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 30 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 46 52
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 541 1,137 2,034
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.70% 4.70% 4.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.07% 24.96% 21.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 903 1,591
10th Percentile £336 £388 £350
25th Percentile £400 £417 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £600
90th Percentile £713 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -3.33% +2.44% +10.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 25
10th Percentile £12.78 £28.63 -
25th Percentile £22.10 £38.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.25 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.60% +31.58% +80.47%
75th Percentile £42.88 £85.00 £62.15
90th Percentile - - £75.51
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £48.75 £48.50
% change year-on-year -17.95% +0.52% +93.46%

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 2,837 4,556 9,404
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.42% 18.82% 21.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,094 3,336 6,866
10th Percentile £356 £388 £373
25th Percentile £425 £450 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £775 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.50% -0.05% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 78 86
10th Percentile £18.20 £22.31 £20.38
25th Percentile £22.61 £41.44 £22.73
Median hourly rate £40.00 £64.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.98% +29.00% +72.41%
75th Percentile £61.50 £73.75 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% +33.33% +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 30 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 30 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 24 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.85%) CMS
3 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.11%) Confluence
5 5 (0.92%) JBoss
5 5 (0.92%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 4 (0.74%) IIS
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%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 27 (4.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.29%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.29%) Endur
1 7 (1.29%) Teamcenter
2 6 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.92%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.74%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.74%) MIS ActiveH
4 4 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.55%) OPENHousing
5 3 (0.55%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.37%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.37%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.18%) Relativity
7 1 (0.18%) Shopify
7 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.18%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 267 (49.35%) Azure
2 114 (21.07%) Azure DevOps
3 78 (14.42%) Power Platform
4 65 (12.01%) AWS
5 34 (6.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 34 (6.28%) Entra ID
6 31 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (5.36%) Azure Data Factory
7 29 (5.36%) Azure Service Bus
7 29 (5.36%) GitHub
8 28 (5.18%) Serverless
9 23 (4.25%) Azure Functions
10 22 (4.07%) PowerApps
11 18 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
12 17 (3.14%) PaaS
13 16 (2.96%) SaaS
14 15 (2.77%) Power Automate
15 14 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
16 13 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
17 12 (2.22%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.51%) Firewall
2 15 (2.77%) DNS
3 5 (0.92%) SSH
4 4 (0.74%) FTP
5 3 (0.55%) BGP
5 3 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (0.55%) DHCP
5 3 (0.55%) IOS XR
5 3 (0.55%) SAN
6 1 (0.18%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.18%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.18%) HTTP
6 1 (0.18%) Internet
6 1 (0.18%) NAS
6 1 (0.18%) Network Security
6 1 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.18%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (12.01%) Data Warehouse
1 65 (12.01%) Power BI
2 59 (10.91%) Relational Database
3 48 (8.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 46 (8.50%) MySQL
5 36 (6.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 31 (5.73%) Azure SQL Database
7 27 (4.99%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (3.51%) Oracle Reports
9 16 (2.96%) Metadata
9 16 (2.96%) RDBMS
10 15 (2.77%) Oracle Database
11 14 (2.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 13 (2.40%) MongoDB
13 12 (2.22%) NoSQL
14 11 (2.03%) Data Lake
15 9 (1.66%) Big Data
15 9 (1.66%) Tableau
16 7 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
16 7 (1.29%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 53 (9.80%) Git
2 32 (5.91%) JIRA
3 24 (4.44%) Visual Studio
4 18 (3.33%) SpecFlow
5 15 (2.77%) Team Foundation Server
6 14 (2.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 12 (2.22%) Selenium
8 11 (2.03%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.85%) WebDriver
10 7 (1.29%) Jenkins
10 7 (1.29%) JMeter
11 6 (1.11%) GitLab
12 5 (0.92%) Bitbucket
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 3 (0.55%) Moq
13 3 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 136 (25.14%) Social Skills
2 129 (23.84%) Finance
3 46 (8.50%) Public Sector
4 45 (8.32%) Banking
5 42 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (2.77%) Back Office
6 15 (2.77%) Financial Institution
6 15 (2.77%) Front Office
7 12 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (1.85%) Retail
9 8 (1.48%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.48%) Marketing
10 7 (1.29%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.92%) Legal
11 5 (0.92%) Local Government
11 5 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.74%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 235 (43.44%) Developer
2 89 (16.45%) Senior
3 61 (11.28%) Senior Developer
4 56 (10.35%) C# Developer
5 54 (9.98%) .NET Developer
6 40 (7.39%) Data Engineer
7 34 (6.28%) DBA
7 34 (6.28%) Software Developer
8 33 (6.10%) Architect
8 33 (6.10%) Azure Developer
9 30 (5.55%) Analyst
9 30 (5.55%) SQL DBA
10 27 (4.99%) Consultant
11 25 (4.62%) SQL Developer
12 23 (4.25%) Administrator
12 23 (4.25%) Full Stack Developer
13 21 (3.88%) Senior Software Developer
14 19 (3.51%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 17 (3.14%) Lead
16 16 (2.96%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (29.57%) .NET
2 70 (12.94%) XML
3 62 (11.46%) HTML
4 58 (10.72%) .NET Framework
5 52 (9.61%) ASP.NET
6 50 (9.24%) AngularJS
7 49 (9.06%) .NET Core
8 45 (8.32%) React
9 42 (7.76%) CSS
10 32 (5.91%) REST
11 31 (5.73%) Web Services
12 29 (5.36%) Entity Framework
13 27 (4.99%) RESTful
14 25 (4.62%) SOAP
15 22 (4.07%) jQuery
15 22 (4.07%) JSON
15 22 (4.07%) SailPoint
16 19 (3.51%) LDAP
17 17 (3.14%) ARM Templates
17 17 (3.14%) Servlets
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.81%) Product Ownership
2 25 (4.62%) Onboarding
3 20 (3.70%) Replication
4 18 (3.33%) Clustering
4 18 (3.33%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.96%) Data Centre
5 16 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (2.22%) Derivative
6 12 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.85%) Renewable Energy
9 9 (1.66%) Equity Derivative
9 9 (1.66%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.48%) Contactless
10 8 (1.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 7 (1.29%) Blog
11 7 (1.29%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.29%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 85 (15.71%) Windows
2 37 (6.84%) Windows Server
3 35 (6.47%) Linux
4 18 (3.33%) Unix
5 8 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.48%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.55%) Android
8 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.55%) zOS
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.18%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (28.28%) DevOps
2 144 (26.62%) Agile
3 85 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (15.16%) Business Intelligence
5 78 (14.42%) CI/CD
6 77 (14.23%) Migration
7 69 (12.75%) ETL
8 68 (12.57%) Scrum
9 55 (10.17%) Data Modelling
10 41 (7.58%) Computer Science
11 40 (7.39%) MVC
12 39 (7.21%) OO
13 37 (6.84%) Disaster Recovery
13 37 (6.84%) High Availability
13 37 (6.84%) Microservices
14 35 (6.47%) TDD
14 35 (6.47%) Test Automation
15 34 (6.28%) Full Stack Development
16 33 (6.10%) SDLC
16 33 (6.10%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 293 (54.16%) SQL
2 204 (37.71%) C#
3 103 (19.04%) PowerShell
4 76 (14.05%) JavaScript
5 60 (11.09%) Java
6 47 (8.69%) Python
7 44 (8.13%) T-SQL
8 39 (7.21%) Bicep
9 32 (5.91%) PL/SQL
10 23 (4.25%) TypeScript
11 12 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (1.66%) Bash
13 8 (1.48%) C
13 8 (1.48%) VB.NET
13 8 (1.48%) VBA
14 7 (1.29%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.11%) PHP
16 5 (0.92%) F#
16 5 (0.92%) VB
17 3 (0.55%) R
Qualifications
1 72 (13.31%) Degree
2 46 (8.50%) Security Cleared
3 39 (7.21%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.29%) MCSE
7 6 (1.11%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.92%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.74%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.74%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.55%) ISTQB
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%) CISSP
12 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (6.65%) QA
2 18 (3.33%) Accessibility
2 18 (3.33%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.85%) WCAG
4 6 (1.11%) GDPR
5 3 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.37%) IFRS
6 2 (0.37%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.37%) MiFID
6 2 (0.37%) SLA
6 2 (0.37%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.18%) EMIR
7 1 (0.18%) FATCA
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 81 (14.97%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.33%) Docker
3 17 (3.14%) IAG
4 15 (2.77%) ACF2
4 15 (2.77%) RACF
5 7 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.55%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.37%) vSphere
9 1 (0.18%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (3.70%) Terraform
2 18 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (3.14%) Kubernetes
4 15 (2.77%) Ansible
5 12 (2.22%) 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%) SCVMM
9 2 (0.37%) TIBCO Hawk
10 1 (0.18%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.18%) Nessus
10 1 (0.18%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 195 (36.04%) Microsoft
2 101 (18.67%) Oracle
3 28 (5.18%) ServiceNow
4 21 (3.88%) Sybase
5 19 (3.51%) SAP
6 16 (2.96%) Databricks
7 15 (2.77%) VMware
8 10 (1.85%) Qualys
8 10 (1.85%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.66%) AVEVA
9 9 (1.66%) CA
9 9 (1.66%) IBM
10 8 (1.48%) CyberArk
10 8 (1.48%) Informatica
11 7 (1.29%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.11%) HP
12 6 (1.11%) Sparx
13 5 (0.92%) Cisco
13 5 (0.92%) NEC
13 5 (0.92%) OpenLink