SQL Developer

Contract SQL Developer

£400 per day | Fully Remote | Initial contract until 31st December 2026 | Extensions highly likely

We are looking for an experienced Contract SQL Developer to join a highly established technology environment, working on business-critical, data-intensive systems.

This is a hands-on SQL development role requiring someone with excellent SQL Server and T-SQL skills who is comfortable working with complex datasets, stored procedures and performance-sensitive applications.

The initial contract will run until the end of 2026 , with further extensions highly likely .

The Role

You'll work within an established engineering environment, helping develop, maintain and optimise SQL-based solutions supporting high-volume systems.

Key responsibilities will include

• Designing, developing and maintaining complex SQL and T-SQL solutions
• Developing and optimising stored procedures, queries and database objects
• Troubleshooting and resolving SQL performance issues
• Query optimisation and performance tuning across large datasets
• Working with existing SQL Server applications and databases
• Supporting data-intensive and business-critical systems
• Investigating existing solutions and identifying opportunities for improvement
• Working with engineering and technical teams to understand requirements and translate them into robust database solutions
• Supporting testing, validation and data quality
• Contributing to code reviews and technical discussions
• Working within established source control and development processes
• Producing clear technical documentation where required

Key Skills & Experience The successful contractor will need strong commercial experience with:

Essential

• Excellent SQL Server development experience
• Advanced T-SQL
• Complex SQL queries
• Stored procedure development
• Query optimisation and performance tuning
• Strong understanding of relational databases and data modelling
• Experience working with large and/or complex datasets
• Ability to investigate and troubleshoot existing SQL solutions
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Comfortable working independently within a remote engineering team

Advantageous

• Google BigQuery
• GCP
• Experience migrating or integrating SQL Server workloads with modern cloud data platforms
• ETL / ELT and data pipelines
• Git / source control
• CI/CD
• Experience within high-volume, transactional or near-real-time environments

Contract Details 💰 £400 per day (Outside IR35)

🏠 Fully Remote – UK

📅 Initial contract until 31st December 2026

🔄 Extensions highly likely

🚀 Immediate/ASAP start preferred

This would particularly suit an experienced SQL Developer / T-SQL Developer / Database Developer who enjoys solving complex data problems and optimising SQL performance, while gaining further exposure to modern cloud technologies such as BigQuery .

The priority is excellent SQL/T-SQL capability – BigQuery experience would be highly advantageous but is not essential.