SQL Server Contracts in London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 44 49
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 +12
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 823 1,259 1,995
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.71% 4.84% 5.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.29% 23.72% 24.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 1,001 1,552
10th Percentile £363 £400 £381
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £695
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
10th Percentile - £39.05 £22.20
25th Percentile - £43.63 £25.50
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% +186.17%
75th Percentile - £63.13 £50.00
90th Percentile - £68.75 £65.51
England median hourly rate £40.00 £41.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year -2.44% -17.17% +90.38%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
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 London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,866 5,307 8,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.12% 20.40% 21.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,866 3,892 6,122
10th Percentile £375 £400 £406
25th Percentile £456 £475 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £580
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -0.86% +10.48%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £700
90th Percentile £838 £800 £788
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 51 35
10th Percentile £20.98 £21.24 £26.25
25th Percentile £25.62 £23.70 £32.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +77.22%
75th Percentile £55.00 £78.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £70.30 £90.00 £76.84
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.70 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.19% +23.78% +85.57%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Central London +6 137 £505 -19.20% 61
East London -2 21 £495 -1.00% 55
West London +20 11 £449 -25.17% 11
South London -4 6 £475 -5.00% 7
North London - 3 £250 -
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 33 (4.01%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.52%) IIS
3 19 (2.31%) CMS
4 15 (1.82%) Apache
5 14 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (1.46%) Confluence
7 10 (1.22%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.73%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 6 (0.73%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.61%) JBoss
9 5 (0.61%) nginx
10 3 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.36%) Tornado
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.12%) Jadu
11 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.12%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 52 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.67%) MS Visio
3 20 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.19%) Endur
2 14 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.61%) Temenos T24
5 4 (0.49%) OPENHousing
6 3 (0.36%) MIS ActiveH
6 3 (0.36%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.24%) Remedy AR System
7 2 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.24%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.12%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.12%) Relativity
8 1 (0.12%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 436 (52.98%) Azure
2 206 (25.03%) Azure DevOps
3 127 (15.43%) Power Platform
4 104 (12.64%) AWS
5 90 (10.94%) Entra ID
6 79 (9.60%) Azure Service Bus
7 72 (8.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 47 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
9 43 (5.22%) Azure Monitor
9 43 (5.22%) PowerApps
10 42 (5.10%) GitHub
11 40 (4.86%) Azure Data Factory
12 37 (4.50%) Serverless
13 34 (4.13%) Power Automate
14 31 (3.77%) Azure Functions
15 26 (3.16%) PaaS
16 24 (2.92%) Azure Logic Apps
17 20 (2.43%) Azure Pipelines
18 19 (2.31%) Collibra
19 18 (2.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.04%) Firewall
2 19 (2.31%) Internet
3 15 (1.82%) DNS
4 10 (1.22%) FTP
5 6 (0.73%) SSH
6 4 (0.49%) NAS
6 4 (0.49%) SAN
6 4 (0.49%) SSL
7 3 (0.36%) HTTP
7 3 (0.36%) VPN
7 3 (0.36%) WAN
7 3 (0.36%) Wireless
8 2 (0.24%) LAN
8 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.12%) DHCP
9 1 (0.12%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.12%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.12%) S/MIME
9 1 (0.12%) VoIP
9 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (13.49%) Power BI
2 95 (11.54%) Data Warehouse
3 83 (10.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 66 (8.02%) Relational Database
5 63 (7.65%) PostgreSQL
6 58 (7.05%) MySQL
7 57 (6.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 50 (6.08%) NoSQL
9 34 (4.13%) Metadata
10 28 (3.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 27 (3.28%) Oracle Database
12 26 (3.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 25 (3.04%) RDBMS
14 23 (2.79%) MongoDB
15 21 (2.55%) Redis
16 20 (2.43%) Oracle Reports
17 19 (2.31%) Data Lake
18 16 (1.94%) Big Data
19 11 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
20 10 (1.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 96 (11.66%) Git
2 45 (5.47%) JIRA
3 39 (4.74%) SpecFlow
4 38 (4.62%) Visual Studio
5 28 (3.40%) Selenium
6 25 (3.04%) TeamCity
7 20 (2.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 15 (1.82%) Jenkins
9 13 (1.58%) GitLab
9 13 (1.58%) WebDriver
10 11 (1.34%) Octopus Deploy
11 9 (1.09%) Cucumber
11 9 (1.09%) ERwin
11 9 (1.09%) JMeter
12 8 (0.97%) Visual Studio Team System
13 7 (0.85%) NUnit
13 7 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
14 6 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.61%) Pylint
15 5 (0.61%) TestRail
General
1 211 (25.64%) Finance
2 177 (21.51%) Social Skills
3 100 (12.15%) Banking
4 97 (11.79%) Public Sector
5 84 (10.21%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (5.83%) Back Office
7 37 (4.50%) Front Office
8 30 (3.65%) Investment Banking
9 18 (2.19%) Financial Institution
10 16 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (1.82%) Local Government
11 15 (1.82%) Marketing
12 14 (1.70%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.46%) Retail
13 12 (1.46%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.22%) Electronics
15 9 (1.09%) Legal
16 8 (0.97%) Publishing
17 7 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (0.61%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 386 (46.90%) Developer
2 163 (19.81%) Senior
3 121 (14.70%) Senior Developer
4 111 (13.49%) C# Developer
5 82 (9.96%) .NET Developer
6 56 (6.80%) Software Developer
7 49 (5.95%) Analyst
8 48 (5.83%) Data Engineer
9 45 (5.47%) Architect
9 45 (5.47%) Azure Developer
9 45 (5.47%) Senior Software Developer
10 42 (5.10%) Backend Developer
11 37 (4.50%) Consultant
12 36 (4.37%) Lead
12 36 (4.37%) SQL Developer
13 34 (4.13%) C# .NET Developer
14 33 (4.01%) Full Stack Developer
15 30 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 30 (3.65%) Senior Backend Developer
16 29 (3.52%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 313 (38.03%) .NET
2 140 (17.01%) XML
3 119 (14.46%) .NET Core
4 101 (12.27%) .NET Framework
5 84 (10.21%) HTML
6 76 (9.23%) AngularJS
7 72 (8.75%) ASP.NET
8 61 (7.41%) React
9 59 (7.17%) CSS
10 42 (5.10%) Web Services
11 38 (4.62%) REST
12 33 (4.01%) JSON
13 32 (3.89%) Kafka
13 32 (3.89%) WCF
14 27 (3.28%) jQuery
15 26 (3.16%) SOAP
16 25 (3.04%) SailPoint
17 24 (2.92%) Entity Framework
18 22 (2.67%) ARM Templates
18 22 (2.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 58 (7.05%) Product Ownership
2 42 (5.10%) Onboarding
3 23 (2.79%) Replication
4 22 (2.67%) Hedge funds
5 20 (2.43%) Clustering
5 20 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (2.31%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.19%) Derivative
8 13 (1.58%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.46%) Client/Server
10 11 (1.34%) Contactless
10 11 (1.34%) Equity Derivative
10 11 (1.34%) Reference Data
10 11 (1.34%) Renewable Energy
11 9 (1.09%) Fixed Income
11 9 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (0.97%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 8 (0.97%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 148 (17.98%) Windows
2 69 (8.38%) Linux
3 66 (8.02%) Windows Server
4 34 (4.13%) Unix
5 26 (3.16%) Windows Server 2016
6 24 (2.92%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (2.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (1.58%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.61%) CentOS
11 4 (0.49%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.36%) Android
12 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.36%) VMS
13 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.24%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.12%) OS/390
14 1 (0.12%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (37.91%) Agile
2 289 (35.12%) DevOps
3 155 (18.83%) CI/CD
3 155 (18.83%) Scrum
4 126 (15.31%) Business Intelligence
5 114 (13.85%) Migration
5 114 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
6 101 (12.27%) TDD
7 94 (11.42%) ETL
8 88 (10.69%) Data Modelling
9 73 (8.87%) OO
10 69 (8.38%) Software Engineering
11 66 (8.02%) B2C
12 61 (7.41%) SDLC
13 58 (7.05%) Data Analysis
13 58 (7.05%) Test Automation
14 54 (6.56%) OOD
15 53 (6.44%) API Management
15 53 (6.44%) Clean Code
15 53 (6.44%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 412 (50.06%) SQL
2 382 (46.42%) C#
3 186 (22.60%) PowerShell
4 104 (12.64%) JavaScript
5 103 (12.52%) T-SQL
6 98 (11.91%) Python
7 96 (11.66%) Bicep
8 85 (10.33%) Java
9 66 (8.02%) PL/SQL
10 45 (5.47%) TypeScript
11 25 (3.04%) VBA
12 17 (2.07%) VB
13 14 (1.70%) Shell Script
13 14 (1.70%) VB.NET
14 12 (1.46%) Bash
15 11 (1.34%) PHP
16 10 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (1.09%) XPath
18 7 (0.85%) C++
18 7 (0.85%) Perl
Qualifications
1 88 (10.69%) Degree
2 70 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 38 (4.62%) SC Cleared
4 35 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.92%) DV Cleared
6 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.34%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.09%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.85%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.61%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.49%) CISSP
13 3 (0.36%) MCITP
13 3 (0.36%) MCTS
14 2 (0.24%) Chartered Engineer
14 2 (0.24%) CITP
14 2 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.24%) MCSE
14 2 (0.24%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.32%) QA
2 31 (3.77%) Data Quality
3 26 (3.16%) Accessibility
4 23 (2.79%) WCAG
5 13 (1.58%) MiFID
5 13 (1.58%) SLA
6 12 (1.46%) GDPR
7 7 (0.85%) EMIR
8 5 (0.61%) Dodd-Frank
9 4 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.24%) IFRS
10 2 (0.24%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.24%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.12%) FATCA
11 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 15022
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 187 (22.72%) Active Directory
2 33 (4.01%) Docker
3 16 (1.94%) IAG
4 15 (1.82%) ACF2
4 15 (1.82%) RACF
5 12 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.24%) vSphere
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) KVM
8 1 (0.12%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.12%) vCloud
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 41 (4.98%) Kubernetes
2 28 (3.40%) Terraform
3 21 (2.55%) Ansible
3 21 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (2.31%) SCCM
5 18 (2.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (1.34%) Puppet
7 9 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
7 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (1.09%) Progress Chef
8 7 (0.85%) Grafana
9 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
9 5 (0.61%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.49%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.36%) Netcool
11 3 (0.36%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.24%) Backup Exec
12 2 (0.24%) Control-M
12 2 (0.24%) Nagios
12 2 (0.24%) SCOM
Vendors
1 347 (42.16%) Microsoft
2 210 (25.52%) Oracle
3 34 (4.13%) Databricks
4 32 (3.89%) ServiceNow
5 27 (3.28%) Sybase
6 25 (3.04%) Informatica
6 25 (3.04%) VMware
7 23 (2.79%) Citrix
8 22 (2.67%) SAP
9 19 (2.31%) Veeam
10 17 (2.07%) CyberArk
10 17 (2.07%) Sparx
11 16 (1.94%) CA
11 16 (1.94%) Red Hat
12 12 (1.46%) OpenLink
13 11 (1.34%) Salesforce
14 10 (1.22%) Qualys
15 9 (1.09%) Splunk
16 7 (0.85%) AVEVA
16 7 (0.85%) IBM