SQL Server Contracts in the South East

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 93 49
Rank change year-on-year -5 -44 -15
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 66 117 238
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.01% 2.06% 4.04%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 14.80% 17.92% 29.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 87 185
10th Percentile £220 £313 £317
25th Percentile £325 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £519 £625 £600
90th Percentile £600 £630 £688
England median daily rate £510 £510 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - £29.58 £45.75
25th Percentile - £41.27 £50.63
Median hourly rate - £58.91 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -5.75% +38.89%
75th Percentile - £71.99 £75.63
90th Percentile - £77.50 £81.25
England median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -37.50% -17.95% -10.55%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 446 653 810
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 13.56% 11.50% 13.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 409 564
10th Percentile £287 £313 £340
25th Percentile £375 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% +5.00%
75th Percentile £563 £606 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 34 42
10th Percentile £13.25 £18.20 £22.18
25th Percentile £22.18 £21.16 £32.30
Median hourly rate £24.00 £43.34 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year -44.62% -22.95% +150.00%
75th Percentile £32.05 £61.60 £72.78
90th Percentile £36.25 £78.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £34.00 £38.50 £58.59
% change year-on-year -11.69% -34.29% +55.00%

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 6 July 2025.

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
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 6 July 2025. 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 +20 38 £450 -10.00% 83
Berkshire +19 22 £500 - 35
Buckinghamshire +15 15 £325 -23.53% 22
Hampshire +8 10 £675 +12.50% 45
West Sussex +7 10 £299 -35.35% 18
Surrey +7 5 £415 -24.55% 31
East Sussex -8 3 £450 +18.42% 17
Oxfordshire -4 1 £313 -39.02% 27
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 6 (9.09%) Apache
2 5 (7.58%) Confluence
2 5 (7.58%) IIS
3 4 (6.06%) CMS
3 4 (6.06%) Drupal
3 4 (6.06%) WordPress
4 3 (4.55%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (4.55%) SAS
5 2 (3.03%) SharePoint
5 2 (3.03%) Tomcat
6 1 (1.52%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.52%) Remedy AR System
2 1 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 29 (43.94%) Azure
2 11 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (15.15%) Power Platform
4 6 (9.09%) AWS
5 4 (6.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (6.06%) SaaS
5 4 (6.06%) Serverless
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (4.55%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.55%) PaaS
7 2 (3.03%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (3.03%) Azure Functions
7 2 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (3.03%) GitHub
7 2 (3.03%) IaaS
7 2 (3.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.06%) Internet
2 3 (4.55%) HTTP
3 2 (3.03%) Firewall
3 2 (3.03%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.52%) DNS
4 1 (1.52%) FTP
4 1 (1.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.15%) MySQL
2 9 (13.64%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (12.12%) Relational Database
4 7 (10.61%) Oracle Database
4 7 (10.61%) Power BI
5 4 (6.06%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (6.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (4.55%) Data Lake
6 3 (4.55%) Metadata
6 3 (4.55%) NoSQL
6 3 (4.55%) OLAP
7 2 (3.03%) Big Data
7 2 (3.03%) GIS
7 2 (3.03%) IBM InfoSphere
7 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (3.03%) NewSQL
7 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (15.15%) JIRA
2 7 (10.61%) Git
3 4 (6.06%) Bitbucket Server
4 3 (4.55%) MSI
5 2 (3.03%) Jenkins
5 2 (3.03%) QARun
5 2 (3.03%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (3.03%) WinRunner
6 1 (1.52%) Fiddler
6 1 (1.52%) Postman
6 1 (1.52%) SoapUI
6 1 (1.52%) Subversion
6 1 (1.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (37.88%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.64%) Finance
3 8 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.55%) Banking
5 2 (3.03%) Billing
5 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.03%) Korean Language
5 2 (3.03%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.52%) Automotive
6 1 (1.52%) French Language
6 1 (1.52%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.52%) Italian Language
6 1 (1.52%) Legal
6 1 (1.52%) Marketing
6 1 (1.52%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 13 (19.70%) Developer
2 9 (13.64%) Analyst
3 7 (10.61%) Support Engineer
3 7 (10.61%) Test Analyst
4 5 (7.58%) Applications Support
4 5 (7.58%) Architect
4 5 (7.58%) DBA
5 4 (6.06%) .NET Developer
5 4 (6.06%) Consultant
5 4 (6.06%) DevOps Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) Integration Analyst
5 4 (6.06%) Integration Test Analyst
5 4 (6.06%) PHP Software Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) Software Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) SQL DBA
5 4 (6.06%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) Technical Support
5 4 (6.06%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) ERP Support
6 3 (4.55%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (25.76%) .NET
2 9 (13.64%) SOAP
3 7 (10.61%) CSS
3 7 (10.61%) HTML
4 6 (9.09%) .NET Framework
4 6 (9.09%) AngularJS
4 6 (9.09%) LAMP
4 6 (9.09%) Web Services
5 4 (6.06%) Ajax
5 4 (6.06%) CodeIgniter
5 4 (6.06%) jQuery
5 4 (6.06%) WebdriverIO
6 3 (4.55%) ASP.NET
6 3 (4.55%) Blazor
6 3 (4.55%) OAuth
7 2 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (3.03%) React
7 2 (3.03%) WCF
7 2 (3.03%) WinForms
7 2 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.61%) Replication
2 5 (7.58%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (6.06%) Legacy Code
4 3 (4.55%) Clustering
4 3 (4.55%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.03%) Fat Client
5 2 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.03%) N-Tier
5 2 (3.03%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.03%) Public Cloud
5 2 (3.03%) SCADA
5 2 (3.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (3.03%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.52%) CMDB
6 1 (1.52%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 23 (34.85%) Windows
2 10 (15.15%) Linux
3 6 (9.09%) Unix
3 6 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.03%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.03%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (30.30%) Agile
3 18 (27.27%) DevOps
4 15 (22.73%) Migration
5 12 (18.18%) ETL
6 11 (16.67%) Data Migration
6 11 (16.67%) Test Automation
7 10 (15.15%) CI/CD
7 10 (15.15%) Performance Tuning
8 9 (13.64%) Analytics
8 9 (13.64%) Waterfall
9 8 (12.12%) Data Modelling
9 8 (12.12%) ERP
9 8 (12.12%) Software Engineering
10 7 (10.61%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (10.61%) Defect Management
10 7 (10.61%) MVC
10 7 (10.61%) SDLC
10 7 (10.61%) Secure Coding
10 7 (10.61%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 40 (60.61%) SQL
2 16 (24.24%) C#
3 12 (18.18%) PowerShell
4 7 (10.61%) Java
4 7 (10.61%) JavaScript
5 6 (9.09%) PHP
5 6 (9.09%) Python
5 6 (9.09%) VB
6 3 (4.55%) PL/SQL
7 2 (3.03%) Bash
7 2 (3.03%) Bicep
7 2 (3.03%) Perl
7 2 (3.03%) Scala
7 2 (3.03%) X++
8 1 (1.52%) ActionScript
8 1 (1.52%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.52%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.52%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.06%) Degree
2 4 (6.06%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.55%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.52%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.52%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.52%) ISEB
5 1 (1.52%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (1.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) QA
2 3 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.55%) GDPR
2 3 (4.55%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.55%) Docker
2 3 (4.55%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.52%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.55%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.55%) SCOM
1 3 (4.55%) Terraform
1 3 (4.55%) WMI
2 2 (3.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (3.03%) Puppet
2 2 (3.03%) SCVMM
3 1 (1.52%) Data Guard
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (60.61%) Microsoft
2 15 (22.73%) Oracle
3 5 (7.58%) IBM
4 4 (6.06%) ServiceNow
4 4 (6.06%) Zend
5 3 (4.55%) Dynatrace
5 3 (4.55%) SAP
6 2 (3.03%) MicroStrategy
6 2 (3.03%) Salesforce
6 2 (3.03%) VMware
7 1 (1.52%) Ab Initio
7 1 (1.52%) BMC
7 1 (1.52%) Cognos
7 1 (1.52%) Compaq
7 1 (1.52%) HP
7 1 (1.52%) Remedy
7 1 (1.52%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.52%) Sybase
7 1 (1.52%) Terracotta
7 1 (1.52%) webMethods