SQL Server Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
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 SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 43 53
Rank change year-on-year -4 +10 +1
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 572 1,257 2,053
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.78% 4.91% 4.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.77% 25.80% 21.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 975 1,593
10th Percentile £325 £388 £350
25th Percentile £400 £414 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £491
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.92% +9.11%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £714 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -3.81% +1.94% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 14 25
10th Percentile £12.78 £26.55 -
25th Percentile £22.10 £37.88 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.25 £47.00 £46.67
Median % change year-on-year -14.36% +0.71% +60.93%
75th Percentile £42.88 £85.00 £54.00
90th Percentile - - £61.29
UK median hourly rate £40.13 £45.00 £46.67
% change year-on-year -10.83% -3.58% +66.68%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

SQL Server 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 2,894 4,872 9,697
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.10% 19.05% 21.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,129 3,557 7,048
10th Percentile £356 £385 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 83 83
10th Percentile £20.06 £22.20 £19.00
25th Percentile £22.61 £41.75 £21.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £46.67
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +39.28% +55.57%
75th Percentile £61.50 £75.00 £61.08
90th Percentile £70.25 £85.00 £68.20
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £42.50
% change year-on-year -31.73% +37.86% +57.64%

SQL Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SQL Server trend for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
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 SQL Server.

SQL Server daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SQL Server over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

SQL Server daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
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 SQL Server.

SQL Server hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SQL Server over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

SQL Server hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
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 28 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.92%) IIS
3 10 (1.75%) CMS
3 10 (1.75%) Confluence
4 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.70%) JBoss
6 3 (0.52%) Apache
6 3 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.52%) nginx
6 3 (0.52%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (0.52%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (0.52%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.35%) Appian
7 2 (0.35%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.35%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.17%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 34 (5.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.57%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.22%) Teamcenter
2 6 (1.05%) Endur
3 4 (0.70%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.52%) MIS ActiveH
4 3 (0.52%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.52%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.35%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.35%) OPENHousing
5 2 (0.35%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.17%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.17%) Shopify
6 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 270 (47.20%) Azure
2 118 (20.63%) Azure DevOps
3 85 (14.86%) Power Platform
4 60 (10.49%) AWS
5 35 (6.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 34 (5.94%) Azure Data Factory
7 33 (5.77%) Serverless
8 31 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (5.07%) Azure Service Bus
10 28 (4.90%) Azure Functions
11 27 (4.72%) Entra ID
12 25 (4.37%) GitHub
13 24 (4.20%) PowerApps
14 19 (3.32%) Azure Monitor
15 16 (2.80%) PaaS
15 16 (2.80%) Power Automate
16 15 (2.62%) Azure Logic Apps
16 15 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
17 14 (2.45%) Collibra
18 13 (2.27%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.50%) Firewall
2 14 (2.45%) DNS
3 6 (1.05%) SAN
4 5 (0.87%) FTP
5 4 (0.70%) LAN
5 4 (0.70%) WAN
6 3 (0.52%) BGP
6 3 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (0.52%) DHCP
6 3 (0.52%) IOS XR
6 3 (0.52%) VPN
7 2 (0.35%) SSH
7 2 (0.35%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.17%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.17%) HTTP
8 1 (0.17%) Internet
8 1 (0.17%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.17%) NAS
8 1 (0.17%) Network Security
8 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (12.06%) Power BI
2 65 (11.36%) Data Warehouse
3 60 (10.49%) Relational Database
4 58 (10.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 46 (8.04%) MySQL
6 43 (7.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 35 (6.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 33 (5.77%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (3.32%) Oracle Reports
9 19 (3.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 18 (3.15%) Oracle Database
11 17 (2.97%) Metadata
11 17 (2.97%) RDBMS
12 16 (2.80%) MongoDB
13 15 (2.62%) NoSQL
14 14 (2.45%) Data Lake
15 10 (1.75%) Power Query
16 9 (1.57%) Big Data
17 8 (1.40%) Tableau
18 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 57 (9.97%) Git
2 38 (6.64%) JIRA
3 30 (5.24%) Visual Studio
4 18 (3.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 17 (2.97%) SpecFlow
6 13 (2.27%) Team Foundation Server
7 12 (2.10%) Selenium
8 11 (1.92%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.75%) WebDriver
10 8 (1.40%) GitLab
10 8 (1.40%) Jenkins
11 6 (1.05%) JMeter
12 5 (0.87%) MSI
12 5 (0.87%) Postman
12 5 (0.87%) TestRail
12 5 (0.87%) Visual Studio Team System
12 5 (0.87%) WiX
13 4 (0.70%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.70%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.70%) ERwin
General
1 142 (24.83%) Finance
2 134 (23.43%) Social Skills
3 53 (9.27%) Public Sector
4 50 (8.74%) Banking
5 49 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (3.15%) Front Office
7 15 (2.62%) Back Office
7 15 (2.62%) Financial Institution
7 15 (2.62%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.10%) Marketing
8 12 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (1.92%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.75%) Retail
11 9 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.22%) Electronics
13 6 (1.05%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.70%) Local Government
15 4 (0.70%) Social Housing
16 3 (0.52%) French Language
Job Titles
1 250 (43.71%) Developer
2 96 (16.78%) Senior
3 64 (11.19%) Senior Developer
4 61 (10.66%) .NET Developer
4 61 (10.66%) C# Developer
5 45 (7.87%) DBA
6 40 (6.99%) SQL DBA
7 39 (6.82%) Data Engineer
8 38 (6.64%) Architect
9 37 (6.47%) Azure Developer
10 33 (5.77%) Analyst
10 33 (5.77%) Software Developer
11 29 (5.07%) SQL Developer
12 26 (4.55%) Administrator
13 23 (4.02%) Full Stack Developer
14 22 (3.85%) Senior Software Developer
15 19 (3.32%) Consultant
15 19 (3.32%) Lead
16 18 (3.15%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 18 (3.15%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (29.02%) .NET
2 73 (12.76%) XML
3 65 (11.36%) .NET Framework
4 58 (10.14%) HTML
5 52 (9.09%) AngularJS
6 51 (8.92%) ASP.NET
7 47 (8.22%) .NET Core
8 40 (6.99%) React
9 38 (6.64%) CSS
10 35 (6.12%) REST
11 30 (5.24%) Entity Framework
11 30 (5.24%) Web Services
12 27 (4.72%) SOAP
13 24 (4.20%) JSON
13 24 (4.20%) RESTful
14 19 (3.32%) jQuery
14 19 (3.32%) SailPoint
15 18 (3.15%) ARM Templates
16 17 (2.97%) LDAP
16 17 (2.97%) Servlets
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.72%) Product Ownership
2 22 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 20 (3.50%) Replication
4 17 (2.97%) Clustering
5 15 (2.62%) Data Centre
5 15 (2.62%) Derivative
5 15 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (2.62%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.10%) Cloud Native
6 12 (2.10%) Equity Derivative
6 12 (2.10%) NHS
7 11 (1.92%) Public Cloud
8 10 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.40%) Contactless
10 8 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
11 7 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 7 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 87 (15.21%) Windows
2 40 (6.99%) Windows Server
3 32 (5.59%) Linux
4 17 (2.97%) Unix
5 8 (1.40%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.52%) Android
8 3 (0.52%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.52%) zOS
9 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.17%) CentOS
10 1 (0.17%) VMS
10 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (27.80%) DevOps
2 155 (27.10%) Agile
3 96 (16.78%) Business Intelligence
4 89 (15.56%) Migration
5 86 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
6 82 (14.34%) CI/CD
7 77 (13.46%) ETL
8 72 (12.59%) Scrum
9 59 (10.31%) Data Modelling
10 43 (7.52%) High Availability
10 43 (7.52%) OO
11 40 (6.99%) Disaster Recovery
11 40 (6.99%) TDD
12 37 (6.47%) Computer Science
12 37 (6.47%) MVC
13 36 (6.29%) Full Stack Development
13 36 (6.29%) Microservices
14 35 (6.12%) Test Automation
15 33 (5.77%) Data Integration
15 33 (5.77%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 317 (55.42%) SQL
2 213 (37.24%) C#
3 112 (19.58%) PowerShell
4 72 (12.59%) JavaScript
5 60 (10.49%) Java
6 54 (9.44%) Python
7 52 (9.09%) T-SQL
8 38 (6.64%) Bicep
9 37 (6.47%) PL/SQL
10 22 (3.85%) TypeScript
11 14 (2.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (1.92%) Bash
12 11 (1.92%) VB.NET
13 9 (1.57%) VBA
14 8 (1.40%) C
15 6 (1.05%) PHP
15 6 (1.05%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.87%) F#
17 3 (0.52%) Perl
17 3 (0.52%) XPath
Qualifications
1 67 (11.71%) Degree
2 51 (8.92%) Security Cleared
3 43 (7.52%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.22%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.22%) MCSE
7 5 (0.87%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.70%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.52%) CCNA
9 3 (0.52%) CCNP
9 3 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.52%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.52%) MCITP
9 3 (0.52%) MCTS
9 3 (0.52%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.35%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (7.17%) QA
2 26 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.15%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.75%) WCAG
5 7 (1.22%) GDPR
6 4 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.52%) IFRS
7 3 (0.52%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.52%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.35%) MiFID
8 2 (0.35%) SLA
9 1 (0.17%) EMIR
9 1 (0.17%) FATCA
9 1 (0.17%) HL7
9 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 78 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.32%) Docker
3 17 (2.97%) IAG
4 15 (2.62%) ACF2
4 15 (2.62%) RACF
5 7 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.52%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (4.55%) Terraform
2 19 (3.32%) Ansible
3 16 (2.80%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (2.27%) SCCM
5 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (0.87%) Progress Chef
5 5 (0.87%) Puppet
6 4 (0.70%) Grafana
6 4 (0.70%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.70%) SCOM
7 3 (0.52%) Graylog
7 3 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.52%) Nagios
8 2 (0.35%) Salt
8 2 (0.35%) TIBCO Hawk
9 1 (0.17%) Control-M
9 1 (0.17%) Nessus
9 1 (0.17%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.17%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 210 (36.71%) Microsoft
2 104 (18.18%) Oracle
3 26 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 23 (4.02%) SAP
5 20 (3.50%) Sybase
6 18 (3.15%) Databricks
7 17 (2.97%) VMware
8 10 (1.75%) IBM
9 9 (1.57%) AVEVA
9 9 (1.57%) Qualys
9 9 (1.57%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.22%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.22%) CA
10 7 (1.22%) Informatica
10 7 (1.22%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.22%) Sparx
11 5 (0.87%) Cisco
11 5 (0.87%) F5
11 5 (0.87%) HP
11 5 (0.87%) Splunk