SQL Server Contracts in Wiltshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 74 74
Rank change year-on-year +22 0 -35
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 5 15 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 1.11% 1.59% 1.72%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.16% 31.25% 21.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 16
10th Percentile £533 - -
25th Percentile £563 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £466 £500
Median % change year-on-year +34.05% -6.75% -4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £670 £588
90th Percentile £803 £703 £625
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - - £21.50
75th Percentile - - £21.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £31.15
% change year-on-year -37.50% +28.42% -51.03%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 38 48 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 8.46% 5.08% 7.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 34 76
10th Percentile £461 £335 £383
25th Percentile £500 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.31% +0.60% -4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £577
90th Percentile £650 £725 £622
South West median daily rate £514 £500 £518
% change year-on-year +2.75% -3.38% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - £14.36 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - -33.21% -68.86%
75th Percentile - - £21.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £68.75 £40.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +71.88% -38.46% -5.87%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Wiltshire

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in Wiltshire

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in Wiltshire

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in Wiltshire

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Corsham +32 5 £625 -
SQL Server
South West

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (40.00%) Skype for Business
2 1 (20.00%) Apache
2 1 (20.00%) Confluence
2 1 (20.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) DHCP
2 2 (40.00%) Skype
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (20.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (20.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Development Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Service Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Software Development Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (20.00%) LDAP
1 1 (20.00%) React
1 1 (20.00%) SOAP
1 1 (20.00%) Vue
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) PKI
2 2 (40.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (40.00%) Security Hardening
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Release Management
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bash
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) MCSA
2 2 (40.00%) MCSE
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) OPNET
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (20.00%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Atlassian
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle