SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 37 22
Rank change year-on-year -9 -15 +28
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.54% 0.47% 2.16%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.88% 2.70% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £482
25th Percentile £463 £345 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £370 £508
Median % change year-on-year +28.38% -27.09% -0.54%
75th Percentile £488 £395 £524
90th Percentile - - £534
North East median daily rate £475 £370 £558
% change year-on-year +28.38% -33.63% +9.26%

All Database & BI Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 41 37 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 11.08% 17.29% 19.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 22 23
10th Percentile £370 £345 £294
25th Percentile £431 £366 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £415
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +11.45% -24.55%
75th Percentile £625 £576 £488
90th Percentile £750 £647 £540
North East median daily rate £475 £475 £431
% change year-on-year - +10.21% -21.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £36.00 - -
North East median hourly rate £36.00 - £46.18
% change year-on-year - - -5.76%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing SQL Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing SQL Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Sitecore Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Integration
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Sitecore