SQL Server Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 59 43
Rank change year-on-year -36 -16 +6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 443 845 1,454
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.10% 3.72% 4.76%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.87% 25.18% 27.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 637 1,080
10th Percentile £312 £330 £313
25th Percentile £395 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +15.50%
75th Percentile £610 £575 £550
90th Percentile £675 £677 £638
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -3.81% +0.96% +11.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 6 30
10th Percentile £36.84 £23.87 £17.43
25th Percentile £40.00 £27.96 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.13 £37.90 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -18.06% +86.34%
75th Percentile £48.11 £62.75 £63.60
90th Percentile £62.96 £77.50 £75.20
UK median hourly rate £40.13 £48.75 £46.67
% change year-on-year -17.69% +4.46% +86.68%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,626 3,356 5,305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.45% 14.77% 17.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,836 2,382 3,820
10th Percentile £313 £325 £335
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £669 £688 £673
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 109 126
10th Percentile £13.67 £21.21 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £32.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £58.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.26% +67.40% +42.86%
75th Percentile £56.56 £73.71 £57.19
90th Percentile £72.75 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £43.95
% change year-on-year -33.33% +36.52% +62.90%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the UK excluding London

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in the UK excluding London

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in the UK excluding London

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in the UK excluding London

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL Server in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SQL Server in the UK excluding London

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -49 111 £513 - 115
North of England -16 106 £475 -5.00% 212
Midlands +3 91 £450 +5.76% 155
North West -16 75 £463 -7.50% 119
South West -17 73 £538 +6.17% 72
West Midlands -17 45 £525 +2.44% 95
East Midlands +9 43 £445 +18.67% 60
Scotland -20 37 £475 -1.96% 44
East of England -35 24 £475 +5.56% 60
Yorkshire -15 21 £463 -7.50% 61
North East +18 10 £475 -13.64% 34
Wales +2 8 £494 -5.95% 13
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 36 (8.13%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.26%) Confluence
4 8 (1.81%) Apache
5 7 (1.58%) SAS
5 7 (1.58%) SharePoint 2010
5 7 (1.58%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (1.35%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.13%) IIS
8 2 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.45%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.45%) WordPress
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.23%) Jadu
9 1 (0.23%) JBoss
9 1 (0.23%) nginx
9 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.81%) CATIA
2 8 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.23%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (3.39%) Teamcenter
2 8 (1.81%) DELMIA
3 6 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.68%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.23%) Epicor Tropos
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.23%) Relativity
5 1 (0.23%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.23%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.23%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 164 (37.02%) Azure
2 87 (19.64%) Power Platform
3 58 (13.09%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (10.16%) AWS
5 34 (7.67%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (6.77%) Azure Data Factory
7 21 (4.74%) Power Automate
7 21 (4.74%) PowerApps
8 19 (4.29%) GitHub
9 17 (3.84%) Snowflake
10 15 (3.39%) Serverless
11 13 (2.93%) Azure Functions
11 13 (2.93%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (2.93%) PaaS
12 12 (2.71%) GCP
13 9 (2.03%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (1.81%) Entra ID
15 7 (1.58%) Collibra
16 6 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.42%) DNS
2 21 (4.74%) Firewall
2 21 (4.74%) SAN
3 19 (4.29%) DHCP
4 12 (2.71%) LAN
5 11 (2.48%) NAS
5 11 (2.48%) WAN
6 10 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (1.81%) MPLS
8 6 (1.35%) FTP
9 5 (1.13%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.90%) VPN
11 3 (0.68%) BGP
11 3 (0.68%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (0.68%) IOS XR
11 3 (0.68%) Network Security
11 3 (0.68%) SSL
11 3 (0.68%) VLAN
11 3 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (17.38%) Power BI
2 53 (11.96%) Relational Database
3 49 (11.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 41 (9.26%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (8.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 31 (7.00%) MySQL
7 28 (6.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 24 (5.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 23 (5.19%) Tableau
10 21 (4.74%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 21 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
11 20 (4.51%) Oracle Database
12 19 (4.29%) Data Lake
13 13 (2.93%) MongoDB
14 10 (2.26%) Metadata
15 9 (2.03%) DB2
16 8 (1.81%) PowerPivot
17 7 (1.58%) Ataccama
17 7 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
17 7 (1.58%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 31 (7.00%) Git
2 25 (5.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 22 (4.97%) JIRA
4 16 (3.61%) Visual Studio
5 15 (3.39%) GitLab
6 13 (2.93%) Team Foundation Server
7 11 (2.48%) Jenkins
8 8 (1.81%) Selenium
9 7 (1.58%) Bitbucket
10 6 (1.35%) Burp Suite
10 6 (1.35%) SonarQube
10 6 (1.35%) WebDriver
11 5 (1.13%) AppScan
12 4 (0.90%) JMeter
12 4 (0.90%) Octopus Deploy
12 4 (0.90%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.68%) NUnit
14 2 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 2 (0.45%) Moq
14 2 (0.45%) Postman
General
1 83 (18.74%) Social Skills
2 51 (11.51%) Finance
3 50 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (6.55%) Public Sector
5 14 (3.16%) Banking
6 10 (2.26%) Manufacturing
7 8 (1.81%) Aerospace
8 7 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.58%) Local Government
8 7 (1.58%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.35%) Marketing
9 6 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (1.35%) Publishing
10 5 (1.13%) Legal
10 5 (1.13%) Retail
11 4 (0.90%) Automotive
12 3 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.45%) Advertising
13 2 (0.45%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.45%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 123 (27.77%) Developer
2 47 (10.61%) DBA
3 45 (10.16%) Architect
4 41 (9.26%) Analyst
5 40 (9.03%) Senior
6 39 (8.80%) SQL DBA
7 38 (8.58%) Administrator
8 36 (8.13%) Data Engineer
9 30 (6.77%) .NET Developer
10 23 (5.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (4.51%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 19 (4.29%) Data Analyst
12 19 (4.29%) SQL Developer
13 18 (4.06%) Lead
14 15 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (3.16%) Applications Developer
15 14 (3.16%) Senior Developer
16 11 (2.48%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 11 (2.48%) Software Developer
17 10 (2.26%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (21.44%) .NET
2 38 (8.58%) HTML
3 36 (8.13%) CSS
4 33 (7.45%) .NET Framework
5 27 (6.09%) ASP.NET
6 25 (5.64%) Entity Framework
7 21 (4.74%) .NET Core
8 19 (4.29%) React
8 19 (4.29%) RESTful
9 18 (4.06%) AngularJS
10 17 (3.84%) Web Services
11 15 (3.39%) XML
12 13 (2.93%) ASP.NET MVC
13 12 (2.71%) REST
14 10 (2.26%) jQuery
14 10 (2.26%) Kafka
15 9 (2.03%) ASP.NET Web API
15 9 (2.03%) JSON
15 9 (2.03%) WCF
16 8 (1.81%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.19%) Public Cloud
2 21 (4.74%) Clustering
3 18 (4.06%) Replication
4 13 (2.93%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.93%) PKI
5 11 (2.48%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.26%) Client/Server
7 9 (2.03%) Blog
7 9 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (1.58%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (1.35%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.35%) NHS
10 6 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.90%) Grid Computing
11 4 (0.90%) Mainframe
11 4 (0.90%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 95 (21.44%) Windows
2 54 (12.19%) Windows Server
3 52 (11.74%) Linux
4 19 (4.29%) Unix
5 18 (4.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (3.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (2.03%) Windows 10
8 9 (2.03%) zOS
9 7 (1.58%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.58%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.35%) VMS
11 5 (1.13%) Android
12 4 (0.90%) Apple iOS
13 3 (0.68%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (19.19%) Agile
2 82 (18.51%) Business Intelligence
2 82 (18.51%) DevOps
3 59 (13.32%) Migration
4 56 (12.64%) ETL
5 52 (11.74%) Data Modelling
6 48 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (9.26%) High Availability
8 39 (8.80%) Disaster Recovery
9 37 (8.35%) Performance Tuning
10 32 (7.22%) MVC
11 31 (7.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 30 (6.77%) Data Migration
13 29 (6.55%) Analytics
14 28 (6.32%) CI/CD
15 27 (6.09%) Data Protection
16 26 (5.87%) Mentoring
16 26 (5.87%) Visualisation
17 23 (5.19%) Scrum
18 20 (4.51%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 245 (55.30%) SQL
2 116 (26.19%) C#
3 67 (15.12%) PowerShell
4 52 (11.74%) JavaScript
5 36 (8.13%) Python
6 35 (7.90%) T-SQL
7 29 (6.55%) Java
8 17 (3.84%) C
9 14 (3.16%) Bash
10 13 (2.93%) PL/SQL
11 11 (2.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (2.26%) TypeScript
13 8 (1.81%) C++
14 5 (1.13%) PHP
15 4 (0.90%) F#
15 4 (0.90%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.68%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.68%) VBA
17 2 (0.45%) MATLAB
17 2 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 106 (23.93%) Security Cleared
2 59 (13.32%) SC Cleared
3 56 (12.64%) Degree
4 41 (9.26%) DV Cleared
5 19 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.81%) MCSE
7 5 (1.13%) MCITP
7 5 (1.13%) MCTS
7 5 (1.13%) SAP Certification
8 4 (0.90%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.90%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.68%) ISEB
9 3 (0.68%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.45%) SANS
11 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.48%) QA
2 17 (3.84%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (0.90%) NIST
4 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.45%) GDPR
5 2 (0.45%) GxP
5 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.23%) HL7
6 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 65 (14.67%) Active Directory
2 36 (8.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.71%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (2.26%) Docker
5 8 (1.81%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.81%) Virtual Servers
5 8 (1.81%) VMware Workstation
6 7 (1.58%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.58%) vSphere
7 2 (0.45%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.45%) VirtualBox
8 1 (0.23%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (0.23%) Firmware
8 1 (0.23%) IAG
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (4.97%) SCCM
2 21 (4.74%) Ansible
3 16 (3.61%) Terraform
4 14 (3.16%) Microsoft Clustering
5 11 (2.48%) Kubernetes
5 11 (2.48%) Nagios
6 10 (2.26%) Nessus
6 10 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.81%) NetBackup
7 8 (1.81%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.81%) Red Hat Satellite
8 7 (1.58%) Grafana
8 7 (1.58%) Graylog
8 7 (1.58%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.58%) Puppet
9 6 (1.35%) SCOM
9 6 (1.35%) SCSM
9 6 (1.35%) WSUS
10 5 (1.13%) HP Fortify
10 5 (1.13%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 153 (34.54%) Microsoft
2 62 (14.00%) Oracle
3 45 (10.16%) VMware
4 18 (4.06%) SAP
5 17 (3.84%) Red Hat
6 12 (2.71%) Splunk
7 9 (2.03%) F5
8 8 (1.81%) Alteryx
8 8 (1.81%) Databricks
8 8 (1.81%) Hitachi
8 8 (1.81%) NetApp
8 8 (1.81%) Siemens
8 8 (1.81%) Veeam
9 7 (1.58%) Dataiku
9 7 (1.58%) Trillium
10 6 (1.35%) AVEVA
10 6 (1.35%) Checkmarx
11 5 (1.13%) Cisco
11 5 (1.13%) Qualys
11 5 (1.13%) ServiceNow