Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK > Wales
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 41 | 46 | 54 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | +8 | -2 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales | 0.28% | 0.24% | 0.61% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 2.33% | 1.79% | 3.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £378 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £563 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £410 | £575 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.70% | +27.78% | -21.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £415 | £588 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £523 |
| UK median daily rate | £475 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.52% | -4.55% | - |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Wales
Azure SQL Database 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 in Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 43 | 56 | 91 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales | 11.91% | 13.59% | 18.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28 | 46 | 67 |
| 10th Percentile | £303 | £230 | £217 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £402 | £303 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £448 | £500 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.50% | +11.11% | -18.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £569 | £565 |
| 90th Percentile | £654 | £638 | £680 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £535 | £543 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | -1.43% | -1.32% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £17.85 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £19.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.84 | - | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £24.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £25.55 |
| UK median hourly rate | £40.00 | £35.00 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -36.36% | +22.66% |
Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Trend in Wales
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Azure SQL Database.
Azure SQL Database
Contract Job Locations in Wales
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 Wales region over the 6 months to 17 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Wales | +10 | 1 | £410 | -28.70% | 5 |
| Azure SQL Database UK |
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Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:
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