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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	115	Down -18 places-18	£500	-2.43%	961 2.21%	341
SQL Server DBA	598	Down -105 places-105	£400	-15.16%	25 0.058%	3
SQL Server Developer	612	Down -120 places-120	£475	+18.75%	11 0.025%	2
Windows Server 2008	610	Down -123 places-123	£525	+100.00%	13 0.030%	4
SQL Server Architect	613	Down -117 places-117	£620	+30.52%	10 0.023%
SQL Server Consultant	621	Down -126 places-126	£575	-20.68%	2 0.005%
SQL Server BI Developer	619	Down -123 places-123	-	-	4 0.009%
SQL Server Analysis Services	579	Down -92 places-92	£500	-4.76%	44 0.10%	8
Oracle SQL Server DBA	621	Down -125 places-125	£584	+2.72%	2 0.005%
SQL Server Reporting Services	538	Down -150 places-150	£500	+3.09%	85 0.20%	36
SQL Server Integration Services	457	Down -59 places-59	£494	-4.58%	166 0.38%	40
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	602	Down -119 places-119	£438	-5.91%	21 0.048%	9
SQL	16	Down -3 places-3	£500	-	4,317 9.93%	1,601
Windows Server 2003	607	Down -143 places-143	£192	-65.04%	16 0.037%
Server Engineer	581	Down -114 places-114	£425	+1.19%	42 0.097%	27
Server Support	618	Down -125 places-125	£425	+152.97%	5 0.012%
Serverless	131	Down -18 places-18	£525	-	876 2.01%	230
SQL Server Reporting Services Specialist (SSRS Specialist)	622	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	622	Down -126 places-126	-	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Analyst (SSIS Analyst)	622	New entry-	£300	-	1 0.002%
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	622	Down -126 places-126	-	-	1 0.002%