SQL Server Contracts in the South East

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 48 33
Rank change year-on-year -50 -15 +10
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 101 262 444
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.83% 4.54% 5.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.72% 30.22% 31.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 201 325
10th Percentile £306 £310 £330
25th Percentile £380 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £568 £600 £575
90th Percentile £663 £688 £638
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - +12.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 12
10th Percentile £47.61 £37.50 -
25th Percentile £54.85 £39.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £58.91 £43.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.41% +102.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £68.98 £64.25 £50.06
90th Percentile £77.00 £76.70 £61.34
England median hourly rate £40.25 £43.50 £49.50
% change year-on-year -7.47% -12.12% +76.79%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 604 867 1,414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 10.94% 15.02% 18.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 371 606 965
10th Percentile £316 £314 £340
25th Percentile £400 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.37% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £686
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 43 29
10th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £19.60
25th Percentile £21.55 £29.19 £20.75
Median hourly rate £58.91 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.10% +57.14% -11.39%
75th Percentile £67.50 £74.38 £54.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.60 £62.82
England median hourly rate £40.13 £56.95 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.54% +34.00% +70.00%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the South East

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in the South East

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in the South East

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in the South East

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL Server in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SQL Server in the South East

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Thames Valley -37 47 £500 +3.09% 51
Berkshire -13 34 £500 +3.09% 22
Hampshire -41 15 £450 -10.00% 29
West Sussex +13 11 £375 -11.76% 7
Surrey -19 11 £596 +19.25% 18
Buckinghamshire -14 9 £425 -13.92% 12
East Sussex +7 8 £380 -41.54% 12
Home Counties +7 4 £475 +5.56%
Kent 0 4 £550 -22.26% 17
Oxfordshire -1 4 £525 +21.74% 17
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (4.95%) Confluence
2 3 (2.97%) Apache
2 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.98%) nginx
3 2 (1.98%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.99%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.99%) Jadu
4 1 (0.99%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.98%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.99%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.99%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.99%) Epicor Tropos
2 1 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 39 (38.61%) Azure
2 17 (16.83%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (8.91%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.93%) Azure Functions
4 7 (6.93%) Serverless
5 6 (5.94%) AWS
5 6 (5.94%) Azure API Management
5 6 (5.94%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (5.94%) Azure Logic Apps
5 6 (5.94%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (4.95%) Azure Key Vault
6 5 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (4.95%) PaaS
7 3 (2.97%) GitHub
8 2 (1.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (1.98%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.98%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (1.98%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.98%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.89%) SAN
2 9 (8.91%) Firewall
3 7 (6.93%) NAS
4 5 (4.95%) Cisco IOS
4 5 (4.95%) DHCP
4 5 (4.95%) DNS
5 4 (3.96%) FTP
5 4 (3.96%) WAN
6 3 (2.97%) BGP
6 3 (2.97%) IOS XR
6 3 (2.97%) Network Security
7 2 (1.98%) LAN
7 2 (1.98%) SSL
7 2 (1.98%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.98%) VPN
7 2 (1.98%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.88%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (10.89%) MySQL
3 10 (9.90%) Relational Database
3 10 (9.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (8.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (8.91%) Power BI
4 9 (8.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (5.94%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (5.94%) MongoDB
6 5 (4.95%) Oracle Database
7 4 (3.96%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 4 (3.96%) Oracle Database 11g
7 4 (3.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (2.97%) NoSQL
8 3 (2.97%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.98%) CouchDB
9 2 (1.98%) OLAP
9 2 (1.98%) Tableau
10 1 (0.99%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 10 (9.90%) JIRA
2 8 (7.92%) Git
2 8 (7.92%) Visual Studio
3 5 (4.95%) Bitbucket
4 4 (3.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (2.97%) GitLab
6 2 (1.98%) JMeter
6 2 (1.98%) Selenium
6 2 (1.98%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.99%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.99%) Postman
General
1 23 (22.77%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (6.93%) Telecoms
4 5 (4.95%) Finance
5 4 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (3.96%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.97%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.98%) Automotive
7 2 (1.98%) Marketing
7 2 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.99%) Back Office
8 1 (0.99%) Electronics
8 1 (0.99%) French Language
8 1 (0.99%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.99%) Legal
8 1 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.99%) Retail
8 1 (0.99%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 37 (36.63%) Developer
2 11 (10.89%) Senior
3 10 (9.90%) Database Specialist
3 10 (9.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (7.92%) Azure Developer
5 7 (6.93%) .NET Developer
5 7 (6.93%) DBA
5 7 (6.93%) SQL Developer
5 7 (6.93%) Support Engineer
6 6 (5.94%) Software Developer
7 5 (4.95%) Architect
7 5 (4.95%) C# Developer
7 5 (4.95%) Consultant
7 5 (4.95%) Full Stack Developer
7 5 (4.95%) SQL DBA
8 4 (3.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Infrastructure Support
8 4 (3.96%) Integration Developer
8 4 (3.96%) Senior Developer
8 4 (3.96%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (28.71%) .NET
2 16 (15.84%) AngularJS
3 13 (12.87%) HTML
4 11 (10.89%) CSS
5 10 (9.90%) .NET Core
6 9 (8.91%) ASP.NET
6 9 (8.91%) ASP.NET MVC
7 8 (7.92%) .NET Framework
8 7 (6.93%) JSON
8 7 (6.93%) REST
8 7 (6.93%) RESTful
9 6 (5.94%) XML
10 5 (4.95%) ARM Templates
10 5 (4.95%) Blazor
10 5 (4.95%) Entity Framework
10 5 (4.95%) SOAP
11 4 (3.96%) React
12 3 (2.97%) Elastic Stack
12 3 (2.97%) Razor View Engine
12 3 (2.97%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.91%) PKI
2 7 (6.93%) Public Cloud
3 6 (5.94%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (5.94%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (3.96%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.96%) Fat Client
4 4 (3.96%) Replication
4 4 (3.96%) Thin Client
5 3 (2.97%) Clustering
6 2 (1.98%) CCTV
6 2 (1.98%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.99%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.99%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.99%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 29 (28.71%) Windows
2 19 (18.81%) Linux
3 13 (12.87%) Windows Server
4 11 (10.89%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (6.93%) Ubuntu
5 7 (6.93%) Unix
6 5 (4.95%) Windows 10
6 5 (4.95%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (2.97%) Windows 7
7 3 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.98%) Android
8 2 (1.98%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.98%) VMS
8 2 (1.98%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (31.68%) Agile
2 21 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (16.83%) DevOps
4 15 (14.85%) Mentoring
5 14 (13.86%) MVC
5 14 (13.86%) Scrum
6 13 (12.87%) Migration
6 13 (12.87%) OO
7 12 (11.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (10.89%) CI/CD
9 10 (9.90%) ETL
10 9 (8.91%) Data Protection
10 9 (8.91%) Project Management
11 8 (7.92%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (7.92%) Full Stack Development
12 7 (6.93%) Analytics
12 7 (6.93%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (6.93%) Project Delivery
12 7 (6.93%) TDD
13 6 (5.94%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 59 (58.42%) SQL
2 33 (32.67%) C#
3 22 (21.78%) JavaScript
4 14 (13.86%) PowerShell
5 8 (7.92%) Bash
5 8 (7.92%) Java
6 6 (5.94%) C++
6 6 (5.94%) T-SQL
7 4 (3.96%) F#
7 4 (3.96%) Python
8 2 (1.98%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.99%) Bicep
9 1 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.99%) PHP
9 1 (0.99%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.99%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.99%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.99%) VBA
9 1 (0.99%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 28 (27.72%) Security Cleared
2 14 (13.86%) DV Cleared
3 13 (12.87%) SC Cleared
4 10 (9.90%) Degree
5 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.92%) QA
2 3 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 2 (1.98%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.99%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.99%) GxP
4 1 (0.99%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.99%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (11.88%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.95%) vSphere
4 4 (3.96%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.97%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.98%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 12 (11.88%) Ansible
2 7 (6.93%) Terraform
3 5 (4.95%) Nessus
4 4 (3.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (3.96%) Red Hat Satellite
4 4 (3.96%) SCCM
4 4 (3.96%) vCenter Server
4 4 (3.96%) WSUS
4 4 (3.96%) ZABBIX
5 3 (2.97%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.98%) Grafana
6 2 (1.98%) Graylog
6 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.98%) Nagios
6 2 (1.98%) PaperCut
6 2 (1.98%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.99%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.99%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.99%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 29 (28.71%) Microsoft
2 25 (24.75%) Oracle
3 15 (14.85%) VMware
4 9 (8.91%) Red Hat
5 7 (6.93%) Veeam
6 5 (4.95%) Cisco
7 4 (3.96%) Informatica
8 3 (2.97%) SAP
8 3 (2.97%) TOWER Software
9 2 (1.98%) Aruba
9 2 (1.98%) HP
9 2 (1.98%) Nimble Storage
9 2 (1.98%) Sage
9 2 (1.98%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.98%) Splunk
9 2 (1.98%) WatchGuard
10 1 (0.99%) Facebook
10 1 (0.99%) OneTrust
10 1 (0.99%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.99%) Twitter