Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Nov 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	129	-57	£485	-3.10%	679 2.22%	801
SQL Server DBA	536	-38	£450	+5.88%	5 0.016%	2
SQL Server Analyst	539	-13	£263	-	2 0.007%
Windows Server 2008	528	-46	£550	+43.22%	13 0.043%	10
SQL Server Developer	538	-31	£488	-11.36%	3 0.010%	2
SQL Server Architect	540	-14	-	-	1 0.003%
SQL Server Specialist	540	-	£513	-	1 0.003%
SQL Server Analysis Services	524	-31	£538	+7.50%	17 0.056%	17
Senior SQL Server Developer	540	-15	-	-	1 0.003%
SQL Server Reporting Services	448	-70	£450	-14.28%	93 0.30%	97
SQL Server Integration Services	437	-87	£520	+5.58%	104 0.34%	108
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	533	-31	£475	-	8 0.026%	17
SQL	15	-3	£500	-4.76%	3,392 11.11%	4,032
Windows Server 2003	504	+2	£500	+53.84%	37 0.12%	4
Exchange Server 2003	531	-5	£600	-	10 0.033%
Exchange Server 2007	531	-6	£600	+105.12%	10 0.033%	2
ISA Server	531	-5	£600	+14.28%	10 0.033%	1
Server Engineer	510	-19	£425	+6.25%	31 0.10%	19
Server Support	536	-15	£275	+13.40%	5 0.016%	3
Server Analyst	540	-15	£550	+1.85%	1 0.003%	3
Serverless	115	+13	£505	-8.18%	759 2.49%	659
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	538	-17	-	-	3 0.010%
SQL Server Integration Services Specialist (SSIS Specialist)	537	-	£475	-	4 0.013%
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	539	-20	£354	-13.65%	2 0.007%	2
SQL Server Reporting Services Consultant (SSRS Consultant)	540	-	£450	-	1 0.003%