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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 46 50
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 +14
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 846 1,199 1,973
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.82% 4.75% 5.06%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.59% 23.25% 24.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 593 954 1,535
10th Percentile £363 £400 £381
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £713 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
10th Percentile - £39.05 £29.60
25th Percentile - £43.63 £44.00
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +525.00%
75th Percentile - £63.13 £57.50
90th Percentile - £68.75 £68.51
England median hourly rate £40.13 £41.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year -2.13% -17.17% +94.12%

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 3,919 5,157 8,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.33% 20.43% 20.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,916 3,784 6,033
10th Percentile £375 £400 £406
25th Percentile £450 £475 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -1.71% +9.35%
75th Percentile £710 £700 £700
90th Percentile £850 £800 £788
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 52 37
10th Percentile £20.98 £21.24 £26.69
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.10 £34.25
Median hourly rate £48.50 £53.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.77% +2.38% +70.39%
75th Percentile £54.13 £80.63 £68.75
90th Percentile £71.40 £90.00 £75.34
England median hourly rate £40.00 £59.30 £42.96
% change year-on-year -32.54% +38.03% +71.83%

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 8 June 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 8 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
Central London +6 142 £505 -19.20% 62
East London +1 22 £495 -1.00% 9
West London +26 11 £449 -2.92% 12
South London +1 7 £475 -5.00% 3
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 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.66%) IIS
3 19 (2.25%) CMS
4 15 (1.77%) Apache
5 13 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (1.42%) Confluence
7 11 (1.30%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.83%) Tomcat
9 6 (0.71%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 5 (0.59%) JBoss
10 5 (0.59%) nginx
11 3 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
13 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
13 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.12%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 48 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.13%) MS Visio
3 16 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 23 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (2.13%) Endur
3 10 (1.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.71%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.71%) OPENHousing
5 5 (0.59%) MIS ActiveH
5 5 (0.59%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.24%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.12%) Academy Housing
7 1 (0.12%) BusinessWorks
7 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.12%) Orchard Housing
7 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.12%) Relativity
7 1 (0.12%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 462 (54.61%) Azure
2 217 (25.65%) Azure DevOps
3 128 (15.13%) Power Platform
4 104 (12.29%) AWS
5 94 (11.11%) Entra ID
6 84 (9.93%) Azure Service Bus
7 72 (8.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 49 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
9 43 (5.08%) Azure Data Factory
9 43 (5.08%) PowerApps
10 41 (4.85%) Azure Monitor
11 40 (4.73%) GitHub
12 37 (4.37%) Serverless
13 33 (3.90%) Power Automate
14 31 (3.66%) Azure Functions
15 30 (3.55%) PaaS
16 25 (2.96%) Azure Logic Apps
17 21 (2.48%) Azure Pipelines
17 21 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
18 19 (2.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.60%) Firewall
2 21 (2.48%) Internet
3 13 (1.54%) DNS
4 10 (1.18%) FTP
5 6 (0.71%) SSH
6 5 (0.59%) SAN
7 4 (0.47%) SSL
8 3 (0.35%) HTTP
8 3 (0.35%) LAN
8 3 (0.35%) NAS
8 3 (0.35%) WAN
9 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.24%) VPN
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.12%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.12%) Intranet
10 1 (0.12%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.12%) S/MIME
10 1 (0.12%) VLAN
10 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (13.24%) Power BI
2 101 (11.94%) Data Warehouse
3 83 (9.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 78 (9.22%) Relational Database
5 63 (7.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 62 (7.33%) PostgreSQL
7 61 (7.21%) NoSQL
8 59 (6.97%) MySQL
9 39 (4.61%) Azure SQL Database
10 33 (3.90%) Metadata
11 31 (3.66%) Oracle Database
12 30 (3.55%) RDBMS
13 28 (3.31%) MongoDB
14 26 (3.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 24 (2.84%) Redis
16 21 (2.48%) Oracle Reports
17 20 (2.36%) Data Lake
18 17 (2.01%) Big Data
19 10 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
20 9 (1.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 92 (10.87%) Git
2 47 (5.56%) Visual Studio
3 43 (5.08%) JIRA
4 40 (4.73%) SpecFlow
5 28 (3.31%) Selenium
6 23 (2.72%) TeamCity
7 21 (2.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 16 (1.89%) Jenkins
9 15 (1.77%) Visual Studio Team System
10 13 (1.54%) GitLab
10 13 (1.54%) WebDriver
11 10 (1.18%) JMeter
11 10 (1.18%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (1.06%) Cucumber
12 9 (1.06%) ERwin
13 7 (0.83%) NUnit
13 7 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
14 6 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.59%) Postman
15 5 (0.59%) TestRail
General
1 208 (24.59%) Finance
2 182 (21.51%) Social Skills
3 102 (12.06%) Banking
4 95 (11.23%) Public Sector
5 86 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (5.79%) Back Office
7 39 (4.61%) Front Office
8 32 (3.78%) Investment Banking
9 18 (2.13%) Financial Institution
10 15 (1.77%) Local Government
10 15 (1.77%) Marketing
11 14 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.42%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.18%) Electronics
14 10 (1.18%) Retail
15 9 (1.06%) Legal
16 8 (0.95%) Publishing
17 7 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.71%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 410 (48.46%) Developer
2 172 (20.33%) Senior
3 130 (15.37%) Senior Developer
4 115 (13.59%) C# Developer
5 89 (10.52%) .NET Developer
6 55 (6.50%) Data Engineer
7 54 (6.38%) Software Developer
8 50 (5.91%) Analyst
9 45 (5.32%) Azure Developer
10 44 (5.20%) Senior Software Developer
11 42 (4.96%) Architect
11 42 (4.96%) Backend Developer
12 40 (4.73%) SQL Developer
13 39 (4.61%) Full Stack Developer
14 38 (4.49%) Lead
15 36 (4.26%) C# .NET Developer
16 33 (3.90%) Consultant
17 30 (3.55%) Azure Engineer
17 30 (3.55%) Senior Backend Developer
18 29 (3.43%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 338 (39.95%) .NET
2 139 (16.43%) XML
3 118 (13.95%) .NET Framework
4 116 (13.71%) .NET Core
5 98 (11.58%) HTML
6 88 (10.40%) ASP.NET
7 76 (8.98%) AngularJS
8 63 (7.45%) CSS
9 62 (7.33%) React
10 42 (4.96%) Web Services
11 40 (4.73%) REST
12 35 (4.14%) Kafka
13 33 (3.90%) WCF
14 29 (3.43%) JSON
15 28 (3.31%) Entity Framework
16 27 (3.19%) jQuery
16 27 (3.19%) SOAP
17 25 (2.96%) SailPoint
18 23 (2.72%) RabbitMQ
19 22 (2.60%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.74%) Product Ownership
2 43 (5.08%) Onboarding
3 22 (2.60%) Hedge funds
4 21 (2.48%) Management Information System
5 20 (2.36%) Clustering
6 19 (2.25%) Replication
7 18 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.89%) Derivative
9 14 (1.65%) Client/Server
10 13 (1.54%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.30%) Contactless
11 11 (1.30%) Reference Data
11 11 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
12 9 (1.06%) Equity Derivative
12 9 (1.06%) Fixed Income
12 9 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (0.95%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 155 (18.32%) Windows
2 73 (8.63%) Linux
3 63 (7.45%) Windows Server
4 38 (4.49%) Unix
5 24 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 22 (2.60%) Windows Server 2019
7 20 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (1.54%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.71%) CentOS
9 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.59%) Android
11 4 (0.47%) VMS
11 4 (0.47%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.35%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.12%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (36.64%) Agile
2 294 (34.75%) DevOps
3 158 (18.68%) Scrum
4 153 (18.09%) CI/CD
5 128 (15.13%) Business Intelligence
6 111 (13.12%) Migration
6 111 (13.12%) Problem-Solving
7 101 (11.94%) TDD
8 95 (11.23%) ETL
9 91 (10.76%) Data Modelling
10 74 (8.75%) OO
11 69 (8.16%) Software Engineering
12 66 (7.80%) B2C
12 66 (7.80%) SDLC
13 57 (6.74%) Computer Science
13 57 (6.74%) Data Analysis
13 57 (6.74%) Test Automation
14 56 (6.62%) MVC
15 51 (6.03%) Clean Code
15 51 (6.03%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 428 (50.59%) SQL
2 400 (47.28%) C#
3 189 (22.34%) PowerShell
4 117 (13.83%) T-SQL
5 112 (13.24%) JavaScript
6 92 (10.87%) Bicep
6 92 (10.87%) Python
7 80 (9.46%) Java
8 66 (7.80%) PL/SQL
9 42 (4.96%) TypeScript
10 28 (3.31%) VBA
11 22 (2.60%) Shell Script
12 21 (2.48%) VB.NET
13 20 (2.36%) VB
14 13 (1.54%) Bash
15 12 (1.42%) PHP
16 10 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (1.06%) Perl
17 9 (1.06%) XPath
18 8 (0.95%) C++
Qualifications
1 96 (11.35%) Degree
2 70 (8.27%) Security Cleared
3 41 (4.85%) SC Cleared
4 36 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.48%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.77%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.18%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.83%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.59%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.47%) CISSP
13 3 (0.35%) MCITP
13 3 (0.35%) 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 53 (6.26%) QA
2 29 (3.43%) Data Quality
3 27 (3.19%) Accessibility
4 23 (2.72%) WCAG
5 13 (1.54%) MiFID
5 13 (1.54%) SLA
6 10 (1.18%) GDPR
7 7 (0.83%) EMIR
8 5 (0.59%) Dodd-Frank
9 2 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.12%) FATCA
10 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.12%) IFRS
10 1 (0.12%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 186 (21.99%) Active Directory
2 31 (3.66%) Docker
3 16 (1.89%) IAG
4 15 (1.77%) ACF2
4 15 (1.77%) RACF
5 13 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.35%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.12%) KVM
9 1 (0.12%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.12%) vCloud
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (4.85%) Kubernetes
2 30 (3.55%) Terraform
3 23 (2.72%) Ansible
4 21 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (2.01%) SCCM
6 15 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 13 (1.54%) Puppet
8 11 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
8 11 (1.30%) Progress Chef
9 9 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (0.83%) Grafana
11 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Clustering
11 5 (0.59%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.35%) Netcool
12 3 (0.35%) PingFederate
13 2 (0.24%) Control-M
13 2 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.24%) Ganglia
13 2 (0.24%) Nagios
13 2 (0.24%) Salt
Vendors
1 368 (43.50%) Microsoft
2 214 (25.30%) Oracle
3 32 (3.78%) ServiceNow
4 31 (3.66%) Databricks
4 31 (3.66%) Sybase
5 28 (3.31%) Informatica
6 27 (3.19%) Citrix
7 26 (3.07%) VMware
8 23 (2.72%) SAP
9 18 (2.13%) CA
9 18 (2.13%) CyberArk
10 17 (2.01%) Sparx
11 15 (1.77%) Red Hat
11 15 (1.77%) Veeam
12 12 (1.42%) OpenLink
13 11 (1.30%) Salesforce
14 10 (1.18%) Qualys
15 9 (1.06%) Splunk
16 8 (0.95%) IBM
17 7 (0.83%) AVEVA