SQL Server Developer Contracts in the UK excluding London

SQL Server Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median SQL Server Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £226, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 382 424
Rank change year-on-year +28 +42 +53
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server Developer 1 7 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.007% 0.034% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.037% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 12
10th Percentile - £529 £354
25th Percentile - £534 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £226 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -59.82% -2.17% +21.05%
75th Percentile - £584 £678
90th Percentile - £586 £688
UK median daily rate £400 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -30.43% - +18.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,574 18,748 21,727
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.58% 92.26% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,354 11,384 14,860
10th Percentile £216 £213 £235
25th Percentile £363 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,146 2,187 1,192
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.88 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.37 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £39.58
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% +1.90% +88.45%
75th Percentile £56.33 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +67.45%

SQL Server Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured SQL Server Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Developer in the UK excluding London

SQL Server Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Developer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server Developer in the UK excluding London

SQL Server Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Developer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server Developer in the UK excluding London

SQL Server Developer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
Wales - 1 £226 -
SQL Server Developer
UK

SQL Server Developer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 July 2025, SQL Server Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring SQL Server Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation

SQL Server Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL