SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 - 117
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.32% - 0.053%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.01% - 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £423 - -
25th Percentile £438 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.00%
75th Percentile £513 - £438
90th Percentile £528 - -
North West median daily rate £500 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -32.00%

All Development Application Skills
Manchester

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 149 203 230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 16.09% 13.38% 12.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 159 177
10th Percentile £322 £375 £320
25th Percentile £400 £428 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £538 £581 £638
90th Percentile £635 £694 £688
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £507
% change year-on-year -10.00% -1.28% +1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £71.63 £61.38 £40.68
25th Percentile £72.19 £65.31 £42.30
Median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - +66.67% -
75th Percentile £77.81 £81.38 -
90th Percentile £78.38 £82.05 -
North West median hourly rate £75.00 £52.94 £49.88
% change year-on-year +41.67% +6.15% +17.35%

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in Manchester

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in Manchester

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (66.67%) Dremio
2 2 (66.67%) Power BI
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analytics Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Database Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Data Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Data Transformation
1 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Databricks