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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 381 393
Rank change year-on-year -8 +12 -116
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 197 359 558
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.62% 0.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.70% 3.45% 3.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 228 397
10th Percentile £406 £418 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.00%
75th Percentile £647 £628 £625
90th Percentile £731 £700 £702
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -12.73% +15.79% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
10th Percentile - £44.75 -
25th Percentile - £58.63 £29.50
Median hourly rate - £66.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year - +100.00% -49.23%
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 7,285 10,396 17,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.94% 17.96% 20.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,209 7,401 12,423
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +11.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 187 197
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.98 £35.00 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +33.33% +66.79%
75th Percentile £61.60 £73.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% +64.29% +42.86%

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 10 May 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 10 May 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 0 169 £530 -3.64% 126
London +44 109 £575 +4.55% 52
Work from Home +30 81 £518 -1.36% 136
UK excluding London -8 59 £480 -12.73% 71
South East +19 17 £513 -14.58% 12
North of England -6 13 £450 -20.07% 14
North West -5 11 £438 -23.91% 8
Midlands +19 10 £493 +3.68% 11
South West +18 9 £439 -25.24% 19
Scotland +26 7 £475 -18.52% 4
East Midlands +25 5 £463 -7.50% 4
West Midlands +8 5 £523 +18.75% 7
Wales +18 2 £494 +31.67% 2
Yorkshire +5 2 £513 +7.89% 3
East of England +11 1 £550 +15.79% 10

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 11 (5.58%) Apache Spark
2 9 (4.57%) BizTalk Server
3 7 (3.55%) Apache
4 6 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.52%) ArcGIS
5 3 (1.52%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.02%) CMS
6 2 (1.02%) Confluence
6 2 (1.02%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.51%) Drupal
7 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.02%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.52%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 197 (100.00%) Azure
2 74 (37.56%) Azure Data Factory
3 73 (37.06%) Azure DevOps
4 71 (36.04%) Power Platform
5 61 (30.96%) Serverless
6 57 (28.93%) Azure Functions
7 47 (23.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 45 (22.84%) Azure Logic Apps
9 43 (21.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 37 (18.78%) Azure Service Bus
11 34 (17.26%) Azure Key Vault
12 33 (16.75%) Azure Storage
13 31 (15.74%) Azure API Management
13 31 (15.74%) PaaS
14 28 (14.21%) Entra ID
15 22 (11.17%) AWS
16 18 (9.14%) Azure Monitor
17 17 (8.63%) PowerApps
18 16 (8.12%) Dynamics 365
19 14 (7.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.09%) Firewall
2 5 (2.54%) VPN
3 2 (1.02%) DNS
3 2 (1.02%) Network Security
3 2 (1.02%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.51%) SSH
4 1 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (29.95%) Power BI
1 59 (29.95%) SQL Server
2 49 (24.87%) Data Lake
3 40 (20.30%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (11.17%) NoSQL
5 13 (6.60%) MongoDB
5 13 (6.60%) Relational Database
5 13 (6.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 11 (5.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 10 (5.08%) Big Data
7 10 (5.08%) Power Query
8 9 (4.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 9 (4.57%) Parquet
9 7 (3.55%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 7 (3.55%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 7 (3.55%) OLTP
9 7 (3.55%) Tableau
10 6 (3.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (2.54%) MySQL
11 5 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (11.68%) Git
2 12 (6.09%) Postman
3 11 (5.58%) Visual Studio
4 7 (3.55%) Visual Studio Team System
5 5 (2.54%) JIRA
6 4 (2.03%) Deequ
7 3 (1.52%) NUnit
8 2 (1.02%) Jenkins
8 2 (1.02%) Moq
8 2 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.51%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.51%) GitLab
9 1 (0.51%) Gradle
9 1 (0.51%) gulp
9 1 (0.51%) Hudson
9 1 (0.51%) Maven
9 1 (0.51%) Selenium
9 1 (0.51%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.51%) Travis CI
General
1 47 (23.86%) Social Skills
2 38 (19.29%) Finance
3 16 (8.12%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.58%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.08%) Banking
6 6 (3.05%) Marketing
6 6 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.03%) Back Office
7 4 (2.03%) Local Government
7 4 (2.03%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.02%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.02%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.02%) Retail
9 1 (0.51%) Automotive
9 1 (0.51%) Front Office
9 1 (0.51%) Law
9 1 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 63 (31.98%) Developer
2 50 (25.38%) Azure Engineer
3 47 (23.86%) Data Engineer
4 30 (15.23%) Azure Data Engineer
5 23 (11.68%) Architect
6 18 (9.14%) Lead
7 15 (7.61%) Azure Developer
7 15 (7.61%) DBA
8 13 (6.60%) Full Stack Developer
9 12 (6.09%) Analyst
9 12 (6.09%) Azure Architect
10 11 (5.58%) Senior
10 11 (5.58%) SQL DBA
11 10 (5.08%) SQL Developer
12 9 (4.57%) Data Analyst
12 9 (4.57%) Python Developer
13 8 (4.06%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 8 (4.06%) Integration Developer
13 8 (4.06%) Solutions Architect
14 7 (3.55%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (25.89%) .NET
2 28 (14.21%) ARM Templates
3 26 (13.20%) .NET Core
4 22 (11.17%) JSON
5 18 (9.14%) PySpark
6 17 (8.63%) XML
7 15 (7.61%) REST
7 15 (7.61%) Web Services
8 13 (6.60%) Swagger
9 12 (6.09%) YAML
10 11 (5.58%) SOAP
11 10 (5.08%) .NET Framework
12 9 (4.57%) React
13 8 (4.06%) Blazor
14 7 (3.55%) Apache Avro
15 6 (3.05%) GraphQL
15 6 (3.05%) Kafka
15 6 (3.05%) OAuth
15 6 (3.05%) OpenID
16 5 (2.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.61%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.60%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.06%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.05%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (2.54%) Smart Meter
6 4 (2.03%) Mainframe
6 4 (2.03%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.03%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.52%) N-Tier
7 3 (1.52%) Replication
7 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.02%) Clustering
8 2 (1.02%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.02%) Market Risk
8 2 (1.02%) Social Media
8 2 (1.02%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.66%) Windows
2 10 (5.08%) VMS
3 9 (4.57%) Linux
3 9 (4.57%) Unix
4 4 (2.03%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.51%) CentOS
5 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (42.13%) DevOps
2 73 (37.06%) CI/CD
3 67 (34.01%) Agile
4 59 (29.95%) Business Intelligence
5 53 (26.90%) Analytics
5 53 (26.90%) ETL
6 46 (23.35%) Data Modelling
7 44 (22.34%) Migration
8 35 (17.77%) TDD
9 34 (17.26%) Scrum
10 33 (16.75%) API Management
11 30 (15.23%) Data Engineering
11 30 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
12 29 (14.72%) Microservices
13 28 (14.21%) Software Engineering
14 27 (13.71%) Infrastructure as Code
15 23 (11.68%) Test Automation
16 22 (11.17%) Continuous Integration
16 22 (11.17%) Data Migration
17 21 (10.66%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 182 (92.39%) SQL
2 68 (34.52%) Python
3 52 (26.40%) C#
4 44 (22.34%) PowerShell
5 25 (12.69%) T-SQL
6 18 (9.14%) JavaScript
7 16 (8.12%) Bicep
8 14 (7.11%) Java
9 12 (6.09%) Scala
10 11 (5.58%) PL/SQL
11 10 (5.08%) C++
11 10 (5.08%) Go
12 9 (4.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (2.54%) TypeScript
14 4 (2.03%) R
15 3 (1.52%) Bash
16 2 (1.02%) Shell Script
16 2 (1.02%) VB.NET
17 1 (0.51%) Perl
17 1 (0.51%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (9.14%) Azure Certification
2 17 (8.63%) SC Cleared
2 17 (8.63%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.60%) Degree
4 9 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.05%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.52%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (12.18%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.06%) QA
3 4 (2.03%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.03%) GDPR
3 4 (2.03%) WCAG
4 3 (1.52%) PMO
5 1 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 23 (11.68%) Active Directory
2 17 (8.63%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (5.58%) Docker
4 1 (0.51%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 41 (20.81%) Terraform
2 20 (10.15%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.55%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (2.54%) Ansible
5 4 (2.03%) Grafana
5 4 (2.03%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.02%) Graylog
6 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.02%) Nagios
6 2 (1.02%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.51%) Puppet
7 1 (0.51%) yum
Vendors
1 82 (41.62%) Microsoft
2 37 (18.78%) Databricks
3 16 (8.12%) Oracle
4 9 (4.57%) MuleSoft
5 6 (3.05%) CA
5 6 (3.05%) Google
5 6 (3.05%) SAP
6 5 (2.54%) Ab Initio
7 2 (1.02%) Informatica
7 2 (1.02%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.02%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.02%) Sitecore
7 2 (1.02%) Splunk
8 1 (0.51%) Cisco
8 1 (0.51%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (0.51%) New Relic
8 1 (0.51%) Nintex
8 1 (0.51%) Virgin Media