SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Inverness

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Highlands > Inverness

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Inverness 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 Inverness 12.73% 7.69% -
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 - -
Highlands median daily rate £470 £375 -
% change year-on-year +25.33% - -

All Database & BI Skills
Inverness

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 Inverness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 8 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Inverness 14.55% 7.69% -
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 - -
Highlands median daily rate £460 £375 -
% change year-on-year +22.67% - -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Inverness

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Inverness

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Inverness

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Inverness citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Inverness

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

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in Inverness

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Inverness

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Inverness citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Inverness 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