SQL Server Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 40 38
Rank change year-on-year +15 -2 -8
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 7 5 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 2.97% 1.85% 4.18%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.43% 10.42% 22.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 11
10th Percentile £288 £404 £400
25th Percentile £434 £466 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +6.80% -6.36%
75th Percentile £488 £600 £694
90th Percentile £494 - £750
North East median daily rate £475 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -13.64% +6.80% +0.49%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 23 48 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 9.75% 17.78% 18.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 34 54
10th Percentile £343 £500 £400
25th Percentile £453 £553 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £700 £528
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +32.70% +8.21%
75th Percentile £513 £775 £600
90th Percentile £580 £848 £726
North East median daily rate £550 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.50
Median hourly rate - - £14.00
75th Percentile - - £14.50
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £20.77 - £49.50

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Tyne and Wear

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in Tyne and Wear

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in Tyne and Wear

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Tyne and Wear.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in Tyne and Wear

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 12 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +11 5 £475 -20.83% 11
Gateshead +1 1 £150 -60.00% 1
Sunderland - 1 - - 8
SQL Server
North East

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) AMQP
2 1 (14.29%) MQTT
2 1 (14.29%) VoIP
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) DBA
1 4 (57.14%) SQL DBA
2 2 (28.57%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Database Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (14.29%) JSON
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
1 1 (14.29%) XML
1 1 (14.29%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Clustering
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (14.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
1 4 (57.14%) Server Patching
2 3 (42.86%) Data Encryption
2 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (42.86%) High Availability
2 3 (42.86%) Service Management
2 3 (42.86%) Task Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) CRUD
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (14.29%) Database Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (42.86%) MCSE
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow