SQL Server Contracts in Oxfordshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 16 27
Rank change year-on-year -7 +11 -4
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 5 14 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 2.03% 6.11% 3.72%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.67% 31.11% 34.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 10
10th Percentile - £273 -
25th Percentile £500 £386 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £504 £375
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +34.33% -9.64%
75th Percentile £541 £575 £431
90th Percentile £546 - £483
South East median daily rate £513 £513 £500
% change year-on-year - +2.50% +17.65%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Oxfordshire

SQL Server falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 30 45 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 12.20% 19.65% 10.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 18 27
10th Percentile £355 £174 £309
25th Percentile £363 £253 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £429 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.96% +0.88% +2.41%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £538
90th Percentile £548 £636 £663
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £32.30 £15.80
Median % change year-on-year - +104.43% -27.44%
South East median hourly rate £48.18 £58.59 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.77% +160.40% -48.28%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Oxfordshire

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in Oxfordshire

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in Oxfordshire

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Oxford +4 4 £500 +9.29% 3
Bicester - 1 £525 -
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (20.00%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (20.00%) OLAP
2 1 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics NAV Developer
2 1 (20.00%) ERP Developer
2 1 (20.00%) ETL Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Developer
2 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Python Data Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Python Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Developer
2 1 (20.00%) SSRS Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ETL
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Clean Code
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Data Matching
3 1 (20.00%) Design Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Fortran
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cadence
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft