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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	127	Down -27 places-27	£475	-7.13%	934 2.01%	408
SQL Server DBA	600	Down -89 places-89	£500	+38.88%	17 0.037%	6
SQL Server Developer	611	Down -91 places-91	£475	+5.55%	6 0.013%	5
SQL Server Architect	606	Down -82 places-82	£620	+12.72%	11 0.024%
SQL Server Consultant	614	Down -90 places-90	£575	-20.68%	3 0.007%
SQL Server Analysis Services	573	Down -67 places-67	£500	-4.76%	44 0.095%	16
Oracle SQL Server DBA	615	Down -92 places-92	£494	-13.11%	2 0.004%
SQL Server Reporting Services	521	Down -116 places-116	£475	-5.00%	96 0.21%	58
SQL Server Integration Services	438	Down -30 places-30	£500	-3.33%	181 0.39%	51
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	599	Down -89 places-89	£431	-7.25%	18 0.039%	10
SQL	18	Down -6 places-6	£500	-	4,504 9.72%	2,017
Windows Server 2008	603	Down -95 places-95	£513	+41.28%	14 0.030%	5
Windows Server 2003	594	Down -96 places-96	£173	-67.75%	23 0.050%	1
Server Engineer	564	Down -95 places-95	£419	+8.06%	53 0.11%	9
ISA Server	614	Down -91 places-91	£450	-18.18%	3 0.007%	1
Server Support	610	Down -92 places-92	£425	+162.34%	7 0.015%	3
Server Analyst	616	Down -91 places-91	£550	+1.85%	1 0.002%	1
Serverless	106	Down -5 places-5	£500	-5.66%	1,068 2.30%	302
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	613	Down -90 places-90	£550	-15.38%	4 0.009%
SQL Server Reporting Services Specialist (SSRS Specialist)	616	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	616	New entry-	-	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Analyst (SSIS Analyst)	616	New entry-	£300	-	1 0.002%