Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Nov 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	126	-49	£480	-4.47%	666 2.17%	498
SQL Server DBA	527	-46	£450	+5.88%	5 0.016%	1
SQL Server Analyst	530	-21	£263	-	2 0.007%
Windows Server 2008	519	-55	£550	+49.45%	13 0.042%	6
SQL Server Developer	528	-37	£475	-13.63%	4 0.013%	3
SQL Server Architect	531	-22	-	-	1 0.003%
SQL Server Specialist	531	-	£513	-	1 0.003%
SQL Server Analysis Services	515	-38	£538	+7.50%	17 0.055%	21
Senior SQL Server Developer	531	-23	-	-	1 0.003%
SQL Server Reporting Services	444	-80	£450	-14.28%	88 0.29%	61
SQL Server Integration Services	425	-95	£513	+4.06%	107 0.35%	70
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	524	-38	£475	-	8 0.026%	8
SQL	15	-4	£500	-4.76%	3,363 10.94%	2,318
Windows Server 2003	497	-8	£550	+69.23%	35 0.11%	3
Exchange Server 2003	522	-13	£600	-	10 0.033%
Exchange Server 2007	522	-14	£600	+105.12%	10 0.033%	3
ISA Server	521	-12	£600	+14.28%	11 0.036%
Server Engineer	501	-25	£425	+6.25%	31 0.10%	5
Server Support	527	-23	£275	+13.40%	5 0.016%	2
Server Analyst	531	-23	£550	+1.85%	1 0.003%
Serverless	107	+18	£500	-9.09%	774 2.52%	271
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	529	-25	-	-	3 0.010%
SQL Server Integration Services Specialist (SSIS Specialist)	528	-	£475	-	4 0.013%
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	530	-28	£354	-13.65%	2 0.007%
SQL Server Reporting Services Consultant (SSRS Consultant)	531	-	£450	-	1 0.003%