Hybrid/Remote SSDT Contract Job Trends

Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring SSDT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 315 388
Rank change year-on-year 0 +73 +178
Contract jobs citing SSDT 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.029% 0.008% 0.017%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.15% 0.041% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £605
25th Percentile - - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.44%
75th Percentile - - £663
90th Percentile - - £670
UK median daily rate - - £600
% change year-on-year - - +33.33%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

SSDT falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,936 2,423 3,181
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.01% 19.97% 17.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,346 1,663 2,306
10th Percentile £331 £329 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £825 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £527 £535
% change year-on-year -5.12% -1.50% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 30 44
10th Percentile £18.25 £19.22 £16.74
25th Percentile £39.00 £21.62 £20.74
Median hourly rate £64.00 £29.11 £36.62
Median % change year-on-year +119.89% -20.51% -33.43%
75th Percentile £71.88 £45.81 £65.94
90th Percentile £85.75 £65.10 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £31.55 £46.18
% change year-on-year +37.90% -31.69% -7.64%

SSDT
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SSDT and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SSDT job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SSDT
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SSDT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SSDT

SSDT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Database Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Database Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Database Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Release Automation
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL