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Contract Job Market Index

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There is a choice between 3 and 6 months to 31 October 2026 with year-over-year comparisons.

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	122	Down 17 places-17	£500	-7.40%	514 2.54%	67
SQL Server DBA	450	Down 84 places-84	£458	+1.66%	5 0.025%
SQL Server Developer	442	Down 72 places-72	£450	-	13 0.064%
Windows Server 2008	443	Down 77 places-77	£550	-1.56%	12 0.059%	3
Senior SQL Server DBA	454	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.005%
SQL Server BI Developer	451	New entry-	-	-	4 0.020%
SQL Server Analysis Services	426	Down 66 places-66	£550	-	29 0.14%	2
SQL Server Reporting Services	397	Down 85 places-85	£550	+18.91%	58 0.29%	5
SQL Server Integration Services	372	Down 71 places-71	£550	+4.56%	83 0.41%	10
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	441	Down 72 places-72	£515	+45.58%	14 0.069%	3
SQL	15	Down 7 places-7	£525	-	2,546 12.57%	385
Windows Server 2003	453	Down 84 places-84	£638	+27.50%	2 0.010%
Server Engineer	437	Down 81 places-81	£500	+17.64%	18 0.089%	1
ISA Server	453	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.010%
SQL Sentry	454	New entry-	-	-	1 0.005%
Server Support	453	New entry-	£290	-	2 0.010%
Server Analyst	454	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.005%
Serverless	118	Down 14 places-14	£550	+4.76%	534 2.64%	74
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	454	Down 84 places-84	-	-	1 0.005%
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	452	Down 84 places-84	£575	+114.55%	3 0.015%	1