SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Contract Job Trends in Manchester

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.29% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.91% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £423 - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £513 - -
90th Percentile £528 - -
North West median daily rate £500 £380 £500
% change year-on-year +31.58% -24.00% -

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 157 123 196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 15.44% 10.26% 11.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 81 150
10th Percentile £336 £341 £363
25th Percentile £400 £375 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -12.20% -2.38%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £619
90th Percentile £650 £588 £676
North West median daily rate £427 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -10.11% -9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £70.75 - £46.10
25th Percentile £71.88 £46.25 £55.84
Median hourly rate £75.00 £47.50 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -25.49% -12.07%
75th Percentile £77.81 £48.75 £68.13
90th Percentile £78.38 - £73.75
North West median hourly rate £75.00 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +62.41% - -38.43%

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)
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

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