SQL Server Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 22 40
Rank change year-on-year -3 +18 -6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 4 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.85% 2.70% 1.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.12% 23.81% 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £440 £520
25th Percentile £456 £463 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -20.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £469 £488 -
90th Percentile - £495 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +7.06%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 33 21 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 15.28% 11.35% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 8 33
10th Percentile £406 £409 £515
25th Percentile £422 £453 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £475 £700
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -32.14% +30.84%
75th Percentile £556 £513 £775
90th Percentile £641 £580 £848
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £463 £475 £700
% change year-on-year -2.63% -32.14% +33.33%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Newcastle upon Tyne

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in Newcastle upon Tyne

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in Newcastle upon Tyne

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 3 (75.00%) OpenEdge
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (50.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) MySQL
1 2 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (25.00%) Big Data
2 1 (25.00%) Metadata
2 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (25.00%) Snowflake Schema
2 1 (25.00%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) ERwin
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modeller
3 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) ERD
4 1 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
4 1 (25.00%) Metadata Management
4 1 (25.00%) Physical Data Model
4 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (25.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) IBM
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle