SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Contracts in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 131 148
Rank change year-on-year +15 +17 +17
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 4 6 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.20% 0.22% 0.28%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.46% 1.99% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 6
10th Percentile £428 - £378
25th Percentile £450 £463 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -32.00%
75th Percentile £525 £488 £442
90th Percentile £533 £495 £447
England median daily rate £465 £475 £444
% change year-on-year -2.11% +7.04% -22.83%

All Development Application Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 274 301 417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.92% 10.93% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 231 322
10th Percentile £329 £375 £325
25th Percentile £391 £431 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.28% +1.30%
75th Percentile £534 £600 £600
90th Percentile £600 £675 £656
England median daily rate £500 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -6.41% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 13
10th Percentile £54.02 £40.52 £38.16
25th Percentile £63.25 £45.88 £42.81
Median hourly rate £75.00 £52.94 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% +6.15% +17.35%
75th Percentile £78.13 £74.63 £53.44
90th Percentile £81.35 £81.45 £56.38
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.34
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.97% +21.46%

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the North West

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the North West.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the North West

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the North West

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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 Management Studio (SSMS) within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 - 3 £475 -
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
England

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (75.00%) Dremio
2 3 (75.00%) Power BI
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Data Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Database Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Data Transformation
1 3 (75.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Databricks