SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring SQL Server skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 15 26
Rank change year-on-year - +11 -4
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 0 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire - 4.65% 1.00%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 24.00% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £473
25th Percentile - £313 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £325 £499
Median % change year-on-year - -34.84% +33.00%
75th Percentile - £338 £509
90th Percentile - - £510
West Midlands median daily rate £513 £567 £519
% change year-on-year -9.61% +9.30% +15.28%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3 25 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 5.08% 19.38% 9.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 11
10th Percentile - £250 £425
25th Percentile £863 £313 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 £425 £490
Median % change year-on-year +105.88% -13.27% +5.95%
75th Percentile £888 £438 £500
90th Percentile - £465 £506
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £34.47 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £34.43 £34.47 £31.04
% change year-on-year -0.10% +11.03% -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Staffordshire

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing SQL Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing SQL Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing SQL Server