SQL Server Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 4 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 8.75% 7.14% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 87.50% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £398 - -
25th Percentile £431 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.33% - -
75th Percentile £481 £388 -
90th Percentile £489 - -
Scotland median daily rate £460 £498 £475
% change year-on-year -7.63% +4.84% -

All Database & BI 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 8 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands 10.00% 7.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £348 - -
25th Percentile £408 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% - -
75th Percentile £481 £388 -
90th Percentile £487 - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -9.57% +4.44% -6.15%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.

SQL Server job vacancy trend in the Highlands

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in the Highlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing SQL Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the Highlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the Highlands over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in the Highlands

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in the Highlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing SQL Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing SQL Server

SQL Server
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 17 July 2026. 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 -12 7 £470 +25.33% 1
SQL Server
Scotland

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Support Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Lead
3 2 (28.57%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) IAM Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) .NET Framework
2 6 (85.71%) LDAP
2 6 (85.71%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) PKI
2 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (42.86%) Service Design
2 3 (42.86%) Target Operating Model
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
4 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
2 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) BeyondTrust
3 5 (71.43%) Okta