SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 372 409 454
Rank change year-on-year +37 +45 -22
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 27 29 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.13% 0.19%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.20% 0.95% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 24 35
10th Percentile £369 £315 £198
25th Percentile £400 £386 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -2.50% +32.45%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £638
90th Percentile - £538 £663
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £575
% change year-on-year +5.56% -21.74% +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.98 - -
UK median hourly rate £15.98 - -

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,249 3,049 4,536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.82% 13.38% 14.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,450 2,126 3,155
10th Percentile £350 £337 £360
25th Percentile £413 £415 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.36%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £583
90th Percentile £660 £684 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 164 110
10th Percentile £40.00 £47.38 £41.41
25th Percentile £55.00 £53.44 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £67.84
90th Percentile £78.00 £78.00 £76.68
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.14% +10.53%

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK excluding London

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Midlands +25 7 £400 -28.09% 8
West Midlands +22 7 £400 +23.08% 6
North of England +22 7 £475 +10.14% 7
North West +15 7 £475 +10.14% 3
East of England +14 7 £475 +88.49% 4
South East +4 5 - - 3
Scotland - 1 £275 -
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 7 (25.93%) SAS
2 1 (3.70%) Confluence
2 1 (3.70%) IIS
2 1 (3.70%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.70%) PTC Creo
1 1 (3.70%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 13 (48.15%) Power Platform
2 12 (44.44%) Power Automate
3 7 (25.93%) Collibra
3 7 (25.93%) Snowflake
4 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (14.81%) PowerApps
5 3 (11.11%) Azure
5 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (92.59%) SQL Server
2 9 (33.33%) Power BI
3 7 (25.93%) Ataccama
3 7 (25.93%) Qlik Sense
4 6 (22.22%) Data Lake
4 6 (22.22%) Data Mining
5 5 (18.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (18.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (18.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (11.11%) Relational Database
7 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (3.70%) MS Access
7 1 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (3.70%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) JIRA
2 4 (14.81%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
3 5 (18.52%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Legal
5 1 (3.70%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) QA Analyst
3 9 (33.33%) Data Analyst
4 7 (25.93%) Data Quality Analyst
4 7 (25.93%) Quality Analyst
5 6 (22.22%) Senior
5 6 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (22.22%) Senior Data Quality Analyst
5 6 (22.22%) Senior QA Analyst
5 6 (22.22%) Senior Quality Analyst
6 5 (18.52%) DBA
7 4 (14.81%) Administrator
7 4 (14.81%) Applications Developer
7 4 (14.81%) Developer
7 4 (14.81%) Site Engineer
7 4 (14.81%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 4 (14.81%) SQL DBA
7 4 (14.81%) Systems Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Applications Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) .NET
2 4 (14.81%) REST
3 1 (3.70%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.70%) JSON
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (3.70%) Web Services
3 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.70%) Clustering
3 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Windows
2 4 (14.81%) Windows Server
3 2 (7.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (29.63%) Data Analysis
3 7 (25.93%) Data Architecture
3 7 (25.93%) Data Governance
3 7 (25.93%) Data Management
4 6 (22.22%) Data Cleansing
4 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (22.22%) Visualisation
5 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (18.52%) Workflow
6 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
6 4 (14.81%) High Availability
6 4 (14.81%) OO
6 4 (14.81%) OOP
6 4 (14.81%) Performance Monitoring
6 4 (14.81%) Scrum
6 4 (14.81%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 4 (14.81%) Systems Engineering
6 4 (14.81%) Test Automation
6 4 (14.81%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 26 (96.30%) SQL
2 9 (33.33%) Python
3 8 (29.63%) C#
4 4 (14.81%) C
4 4 (14.81%) F#
5 1 (3.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.70%) R
5 1 (3.70%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.70%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Degree
2 5 (18.52%) DV Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
3 3 (11.11%) ISEB
3 3 (11.11%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (55.56%) QA
2 8 (29.63%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (3.70%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.93%) Alteryx
2 7 (25.93%) Dataiku
2 7 (25.93%) SAP
2 7 (25.93%) Trillium
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle
3 1 (3.70%) VMware