SQL Server Contracts in Oxfordshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South East > Oxfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 23 26
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 3 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 1.32% 4.45% 4.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.64% 28.21% 37.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 11
10th Percentile - £409 -
25th Percentile £513 £416 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £431 £375
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £451 £425
90th Percentile - £460 £475
South East median daily rate £463 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -7.50% +1.01% +16.47%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Oxfordshire

SQL Server 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 Oxfordshire with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 22 39 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 9.65% 15.79% 10.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 13 26
10th Percentile £343 £253 £305
25th Percentile £355 £303 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £405 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -4.71% -
75th Percentile £500 £500 £500
90th Percentile £538 £595 £563
South East median daily rate £478 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -6.83% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
Median hourly rate - £28.16 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - +87.73% -31.11%
South East median hourly rate £58.95 £57.50 £39.21
% change year-on-year +2.53% +46.66% +1.84%

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
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Banbury -1 2 £525 +29.63% 2
Bicester - 1 £525 -
SQL Server
South East

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Sage X3
2 1 (33.33%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) SAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
2 1 (33.33%) OLAP
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SSRS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) CCTV
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Mac OS
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Ubuntu
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) People Management
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Data Matching
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (66.67%) PaperCut
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Aruba
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) HP
1 2 (66.67%) Nimble Storage
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat
1 2 (66.67%) Sage
1 2 (66.67%) Veeam
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
1 2 (66.67%) WatchGuard