SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 326 449
Rank change year-on-year +25 +123 +137
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 3 19 28
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.20% 1.03% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 18
10th Percentile £199 £330 £359
25th Percentile £247 £463 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £334 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -29.78% +5.56% -21.74%
75th Percentile £426 £538 £525
90th Percentile £478 £692 £557
UK median daily rate £465 £475 £440
% change year-on-year -2.11% +7.95% -26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.00 - £25.00

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,482 1,853 3,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.96% 12.08% 15.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,067 1,324 2,836
10th Percentile £340 £360 £395
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% +2.86%
75th Percentile £615 £600 £650
90th Percentile £750 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 43 114
10th Percentile £27.28 £28.99 £45.00
25th Percentile £58.81 £47.38 £54.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.00%
75th Percentile £80.38 £90.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.25 - £81.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (66.67%) Dremio
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 1 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (33.33%) tSQLt
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (33.33%) FHIR
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Clustering
1 1 (33.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Data Transformation
1 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) SOLID
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) HL7
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Databricks
3 1 (33.33%) RedGate