SQL Server Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands citing SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 93 | 111 | 65 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | -46 | -14 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL Server | 78 | 24 | 47 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands | 2.20% | 1.21% | 2.50% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 12.11% | 5.67% | 15.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 62 | 18 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £306 | £263 | £371 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £320 | £519 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £460 | £468 | £570 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.60% | -17.98% | +18.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £556 | £617 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £640 | £625 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £495 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.01% | -1.00% | -7.41% |
All Database & BI Skills
West Midlands
SQL Server 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 citing database or business intelligence skills in the West Midlands.
| 6 months to 25 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills | 644 | 423 | 307 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 18.16% | 21.40% | 16.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 450 | 291 | 194 |
| 10th Percentile | £369 | £368 | £338 |
| 25th Percentile | £415 | £450 | £396 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £515 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.77% | +3.00% | +2.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £609 | £581 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £650 | £713 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £510 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.56% | -7.27% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.00 | £30.70 | £34.04 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.94 | £32.74 | £34.20 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.50 | £34.43 | £34.47 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.55% | -0.10% | +11.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £23.14 | £35.24 | £34.73 |
| 90th Percentile | £41.24 | £35.69 | £34.89 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.36 | £43.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.93% | +24.29% | -30.00% |
SQL Server Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
SQL Server Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SQL Server.
SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 October 2026.
SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SQL Server.
SQL Server Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 October 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry | +2 | 26 | £313 | -10.71% | |
| Shropshire | -28 | 15 | £450 | +2.27% | 3 |
| Birmingham | +4 | 14 | £625 | +42.86% | 25 |
| Warwickshire | +1 | 10 | £550 | -18.52% | 6 |
| Worcestershire | - | 8 | £575 | - | 4 |
| Herefordshire | - | 4 | - | - | 2 |
| Solihull | -14 | 1 | £600 | +87.50% | 4 |
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SQL Server Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PostgreSQL | 23.1% | 18 |
| 2 | MySQL | 12.8% | 10 |
| 3 | Power BI | 7.7% | 6 |
| 3 | RDBMS | 7.7% | 6 |
| 3 | Relational Database | 7.7% | 6 |
| 6 | Data Warehouse | 6.4% | 5 |
| 6 | Ingres | 6.4% | 5 |
| 8 | Azure SQL Database | 5.1% | 4 |
| 9 | Data Lake | 3.8% | 3 |
| 9 | SQL Server Integration Services | 3.8% | 3 |
| 11 | Db2 | 2.6% | 2 |
| 11 | Delta Lake | 2.6% | 2 |
| 11 | MongoDB | 2.6% | 2 |
| 11 | Redis | 2.6% | 2 |
| 11 | SQL Server Reporting Services | 2.6% | 2 |
| 16 | Amazon Athena | 1.3% | 1 |
| 16 | Data Mining | 1.3% | 1 |
| 16 | DataStage | 1.3% | 1 |
| 16 | Elasticsearch | 1.3% | 1 |
| 16 | IBM InfoSphere | 1.3% | 1 |