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 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 14 | 26 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +12 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL Server | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire | - | 4.62% | 1.00% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | 23.08% | 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 | 26 | 18 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 5.08% | 20.00% | 9.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £250 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £863 | £316 | £466 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £875 | £413 | £490 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +112.12% | -15.82% | +5.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £888 | £438 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £451 | £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.
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Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing SQL Server.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing SQL Server.
