SQL Server Contracts in Merseyside

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 20 31
Rank change year-on-year -1 +11 -2
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 10 27 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 4.31% 8.77% 4.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 34.48% 36.99% 24.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 21 13
10th Percentile £162 £413 -
25th Percentile £254 £450 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -42.00% +17.65% +25.93%
75th Percentile £388 £675 £538
90th Percentile - £700 £614
North West median daily rate £463 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -7.50% +8.11% +15.63%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 29 73 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 12.50% 23.70% 19.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 59 48
10th Percentile £115 £310 £263
25th Percentile £191 £438 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -33.50% -4.76% +118.75%
75th Percentile £480 £605 £625
90th Percentile £494 £694 £650
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £30.69 £9.37
25th Percentile - £36.08 £9.58
Median hourly rate - £45.10 £9.92
Median % change year-on-year - +354.64% -66.93%
75th Percentile - £54.08 -
90th Percentile - £59.43 -
North West median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +88.43%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Merseyside

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in Merseyside

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Merseyside over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in Merseyside

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Merseyside.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in Merseyside

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 13 June 2024. 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
Liverpool +7 10 £290 -37.30% 8
SQL Server
North West

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) Power BI
2 4 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (20.00%) Banking
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Data Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Active Directory Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Active Directory Support
3 2 (20.00%) Active Directory Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Officer
4 1 (10.00%) Power BI Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Network Segmentation
2 3 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle