SQL Server Contracts in Oxford

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 14 23
Rank change year-on-year - +9 +3
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 0 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford - 0.95% 0.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 8.33% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £458
Median % change year-on-year - +20.22% +30.71%
75th Percentile - - £466
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £313 £525 £431
% change year-on-year -40.48% +21.74% +15.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 9 12 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 18.00% 11.43% 14.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 7
10th Percentile £315 £325 £345
25th Percentile £355 £359 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £550
90th Percentile £700 - £630
Oxfordshire median daily rate £400 £450 £405
% change year-on-year -11.11% +11.11% -4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £22.05
25th Percentile £20.85 - £22.13
Median hourly rate £21.90 - £24.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +63.33%
75th Percentile £22.95 - £27.13
90th Percentile - - £27.35
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £24.83 - £28.16
% change year-on-year - - +87.73%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Oxford

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Oxford.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in Oxford

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Oxford.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in Oxford