SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 2.07% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £531 - -
90th Percentile £565 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -14.29% +1.45% -0.96%

All Database & BI Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 12.41% 10.00% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 5
10th Percentile £413 £540 -
25th Percentile £422 £563 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £650 £400
Median % change year-on-year -28.85% +62.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £694 £700 £419
90th Percentile £750 - £498
West Midlands median daily rate £469 £500 £485
% change year-on-year -6.20% +3.09% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.50 - -
Median hourly rate £58.75 - -
75th Percentile £74.69 - -
90th Percentile £76.38 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £45.00 £31.61 £37.22
% change year-on-year +42.38% -15.07% +32.23%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

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

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

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

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Malvern - 1 £575 - 2
SQL Server
West Midlands

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Extraction
1 2 (66.67%) Data Migration
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SYSPRO
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk