MS Access Contracts

Microsoft Access
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for MS Access skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MS Access 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 559 609 746
Rank change year-on-year +50 +137 -120
Contract jobs citing MS Access 16 73 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.22% 0.74% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 57 62
10th Percentile £245 £190 £325
25th Percentile £322 £325 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +8.11% +8.82%
75th Percentile £491 £650 £505
90th Percentile £699 £700 £542
UK excluding London median daily rate £338 £288 £425
% change year-on-year +17.39% -32.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £15.10 £13.16 -
25th Percentile £15.25 £13.22 £15.50
Median hourly rate £15.49 £14.62 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.95% -8.63% -18.99%
75th Percentile £15.74 £24.61 £16.50
90th Percentile £15.88 £41.27 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.49 £14.24 £16.00
% change year-on-year +8.78% -11.00% -18.99%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

MS Access 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 requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,300 9,902 17,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.95% 17.66% 19.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,235 7,035 12,303
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% -0.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £775 £754 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 179 180
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.45
25th Percentile £20.77 £33.70 £21.69
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +33.33% +69.81%
75th Percentile £56.88 £73.75 £63.60
90th Percentile £72.75 £80.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £58.59 £35.00
% change year-on-year -40.26% +67.40% +42.86%

MS Access
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MS Access as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MS Access in the UK

MS Access
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MS Access.

Daily rate trend for MS Access in the UK

MS Access
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MS Access over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MS Access in the UK

MS Access
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MS Access.

Hourly rate trend for MS Access in the UK

MS Access
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Access within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +38 16 £360 -34.55% 24
UK excluding London +22 9 £338 +17.39% 21
London +58 5 £400 -33.33% 5
Work from Home +96 4 £325 -35.00% 15
South East +10 4 - - 3
East of England +6 3 - - 7
Midlands +23 2 £338 +15.29% 5
West Midlands +15 2 £338 +70.45% 4

MS Access
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (12.50%) Drupal
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (12.50%) FileZilla
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Visualfiles
2 1 (6.25%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 2 (12.50%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) FTP
1 2 (12.50%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Power BI
2 5 (31.25%) Tableau
3 4 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (18.75%) Relational Database
5 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (12.50%) KNIME
5 2 (12.50%) MySQL
5 2 (12.50%) RDBMS
5 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
6 1 (6.25%) Metadata
6 1 (6.25%) SQL Navigator
6 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (6.25%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (6.25%) Toad
2 1 (6.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Legal
2 6 (37.50%) Retail
3 4 (25.00%) Billing
4 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Local Government
6 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
6 1 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Analyst
2 8 (50.00%) Data Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Project Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Administrator
6 1 (6.25%) Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) Data Administrator
6 1 (6.25%) Data Migration Specialist
6 1 (6.25%) Migration Specialist
6 1 (6.25%) Project Planner
6 1 (6.25%) Senior
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Tableau Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Specialist
6 1 (6.25%) VBA Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) .NET
2 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET
3 1 (6.25%) .NET Framework
3 1 (6.25%) WinForms
3 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) e-Health
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.25%) Credit Risk
3 1 (6.25%) FMCG
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
3 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (43.75%) Migration
3 5 (31.25%) Data Management
3 5 (31.25%) Data Migration
3 5 (31.25%) Test Scripting
4 4 (25.00%) Business Case
4 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 4 (25.00%) Regression Testing
4 4 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
4 4 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
4 4 (25.00%) Technical Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
5 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (18.75%) Project Management
6 2 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 2 (12.50%) Time Management
6 2 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (81.25%) SQL
2 5 (31.25%) VBA
3 4 (25.00%) R
4 3 (18.75%) Python
5 2 (12.50%) C#
5 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 2 (12.50%) VB
5 2 (12.50%) VB.NET
6 1 (6.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) CISA
2 2 (12.50%) CRISC
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Alteryx
2 5 (31.25%) Oracle
3 4 (25.00%) SAP
4 2 (12.50%) LexisNexis
4 2 (12.50%) Sage
5 1 (6.25%) NEC