Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Dec 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	132	-53	£480	-4.47%	650 2.10%	481
SQL Server DBA	539	-60	£450	+6.50%	5 0.016%
SQL Server Analyst	542	-36	£263	-	2 0.007%
SQL Server Developer	540	-52	£475	-13.63%	4 0.013%	4
SQL Server Architect	542	-36	£640	+2.40%	2 0.007%
SQL Server Specialist	543	-	£513	-	1 0.003%
SQL Server Analysis Services	523	-50	£538	+7.50%	21 0.068%	17
Senior SQL Server Developer	543	-38	-	-	1 0.003%
SQL Server Reporting Services	456	-95	£450	-14.28%	88 0.28%	52
SQL Server Integration Services	434	-101	£494	+3.94%	110 0.36%	62
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	535	-51	£475	-	9 0.029%	8
SQL	16	-5	£500	-4.76%	3,344 10.80%	2,203
Windows Server 2016	480	-70	£413	-12.69%	64 0.21%	44
Windows Server 2019	491	-65	£575	+29.21%	53 0.17%	44
Windows Server 2012	506	-120	£373	-21.57%	38 0.12%	27
Exchange Server 2013	526	-45	£600	+23.07%	18 0.058%	2
Exchange Server 2010	526	-32	£600	+105.12%	18 0.058%	8
ISA Server	532	-26	£600	+14.28%	12 0.039%	1
Server Engineer	513	-46	£425	+6.25%	31 0.10%	10
Server Support	538	-40	£275	+22.99%	6 0.019%	7
Server Analyst	543	-38	£550	+1.85%	1 0.003%
Serverless	109	+13	£500	-13.04%	769 2.48%	256
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	541	-35	-	-	3 0.010%
SQL Server Integration Services Specialist (SSIS Specialist)	540	-	£475	-	4 0.013%
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	542	-42	£354	-22.19%	2 0.007%
SQL Server Reporting Services Consultant (SSRS Consultant)	543	-	£450	-	1 0.003%