SQL Server Analysis Services Contract Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring SQL Server Analysis Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.037% - 0.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.24% - 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.41%
75th Percentile - - £513
90th Percentile - - £535
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +4.95%

All Database & BI Skills
North West

SQL Server Analysis Services 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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 410 316 444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 15.05% 15.00% 15.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 224 337
10th Percentile £318 £315 £284
25th Percentile £367 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.41% -1.50% -
75th Percentile £519 £575 £582
90th Percentile £603 £688 £663
England median daily rate £500 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -6.98% - -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 24
10th Percentile £26.81 £22.74 £37.63
25th Percentile £51.56 £23.93 £41.25
Median hourly rate £69.38 £26.47 £45.46
Median % change year-on-year +162.16% -41.78% -30.06%
75th Percentile £85.25 £38.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £90.50 £65.00 £54.63
England median hourly rate £54.25 £41.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +32.32% -3.53% -25.26%

SQL Server Analysis Services
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server Analysis Services relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

SQL Server Analysis Services job vacancy trend in the North West

SQL Server Analysis Services
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SQL Server Analysis Services.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SQL Server Analysis Services

SQL Server Analysis Services
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SQL Server Analysis Services.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SQL Server Analysis Services

SQL Server Analysis Services
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 February 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
Manchester - 1 £500 - 1
SQL Server Analysis Services
England

SQL Server Analysis Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DBA
1 1 (100.00%) SQL DBA
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server DBA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL