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Contract Job Market Index

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There is a choice between 3 and 6 months to 2 November 2026 with year-over-year comparisons.

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	71	Up 2 places+2	£544	+9.73%	78 3.42%	27
SQL Server DBA	144	Down 17 places-17	£575	-	1 0.044%
Windows Server 2016	143	Down 17 places-17	£690	-	2 0.088%
Senior SQL Server DBA	144	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.044%
SQL Server Analysis Services	139	Down 13 places-13	£500	+21.21%	6 0.26%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services	135	Down 16 places-16	£531	+29.57%	10 0.44%	3
SQL Server Integration Services	132	Down 11 places-11	£550	+12.82%	13 0.57%	6
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	142	New entry-	-	-	3 0.13%
SQL	9	No change0	£550	-	340 14.90%	86
Windows Server 2019	142	Down 16 places-16	£415	-	3 0.13%
Windows Server 2012	140	Down 14 places-14	£420	-	5 0.22%	2
Exchange Server 2013	143	New entry-	£415	-	2 0.088%
Server Engineer	141	Down 14 places-14	£500	-18.69%	4 0.18%
Serverless	79	Up 12 places+12	£590	+2.60%	68 2.98%	17