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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	113	Down -9 places-9	£488	-4.87%	1,016 2.24%	385
SQL Server DBA	604	Down -98 places-98	£400	+6.66%	29 0.064%	3
SQL Server Developer	622	Down -117 places-117	£475	+5.55%	11 0.024%	4
Windows Server 2008	614	Down -115 places-115	£525	+100.00%	19 0.042%
SQL Server Architect	623	New entry-	£620	-	10 0.022%
Senior SQL Server DBA	632	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.002%	1
SQL Server Consultant	629	New entry-	£575	-	4 0.009%
SQL Server BI Developer	629	New entry-	-	-	4 0.009%
SQL Server Analysis Services	583	Down -87 places-87	£500	-4.76%	50 0.11%	15
Oracle SQL Server DBA	630	Down -121 places-121	£450	-20.77%	3 0.007%
SQL Server Reporting Services	539	Down -126 places-126	£500	+3.09%	94 0.21%	58
SQL Server Integration Services	466	Down -62 places-62	£475	-8.38%	168 0.37%	49
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	612	Down -114 places-114	£431	-7.75%	21 0.046%	5
SQL	17	Down -4 places-4	£500	-	4,470 9.86%	1,935
Windows Server 2003	624	Down -152 places-152	£513	-10.86%	9 0.020%	1
Server Engineer	579	Down -98 places-98	£425	-6.84%	54 0.12%	17
Server Support	627	Down -122 places-122	£425	+144.25%	6 0.013%
Serverless	147	Down -26 places-26	£525	-	849 1.87%	322
SQL Server Reporting Services Specialist (SSRS Specialist)	632	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	632	Down -124 places-124	-	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Analyst (SSIS Analyst)	632	New entry-	£300	-	1 0.002%	2
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	632	New entry-	-	-	1 0.002%