Azure SQL Database Contracts

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Azure SQL Database skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 409 388 395
Rank change year-on-year -21 +7 -123
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 192 367 579
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.61% 0.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.65% 3.40% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 236 412
10th Percentile £375 £423 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £535 £534
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +0.23% +6.75%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £625
90th Percentile £738 £700 £705
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £575 £489
% change year-on-year -16.96% +17.65% +8.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
10th Percentile - £35.00 -
25th Percentile - £43.13 £29.50
Median hourly rate - £66.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year - +100.00% -32.99%
75th Percentile - £68.13 £36.50
90th Percentile - £70.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £35.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year - +6.06% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Azure SQL Database is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,245 10,781 17,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.73% 18.03% 20.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,147 7,685 12,759
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £658 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -3.40% +2.56% +9.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 185 187
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.98 £35.00 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +41.18% +57.52%
75th Percentile £58.55 £71.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.19 £69.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% +64.29% +45.83%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure SQL Database in the UK

Azure SQL Database
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure SQL Database.

Daily rate trend for Azure SQL Database in the UK

Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure SQL Database in the UK

Azure SQL Database
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure SQL Database.

Hourly rate trend for Azure SQL Database in the UK

Azure SQL Database
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +14 165 £525 -4.55% 135
London +40 108 £575 +4.55% 56
Work from Home +37 80 £506 -3.57% 135
UK excluding London 0 57 £478 -16.96% 82
South East +26 17 £513 -14.58% 19
North of England -11 11 £475 -15.63% 17
Midlands +16 10 £493 +3.68% 9
South West +21 8 £439 -25.24% 15
North West -17 8 £450 -22.35% 12
Scotland +22 7 £475 -20.83% 8
East Midlands +21 5 £463 -7.50% 3
West Midlands +20 5 £523 +18.75% 6
Yorkshire +7 3 £513 +7.89% 2
Wales +17 2 £494 +12.86% 1
East of England +13 2 £550 +15.79% 17

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (4.69%) BizTalk Server
2 7 (3.65%) Apache Spark
3 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.56%) Apache
4 3 (1.56%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.04%) CMS
5 2 (1.04%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.04%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.52%) Confluence
6 1 (0.52%) Drupal
6 1 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.56%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 192 (100.00%) Azure
2 74 (38.54%) Azure DevOps
3 71 (36.98%) Azure Data Factory
4 68 (35.42%) Power Platform
5 60 (31.25%) Serverless
6 57 (29.69%) Azure Functions
7 44 (22.92%) Azure Logic Apps
7 44 (22.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 43 (22.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 37 (19.27%) Azure Service Bus
10 34 (17.71%) Azure Storage
11 32 (16.67%) Azure Key Vault
12 31 (16.15%) Azure API Management
13 30 (15.63%) PaaS
14 25 (13.02%) Entra ID
15 21 (10.94%) AWS
16 17 (8.85%) Azure Monitor
17 14 (7.29%) PowerApps
18 13 (6.77%) Dynamics 365
19 11 (5.73%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.25%) Firewall
2 5 (2.60%) VPN
3 3 (1.56%) DNS
4 2 (1.04%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.52%) Network Security
5 1 (0.52%) SAN
5 1 (0.52%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (30.21%) SQL Server
2 57 (29.69%) Power BI
3 48 (25.00%) Data Lake
4 38 (19.79%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (8.33%) NoSQL
6 14 (7.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (6.77%) MongoDB
8 12 (6.25%) Relational Database
9 11 (5.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (5.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 9 (4.69%) Big Data
11 9 (4.69%) Power Query
12 8 (4.17%) Tableau
13 7 (3.65%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 7 (3.65%) OLTP
13 7 (3.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 6 (3.13%) MySQL
14 6 (3.13%) QlikView
15 5 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (12.50%) Git
2 12 (6.25%) Postman
3 10 (5.21%) Visual Studio
4 7 (3.65%) Visual Studio Team System
5 4 (2.08%) JIRA
6 3 (1.56%) Deequ
6 3 (1.56%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.56%) NUnit
7 2 (1.04%) Moq
7 2 (1.04%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (1.04%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.52%) ERwin
8 1 (0.52%) GitLab
8 1 (0.52%) gulp
8 1 (0.52%) Hudson
8 1 (0.52%) JMeter
8 1 (0.52%) Maven
8 1 (0.52%) Selenium
8 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 43 (22.40%) Social Skills
2 37 (19.27%) Finance
3 17 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.21%) Banking
4 10 (5.21%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (2.60%) Marketing
7 4 (2.08%) Back Office
7 4 (2.08%) Local Government
7 4 (2.08%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.04%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.04%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.04%) Retail
9 1 (0.52%) Automotive
9 1 (0.52%) Front Office
9 1 (0.52%) Law
9 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 59 (30.73%) Developer
2 47 (24.48%) Azure Engineer
3 42 (21.88%) Data Engineer
4 26 (13.54%) Azure Data Engineer
5 21 (10.94%) Architect
6 19 (9.90%) Lead
7 17 (8.85%) DBA
8 16 (8.33%) Azure Developer
9 13 (6.77%) Analyst
10 12 (6.25%) Full Stack Developer
10 12 (6.25%) Senior
10 12 (6.25%) SQL DBA
10 12 (6.25%) SQL Developer
11 11 (5.73%) Azure Architect
11 11 (5.73%) Data Analyst
12 9 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (4.17%) C# Developer
13 8 (4.17%) Lead Developer
13 8 (4.17%) Python Developer
13 8 (4.17%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (26.04%) .NET
2 26 (13.54%) .NET Core
2 26 (13.54%) ARM Templates
3 20 (10.42%) JSON
4 17 (8.85%) XML
5 16 (8.33%) REST
5 16 (8.33%) Web Services
6 13 (6.77%) PySpark
6 13 (6.77%) Swagger
7 11 (5.73%) .NET Framework
7 11 (5.73%) SOAP
8 9 (4.69%) Blazor
8 9 (4.69%) YAML
9 6 (3.13%) GraphQL
9 6 (3.13%) Kafka
9 6 (3.13%) OAuth
9 6 (3.13%) OpenID
9 6 (3.13%) React
10 5 (2.60%) Entity Framework
10 5 (2.60%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.81%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.21%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.13%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.60%) Smart Meter
6 4 (2.08%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.56%) N-Tier
7 3 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.04%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.04%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.04%) Market Risk
8 2 (1.04%) Replication
8 2 (1.04%) Wiki
9 1 (0.52%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 22 (11.46%) Windows
2 10 (5.21%) VMS
3 9 (4.69%) Linux
4 8 (4.17%) Unix
5 4 (2.08%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.52%) CentOS
6 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (41.15%) DevOps
2 67 (34.90%) CI/CD
3 66 (34.38%) Agile
4 60 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
5 54 (28.13%) ETL
6 49 (25.52%) Analytics
6 49 (25.52%) Data Modelling
7 45 (23.44%) Migration
8 34 (17.71%) TDD
9 33 (17.19%) API Management
10 32 (16.67%) Scrum
11 27 (14.06%) Software Engineering
12 26 (13.54%) Microservices
13 25 (13.02%) Data Engineering
13 25 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (10.94%) Infrastructure as Code
15 19 (9.90%) Data Integration
15 19 (9.90%) Data Migration
15 19 (9.90%) SDLC
15 19 (9.90%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 180 (93.75%) SQL
2 64 (33.33%) Python
3 51 (26.56%) C#
4 47 (24.48%) PowerShell
5 25 (13.02%) T-SQL
6 18 (9.38%) JavaScript
7 14 (7.29%) Java
8 11 (5.73%) Bicep
8 11 (5.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 10 (5.21%) C++
9 10 (5.21%) Go
9 10 (5.21%) PL/SQL
10 9 (4.69%) Scala
11 4 (2.08%) R
12 2 (1.04%) Bash
12 2 (1.04%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.04%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.52%) Perl
13 1 (0.52%) PHP
13 1 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (9.90%) Azure Certification
2 17 (8.85%) SC Cleared
2 17 (8.85%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.77%) Degree
4 8 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.13%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.56%) CIMA
6 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.94%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.60%) QA
3 4 (2.08%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.08%) GDPR
3 4 (2.08%) WCAG
4 3 (1.56%) PMO
5 1 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.52%) IFRS
System Software
1 22 (11.46%) Active Directory
2 18 (9.38%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (6.25%) Docker
4 1 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 36 (18.75%) Terraform
2 21 (10.94%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.65%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (3.13%) Ansible
5 5 (2.60%) Grafana
5 5 (2.60%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.04%) Graylog
6 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.04%) Nagios
6 2 (1.04%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.52%) Puppet
7 1 (0.52%) yum
Vendors
1 82 (42.71%) Microsoft
2 35 (18.23%) Databricks
3 17 (8.85%) Oracle
4 9 (4.69%) MuleSoft
5 6 (3.13%) CA
5 6 (3.13%) Google
5 6 (3.13%) SAP
6 5 (2.60%) Ab Initio
7 2 (1.04%) New Relic
7 2 (1.04%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.04%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.04%) Sitecore
7 2 (1.04%) Splunk
8 1 (0.52%) Cisco
8 1 (0.52%) Informatica
8 1 (0.52%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (0.52%) Nintex
8 1 (0.52%) Virgin Media