Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Dec 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	135	-57	£484	-4.48%	659 2.09%	1,436
SQL Server DBA	532	-60	£500	+25.00%	7 0.022%	2
SQL Server Analyst	537	-33	£263	-	2 0.006%
Windows Server 2012	499	-104	£373	-20.74%	40 0.13%	29
SQL Server Developer	535	-46	£475	-13.63%	4 0.013%	4
SQL Server Architect	537	-33	£640	+2.40%	2 0.006%
SQL Server Specialist	538	-	£513	-	1 0.003%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	515	-43	£525	+5.00%	24 0.076%	78
Senior SQL Server Developer	538	-34	-	-	1 0.003%
SQL Server Reporting Services	454	-93	£450	-12.19%	85 0.27%	175
SQL Server Integration Services	418	-80	£500	+1.52%	121 0.38%	168
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	528	-45	£475	-	11 0.035%	78
SQL	15	-4	£500	-4.76%	3,381 10.71%	6,771
Windows Server 2016	472	-53	£438	-	67 0.21%	60
Windows Server 2019	488	-54	£538	+22.15%	51 0.16%	58
Exchange Server 2013	521	-42	£600	+26.31%	18 0.057%	9
Exchange Server 2010	524	-32	£600	+105.12%	15 0.048%	11
ISA Server	529	-	£600	-	10 0.032%	4
Server Engineer	501	-40	£400	+5.26%	38 0.12%	14
Server Support	533	-37	£275	+31.83%	6 0.019%	5
Server Analyst	538	-35	£550	+1.85%	1 0.003%
Serverless	105	+13	£500	-9.09%	789 2.50%	1,187
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	536	-33	-	-	3 0.010%	3
SQL Server Integration Services Specialist (SSIS Specialist)	535	-	£475	-	4 0.013%
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	537	-37	£354	-9.80%	2 0.006%
SQL Server Reporting Services Consultant (SSRS Consultant)	538	-	£450	-	1 0.003%