SQL Server Contracts in Oxfordshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 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 21 24 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 +6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 1 3 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 0.94% 1.32% 4.40%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.14% 14.29% 27.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £409
25th Percentile £306 £513 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £525 £431
Median % change year-on-year -40.48% +21.74% +15.00%
75th Percentile £319 £538 £451
90th Percentile - - £460
South East median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 14 21 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 13.21% 9.25% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 17 14
10th Percentile £298 £343 £254
25th Percentile £350 £355 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £431
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +4.35% +1.47%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £556
90th Percentile £700 £538 £613
South East median daily rate £500 £480 £513
% change year-on-year +4.17% -6.34% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £21.48 - £22.20
25th Percentile £22.41 - £22.50
Median hourly rate £24.83 - £28.16
Median % change year-on-year - - +87.73%
75th Percentile £27.05 - £32.30
90th Percentile £27.87 - -
South East median hourly rate £32.05 £58.91 £57.50
% change year-on-year -45.59% +2.44% +46.66%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Oxfordshire

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in Oxfordshire

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in Oxfordshire

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence