Hybrid/Remote SQL Server Specialist Contract Job Trends

SQL Server Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median SQL Server Specialist daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 - 416
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server Specialist 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £513 £686 £625
% change year-on-year -25.32% +9.80% -

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 WFH or hybrid 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 9,102 11,812 19,436
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 93.46% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,992 7,603 13,744
10th Percentile £325 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 297 445
10th Percentile £13.25 £19.47 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £25.71
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.02 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.96% +68.69%

SQL Server Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured SQL Server Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SQL Server Specialist trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SQL Server Specialist Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, SQL Server Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring SQL Server Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding

SQL Server Specialist Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 SQL Server Specialist jobs Nationwide