Sybase Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Sybase
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring knowledge or experience of Sybase products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Sybase over the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Sybase, Inc.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 153 181
Rank change year-on-year -85 +28 +24
Contract jobs citing Sybase 2 14 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.030% 0.42% 0.021%
As % of the Vendors category 0.076% 0.84% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 0
10th Percentile - £367 -
25th Percentile £425 £414 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £459 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% - -
75th Percentile £475 £601 -
90th Percentile - £612 -
England median daily rate £545 £506 £600
% change year-on-year +7.81% -15.75% -14.29%

All Vendors
North of England

Sybase falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,642 1,676 1,968
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 40.11% 50.07% 41.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,636 1,065 1,159
10th Percentile £313 £250 £250
25th Percentile £405 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £563 £587
90th Percentile £653 £650 £650
England median daily rate £505 £520 £515
% change year-on-year -2.88% +0.97% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 84 216
10th Percentile £16.01 £13.00 £10.95
25th Percentile £23.00 £18.51 £12.53
Median hourly rate £39.50 £28.75 £15.59
Median % change year-on-year +37.39% +84.47% -48.05%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.84 £25.25
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.68 £45.88
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.75 £23.80
% change year-on-year +21.50% +12.39% -39.82%

Sybase
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Sybase relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Sybase job vacancy trend in the North of England

Sybase
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Sybase.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Sybase

Sybase
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Sybase.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Sybase

Sybase
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sybase within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2026. 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
North West -56 2 £450 -1.85% 1
Sybase
England

Sybase
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) DTS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) Sybase ASE
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) DBA
1 2 (100.00%) Sybase DBA
2 1 (50.00%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Replication
2 1 (50.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Unix
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Database Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Database Mirroring
2 1 (50.00%) Database Security
2 1 (50.00%) Database Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BMC
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy