SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 371 436
Rank change year-on-year +44 +65 +10
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 9 28 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.070% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.53% 1.24% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 20
10th Percentile £314 £370 £250
25th Percentile £422 £400 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% +5.88% -25.44%
75th Percentile £500 £488 £525
90th Percentile £523 - £548
UK median daily rate £465 £475 £440
% change year-on-year -2.11% +7.95% -26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.00 - £25.00

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,711 2,265 3,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.40% 10.90% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,133 1,466 2,398
10th Percentile £325 £350 £350
25th Percentile £402 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% - -
75th Percentile £556 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 169 184
10th Percentile £46.25 £40.00 £45.38
25th Percentile £52.42 £52.50 £52.47
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +12.84%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.36 £85.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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 Management Studio (SSMS) within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +16 4 £500 +5.26% 3
North West +15 4 £500 +5.26% 1
Wales +2 2 £306 - 4
South West - 2 £475 - 5
East of England +25 1 £438 -7.89% 4
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Azure
1 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
2 4 (44.44%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 7 (77.78%) Power BI
3 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
4 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (33.33%) Dremio
6 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (11.11%) tSQLt
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Data Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analytics Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Database Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Developer Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Power BI Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Report Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Report Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Reporting Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) .NET Core
1 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (11.11%) FHIR
1 1 (11.11%) Web Services
1 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Clustering
1 1 (11.11%) FMCG
1 1 (11.11%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Unix
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (33.33%) Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 3 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 3 (33.33%) Data Transformation
2 3 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Data Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
4 1 (11.11%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (11.11%) Data Integration
4 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) High Availability
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) SOLID
4 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
4 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) T-SQL
3 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 1 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) HL7
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Databricks
3 1 (11.11%) RedGate