SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
East of England > Suffolk

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 17 25
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 3 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 5.00% 5.50% 1.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 42.86% 22.22% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile - - £398
25th Percentile - £363 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% +30.72%
75th Percentile £538 £394 £556
90th Percentile £560 £398 £583
East of England median daily rate £500 £375 £500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% +11.11%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7 27 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 11.67% 24.77% 10.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 10
10th Percentile - £300 £356
25th Percentile - £300 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £525
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -28.57% -17.97%
75th Percentile £538 £388 £675
90th Percentile £560 £408 £700
East of England median daily rate £500 £375 £500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% -4.76%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk.

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Suffolk

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
Ipswich +3 2 £500 +33.33% 4
Lowestoft - 1 £550 -
SQL Server
East of England

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Backend Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (33.33%) Blazor
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) CSS3
2 1 (33.33%) Entity Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Express.js
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) HTML5
2 1 (33.33%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) MediatR
2 1 (33.33%) NgRx
2 1 (33.33%) RxJS
2 1 (33.33%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) CQRS
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft