MS Access Contracts

Microsoft Access
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring MS Access skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MS Access over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 582 637
Rank change year-on-year +106 +55 +137
Contract jobs citing MS Access 43 18 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.041% 0.13%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.78% 0.25% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 9 55
10th Percentile £285 £323 £190
25th Percentile £363 £325 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £370 £538
Median % change year-on-year +11.49% -31.16% +19.44%
75th Percentile £532 £425 £650
90th Percentile £678 £525 £698
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £350 £388
% change year-on-year +7.14% -9.68% -8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £27.69 - £13.16
25th Percentile £28.58 - £13.22
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.79 £14.62
Median % change year-on-year +12.72% +76.40% -68.22%
75th Percentile - - £24.61
90th Percentile - - £41.27
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.76 - £14.24
% change year-on-year - - -69.04%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

MS Access 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,544 7,303 10,767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.96% 16.75% 18.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,832 5,193 7,664
10th Percentile £356 £350 £375
25th Percentile £420 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.78%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £660
90th Percentile £763 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +1.88% -4.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 144 183
10th Percentile £20.09 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £24.25 £20.98 £35.00
Median hourly rate £33.11 £40.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.23% -33.33% +41.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.55 £70.88
90th Percentile £74.75 £72.50 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £58.05
% change year-on-year -25.00% -31.09% +65.84%

MS Access
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MS Access as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MS Access in the UK

MS Access
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MS Access.

Daily rate trend for MS Access in the UK

MS Access
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MS Access over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MS Access in the UK

MS Access
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MS Access.

Hourly rate trend for MS Access in the UK

MS Access
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Access within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +86 40 £375 +1.35% 50
London +59 29 £375 -11.76% 30
Work from Home +69 24 £375 +1.35% 15
UK excluding London +54 10 £375 +7.14% 23
South East +45 6 £375 - 3
East of England +33 2 - - 4
Midlands +21 1 - - 7
West Midlands +13 1 - - 5
Scotland - 1 £513 - 1

MS Access
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 6 (13.95%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.33%) Drupal
2 1 (2.33%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (41.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.33%) FileZilla
4 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Primavera
1 1 (2.33%) Raiser’s Edge
1 1 (2.33%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 13 (30.23%) Power Platform
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.98%) Azure
4 2 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.33%) AWS
5 1 (2.33%) Boomi
5 1 (2.33%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) FTP
1 1 (2.33%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (20.93%) Power BI
1 9 (20.93%) SQL Server
2 7 (16.28%) Relational Database
3 6 (13.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (9.30%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (9.30%) Power Query
5 3 (6.98%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (6.98%) InterSystems Cache
5 3 (6.98%) Tableau
6 2 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.33%) Data Hub
7 1 (2.33%) DB2
7 1 (2.33%) Metadata
7 1 (2.33%) MySQL
7 1 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (2.33%) QlikView
7 1 (2.33%) RDBMS
7 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) QARun
1 4 (9.30%) WinRunner
2 3 (6.98%) Git
3 2 (4.65%) JIRA
4 1 (2.33%) Postman
4 1 (2.33%) Selenium
4 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 18 (41.86%) Social Skills
2 11 (25.58%) Finance
3 8 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (13.95%) Banking
5 3 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Legal
6 2 (4.65%) Local Government
6 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.33%) Aviation
7 1 (2.33%) Front Office
7 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.33%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 16 (37.21%) Analyst
2 12 (27.91%) Developer
3 7 (16.28%) Senior
4 6 (13.95%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (13.95%) Senior Test Analyst
4 6 (13.95%) Test Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) Data Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Access Developer
6 4 (9.30%) Information Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Senior UAT Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) UAT Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) UAT Test Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Business Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Data Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Developer
8 2 (4.65%) Banking Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) Consultant
8 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365 Developer
8 2 (4.65%) VBA Developer
9 1 (2.33%) Regulatory Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.95%) Middleware
1 6 (13.95%) Web Services
2 3 (6.98%) .NET
2 3 (6.98%) ODBC
3 1 (2.33%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.33%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.33%) OLE
3 1 (2.33%) React
3 1 (2.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.33%) Derivative
2 1 (2.33%) FMCG
2 1 (2.33%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (2.33%) Market Risk
2 1 (2.33%) NHS
2 1 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.28%) Windows
2 6 (13.95%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.23%) Data Analysis
2 12 (27.91%) Agile
2 12 (27.91%) Migration
2 12 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (18.60%) Data Migration
4 7 (16.28%) Actionable Insight
4 7 (16.28%) Data Modelling
4 7 (16.28%) DevOps
4 7 (16.28%) Logistics
4 7 (16.28%) Manual Testing
4 7 (16.28%) Test Automation
4 7 (16.28%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (16.28%) Waterfall
5 6 (13.95%) Analytics
5 6 (13.95%) Data Integration
5 6 (13.95%) Microservices
5 6 (13.95%) Project Management
5 6 (13.95%) Software Testing
5 6 (13.95%) System Integration Testing
5 6 (13.95%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 30 (69.77%) SQL
2 13 (30.23%) VBA
3 4 (9.30%) VB
3 4 (9.30%) VB6
4 2 (4.65%) MUMPS
4 2 (4.65%) Python
4 2 (4.65%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.33%) C++
5 1 (2.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (13.95%) Degree
1 6 (13.95%) SC Cleared
1 6 (13.95%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.98%) HNC
3 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.33%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) QA
2 1 (2.33%) COREP
2 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 21 (48.84%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.95%) Citrix
3 4 (9.30%) SAP
4 3 (6.98%) InterSystems
4 3 (6.98%) Oracle
5 2 (4.65%) Alteryx
6 1 (2.33%) Ab Initio
6 1 (2.33%) Calypso
6 1 (2.33%) Dell
6 1 (2.33%) Google
6 1 (2.33%) Kronos
6 1 (2.33%) LexisNexis
6 1 (2.33%) NEC
6 1 (2.33%) Sage
6 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.33%) Twitter