SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring SQL Server skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 50 63
Rank change year-on-year -9 +13 -19
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 22 11 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 3.01% 1.63% 1.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.43% 9.02% 10.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 14
10th Percentile £313 £401 £374
25th Percentile £375 £412 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £458 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.83% +1.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £734 £603 £619
90th Percentile £738 £744 £638
Scotland median daily rate £463 £425 £488
% change year-on-year +8.82% -12.82% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.92 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £16.92 -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 211 122 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 28.83% 18.05% 17.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 85 118
10th Percentile £313 £324 £400
25th Percentile £400 £360 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £425 £489
Median % change year-on-year +10.82% -13.00% -1.81%
75th Percentile £539 £500 £575
90th Percentile £648 £575 £638
Scotland median daily rate £494 £463 £480
% change year-on-year +6.70% -3.65% -2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £17.45 £62.84
25th Percentile £52.50 £18.26 £63.83
Median hourly rate £55.00 £19.59 £66.56
Median % change year-on-year +180.76% -70.57% +280.36%
75th Percentile £57.50 - £68.20
90th Percentile - - £68.53
Scotland median hourly rate £55.00 £19.59 £64.38
% change year-on-year +180.76% -69.57% +179.89%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Glasgow

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SQL Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Glasgow over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in Glasgow

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SQL Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 9 (40.91%) WebLogic
2 1 (4.55%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) AWS
2 9 (40.91%) GitHub
2 9 (40.91%) GitHub Actions
3 5 (22.73%) Azure
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.55%) GCP
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (40.91%) Oracle Database
2 5 (22.73%) Relational Database
3 3 (13.64%) RDBMS
4 2 (9.09%) MongoDB
4 2 (9.09%) NoSQL
4 2 (9.09%) Oracle Database 10g
4 2 (9.09%) Oracle Database 11g
4 2 (9.09%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (4.55%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (4.55%) DB2
5 1 (4.55%) GIS
5 1 (4.55%) MySQL
5 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (4.55%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 9 (40.91%) CircleCI
2 7 (31.82%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (18.18%) Git
4 2 (9.09%) Jenkins
4 2 (9.09%) JUnit
5 1 (4.55%) Maven
General
1 4 (18.18%) Finance
1 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Back Office
3 1 (4.55%) Banking
3 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
3 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Developer
2 9 (40.91%) Architect
2 9 (40.91%) Technical Architect
3 7 (31.82%) Lead
3 7 (31.82%) Lead Architect
3 7 (31.82%) Technical Leader
4 4 (18.18%) SQL Developer
5 3 (13.64%) Java Developer
6 2 (9.09%) PL/SQL Developer
6 2 (9.09%) Python Developer
7 1 (4.55%) Data Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Digital Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Digital Technical Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 1 (4.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Java Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Senior
7 1 (4.55%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) Spring
2 3 (13.64%) Kafka
2 3 (13.64%) Node.js
2 3 (13.64%) Spring Boot
3 2 (9.09%) AngularJS
3 2 (9.09%) CSS
3 2 (9.09%) FastAPI
3 2 (9.09%) HTML
3 2 (9.09%) J2EE
3 2 (9.09%) pytest
3 2 (9.09%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (9.09%) REST
4 1 (4.55%) Express.js
4 1 (4.55%) Hibernate
4 1 (4.55%) JPA
4 1 (4.55%) JSON
4 1 (4.55%) React
4 1 (4.55%) RESTful
4 1 (4.55%) Spring Batch
4 1 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (9.09%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.55%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (4.55%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
2 2 (9.09%) Linux
2 2 (9.09%) Mac OS
2 2 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) CI/CD
2 10 (45.45%) Infrastructure as Code
3 9 (40.91%) TDD
4 8 (36.36%) Continuous Delivery
4 8 (36.36%) Continuous Integration
4 8 (36.36%) Domain-Driven Design
4 8 (36.36%) Roadmaps
4 8 (36.36%) Strategic Roadmap
5 6 (27.27%) Agile
5 6 (27.27%) DevOps
5 6 (27.27%) Technology Strategy
6 5 (22.73%) Case Management
6 5 (22.73%) IT Strategy
6 5 (22.73%) Line Management
7 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (18.18%) Test Automation
8 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (13.64%) Mentoring
8 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (9.09%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) TypeScript
2 8 (36.36%) SQL
3 5 (22.73%) Java
4 4 (18.18%) Python
5 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
5 2 (9.09%) PL/SQL
6 1 (4.55%) C#
6 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
6 1 (4.55%) Shell Script
6 1 (4.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.55%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (54.55%) Terraform
2 11 (50.00%) Kubernetes
3 9 (40.91%) Grafana
3 9 (40.91%) Prometheus
4 2 (9.09%) Podman
4 2 (9.09%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) Oracle
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.09%) Netskope
3 2 (9.09%) Proofpoint
3 2 (9.09%) Splunk
3 2 (9.09%) Symantec
4 1 (4.55%) Databricks
4 1 (4.55%) Greenplum
4 1 (4.55%) IBM
4 1 (4.55%) SAP
4 1 (4.55%) Sybase