Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	135	-35	£490	-2.05%	882 2.01%	525
SQL Server DBA	611	-113	£500	+25.00%	15 0.034%	9
SQL Server Developer	619	-105	£475	-9.52%	7 0.016%	1
SQL Server Architect	618	-101	£620	+12.72%	8 0.018%	2
SQL Server Consultant	623	-106	£575	-20.68%	3 0.007%
SQL Server Analysis Services	586	-96	£500	-4.76%	40 0.091%	18
Senior SQL Server Developer	625	-107	-	-	1 0.002%
Oracle SQL Server DBA	624	-107	£494	-	2 0.005%
SQL Server Reporting Services	526	-135	£480	-4.00%	100 0.23%	60
SQL Server Integration Services	449	-60	£500	-	177 0.40%	64
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	610	-112	£450	-3.22%	16 0.037%	24
SQL	18	-6	£500	-	4,387 9.99%	2,360
Windows Server 2008	613	-119	£494	+36.11%	13 0.030%	8
Windows Server 2003	597	-104	£173	-56.90%	29 0.066%	1
Server Engineer	578	-120	£425	+6.25%	48 0.11%	12
ISA Server	622	-	£450	-	4 0.009%	1
Server Support	619	-109	£425	+152.97%	7 0.016%	2
Server Analyst	625	-107	£550	+1.85%	1 0.002%	1
Serverless	103	-3	£500	-7.06%	1,089 2.48%	396
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	622	-106	£550	-15.38%	4 0.009%	1
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	624	-107	£440	-12.00%	2 0.005%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services Specialist (SSRS Specialist)	625	-	£550	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Specialist (SSIS Specialist)	625	-	-	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Analyst (SSIS Analyst)	625	-107	£300	-29.41%	1 0.002%