SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Nottinghamshire 1.05% - 1.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.69% - 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £301 - £375
25th Percentile £303 - £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.43%
75th Percentile £328 - £447
90th Percentile £334 - £471
East Midlands median daily rate £350 £370 £438
% change year-on-year -5.41% -15.43% +6.06%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 26 27 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 13.68% 18.00% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 15 16
10th Percentile £353 £424 £384
25th Percentile £380 £466 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £613
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% -18.37% +40.00%
75th Percentile £523 £569 £738
90th Percentile £550 £600 £775
East Midlands median daily rate £423 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -0.59% -15.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.54 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.71 £22.50 £17.05
% change year-on-year +5.37% +31.95% -71.58%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing SQL Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing SQL Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Nottingham - 2 £313 - 8
SQL Server
East Midlands

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Developer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Server Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft