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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	111	Down -6 places-6	£488	-6.02%	1,019 2.26%	358
SQL Server DBA	596	Down -88 places-88	£400	+6.66%	29 0.064%	4
SQL Server Developer	613	Down -106 places-106	£475	+5.55%	12 0.027%	2
Windows Server 2008	609	Down -108 places-108	£525	+100.00%	16 0.036%
SQL Server Architect	615	New entry-	£620	-	10 0.022%
Senior SQL Server DBA	624	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.002%	1
SQL Server Consultant	621	Down -110 places-110	£575	-20.68%	4 0.009%
SQL Server BI Developer	621	New entry-	-	-	4 0.009%
SQL Server Analysis Services	576	Down -75 places-75	£500	-4.76%	49 0.11%	13
Oracle SQL Server DBA	622	Down -111 places-111	£450	-20.77%	3 0.007%
SQL Server Reporting Services	529	Down -116 places-116	£500	+4.16%	96 0.21%	47
SQL Server Integration Services	454	Down -46 places-46	£488	-5.29%	171 0.38%	47
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	604	Down -104 places-104	£431	-7.75%	21 0.047%	3
SQL	17	Down -4 places-4	£500	-	4,450 9.87%	1,754
Windows Server 2003	615	Down -140 places-140	£400	-28.88%	10 0.022%	1
Server Engineer	572	Down -88 places-88	£425	-5.55%	53 0.12%	18
Server Support	619	Down -112 places-112	£425	+144.25%	6 0.013%
Serverless	145	Down -25 places-25	£529	+0.76%	851 1.89%	273
SQL Server Reporting Services Specialist (SSRS Specialist)	624	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	624	Down -114 places-114	-	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Analyst (SSIS Analyst)	624	New entry-	£300	-	1 0.002%
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	624	New entry-	-	-	1 0.002%