Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
England > North West
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Azure SQL Database skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 126 | 122 | 152 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | +30 | -23 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database | 11 | 39 | 30 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West | 0.41% | 1.25% | 0.74% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 2.62% | 7.72% | 3.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 27 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £348 | - | £376 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £463 | £404 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | £575 | £544 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.91% | +5.75% | +28.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £675 | £666 |
| 90th Percentile | £648 | £682 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £530 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.64% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North West
Azure SQL Database is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 420 | 505 | 773 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 15.79% | 16.14% | 19.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 320 | 370 | 565 |
| 10th Percentile | £349 | £338 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £412 | £401 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £489 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.95% | -5.00% | +19.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £588 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £634 | £675 | £675 |
| England median daily rate | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 19 | 14 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £26.85 | £35.00 | £13.21 |
| 25th Percentile | £39.44 | £38.25 | £17.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £42.50 | £45.08 | £31.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.72% | +41.98% | +35.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £46.18 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.50 | £65.70 | £77.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £40.25 | £56.40 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.63% | +25.33% | +80.00% |
Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Azure SQL Database
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure SQL Database in the North West.
Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in the North West over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.
Azure SQL Database
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 Azure SQL Database within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | +14 | 11 | £438 | -7.89% | 5 |
| Azure SQL Database England |
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Azure SQL Database
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: