SQL Server Contract Job Trends in the South West
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 116 | 87 | 87 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -29 | 0 | -20 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL Server | 40 | 34 | 45 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the South West | 1.08% | 1.67% | 1.84% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 10.90% | 14.98% | 14.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28 | 21 | 34 |
| 10th Percentile | £389 | £363 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | £375 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £715 | £450 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +58.89% | - | -18.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £754 | £575 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £765 | - | £710 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £496 | £506 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.91% | -2.05% | -6.32% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £19.25 | £72.50 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £19.50 | £75.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -74.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £19.75 | £77.50 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £24.00 | £21.27 | £56.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.83% | -62.19% | +7.14% |
All Database & BI Skills
South West
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 West.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 367 | 227 | 315 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 9.92% | 11.12% | 12.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 210 | 156 | 209 |
| 10th Percentile | £381 | £313 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £427 | £400 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £540 | £525 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.86% | +5.00% | -12.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £600 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £765 | £678 | £725 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £510 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.49% | -7.27% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 65 | 12 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.17 | £22.73 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £36.75 | £55.13 | £17.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.71 | £65.00 | £27.13 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -35.83% | +139.63% | -56.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.31 | - | £30.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.68 | £76.25 | £63.20 |
| England median hourly rate | £39.50 | £43.50 | £33.93 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.20% | +28.21% | -32.81% |
SQL Server Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.
SQL Server Daily Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SQL Server.
SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram in the South West
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the South West over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.
SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SQL Server.
SQL Server Contract Job Locations in the South West
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 West region over the 6 months to 21 October 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | -3 | 10 | £594 | +48.44% | 6 |
| Somerset | -22 | 9 | £760 | +20.63% | 5 |
| Wiltshire | -24 | 8 | £572 | +6.47% | 3 |
| Devon | -6 | 6 | £750 | +44.23% | 2 |
| Gloucestershire | +3 | 4 | £375 | - | 3 |
| Dorset | -16 | 1 | £300 | -20.00% | 1 |
| SQL Server England |
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SQL Server Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PostgreSQL | 35.0% | 14 |
| 2 | SQL Server Integration Services | 20.0% | 8 |
| 3 | Power BI | 17.5% | 7 |
| 4 | Oracle Database | 15.0% | 6 |
| 5 | Amazon RDS | 5.0% | 2 |
| 5 | Azure SQL Database | 5.0% | 2 |
| 5 | Data Lake | 5.0% | 2 |
| 5 | Data Warehouse | 5.0% | 2 |
| 5 | EDRMS | 5.0% | 2 |
| 5 | Metadata | 5.0% | 2 |
| 5 | MySQL | 5.0% | 2 |
| 5 | Oracle BI EE | 5.0% | 2 |
| 5 | Power Query | 5.0% | 2 |
| 5 | Star Schema | 5.0% | 2 |
| 5 | Tableau | 5.0% | 2 |
| 16 | Flink | 2.5% | 1 |
| 16 | MongoDB | 2.5% | 1 |
| 16 | NoSQL | 2.5% | 1 |
| 16 | RDBMS | 2.5% | 1 |
| 16 | Relational Database | 2.5% | 1 |