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 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 560 615
Rank change year-on-year +41 +55 +170
Contract jobs citing MS Access 37 21 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.050% 0.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.62% 0.28% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 8 48
10th Percentile £285 £109 £179
25th Percentile £363 £152 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £334 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.44% -33.30% +5.26%
75th Percentile £532 £388 £650
90th Percentile £700 £504 £696
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £244 £394
% change year-on-year +53.75% -38.06% -7.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile £27.69 £14.55 £21.12
25th Percentile £28.58 £15.00 £30.31
Median hourly rate £29.07 £15.98 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +81.91% -67.38% +210.09%
75th Percentile - £20.00 £52.37
90th Percentile - £25.25 £52.37
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.76 £15.98 £49.00
% change year-on-year +73.72% -67.39% +210.11%

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 5,987 7,482 9,562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.24% 17.79% 17.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,057 5,339 6,700
10th Percentile £350 £350 £366
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £788 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 129 166
10th Percentile £19.56 £14.20 £21.15
25th Percentile £25.94 £20.77 £35.00
Median hourly rate £36.25 £40.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% -27.27% +35.04%
75th Percentile £64.63 £51.91 £73.75
90th Percentile £77.62 £71.50 £81.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.64 £32.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year -3.39% -37.62% +50.00%

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 19 July 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 8 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 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
England +52 33 £375 +12.44% 26
London +62 25 £375 - 17
Work from Home +39 21 £375 +15.38% 10
UK excluding London +28 10 £375 +53.75% 13
South East +28 7 £375 - 7
South West - 1 - -
Wales - 1 £630 - 1
Scotland - 1 £513 -

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 4 (10.81%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.70%) Drupal
2 1 (2.70%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (40.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.70%) FileZilla
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Primavera
1 1 (2.70%) Raiser’s Edge
1 1 (2.70%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 11 (29.73%) Power Platform
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.41%) Azure
3 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.70%) Boomi
4 1 (2.70%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) FTP
1 1 (2.70%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.62%) Power BI
2 7 (18.92%) SQL Server
3 5 (13.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (10.81%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (10.81%) Power Query
4 4 (10.81%) Relational Database
5 3 (8.11%) Tableau
6 2 (5.41%) MySQL
7 1 (2.70%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (2.70%) Data Hub
7 1 (2.70%) DB2
7 1 (2.70%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (2.70%) Metadata
7 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (2.70%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) QARun
1 4 (10.81%) WinRunner
2 1 (2.70%) Git
2 1 (2.70%) Postman
2 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (48.65%) Social Skills
2 13 (35.14%) Finance
3 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (18.92%) Banking
4 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Legal
5 2 (5.41%) Local Government
5 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.70%) Aviation
6 1 (2.70%) Front Office
6 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.70%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.70%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 18 (48.65%) Analyst
2 8 (21.62%) Developer
3 7 (18.92%) Senior
3 7 (18.92%) Senior Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) Senior Test Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) Test Analyst
4 5 (13.51%) Business Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Banking Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Data Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Information Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Senior UAT Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) UAT Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) UAT Test Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Banking Business Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Data Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Derivatives Business Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Product Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Product Business Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Regulatory Business Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Regulatory Change Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (18.92%) Middleware
1 7 (18.92%) Web Services
2 4 (10.81%) .NET
3 2 (5.41%) ODBC
4 1 (2.70%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.70%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.70%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.70%) OLE
4 1 (2.70%) React
4 1 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Derivative
1 3 (8.11%) Market Risk
2 2 (5.41%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) NHS
3 1 (2.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (24.32%) Windows
2 7 (18.92%) Unix
3 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Agile
1 13 (35.14%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (29.73%) Data Analysis
3 10 (27.03%) Migration
4 8 (21.62%) Logistics
4 8 (21.62%) Waterfall
5 7 (18.92%) Actionable Insight
5 7 (18.92%) Microservices
5 7 (18.92%) Software Testing
5 7 (18.92%) System Integration Testing
5 7 (18.92%) Test Planning
5 7 (18.92%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (16.22%) Analytics
6 6 (16.22%) Data Migration
6 6 (16.22%) Data Modelling
6 6 (16.22%) DevOps
6 6 (16.22%) Manual Testing
6 6 (16.22%) Test Automation
7 5 (13.51%) Process Improvement
7 5 (13.51%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (70.27%) SQL
2 12 (32.43%) VBA
3 3 (8.11%) VB
3 3 (8.11%) VB.NET
3 3 (8.11%) VB6
4 2 (5.41%) Python
5 1 (2.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) SC Cleared
1 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.11%) HNC
3 2 (5.41%) Degree
4 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.70%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) QA
2 3 (8.11%) COREP
Vendors
1 17 (45.95%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.92%) Citrix
3 6 (16.22%) Oracle
4 4 (10.81%) SAP
5 1 (2.70%) Ab Initio
5 1 (2.70%) Alteryx
5 1 (2.70%) Calypso
5 1 (2.70%) Dell
5 1 (2.70%) Google
5 1 (2.70%) InterSystems
5 1 (2.70%) Kronos
5 1 (2.70%) LexisNexis
5 1 (2.70%) NEC
5 1 (2.70%) Sage
5 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.70%) Twitter