Hybrid/Remote SQL Database Developer Contract Job Trends

SQL Database Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median SQL Database Developer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 315 385
Rank change year-on-year -1 +70 +166
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Database Developer 2 1 6
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.020% 0.008% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.009% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £395
25th Percentile £363 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -25.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £388 - £850
90th Percentile - - £903
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £600
% change year-on-year - -16.67% +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,503 11,296 16,780
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 93.10% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,215 7,149 11,556
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 206 378
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.60
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.26 £26.24
Median hourly rate £43.69 £38.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.22% -27.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.63
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

SQL Database Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SQL Database Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SQL Database Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

SQL Database Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid SQL Database Developer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid SQL Database Developer job vacancies

SQL Database Developer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, SQL Database Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring SQL Database Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon QuickSight
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Release Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Serverless
2 1 (50.00%) SSDT
2 1 (50.00%) T-SQL

SQL Database Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (50.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon QuickSight
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (50.00%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Release Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) T-SQL