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Contract Job Market Index

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There is a choice between 3 and 6 months to 26 October 2026 with year-over-year comparisons.

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	75	Down 1 place-1	£550	+10.99%	78 3.35%	25
SQL Server DBA	149	Down 22 places-22	£575	-	1 0.043%
Windows Server 2016	148	Down 22 places-22	£690	-	2 0.086%	1
Senior SQL Server DBA	149	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.043%
SQL Server Analysis Services	144	Down 17 places-17	£500	+81.81%	6 0.26%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services	141	Down 22 places-22	£538	+31.09%	9 0.39%	2
SQL Server Integration Services	137	Down 15 places-15	£550	+29.41%	13 0.56%	5
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	147	New entry-	-	-	3 0.13%
SQL	10	Down 2 places-2	£550	-	332 14.27%	79
Windows Server 2019	147	Down 21 places-21	£415	-	3 0.13%	1
Windows Server 2012	145	Down 19 places-19	£420	-	5 0.22%	2
Exchange Server 2013	148	New entry-	£415	-	2 0.086%
Server Engineer	146	Down 19 places-19	£500	-18.69%	4 0.17%	2
Serverless	84	Up 10 places+10	£590	-10.94%	68 2.92%	22