SQL Server Contracts in South London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South London 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 32 35 38
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 3 7 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 1.62% 2.89% 4.43%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.12% 11.86% 21.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 14
10th Percentile £673 £430 £450
25th Percentile £688 £446 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +52.63% -7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £738 £509 £606
90th Percentile - £588 £676
London median daily rate £575 £538 £575
% change year-on-year +6.98% -6.52% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 49 59 80
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 26.49% 24.38% 20.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 47 56
10th Percentile £449 £391 £431
25th Percentile £463 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £649
90th Percentile £708 £612 £850
London median daily rate £552 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.17% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.50
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - £19.50
London median hourly rate £39.31 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -21.39% -4.76% -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in South London

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in South London

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South London

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in South London

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bromley -6 3 £725 +52.63% 2
SQL Server
London

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Artifactory
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) Entity Framework
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft