SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring SQL Server 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 46 50 41
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 +15
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 9 15 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 2.07% 2.39% 4.13%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.32% 34.09% 38.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 25
10th Percentile £376 £406 £425
25th Percentile £416 £474 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -2.54%
75th Percentile £566 £647 £625
90th Percentile £575 £675 £690
South West median daily rate £475 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -13.64% +2.33% +13.16%

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 37 44 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 8.53% 7.02% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 35 69
10th Percentile £251 £318 £445
25th Percentile £380 £424 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -4.35% -2.54%
75th Percentile £550 £609 £688
90th Percentile £575 £688 £726
South West median daily rate £475 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -8.65% -5.45% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile £23.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £30.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +116.67% -59.46% +30.14%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

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

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in Wiltshire

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing SQL Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing SQL Server

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 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
Corsham +15 4 £538 -2.27% 2
Swindon -1 2 - - 3
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 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (22.22%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (11.11%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
1 3 (33.33%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) MySQL
1 2 (22.22%) Relational Database
2 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Data Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (11.11%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 1 (11.11%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
1 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (11.11%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) PKI
2 2 (22.22%) Data Fabric
3 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
2 2 (22.22%) ETL
2 2 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 1 (11.11%) DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) Informatics
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Logistics
3 1 (11.11%) MVC
3 1 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum
3 1 (11.11%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Java
1 2 (22.22%) Python
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
2 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (33.33%) VMware NSX
3 2 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (33.33%) vCenter Server
2 1 (11.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 3 (33.33%) Veeam
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) Talend
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle