Azure SQL Database Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 - 75
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.52% - 0.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.23% - 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £425 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.73%
75th Percentile £475 - £688
90th Percentile £483 - -
South East median daily rate £425 £525 £633
% change year-on-year -19.05% -17.00% +1.20%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Surrey

Azure SQL Database 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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 62 86 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 16.02% 18.98% 19.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 57 106
10th Percentile £163 - £270
25th Percentile £204 £203 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £375 £550
Median % change year-on-year -44.67% -31.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £438 £500 £600
90th Percentile £545 £580 £675
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £535
% change year-on-year -10.00% -6.54% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 12
10th Percentile - - £42.71
25th Percentile £77.55 - £45.84
Median hourly rate £83.82 £30.00 £52.25
Median % change year-on-year +179.40% -42.58% +16.11%
75th Percentile £90.09 - £76.53
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £48.18 £50.00
% change year-on-year -50.19% -3.64% +130.95%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in Surrey

Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Azure SQL Database.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 14 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
Woking - 2 £450 - 3
Azure SQL Database
South East

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JMeter
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) QA Tester
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Developer
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Batch Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) SLA