Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	142	-52	£480	-5.88%	820 1.98%	656
SQL Server DBA	592	-99	£500	+25.00%	9 0.022%	10
SQL Server Developer	595	-82	£475	-5.00%	6 0.015%	1
SQL Server Architect	594	-76	£621	+12.95%	7 0.017%	3
SQL Server Consultant	600	-82	£550	-24.13%	1 0.002%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	562	-76	£500	-2.43%	39 0.094%	19
Senior SQL Server Developer	600	-81	-	-	1 0.002%
Oracle SQL Server DBA	599	-81	£494	-	2 0.005%
SQL Server Reporting Services	496	-135	£463	-11.90%	105 0.25%	96
SQL Server Integration Services	433	-66	£488	-2.50%	169 0.41%	84
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	588	-93	£500	+7.52%	13 0.031%	12
SQL	18	-6	£500	-0.99%	4,174 10.08%	2,952
Windows Server 2008	586	-102	£500	+35.86%	15 0.036%	7
Windows Server 2003	572	-80	£173	-56.87%	29 0.070%	4
Server Engineer	559	-103	£400	-	42 0.10%	21
ISA Server	597	-	£450	-	4 0.010%
Server Support	594	-87	£275	+63.69%	7 0.017%	2
Server Analyst	600	-81	£550	+1.85%	1 0.002%
Serverless	102	+4	£500	-7.19%	1,065 2.57%	516
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	598	-83	£433	+10.19%	3 0.007%
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	598	-81	-	-	3 0.007%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services Consultant (SSRS Consultant)	600	-	£450	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Reporting Services Specialist (SSRS Specialist)	600	-	£550	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Specialist (SSIS Specialist)	600	-	-	-	1 0.002%
SQL Server Integration Services Analyst (SSIS Analyst)	600	-81	£300	-29.41%	1 0.002%