Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Dec 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL Server	140	-62	£492	-1.60%	754 2.07%	733
SQL Server DBA	579	-60	£500	+25.00%	7 0.019%	4
SQL Server Analyst	584	-33	£263	-	2 0.006%
SQL Server Developer	582	-47	£475	-13.63%	4 0.011%	5
SQL Server Architect	584	-32	£640	+2.40%	2 0.006%
SQL Server Consultant	585	-34	£550	-35.29%	1 0.003%
SQL Server Specialist	585	-	£513	-	1 0.003%
SQL Server Analysis Services	563	-47	£525	+5.00%	23 0.063%	21
Senior SQL Server Developer	585	-33	-	-	1 0.003%
SQL Server Reporting Services	488	-83	£469	-6.25%	98 0.27%	109
SQL Server Integration Services	470	-106	£488	+8.33%	116 0.32%	122
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	577	-52	£475	+4.10%	9 0.025%	13
SQL	16	-4	£500	-4.03%	3,893 10.68%	4,073
Windows Server 2003	551	-22	£550	+69.23%	35 0.096%	1
Windows Server 2008	572	-67	£550	+49.45%	14 0.038%	13
Exchange Server 2003	577	-27	£600	+50.00%	9 0.025%
Exchange Server 2007	577	-28	£600	+105.12%	9 0.025%	3
ISA Server	573	-21	£600	+14.28%	13 0.036%	1
Server Engineer	543	-42	£425	+13.63%	43 0.12%	10
Server Support	580	-38	£275	+31.83%	6 0.017%	7
Server Analyst	585	-34	£550	+1.85%	1 0.003%
Serverless	101	+12	£500	-5.21%	962 2.64%	686
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)	583	-	-	-	3 0.008%
SQL Server Integration Services Specialist (SSIS Specialist)	582	-	£475	-	4 0.011%
SQL Server Integration Services Developer (SSIS Developer)	583	-36	£425	+3.65%	3 0.008%
SQL Server Reporting Services Consultant (SSRS Consultant)	585	-	£450	-	1 0.003%