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 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 45 53
Rank change year-on-year -7 +8 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 542 1,158 2,039
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.69% 4.72% 4.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.96% 25.14% 21.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 917 1,596
10th Percentile £343 £391 £350
25th Percentile £400 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £600
90th Percentile £707 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -3.81% +2.43% +10.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 25
10th Percentile £12.78 £30.10 -
25th Percentile £22.10 £40.50 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.25 £49.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +3.16% +80.47%
75th Percentile £42.88 £85.00 £62.15
90th Percentile - - £75.51
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £49.00 £48.50
% change year-on-year -18.37% +1.03% +93.46%

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 2,859 4,606 9,527
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.48% 18.78% 21.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,110 3,369 6,954
10th Percentile £357 £387 £373
25th Percentile £425 £450 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £775 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 78 88
10th Percentile £18.60 £22.31 £19.70
25th Percentile £22.43 £45.31 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.50 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -38.93% +31.66% +65.83%
75th Percentile £62.25 £74.69 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £45.00
% change year-on-year -31.73% +30.20% +69.81%

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 27 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 27 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 25 (4.61%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.85%) CMS
3 7 (1.29%) Confluence
3 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.92%) IIS
4 5 (0.92%) JBoss
4 5 (0.92%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.55%) Apache
5 3 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.55%) nginx
5 3 (0.55%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (0.55%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.37%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.18%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 28 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.29%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.29%) Teamcenter
2 6 (1.11%) Endur
3 5 (0.92%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.74%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.74%) MIS ActiveH
5 3 (0.55%) OPENHousing
5 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.55%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.37%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.37%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.18%) Relativity
7 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.18%) Shopify
7 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.18%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 265 (48.89%) Azure
2 113 (20.85%) Azure DevOps
3 81 (14.94%) Power Platform
4 64 (11.81%) AWS
5 34 (6.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 33 (6.09%) Entra ID
7 32 (5.90%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (5.35%) Azure Data Factory
8 29 (5.35%) Azure Service Bus
8 29 (5.35%) GitHub
9 28 (5.17%) Serverless
10 23 (4.24%) Azure Functions
10 23 (4.24%) PowerApps
11 18 (3.32%) Azure Monitor
12 16 (2.95%) PaaS
12 16 (2.95%) Power Automate
12 16 (2.95%) SaaS
13 15 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
15 12 (2.21%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.51%) Firewall
2 15 (2.77%) DNS
3 5 (0.92%) SSH
4 4 (0.74%) FTP
5 3 (0.55%) BGP
5 3 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (0.55%) DHCP
5 3 (0.55%) IOS XR
5 3 (0.55%) SAN
6 1 (0.18%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.18%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.18%) HTTP
6 1 (0.18%) Internet
6 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.18%) NAS
6 1 (0.18%) Network Security
6 1 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.18%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (12.55%) Power BI
2 66 (12.18%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (10.52%) Relational Database
4 49 (9.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 46 (8.49%) MySQL
6 38 (7.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 30 (5.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 28 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (3.51%) Oracle Reports
10 17 (3.14%) Metadata
11 14 (2.58%) Oracle Database
11 14 (2.58%) RDBMS
11 14 (2.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 13 (2.40%) MongoDB
12 13 (2.40%) NoSQL
13 11 (2.03%) Data Lake
14 9 (1.66%) Big Data
14 9 (1.66%) Tableau
15 7 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
15 7 (1.29%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 52 (9.59%) Git
2 33 (6.09%) JIRA
3 24 (4.43%) Visual Studio
4 18 (3.32%) SpecFlow
5 15 (2.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 15 (2.77%) Team Foundation Server
6 12 (2.21%) Selenium
7 11 (2.03%) TeamCity
8 10 (1.85%) WebDriver
9 7 (1.29%) GitLab
9 7 (1.29%) Jenkins
9 7 (1.29%) JMeter
10 5 (0.92%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.92%) MSI
10 5 (0.92%) Postman
10 5 (0.92%) TestRail
10 5 (0.92%) Visual Studio Team System
10 5 (0.92%) WiX
11 4 (0.74%) ERwin
12 3 (0.55%) NUnit
General
1 138 (25.46%) Social Skills
2 130 (23.99%) Finance
3 46 (8.49%) Banking
3 46 (8.49%) Public Sector
4 44 (8.12%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (2.95%) Front Office
6 15 (2.77%) Back Office
6 15 (2.77%) Financial Institution
7 12 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (1.85%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.85%) Retail
9 9 (1.66%) Marketing
10 8 (1.48%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.92%) Investment Banking
11 5 (0.92%) Legal
11 5 (0.92%) Local Government
11 5 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.74%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 237 (43.73%) Developer
2 90 (16.61%) Senior
3 62 (11.44%) Senior Developer
4 57 (10.52%) C# Developer
5 54 (9.96%) .NET Developer
6 40 (7.38%) Data Engineer
7 35 (6.46%) Architect
7 35 (6.46%) DBA
7 35 (6.46%) Software Developer
8 33 (6.09%) Azure Developer
9 31 (5.72%) SQL DBA
10 30 (5.54%) Analyst
11 26 (4.80%) SQL Developer
12 24 (4.43%) Administrator
12 24 (4.43%) Consultant
13 23 (4.24%) Full Stack Developer
14 22 (4.06%) Senior Software Developer
15 19 (3.51%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 17 (3.14%) Lead
17 15 (2.77%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (29.34%) .NET
2 71 (13.10%) XML
3 60 (11.07%) HTML
4 57 (10.52%) .NET Framework
5 52 (9.59%) ASP.NET
6 49 (9.04%) AngularJS
7 48 (8.86%) .NET Core
8 43 (7.93%) React
9 40 (7.38%) CSS
10 32 (5.90%) REST
11 30 (5.54%) Web Services
12 28 (5.17%) Entity Framework
13 25 (4.61%) RESTful
14 24 (4.43%) SOAP
15 22 (4.06%) JSON
15 22 (4.06%) SailPoint
16 21 (3.87%) jQuery
17 19 (3.51%) LDAP
18 17 (3.14%) Servlets
19 16 (2.95%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.80%) Product Ownership
2 24 (4.43%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.87%) Replication
4 19 (3.51%) Clustering
5 18 (3.32%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.95%) Data Centre
6 16 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.40%) Derivative
7 13 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.85%) Equity Derivative
10 9 (1.66%) NHS
10 9 (1.66%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.66%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (1.48%) Contactless
11 8 (1.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 8 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.29%) Blog
12 7 (1.29%) Cloud Native
12 7 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 84 (15.50%) Windows
2 38 (7.01%) Windows Server
3 34 (6.27%) Linux
4 17 (3.14%) Unix
5 8 (1.48%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.55%) Android
9 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.55%) zOS
10 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.18%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (28.23%) DevOps
2 145 (26.75%) Agile
3 87 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
4 85 (15.68%) Business Intelligence
5 78 (14.39%) Migration
6 77 (14.21%) CI/CD
7 69 (12.73%) ETL
8 68 (12.55%) Scrum
9 56 (10.33%) Data Modelling
10 41 (7.56%) Computer Science
11 39 (7.20%) High Availability
11 39 (7.20%) MVC
12 38 (7.01%) Microservices
12 38 (7.01%) OO
13 37 (6.83%) Disaster Recovery
14 35 (6.46%) TDD
14 35 (6.46%) Test Automation
15 34 (6.27%) Full Stack Development
16 32 (5.90%) Analytics
16 32 (5.90%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 292 (53.87%) SQL
2 202 (37.27%) C#
3 104 (19.19%) PowerShell
4 74 (13.65%) JavaScript
5 59 (10.89%) Java
6 48 (8.86%) Python
7 43 (7.93%) T-SQL
8 39 (7.20%) Bicep
9 32 (5.90%) PL/SQL
10 23 (4.24%) TypeScript
11 12 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (1.66%) Bash
13 8 (1.48%) C
13 8 (1.48%) VB.NET
14 7 (1.29%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.29%) VBA
15 6 (1.11%) PHP
16 5 (0.92%) F#
17 3 (0.55%) Perl
17 3 (0.55%) XPath
Qualifications
1 72 (13.28%) Degree
2 45 (8.30%) Security Cleared
3 38 (7.01%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.29%) MCSE
7 6 (1.11%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.92%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.74%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.74%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.55%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.55%) MCITP
10 3 (0.55%) MCTS
10 3 (0.55%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.37%) MCSA
12 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (6.64%) QA
2 19 (3.51%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.32%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.85%) WCAG
5 6 (1.11%) GDPR
6 3 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.37%) IFRS
7 2 (0.37%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.37%) MiFID
7 2 (0.37%) SLA
7 2 (0.37%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.18%) EMIR
8 1 (0.18%) FATCA
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 80 (14.76%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.51%) Docker
3 17 (3.14%) IAG
4 15 (2.77%) ACF2
4 15 (2.77%) RACF
5 7 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.55%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.37%) vSphere
9 1 (0.18%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (3.69%) Terraform
2 18 (3.32%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (3.14%) Kubernetes
4 15 (2.77%) Ansible
5 12 (2.21%) SCCM
6 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Clustering
6 5 (0.92%) Progress Chef
6 5 (0.92%) Puppet
7 4 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.74%) SCOM
8 3 (0.55%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.37%) Grafana
9 2 (0.37%) Graylog
9 2 (0.37%) Salt
9 2 (0.37%) SCVMM
9 2 (0.37%) TIBCO Hawk
10 1 (0.18%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.18%) Control-M
10 1 (0.18%) Nagios
Vendors
1 198 (36.53%) Microsoft
2 100 (18.45%) Oracle
3 28 (5.17%) ServiceNow
4 20 (3.69%) SAP
4 20 (3.69%) Sybase
5 16 (2.95%) Databricks
6 15 (2.77%) VMware
7 10 (1.85%) IBM
7 10 (1.85%) Qualys
7 10 (1.85%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.66%) AVEVA
8 9 (1.66%) CA
9 8 (1.48%) Informatica
10 7 (1.29%) CyberArk
10 7 (1.29%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.11%) HP
11 6 (1.11%) Sparx
12 5 (0.92%) Cisco
12 5 (0.92%) NEC
13 4 (0.74%) Citrix