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 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 51 46 54
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 +4
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 554 1,113 2,025
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.78% 4.66% 4.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.19% 24.82% 21.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 878 1,581
10th Percentile £337 £387 £350
25th Percentile £408 £413 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £600
90th Percentile £701 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -3.81% +0.96% +11.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 24
10th Percentile £12.78 £28.63 -
25th Percentile £22.10 £38.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.25 £62.50 £47.09
Median % change year-on-year -35.60% +32.74% +78.89%
75th Percentile £42.88 £85.00 £58.69
90th Percentile - - £75.59
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
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 2,887 4,484 9,345
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.68% 18.79% 21.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,115 3,285 6,832
10th Percentile £356 £387 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% +6.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £788 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 79 85
10th Percentile £18.00 £24.08 £19.00
25th Percentile £21.88 £42.63 £21.17
Median hourly rate £37.75 £66.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.80% +38.95% +58.33%
75th Percentile £58.50 £73.75 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £43.95
% change year-on-year -33.33% +36.52% +62.90%

SQL Server
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 9 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 9 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 (4.33%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.81%) CMS
3 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.90%) Confluence
4 5 (0.90%) JBoss
4 5 (0.90%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 4 (0.72%) IIS
6 3 (0.54%) Apache
6 3 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.54%) nginx
6 3 (0.54%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (0.54%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (0.54%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.36%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.18%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 24 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.90%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.44%) NEC Housing
3 7 (1.26%) Endur
3 7 (1.26%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.90%) MIS ActiveH
5 4 (0.72%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.72%) OPENHousing
6 3 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.54%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.36%) BusinessWorks
7 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.36%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.18%) Relativity
8 1 (0.18%) Shopify
8 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.18%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 279 (50.36%) Azure
2 120 (21.66%) Azure DevOps
3 81 (14.62%) Power Platform
4 65 (11.73%) AWS
5 36 (6.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 36 (6.50%) Entra ID
6 32 (5.78%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (5.23%) Azure Service Bus
8 28 (5.05%) Azure Data Factory
8 28 (5.05%) GitHub
8 28 (5.05%) Serverless
9 24 (4.33%) PowerApps
10 23 (4.15%) Azure Functions
11 20 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (3.61%) PaaS
12 18 (3.25%) Azure Monitor
13 16 (2.89%) SaaS
14 15 (2.71%) Power Automate
15 13 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
16 11 (1.99%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.43%) Firewall
2 15 (2.71%) DNS
3 5 (0.90%) SSH
4 4 (0.72%) FTP
5 3 (0.54%) BGP
5 3 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (0.54%) DHCP
5 3 (0.54%) IOS XR
5 3 (0.54%) 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%) 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%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.18%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (12.09%) Data Warehouse
2 65 (11.73%) Power BI
3 63 (11.37%) Relational Database
4 48 (8.66%) MySQL
4 48 (8.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 39 (7.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 33 (5.96%) Azure SQL Database
7 29 (5.23%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (3.43%) Oracle Reports
9 18 (3.25%) Oracle Database
10 16 (2.89%) Metadata
10 16 (2.89%) RDBMS
11 13 (2.35%) MongoDB
11 13 (2.35%) NoSQL
11 13 (2.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 12 (2.17%) Data Lake
13 9 (1.62%) Big Data
13 9 (1.62%) Tableau
14 7 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
14 7 (1.26%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 54 (9.75%) Git
2 30 (5.42%) JIRA
3 27 (4.87%) Visual Studio
4 18 (3.25%) SpecFlow
5 15 (2.71%) Team Foundation Server
6 14 (2.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 12 (2.17%) Selenium
8 11 (1.99%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.81%) WebDriver
10 8 (1.44%) Visual Studio Team System
11 7 (1.26%) Jenkins
11 7 (1.26%) JMeter
12 6 (1.08%) GitLab
13 5 (0.90%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.90%) MSI
13 5 (0.90%) Postman
13 5 (0.90%) TestRail
13 5 (0.90%) WiX
14 3 (0.54%) Moq
14 3 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 138 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 127 (22.92%) Finance
3 46 (8.30%) Public Sector
4 45 (8.12%) Banking
5 42 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (2.71%) Back Office
6 15 (2.71%) Financial Institution
7 14 (2.53%) Front Office
8 13 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (1.81%) Retail
10 8 (1.44%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.44%) Marketing
11 7 (1.26%) Local Government
11 7 (1.26%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.90%) Legal
12 5 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.72%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 247 (44.58%) Developer
2 95 (17.15%) Senior
3 67 (12.09%) Senior Developer
4 59 (10.65%) C# Developer
5 57 (10.29%) .NET Developer
6 41 (7.40%) Data Engineer
7 35 (6.32%) Architect
8 34 (6.14%) Software Developer
9 33 (5.96%) Azure Developer
9 33 (5.96%) DBA
10 31 (5.60%) Analyst
11 29 (5.23%) SQL DBA
12 27 (4.87%) SQL Developer
13 26 (4.69%) Consultant
14 24 (4.33%) Full Stack Developer
15 23 (4.15%) Administrator
16 21 (3.79%) Senior Software Developer
17 19 (3.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
18 18 (3.25%) Lead
19 17 (3.07%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (31.23%) .NET
2 72 (13.00%) XML
3 70 (12.64%) HTML
4 66 (11.91%) .NET Framework
5 59 (10.65%) ASP.NET
6 51 (9.21%) AngularJS
7 50 (9.03%) .NET Core
8 46 (8.30%) CSS
8 46 (8.30%) React
9 32 (5.78%) Entity Framework
9 32 (5.78%) REST
10 31 (5.60%) Web Services
11 27 (4.87%) RESTful
12 25 (4.51%) SOAP
13 24 (4.33%) JSON
14 22 (3.97%) jQuery
14 22 (3.97%) SailPoint
15 19 (3.43%) LDAP
16 17 (3.07%) ARM Templates
16 17 (3.07%) Servlets
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.69%) Product Ownership
2 25 (4.51%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.79%) Management Information System
4 20 (3.61%) Replication
5 18 (3.25%) Clustering
6 17 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (2.89%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.99%) Derivative
8 11 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.81%) Renewable Energy
10 9 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.62%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.44%) Contactless
11 8 (1.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 8 (1.44%) Equity Derivative
12 7 (1.26%) Blog
12 7 (1.26%) Client/Server
12 7 (1.26%) Cloud Native
12 7 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 88 (15.88%) Windows
2 39 (7.04%) Windows Server
3 37 (6.68%) Linux
4 20 (3.61%) Unix
5 8 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.44%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.72%) Android
9 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.54%) zOS
10 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.18%) CentOS
11 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (28.70%) DevOps
2 148 (26.71%) Agile
3 84 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (14.80%) Business Intelligence
5 80 (14.44%) CI/CD
6 79 (14.26%) Migration
7 71 (12.82%) ETL
8 70 (12.64%) Scrum
9 54 (9.75%) Data Modelling
10 48 (8.66%) MVC
11 42 (7.58%) OO
12 41 (7.40%) Computer Science
13 37 (6.68%) High Availability
13 37 (6.68%) Microservices
14 36 (6.50%) Disaster Recovery
14 36 (6.50%) TDD
15 35 (6.32%) Full Stack Development
15 35 (6.32%) Software Engineering
15 35 (6.32%) Test Automation
16 34 (6.14%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 299 (53.97%) SQL
2 213 (38.45%) C#
3 103 (18.59%) PowerShell
4 84 (15.16%) JavaScript
5 60 (10.83%) Java
6 48 (8.66%) Python
7 46 (8.30%) T-SQL
8 40 (7.22%) Bicep
9 32 (5.78%) PL/SQL
10 23 (4.15%) TypeScript
11 12 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (1.99%) VB.NET
13 9 (1.62%) Bash
14 8 (1.44%) C
14 8 (1.44%) VBA
15 7 (1.26%) Shell Script
16 6 (1.08%) PHP
16 6 (1.08%) VB
17 5 (0.90%) F#
18 3 (0.54%) R
Qualifications
1 76 (13.72%) Degree
2 45 (8.12%) Security Cleared
3 39 (7.04%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.26%) MCSE
7 6 (1.08%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.90%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.90%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.54%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.54%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.54%) MCITP
9 3 (0.54%) MCTS
9 3 (0.54%) SAP Certification
9 3 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.36%) MCSA
11 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (6.50%) QA
2 19 (3.43%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.25%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.81%) WCAG
5 5 (0.90%) GDPR
6 2 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.36%) MiFID
6 2 (0.36%) SLA
7 1 (0.18%) EMIR
7 1 (0.18%) FATCA
7 1 (0.18%) IFRS
7 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 82 (14.80%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.61%) Docker
3 17 (3.07%) IAG
4 15 (2.71%) ACF2
4 15 (2.71%) RACF
5 8 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.54%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.36%) vSphere
9 1 (0.18%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (3.79%) Terraform
2 18 (3.25%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (3.07%) Kubernetes
4 15 (2.71%) Ansible
5 12 (2.17%) SCCM
6 6 (1.08%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.08%) Puppet
7 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Clustering
8 4 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.72%) SCOM
9 3 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.54%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.36%) Grafana
10 2 (0.36%) Graylog
10 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.36%) Salt
10 2 (0.36%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.36%) TIBCO Hawk
11 1 (0.18%) Backup Exec
11 1 (0.18%) Nessus
Vendors
1 206 (37.18%) Microsoft
2 102 (18.41%) Oracle
3 28 (5.05%) ServiceNow
4 21 (3.79%) Sybase
5 18 (3.25%) SAP
6 16 (2.89%) Databricks
6 16 (2.89%) VMware
7 10 (1.81%) CA
7 10 (1.81%) Qualys
7 10 (1.81%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.62%) AVEVA
8 9 (1.62%) IBM
9 8 (1.44%) CyberArk
9 8 (1.44%) Informatica
9 8 (1.44%) NEC
10 7 (1.26%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.08%) HP
11 6 (1.08%) Sparx
12 5 (0.90%) Cisco
12 5 (0.90%) OpenLink