Azure SQL Database Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Azure SQL Database skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 261 292 314
Rank change year-on-year +31 +22 -82
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 87 184 357
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.56% 0.70% 0.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.99% 3.65% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 127 260
10th Percentile £350 £431 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.47% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £66.00 £29.50
Median hourly rate - £67.25 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year - +103.79% -
75th Percentile - £70.56 £36.50
90th Percentile - £71.13 -
UK median hourly rate - £59.25 £33.00
% change year-on-year - +79.55% -32.99%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

Azure SQL Database is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,907 5,038 9,805
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 18.69% 19.12% 21.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,132 3,662 7,141
10th Percentile £350 £385 £365
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £536 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.30% +2.00% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £634
90th Percentile £738 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £540
% change year-on-year -3.67% +0.93% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 76 86
10th Percentile £20.24 £22.16 £18.81
25th Percentile £22.34 £43.60 £21.38
Median hourly rate £37.75 £66.00 £43.54
Median % change year-on-year -42.80% +51.58% +45.14%
75th Percentile £57.81 £75.00 £57.19
90th Percentile £69.88 £87.90 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% +50.00% +50.94%

Azure SQL Database
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure SQL Database trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure SQL Database.

Azure SQL Database daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Azure SQL Database daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure SQL Database
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure SQL Database.

Azure SQL Database hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (5.75%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.30%) ArcGIS
2 2 (2.30%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.15%) Apache
3 1 (1.15%) CMS
3 1 (1.15%) Drupal
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.15%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (1.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 87 (100.00%) Azure
2 42 (48.28%) Azure DevOps
3 36 (41.38%) Azure Data Factory
4 35 (40.23%) Serverless
5 34 (39.08%) Azure Functions
6 29 (33.33%) Power Platform
7 22 (25.29%) Azure Logic Apps
8 20 (22.99%) Azure Service Bus
9 19 (21.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 18 (20.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 16 (18.39%) Azure API Management
12 15 (17.24%) Azure Key Vault
13 10 (11.49%) Azure Storage
13 10 (11.49%) PaaS
14 8 (9.20%) AWS
14 8 (9.20%) Azure Monitor
15 7 (8.05%) PowerApps
16 5 (5.75%) Dynamics 365
16 5 (5.75%) Entra ID
16 5 (5.75%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.05%) Firewall
2 6 (6.90%) VPN
3 5 (5.75%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.30%) DNS
5 1 (1.15%) Network Security
5 1 (1.15%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (40.23%) SQL Server
2 23 (26.44%) Power BI
3 16 (18.39%) Data Lake
4 12 (13.79%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (10.34%) Relational Database
6 7 (8.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (6.90%) MySQL
7 6 (6.90%) NoSQL
7 6 (6.90%) Power Query
7 6 (6.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (5.75%) Big Data
8 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 5 (5.75%) RDBMS
9 4 (4.60%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 4 (4.60%) MongoDB
9 4 (4.60%) OLTP
10 3 (3.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 3 (3.45%) Parquet
11 2 (2.30%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (2.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (12.64%) Git
2 5 (5.75%) Visual Studio
3 4 (4.60%) Visual Studio Team System
4 2 (2.30%) JIRA
4 2 (2.30%) NUnit
4 2 (2.30%) Postman
5 1 (1.15%) CircleCI
5 1 (1.15%) Deequ
5 1 (1.15%) ERwin
5 1 (1.15%) GitLab
5 1 (1.15%) Gradle
5 1 (1.15%) gulp
5 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.15%) Maven
5 1 (1.15%) Moq
5 1 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (1.15%) TeamCity
5 1 (1.15%) Travis CI
General
1 20 (22.99%) Social Skills
2 13 (14.94%) Finance
3 5 (5.75%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.30%) Automotive
5 2 (2.30%) Banking
6 1 (1.15%) Front Office
6 1 (1.15%) Law
6 1 (1.15%) Marketing
6 1 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (39.08%) Developer
2 21 (24.14%) Data Engineer
3 17 (19.54%) Azure Engineer
4 13 (14.94%) Azure Developer
5 11 (12.64%) Azure Data Engineer
6 10 (11.49%) DBA
7 8 (9.20%) Architect
7 8 (9.20%) Lead
8 7 (8.05%) C# Developer
9 6 (6.90%) .NET Developer
9 6 (6.90%) Analyst
9 6 (6.90%) Azure Architect
9 6 (6.90%) Integration Developer
9 6 (6.90%) Senior
9 6 (6.90%) SQL Developer
10 5 (5.75%) Administrator
10 5 (5.75%) Data Analyst
10 5 (5.75%) SQL DBA
11 4 (4.60%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 4 (4.60%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (31.03%) .NET
2 15 (17.24%) .NET Core
2 15 (17.24%) ARM Templates
3 10 (11.49%) REST
4 9 (10.34%) .NET Framework
4 9 (10.34%) JSON
5 7 (8.05%) XML
6 6 (6.90%) SOAP
7 5 (5.75%) ASP.NET Web API
7 5 (5.75%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (5.75%) PySpark
7 5 (5.75%) YAML
8 4 (4.60%) Entity Framework
8 4 (4.60%) jQuery
8 4 (4.60%) Swagger
8 4 (4.60%) Web Services
9 3 (3.45%) ASP.NET
9 3 (3.45%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (3.45%) OAuth
9 3 (3.45%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.90%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.75%) Cloud Native
2 5 (5.75%) Public Cloud
3 4 (4.60%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.30%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (2.30%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.30%) N-Tier
4 2 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.15%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.15%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.15%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.15%) Smart Meter
5 1 (1.15%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.05%) Windows
2 5 (5.75%) Linux
3 1 (1.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (50.57%) DevOps
2 30 (34.48%) Agile
2 30 (34.48%) CI/CD
3 23 (26.44%) Business Intelligence
4 22 (25.29%) ETL
5 21 (24.14%) Migration
6 19 (21.84%) Analytics
7 17 (19.54%) Scrum
8 15 (17.24%) Data Modelling
9 14 (16.09%) TDD
10 13 (14.94%) Microservices
11 12 (13.79%) Data Engineering
11 12 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (12.64%) API Management
13 10 (11.49%) Data Migration
13 10 (11.49%) Test Automation
14 9 (10.34%) Full Stack Development
15 8 (9.20%) Data Pipeline
15 8 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
15 8 (9.20%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 79 (90.80%) SQL
2 31 (35.63%) C#
3 25 (28.74%) Python
4 22 (25.29%) PowerShell
5 11 (12.64%) JavaScript
6 8 (9.20%) Java
6 8 (9.20%) Scala
7 7 (8.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (5.75%) T-SQL
9 4 (4.60%) Bicep
10 3 (3.45%) Go
10 3 (3.45%) PL/SQL
11 2 (2.30%) C++
11 2 (2.30%) TypeScript
12 1 (1.15%) Bash
12 1 (1.15%) Groovy
12 1 (1.15%) PHP
12 1 (1.15%) R
12 1 (1.15%) Ruby
12 1 (1.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (9.20%) Azure Certification
2 5 (5.75%) Degree
2 5 (5.75%) SC Cleared
2 5 (5.75%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.34%) Data Quality
2 6 (6.90%) QA
3 2 (2.30%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.30%) WCAG
4 1 (1.15%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (5.75%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (4.60%) Docker
3 3 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (25.29%) Terraform
2 7 (8.05%) Kubernetes
3 6 (6.90%) Ansible
3 6 (6.90%) Grafana
3 6 (6.90%) Prometheus
4 5 (5.75%) Graylog
4 5 (5.75%) Nagios
5 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.15%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (43.68%) Microsoft
2 16 (18.39%) Databricks
3 6 (6.90%) Oracle
4 5 (5.75%) Splunk
5 2 (2.30%) MuleSoft
5 2 (2.30%) SAP
5 2 (2.30%) Veracode
6 1 (1.15%) Ab Initio
6 1 (1.15%) CA
6 1 (1.15%) Informatica
6 1 (1.15%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.15%) Sitecore