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 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 50 45 54
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 543 1,189 2,056
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.69% 4.80% 4.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.87% 25.23% 21.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 935 1,605
10th Percentile £325 £395 £350
25th Percentile £400 £417 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £491
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.92% +9.11%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -3.81% +2.44% +11.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 25
10th Percentile £12.78 £22.13 -
25th Percentile £22.10 £32.63 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.25 £47.00 £46.67
Median % change year-on-year -14.36% +0.71% +60.93%
75th Percentile £42.88 £85.00 £55.75
90th Percentile - - £75.51
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £47.00 £47.09
% change year-on-year -14.89% -0.18% +81.10%

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 2,878 4,713 9,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.55% 19.02% 21.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,121 3,444 7,002
10th Percentile £356 £388 £373
25th Percentile £425 £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £549
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.73% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 79 89
10th Percentile £18.60 £22.16 £19.80
25th Percentile £22.43 £40.00 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +36.84% +48.44%
75th Percentile £62.25 £74.38 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% +27.78% +69.81%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 26 (4.79%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.84%) CMS
3 8 (1.47%) Confluence
4 6 (1.10%) IIS
4 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.92%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 4 (0.74%) JBoss
7 3 (0.55%) Apache
7 3 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.55%) nginx
7 3 (0.55%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.55%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.37%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 30 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.66%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.29%) Teamcenter
2 6 (1.10%) Endur
3 4 (0.74%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.74%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.55%) MIS ActiveH
4 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.55%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.37%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.37%) OPENHousing
5 2 (0.37%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.18%) Relativity
6 1 (0.18%) Shopify
6 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.18%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 261 (48.07%) Azure
2 115 (21.18%) Azure DevOps
3 79 (14.55%) Power Platform
4 59 (10.87%) AWS
5 34 (6.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 32 (5.89%) Azure Data Factory
6 32 (5.89%) Entra ID
7 30 (5.52%) Azure Service Bus
7 30 (5.52%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (5.52%) Serverless
8 25 (4.60%) Azure Functions
8 25 (4.60%) GitHub
9 23 (4.24%) PowerApps
10 19 (3.50%) Azure Monitor
11 17 (3.13%) PaaS
12 16 (2.95%) Power Automate
12 16 (2.95%) SaaS
13 15 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
13 15 (2.76%) Collibra
14 14 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.50%) Firewall
2 15 (2.76%) DNS
3 5 (0.92%) SSH
4 3 (0.55%) BGP
4 3 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (0.55%) DHCP
4 3 (0.55%) FTP
4 3 (0.55%) IOS XR
4 3 (0.55%) SAN
5 1 (0.18%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.18%) HTTP
5 1 (0.18%) Internet
5 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.18%) LAN
5 1 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.18%) VPN
5 1 (0.18%) WAN
5 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (11.97%) Power BI
2 61 (11.23%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (10.31%) Relational Database
4 52 (9.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 46 (8.47%) MySQL
6 38 (7.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 33 (6.08%) Azure SQL Database
8 29 (5.34%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (3.50%) Oracle Reports
10 18 (3.31%) Metadata
11 15 (2.76%) NoSQL
12 14 (2.58%) MongoDB
12 14 (2.58%) Oracle Database
12 14 (2.58%) RDBMS
12 14 (2.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 11 (2.03%) Data Lake
14 9 (1.66%) Big Data
15 7 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
15 7 (1.29%) Power Query
16 6 (1.10%) Redis
Development Applications
1 52 (9.58%) Git
2 35 (6.45%) JIRA
3 28 (5.16%) Visual Studio
4 18 (3.31%) SpecFlow
5 15 (2.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 15 (2.76%) Team Foundation Server
6 13 (2.39%) Selenium
7 11 (2.03%) TeamCity
8 10 (1.84%) WebDriver
9 8 (1.47%) GitLab
10 7 (1.29%) Jenkins
11 6 (1.10%) JMeter
12 5 (0.92%) MSI
12 5 (0.92%) Postman
12 5 (0.92%) TestRail
12 5 (0.92%) Visual Studio Team System
12 5 (0.92%) WiX
13 4 (0.74%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.74%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.74%) ERwin
General
1 138 (25.41%) Social Skills
2 131 (24.13%) Finance
3 48 (8.84%) Public Sector
4 46 (8.47%) Banking
5 45 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (2.95%) Front Office
7 15 (2.76%) Back Office
7 15 (2.76%) Financial Institution
8 12 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (2.03%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.84%) Marketing
10 10 (1.84%) Retail
11 9 (1.66%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.92%) Electronics
12 5 (0.92%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.92%) Legal
12 5 (0.92%) Local Government
12 5 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 237 (43.65%) Developer
2 90 (16.57%) Senior
3 63 (11.60%) Senior Developer
4 56 (10.31%) C# Developer
5 55 (10.13%) .NET Developer
6 38 (7.00%) DBA
7 37 (6.81%) Data Engineer
8 35 (6.45%) Software Developer
9 34 (6.26%) Architect
9 34 (6.26%) SQL DBA
10 33 (6.08%) Azure Developer
11 29 (5.34%) Analyst
12 25 (4.60%) Administrator
12 25 (4.60%) SQL Developer
13 24 (4.42%) Consultant
14 23 (4.24%) Full Stack Developer
15 22 (4.05%) Senior Software Developer
16 19 (3.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 16 (2.95%) Lead
18 15 (2.76%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (29.65%) .NET
2 73 (13.44%) XML
3 60 (11.05%) HTML
4 59 (10.87%) .NET Framework
5 50 (9.21%) AngularJS
5 50 (9.21%) ASP.NET
6 48 (8.84%) .NET Core
7 43 (7.92%) React
8 40 (7.37%) CSS
9 34 (6.26%) REST
10 30 (5.52%) Web Services
11 28 (5.16%) Entity Framework
12 26 (4.79%) RESTful
12 26 (4.79%) SOAP
13 24 (4.42%) JSON
14 22 (4.05%) SailPoint
15 21 (3.87%) jQuery
16 19 (3.50%) LDAP
17 18 (3.31%) ARM Templates
18 17 (3.13%) Servlets
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.79%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.24%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.87%) Replication
4 19 (3.50%) Clustering
5 17 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.95%) Data Centre
7 14 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (2.39%) Derivative
8 13 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (2.03%) NHS
10 10 (1.84%) Equity Derivative
11 9 (1.66%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.66%) Renewable Energy
12 8 (1.47%) Cloud Native
12 8 (1.47%) Contactless
12 8 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 8 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
13 7 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 83 (15.29%) Windows
2 38 (7.00%) Windows Server
3 33 (6.08%) Linux
4 17 (3.13%) Unix
5 8 (1.47%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.55%) Android
8 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.55%) zOS
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.18%) CentOS
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (28.36%) DevOps
2 146 (26.89%) Agile
3 90 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
4 88 (16.21%) Business Intelligence
5 80 (14.73%) CI/CD
5 80 (14.73%) Migration
6 72 (13.26%) ETL
7 69 (12.71%) Scrum
8 53 (9.76%) Data Modelling
9 41 (7.55%) Computer Science
9 41 (7.55%) High Availability
10 40 (7.37%) OO
11 38 (7.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 38 (7.00%) Microservices
11 38 (7.00%) MVC
12 36 (6.63%) Test Automation
13 35 (6.45%) TDD
14 34 (6.26%) Full Stack Development
15 33 (6.08%) Performance Tuning
16 32 (5.89%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 296 (54.51%) SQL
2 205 (37.75%) C#
3 107 (19.71%) PowerShell
4 74 (13.63%) JavaScript
5 59 (10.87%) Java
6 48 (8.84%) Python
6 48 (8.84%) T-SQL
7 39 (7.18%) Bicep
8 35 (6.45%) PL/SQL
9 23 (4.24%) TypeScript
10 12 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (1.66%) VB.NET
12 8 (1.47%) Bash
12 8 (1.47%) C
12 8 (1.47%) VBA
13 7 (1.29%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.10%) PHP
15 5 (0.92%) F#
16 3 (0.55%) Scala
16 3 (0.55%) XPath
Qualifications
1 71 (13.08%) Degree
2 45 (8.29%) Security Cleared
3 39 (7.18%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.29%) MCSE
7 6 (1.10%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.92%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.92%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.74%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.74%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.55%) MCITP
10 3 (0.55%) MCTS
10 3 (0.55%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.37%) MCSA
12 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.18%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.81%) QA
2 20 (3.68%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.31%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.84%) WCAG
5 7 (1.29%) GDPR
6 4 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.37%) IFRS
7 2 (0.37%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.37%) MiFID
7 2 (0.37%) SLA
7 2 (0.37%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.18%) EMIR
8 1 (0.18%) FATCA
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 80 (14.73%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.50%) Docker
3 17 (3.13%) IAG
4 15 (2.76%) ACF2
4 15 (2.76%) RACF
5 7 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.37%) vSphere
8 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (3.68%) Terraform
2 18 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (3.13%) Kubernetes
4 15 (2.76%) Ansible
5 11 (2.03%) SCCM
6 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Clustering
6 5 (0.92%) Progress Chef
6 5 (0.92%) Puppet
7 4 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.74%) SCOM
8 3 (0.55%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.37%) Grafana
9 2 (0.37%) Graylog
9 2 (0.37%) Salt
9 2 (0.37%) TIBCO Hawk
10 1 (0.18%) Control-M
10 1 (0.18%) Nagios
10 1 (0.18%) Nessus
10 1 (0.18%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 201 (37.02%) Microsoft
2 102 (18.78%) Oracle
3 28 (5.16%) ServiceNow
4 20 (3.68%) SAP
4 20 (3.68%) Sybase
5 17 (3.13%) Databricks
6 15 (2.76%) VMware
7 10 (1.84%) IBM
7 10 (1.84%) Qualys
8 9 (1.66%) AVEVA
8 9 (1.66%) CA
9 8 (1.47%) Informatica
10 7 (1.29%) CyberArk
10 7 (1.29%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.29%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.10%) Sparx
12 5 (0.92%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.92%) Cisco
12 5 (0.92%) HP
13 4 (0.74%) OpenLink