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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 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	-5.75%	1,016 2.25%	363
SQL Server DBA	598	Down -88 places-88	£400	+6.66%	28 0.062%	2
SQL Server Developer	614	Down -106 places-106	£475	+5.55%	12 0.027%	4
Windows Server 2008	612	Down -109 places-109	£525	+100.00%	14 0.031%	1
SQL Server Architect	616	New entry-	£620	-	10 0.022%
Senior SQL Server DBA	625	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Consultant	622	Down -109 places-109	£575	-20.68%	4 0.009%
SQL Server BI Developer	622	Down -109 places-109	-	-	4 0.009%
SQL Server Analysis Services	576	Down -73 places-73	£500	-4.76%	50 0.11%	16
Oracle SQL Server DBA	624	Down -111 places-111	£584	+2.72%	2 0.004%
SQL Server Reporting Services	529	Down -116 places-116	£500	+5.26%	97 0.21%	44
SQL Server Integration Services	454	Down -44 places-44	£488	-5.29%	172 0.38%	46
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	603	Down -101 places-101	£444	-5.08%	23 0.051%	6
SQL	17	Down -4 places-4	£500	-	4,473 9.91%	1,751
Windows Server 2003	616	Down -139 places-139	£400	-28.88%	10 0.022%
Server Engineer	573	Down -87 places-87	£425	-5.55%	53 0.12%	16
Server Support	621	Down -112 places-112	£425	+144.25%	5 0.011%
Serverless	141	Down -23 places-23	£530	+0.95%	857 1.90%	277
SQL Server Reporting Services Specialist (SSRS Specialist)	625	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	625	Down -113 places-113	-	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Analyst (SSIS Analyst)	625	New entry-	£300	-	1 0.002%
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	625	New entry-	-	-	1 0.002%