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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	135	Down -20 places-20	£490	-1.06%	965 2.07%	1,149
SQL Server DBA	612	Down -99 places-99	£400	-29.57%	22 0.047%	5
SQL Server Developer	619	Down -105 places-105	£450	-10.00%	15 0.032%	9
Windows Server 2008	619	Down -114 places-114	£513	-11.82%	15 0.032%	16
Senior SQL Server DBA	633	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.002%	1
SQL Server Consultant	632	New entry-	£649	-	2 0.004%
SQL Server BI Developer	630	New entry-	-	-	4 0.009%
SQL Server Analysis Services	601	Down -102 places-102	£500	-6.97%	33 0.071%	40
Oracle SQL Server DBA	632	Down -115 places-115	£590	+3.87%	2 0.004%
SQL Server Reporting Services	548	Down -117 places-117	£514	+14.16%	86 0.18%	114
SQL Server Integration Services	491	Down -78 places-78	£500	-3.84%	143 0.31%	122
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	613	Down -104 places-104	£450	-5.26%	21 0.045%	20
SQL	17	Down -5 places-5	£500	-	4,467 9.60%	7,020
Windows Server 2003	623	Down -136 places-136	£492	-14.41%	11 0.024%	4
Server Engineer	579	Down -92 places-92	£500	+17.64%	55 0.12%	66
ISA Server	628	Down -120 places-120	£550	-8.33%	6 0.013%	3
SQL Sentry	633	New entry-	-	-	1 0.002%	3
Server Support	632	Down -117 places-117	£290	+5.45%	2 0.004%	3
Serverless	155	Down -35 places-35	£525	+2.43%	850 1.83%	986
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	633	New entry-	-	-	1 0.002%	14
SQL Server Integration Services Analyst (SSIS Analyst)	633	New entry-	£375	-	1 0.002%	5
SQL Server Reporting Services Developer (SSRS Developer)	633	Down -116 places-116	£325	-38.09%	1 0.002%