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 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 320 394
Rank change year-on-year +15 +74 +196
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 6 11 30
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.061% 0.086% 0.14%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.38% 0.67% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 28
10th Percentile £178 £276 £350
25th Percentile £181 £325 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £226 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -52.42% +2.70% -7.50%
75th Percentile £513 £488 £525
90th Percentile £618 £503 £527
UK median daily rate £470 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -1.05% - -6.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £24.84 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - -4.46% -
UK median hourly rate - £20.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year - -23.08% -

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 1,577 1,637 2,928
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 16.01% 12.73% 13.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,088 1,101 2,109
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £408 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% -3.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £609 £638
90th Percentile £675 £710 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 21 93
10th Percentile £46.50 £24.84 £42.44
25th Percentile - £54.70 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £67.00 £66.00 £79.00
90th Percentile £80.70 £75.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

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 Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

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 29 August 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 Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

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 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (66.67%) Power BI
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 2 (33.33%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (16.67%) Postman
2 1 (16.67%) SoapUI
2 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (16.67%) tSQLt
General
1 1 (16.67%) Digital Health
1 1 (16.67%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Data Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Data Migration Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior SQL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Developer
3 1 (16.67%) T-SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) FHIR
1 2 (33.33%) Web Services
1 2 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (16.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Clustering
1 2 (33.33%) NHS
2 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
2 1 (16.67%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Data Transformation
2 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) High Availability
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) API Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (16.67%) ETL
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) T-SQL
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) HL7
2 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Databricks
2 2 (33.33%) RedGate