Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Scotland > Highlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Highlands requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 3 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing SQL Server | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Highlands | 14.29% | - | - |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 100.00% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £388 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | £498 | £525 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.14% | +10.53% | +2.98% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Highlands
SQL Server falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the Highlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands | 14.29% | - | 25.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | - | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | - | £525 |
| 75th Percentile | £388 | - | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | £471 | £475 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.04% | +4.21% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands
Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Highlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the Highlands.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Highlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the Highlands.
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Contract Job Locations in the Highlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness | - | 1 | £375 | - | 1 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Highlands 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:
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