3.56%) Citrix
7 10 (2.54%) Informatica
8 8 (2.04%) Cisco
9 7 (1.78%) HP
9 7 (1.78%) Talend
10 6 (1.53%) EMC
10 6 (1.53%) Google
10 6 (1.53%) IBM
10 6 (1.53%) OpenLink
10 6 (1.53%) OpenText
10 6 (1.53%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.53%) Sybase
11 5 (1.27%) Palantir
11 5 (1.27%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.27%) UiPath