SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Contracts

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 536 618
Rank change year-on-year +14 +82 +152
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 17 54 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.054% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.37% 1.01% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 37 54
10th Percentile £186 £337 £320
25th Percentile £366 £400 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -20.00%
75th Percentile £481 £601 £500
90th Percentile £535 £688 £525
UK excluding London median daily rate £435 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -8.42% +2.70% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Median hourly rate £25.00 £17.99 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.97% -30.81% -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £17.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year +38.97% -30.81% -

All Development Application Skills
UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,567 5,362 7,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.58% 12.33% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,063 3,565 5,520
10th Percentile £331 £355 £363
25th Percentile £408 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £650
90th Percentile £693 £725 £757
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 248 232
10th Percentile £20.98 £30.28 £46.19
25th Percentile £47.36 £46.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £59.50 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% +4.00% +18.72%
75th Percentile £72.81 £70.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £86.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +11.82%

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Daily rate trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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 SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 +20 14 £465 -2.11% 27
London +32 8 £465 -25.06% 11
UK excluding London +10 8 £435 -8.42% 27
Work from Home +23 6 £226 -53.83% 9
North West +4 4 £500 +5.26% 2
North of England +2 4 £500 +5.26% 3
Wales - 3 £226 - 4
South West - 1 - -

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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 1 (5.88%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) FileZilla
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) SPSS
1 1 (5.88%) Stata
Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (5.88%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Azure
1 8 (47.06%) Power Platform
2 4 (23.53%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (17.65%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) FTP
1 1 (5.88%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (76.47%) SQL Server
2 11 (64.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (47.06%) Power BI
4 4 (23.53%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (17.65%) Dremio
5 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (5.88%) MS Access
6 1 (5.88%) MySQL
6 1 (5.88%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.88%) Postman
2 1 (5.88%) SoapUI
2 1 (5.88%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (5.88%) tSQLt
2 1 (5.88%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 6 (35.29%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Digital Health
3 1 (5.88%) Digital Healthcare
3 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.88%) Legal
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Cognos Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Data Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) SQL Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Data Analytics Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Data Migration Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Data Migration Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Database Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Migration Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Power BI Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior SQL Developer
5 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Developer
5 1 (5.88%) T-SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (35.29%) XML
2 2 (11.76%) FHIR
2 2 (11.76%) Web Services
3 1 (5.88%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Clustering
1 2 (11.76%) NHS
2 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.88%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (23.53%) Data Transformation
2 4 (23.53%) Migration
3 3 (17.65%) Analytics
3 3 (17.65%) Data Engineering
3 3 (17.65%) Data Migration
3 3 (17.65%) Data Modelling
3 3 (17.65%) Design Patterns
3 3 (17.65%) DevOps
3 3 (17.65%) Scrum
3 3 (17.65%) Visualisation
4 2 (11.76%) Agile
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Modelling
4 2 (11.76%) Data Analytics
4 2 (11.76%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (11.76%) ETL
4 2 (11.76%) High Availability
4 2 (11.76%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (11.76%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) SQL
2 7 (41.18%) T-SQL
3 4 (23.53%) PL/SQL
4 2 (11.76%) R
5 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
5 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Accessibility
1 2 (11.76%) HL7
2 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) CODA
2 4 (23.53%) Cognos
2 4 (23.53%) Oracle
3 3 (17.65%) Databricks
4 2 (11.76%) RedGate
5 1 (5.88%) IBM
5 1 (5.88%) LexisNexis
5 1 (5.88%) Sage