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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	112	Down -4 places-4	£488	-2.50%	1,023 2.23%	745
SQL Server DBA	598	Down -99 places-99	£400	+6.66%	28 0.061%	7
SQL Server Developer	613	Down -115 places-115	£463	+2.77%	13 0.028%	4
Windows Server 2008	607	Down -119 places-119	£506	-12.90%	19 0.042%	12
SQL Server Architect	616	Down -114 places-114	£620	-	10 0.022%
Senior SQL Server DBA	625	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.002%	3
SQL Server Consultant	622	New entry-	£575	-	4 0.009%
SQL Server BI Developer	622	New entry-	-	-	4 0.009%
SQL Server Analysis Services	581	Down -93 places-93	£500	-6.97%	45 0.098%	25
Oracle SQL Server DBA	623	Down -121 places-121	£450	-20.77%	3 0.007%
SQL Server Reporting Services	533	Down -110 places-110	£500	+12.04%	93 0.20%	74
SQL Server Integration Services	466	Down -71 places-71	£475	-9.09%	160 0.35%	78
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	604	Down -112 places-112	£431	-8.73%	22 0.048%	11
SQL	16	Down -3 places-3	£500	-	4,523 9.87%	4,063
Windows Server 2003	614	Down -150 places-150	£492	-14.41%	12 0.026%	4
Server Engineer	567	Down -94 places-94	£450	-2.70%	59 0.13%	24
ISA Server	625	Down -134 places-134	£650	+8.33%	1 0.002%
Server Support	621	Down -121 places-121	£425	+70.68%	5 0.011%	1
Serverless	143	Down -30 places-30	£525	-	856 1.87%	612
SQL Server Reporting Services Developer (SSRS Developer)	625	Down -123 places-123	£325	-38.09%	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Analyst (SSIS Analyst)	625	New entry-	£375	-	1 0.002%
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	625	New entry-	-	-	1 0.002%