SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 105 127 169
Rank change year-on-year +22 +42 -41
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 7 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.36% 0.045% 0.22%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.30% 0.38% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile £388 - £244
25th Percentile - £313 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £325 £331
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -1.89% -22.97%
75th Percentile - £338 £406
90th Percentile - - £475
England median daily rate £475 £450 £563
% change year-on-year +5.56% -20.00% +12.50%

All Development Application Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 212 265 555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.93% 11.88% 15.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 185 379
10th Percentile £260 £313 £379
25th Percentile £358 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +6.06% +22.22%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £550
90th Percentile £582 £700 £625
England median daily rate £527 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile £10.50 - -
25th Percentile £43.88 £31.69 -
Median hourly rate £56.88 £33.39 -
Median % change year-on-year +70.36% - -
75th Percentile £58.75 £35.08 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +5.69% +23.00% -

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the West Midlands

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the West Midlands

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the West Midlands

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham - 4 £400 - 3
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
England

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (42.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) DBA
2 3 (42.86%) Administrator
2 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) QA Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) SQL DBA
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Clustering
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) High Availability
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Monitoring
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Statistics
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) ISEB
2 3 (42.86%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft