Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Lancashire > Preston
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | - | 10 | 23 |
Rank change year-on-year | - | +13 | -5 |
Contract jobs citing SQL Server | 0 | 6 | 2 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston | - | 10.17% | 2.22% |
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | 54.55% | 25.00% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
10th Percentile | - | - | £366 |
25th Percentile | - | - | £372 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £389 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +0.32% |
75th Percentile | - | - | £400 |
90th Percentile | - | - | £402 |
Lancashire median daily rate | £425 | - | £389 |
% change year-on-year | - | - | -13.61% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Median hourly rate | - | £46.18 | - |
Lancashire median hourly rate | - | £46.18 | - |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Preston
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 Preston.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 1 | 11 | 8 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston | 1.33% | 18.64% | 8.89% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 | 4 |
10th Percentile | - | - | £374 |
25th Percentile | - | £350 | £392 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £375 | £446 |
Median % change year-on-year | +33.33% | -15.97% | +5.00% |
75th Percentile | - | £463 | £549 |
90th Percentile | - | £575 | £655 |
Lancashire median daily rate | £475 | £600 | £550 |
% change year-on-year | -20.83% | +9.09% | +17.02% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 3 |
10th Percentile | - | £32.81 | £39.47 |
25th Percentile | - | £37.63 | £41.98 |
Median hourly rate | - | £43.22 | £49.57 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | -12.82% | +146.10% |
75th Percentile | - | £46.18 | £54.69 |
90th Percentile | - | - | £55.72 |
Lancashire median hourly rate | £24.59 | £43.22 | £49.57 |
% change year-on-year | -43.11% | -12.82% | +146.10% |
SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Preston.
SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Preston.