Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Dec 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	135	-56	£480	-4.00%	652 2.13%	646
SQL Server DBA	538	-60	£450	+6.50%	5 0.016%	1
SQL Server Analyst	541	-36	£263	-	2 0.007%
SQL Server Developer	539	-52	£475	-13.63%	4 0.013%	3
SQL Server Architect	541	-36	£640	+2.40%	2 0.007%
SQL Server Specialist	542	-	£513	-	1 0.003%
SQL Server Analysis Services	525	-52	£525	+5.00%	18 0.059%	23
Senior SQL Server Developer	542	-38	-	-	1 0.003%
SQL Server Reporting Services	461	-97	£450	-14.28%	82 0.27%	64
SQL Server Integration Services	439	-106	£488	+2.63%	104 0.34%	77
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	535	-52	£475	-	8 0.026%	13
SQL	16	-5	£500	-4.76%	3,316 10.81%	2,355
Windows Server 2016	481	-73	£413	-12.23%	62 0.20%	43
Windows Server 2019	491	-67	£588	+32.02%	52 0.17%	40
Windows Server 2012	505	-121	£373	-20.74%	38 0.12%	28
Exchange Server 2013	525	-41	£600	+66.66%	18 0.059%	3
Exchange Server 2010	525	-32	£600	+105.12%	18 0.059%	10
ISA Server	532	-27	£600	+14.28%	11 0.036%	1
Server Engineer	512	-44	£425	+6.25%	31 0.10%	16
Server Support	538	-40	£275	+19.56%	5 0.016%	7
Server Analyst	542	-38	£550	+1.85%	1 0.003%
Serverless	116	+9	£500	-11.50%	753 2.46%	301
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	540	-35	-	-	3 0.010%
SQL Server Integration Services Specialist (SSIS Specialist)	539	-	£475	-	4 0.013%
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	541	-42	£354	-22.19%	2 0.007%
SQL Server Reporting Services Consultant (SSRS Consultant)	542	-	£450	-	1 0.003%