SQL Server Architect Contracts

SQL Server Architect
UK

The median SQL Server Architect daily rate in the UK is £686 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 699 856
Rank change year-on-year +123 +157 -192
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server Architect 3 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.002% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.002% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £665 - -
25th Percentile £671 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £686 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +44.47% - -
75th Percentile £696 £488 -
90th Percentile £698 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £686 £475 -
% change year-on-year +44.47% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

SQL Server Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SQL Server Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Architect in the UK

SQL Server Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Architect.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server Architect in the UK

SQL Server Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Architect.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server Architect in the UK

SQL Server Architect
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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 +115 2 £686 +44.47%
UK excluding London +70 2 £686 +44.47%
South West - 2 £686 -

SQL Server Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, SQL Server Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SQL Server Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Data Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Database Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering

SQL Server Architect Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Data Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Database Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft