SQL Server Developer Contract Job Trends in Surrey

SQL Server Developer
South East > Surrey

The median SQL Server Developer daily rate in Surrey is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.23% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £475 - £550
% change year-on-year - - -2.65%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Surrey with a recognized job title 403 331 614
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 93.77% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 199 469
10th Percentile £204 £195 £187
25th Percentile £329 £257 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% - -6.86%
75th Percentile £582 £538 £580
90th Percentile £688 £657 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 18 55
10th Percentile £37.20 £17.98 £12.36
25th Percentile £52.50 £21.27 £13.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £24.18 £47.90
Median % change year-on-year +158.48% -49.51% +6.43%
75th Percentile £81.24 £27.25 £69.70
90th Percentile £87.75 £42.38 £76.53
South East median hourly rate £25.77 £42.69 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.63% -5.13% -

SQL Server Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SQL Server Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

SQL Server Developer job vacancy trend in Surrey

SQL Server Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL Server Developer job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL Server Developer job vacancies in Surrey

SQL Server Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL Server Developer job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL Server Developer job vacancies in Surrey

SQL Server Developer
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 SQL Server Developer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 16 February 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
Woking - 1 £475 -
SQL Server Developer
South East

SQL Server Developer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 16 February 2026, SQL Server Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Surrey region featuring SQL Server Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

SQL Server Developer Skill Set
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 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA