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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 46 52
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 541 1,127 2,028
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.70% 4.68% 4.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.08% 24.78% 21.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 896 1,585
10th Percentile £346 £388 £350
25th Percentile £408 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £498
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +5.53% +10.56%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £600
90th Percentile £713 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £509 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -3.10% +2.44% +10.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 25
10th Percentile £12.78 £28.63 -
25th Percentile £22.10 £38.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.25 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.60% +31.58% +80.47%
75th Percentile £42.88 £85.00 £62.15
90th Percentile - - £75.51
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £48.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year -17.95% +2.63% +90.00%

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 2,835 4,548 9,402
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.37% 18.87% 21.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,093 3,337 6,861
10th Percentile £356 £388 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% +6.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £775 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.46% -0.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 78 88
10th Percentile £18.00 £22.31 £19.35
25th Percentile £22.52 £41.44 £21.63
Median hourly rate £37.75 £64.50 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.47% +29.65% +65.83%
75th Percentile £58.50 £73.75 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% +33.33% +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 1 June 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 1 June 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 24 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.85%) CMS
3 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.92%) Confluence
4 5 (0.92%) JBoss
4 5 (0.92%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 4 (0.74%) IIS
6 3 (0.55%) Apache
6 3 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.55%) nginx
6 3 (0.55%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (0.55%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.37%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.18%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 26 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.11%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.29%) Endur
1 7 (1.29%) Teamcenter
2 6 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.11%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.92%) MIS ActiveH
4 4 (0.74%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.74%) OPENHousing
4 4 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.55%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.37%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.37%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.18%) Relativity
7 1 (0.18%) Shopify
7 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.18%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 270 (49.91%) Azure
2 114 (21.07%) Azure DevOps
3 79 (14.60%) Power Platform
4 65 (12.01%) AWS
5 35 (6.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 34 (6.28%) Entra ID
7 31 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (5.36%) Azure Data Factory
9 28 (5.18%) Azure Service Bus
9 28 (5.18%) GitHub
10 27 (4.99%) Serverless
11 22 (4.07%) Azure Functions
11 22 (4.07%) PowerApps
12 18 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
12 18 (3.33%) PaaS
13 15 (2.77%) Power Automate
13 15 (2.77%) SaaS
14 14 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
15 13 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
16 11 (2.03%) 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 (12.57%) Data Warehouse
2 66 (12.20%) Power BI
3 61 (11.28%) Relational Database
4 49 (9.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 46 (8.50%) MySQL
6 38 (7.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 32 (5.91%) Azure SQL Database
8 26 (4.81%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (3.51%) Oracle Reports
10 16 (2.96%) Metadata
10 16 (2.96%) RDBMS
11 15 (2.77%) Oracle Database
12 14 (2.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 13 (2.40%) NoSQL
14 12 (2.22%) Data Lake
14 12 (2.22%) MongoDB
15 9 (1.66%) Big Data
15 9 (1.66%) Tableau
16 7 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
16 7 (1.29%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 52 (9.61%) Git
2 30 (5.55%) JIRA
3 23 (4.25%) Visual Studio
4 18 (3.33%) SpecFlow
5 15 (2.77%) Team Foundation Server
6 14 (2.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 12 (2.22%) Selenium
8 11 (2.03%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.85%) WebDriver
10 7 (1.29%) Jenkins
10 7 (1.29%) JMeter
11 6 (1.11%) GitLab
12 5 (0.92%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.92%) MSI
12 5 (0.92%) Postman
12 5 (0.92%) TestRail
12 5 (0.92%) WiX
13 4 (0.74%) Visual Studio Team System
14 3 (0.55%) ERwin
14 3 (0.55%) NUnit
General
1 136 (25.14%) Social Skills
2 130 (24.03%) Finance
3 45 (8.32%) Public Sector
4 44 (8.13%) Banking
5 43 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (2.77%) Back Office
6 15 (2.77%) Financial Institution
6 15 (2.77%) Front Office
7 12 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (1.85%) Retail
9 8 (1.48%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.48%) Marketing
10 7 (1.29%) Telecoms
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%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.74%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 238 (43.99%) Developer
2 88 (16.27%) Senior
3 61 (11.28%) Senior Developer
4 58 (10.72%) C# Developer
5 54 (9.98%) .NET Developer
6 41 (7.58%) Data Engineer
7 34 (6.28%) Software Developer
8 33 (6.10%) Architect
8 33 (6.10%) Azure Developer
9 32 (5.91%) DBA
10 31 (5.73%) Analyst
11 28 (5.18%) SQL DBA
12 27 (4.99%) Consultant
13 26 (4.81%) SQL Developer
14 23 (4.25%) Administrator
14 23 (4.25%) Full Stack Developer
15 21 (3.88%) Senior Software Developer
16 20 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 17 (3.14%) Lead
18 16 (2.96%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (29.76%) .NET
2 69 (12.75%) XML
3 62 (11.46%) HTML
4 58 (10.72%) .NET Framework
5 53 (9.80%) ASP.NET
6 50 (9.24%) AngularJS
7 49 (9.06%) .NET Core
8 45 (8.32%) React
9 42 (7.76%) CSS
10 32 (5.91%) REST
11 31 (5.73%) Web Services
12 29 (5.36%) Entity Framework
13 27 (4.99%) RESTful
14 25 (4.62%) SOAP
15 22 (4.07%) jQuery
15 22 (4.07%) SailPoint
16 21 (3.88%) JSON
17 19 (3.51%) LDAP
18 17 (3.14%) ARM Templates
18 17 (3.14%) Servlets
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.81%) Product Ownership
2 25 (4.62%) Onboarding
3 20 (3.70%) Replication
4 19 (3.51%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.33%) Clustering
6 16 (2.96%) Data Centre
6 16 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.22%) Derivative
7 12 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.85%) Renewable Energy
9 9 (1.66%) Equity Derivative
9 9 (1.66%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.48%) Contactless
10 8 (1.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 7 (1.29%) Blog
11 7 (1.29%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.11%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 85 (15.71%) Windows
2 37 (6.84%) Windows Server
3 35 (6.47%) Linux
4 18 (3.33%) Unix
5 8 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.48%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.55%) Android
8 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.55%) zOS
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.18%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (28.28%) DevOps
2 144 (26.62%) Agile
3 85 (15.71%) Business Intelligence
4 84 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
5 78 (14.42%) CI/CD
6 77 (14.23%) Migration
7 70 (12.94%) ETL
8 68 (12.57%) Scrum
9 56 (10.35%) Data Modelling
10 41 (7.58%) Computer Science
10 41 (7.58%) MVC
11 40 (7.39%) OO
12 37 (6.84%) High Availability
12 37 (6.84%) Microservices
13 36 (6.65%) Disaster Recovery
13 36 (6.65%) TDD
14 34 (6.28%) Full Stack Development
14 34 (6.28%) Test Automation
15 33 (6.10%) Analytics
15 33 (6.10%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 291 (53.79%) SQL
2 205 (37.89%) C#
3 102 (18.85%) PowerShell
4 76 (14.05%) JavaScript
5 60 (11.09%) Java
6 47 (8.69%) Python
7 42 (7.76%) T-SQL
8 39 (7.21%) Bicep
9 31 (5.73%) PL/SQL
10 23 (4.25%) TypeScript
11 12 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (1.66%) Bash
13 8 (1.48%) C
14 7 (1.29%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.29%) VB.NET
14 7 (1.29%) VBA
15 6 (1.11%) PHP
16 5 (0.92%) F#
16 5 (0.92%) VB
17 3 (0.55%) XPath
Qualifications
1 73 (13.49%) Degree
2 44 (8.13%) Security Cleared
3 38 (7.02%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.18%) 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%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.55%) DV Cleared
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 (6.65%) QA
2 18 (3.33%) Accessibility
2 18 (3.33%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.85%) WCAG
4 6 (1.11%) GDPR
5 3 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.37%) IFRS
6 2 (0.37%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.37%) MiFID
6 2 (0.37%) SLA
6 2 (0.37%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.18%) EMIR
7 1 (0.18%) FATCA
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 81 (14.97%) 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 (3.70%) Terraform
2 18 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (3.14%) Kubernetes
4 15 (2.77%) Ansible
5 12 (2.22%) 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
1 197 (36.41%) Microsoft
2 100 (18.48%) Oracle
3 28 (5.18%) ServiceNow
4 21 (3.88%) Sybase
5 19 (3.51%) SAP
6 16 (2.96%) Databricks
7 15 (2.77%) VMware
8 10 (1.85%) Qualys
8 10 (1.85%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.66%) AVEVA
9 9 (1.66%) CA
9 9 (1.66%) IBM
10 8 (1.48%) CyberArk
10 8 (1.48%) Informatica
11 7 (1.29%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.11%) HP
12 6 (1.11%) NEC
12 6 (1.11%) Sparx
13 5 (0.92%) Cisco
13 5 (0.92%) OpenLink