Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > Northern Ireland
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 18 | 24 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +6 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL Server | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | - | 5.67% | 5.37% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | 50.00% | 29.73% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £139 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £425 | £153 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £450 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -10.00% | +16.28% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £475 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £490 | £530 |
| UK median daily rate | £505 | £525 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.81% | +2.43% | +10.82% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Northern Ireland
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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 11 | 22 | 37 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 7.24% | 11.34% | 18.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £414 | £352 |
| 25th Percentile | £342 | £425 | £432 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £450 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.11% | -5.26% | +15.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £434 | £531 | £541 |
| 90th Percentile | £466 | £647 | £560 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £545 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.67% | -0.91% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.12 | £13.50 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.41% | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £40.00 | £58.59 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.73% | +30.20% | +69.81% |
SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Northern Ireland.
SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Northern Ireland.