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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	117	Down -21 places-21	£500	-1.71%	976 2.22%	408
SQL Server DBA	586	Down -94 places-94	£400	-15.16%	25 0.057%	3
SQL Server Developer	599	Down -108 places-108	£475	+18.75%	12 0.027%	4
Windows Server 2008	598	Down -113 places-113	£525	+100.00%	13 0.030%	2
SQL Server Architect	601	Down -106 places-106	£620	+30.52%	10 0.023%
SQL Server Consultant	609	Down -115 places-115	£575	-20.68%	2 0.005%
SQL Server BI Developer	607	Down -112 places-112	-	-	4 0.009%
SQL Server Analysis Services	566	Down -80 places-80	£500	-4.76%	45 0.10%	10
Oracle SQL Server DBA	609	Down -114 places-114	£584	+2.72%	2 0.005%
SQL Server Reporting Services	523	Down -135 places-135	£500	+2.30%	88 0.20%	40
SQL Server Integration Services	450	Down -55 places-55	£488	-5.79%	161 0.37%	49
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	591	Down -109 places-109	£444	-4.56%	20 0.046%	15
SQL	16	Down -3 places-3	£500	-0.04%	4,352 9.90%	2,177
Windows Server 2003	595	Down -135 places-135	£192	-65.04%	16 0.036%
Server Engineer	565	Down -97 places-97	£425	-0.70%	46 0.10%	25
Server Support	606	Down -114 places-114	£425	+152.97%	5 0.011%
Serverless	137	Down -27 places-27	£525	-	859 1.95%	332
SQL Server Reporting Services Specialist (SSRS Specialist)	610	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	610	Down -115 places-115	-	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Analyst (SSIS Analyst)	610	New entry-	£300	-	1 0.002%
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	610	Down -115 places-115	-	-	1 0.002%