SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Westminster

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
City of Westminster > Westminster

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Westminster requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - 2
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Westminster 10.53% - 50.00%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.33% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £569 - -
25th Percentile £583 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 - -
75th Percentile £628 - -
90th Percentile £641 - -
City of Westminster median daily rate £605 £513 £800
% change year-on-year +18.05% -35.94% -

All Database & BI Skills
Westminster

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 requiring database or business intelligence skills in Westminster.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Westminster 31.58% 18.18% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile - £379 -
25th Percentile £463 £410 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% - -
75th Percentile £628 £509 -
90th Percentile £650 £522 -
City of Westminster median daily rate £518 £516 £875
% change year-on-year +0.24% -41.00% +29.63%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Westminster

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Westminster.

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Westminster

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Westminster citing SQL Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Westminster citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Westminster by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Applications Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft