SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 - 73
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.13% - 0.12%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.08% - 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £469 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £275
75th Percentile £506 - £288
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £402 - £275

All Development Application Skills
Edinburgh

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 93 116 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.76% 18.33% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 61 67
10th Percentile £358 £381 £304
25th Percentile £413 £420 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% - -
75th Percentile £552 £538 £600
90th Percentile £636 £563 £635
Scotland median daily rate £430 £470 £475
% change year-on-year -8.51% -1.05% -0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% - -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.91 £17.45 £40.94
% change year-on-year +249.15% -57.39% -32.08%

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Environment Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware