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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	109	Down -5 places-5	£488	-4.87%	1,012 2.26%	364
SQL Server DBA	585	Down -78 places-78	£400	+6.66%	28 0.062%	2
SQL Server Developer	601	Down -95 places-95	£475	+18.75%	12 0.027%	5
Windows Server 2008	599	Down -99 places-99	£525	+100.00%	14 0.031%
Senior SQL Server DBA	612	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Architect	603	New entry-	£620	-	10 0.022%
SQL Server Consultant	609	Down -99 places-99	£575	-20.68%	4 0.009%
SQL Server BI Developer	609	Down -99 places-99	-	-	4 0.009%
SQL Server Analysis Services	565	Down -66 places-66	£500	-4.76%	48 0.11%	15
Oracle SQL Server DBA	611	Down -101 places-101	£584	+2.72%	2 0.005%
SQL Server Reporting Services	520	Down -111 places-111	£500	+5.26%	93 0.21%	41
SQL Server Integration Services	444	Down -39 places-39	£488	-5.29%	170 0.38%	43
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	590	Down -91 places-91	£444	-5.08%	23 0.051%	7
SQL	17	Down -4 places-4	£500	-	4,411 9.83%	1,855
Windows Server 2003	603	Down -131 places-131	£400	-27.27%	10 0.022%
Server Engineer	561	Down -77 places-77	£425	-5.02%	52 0.12%	14
Server Support	608	Down -102 places-102	£425	+144.25%	5 0.011%
Serverless	141	Down -23 places-23	£525	-	851 1.90%	294
SQL Server Reporting Services Specialist (SSRS Specialist)	612	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	612	Down -103 places-103	-	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Analyst (SSIS Analyst)	612	New entry-	£300	-	1 0.002%
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	612	New entry-	-	-	1 0.002%