Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	69	Down -11 places-11	£425	-	10 0.77%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	22	Down -11 places-11	£550	+4.76%	76 5.85%	58
Amazon Web Services DevOps	77	Down -15 places-15	£425	-32.00%	2 0.15%	1
Services Manager	74	Down -16 places-16	£575	+27.77%	5 0.38%	2
Amazon Web Services Engineer	73	Down -15 places-15	£493	-21.20%	6 0.46%	2
Amazon Web Services Architect	69	Down -11 places-11	£600	+14.28%	10 0.77%
IT Services Manager	78	New entry-	£700	-	1 0.077%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	74	Down -16 places-16	£654	+4.60%	5 0.38%	9
SQL Server Integration Services	75	Down -13 places-13	£425	+21.42%	4 0.31%
SQL Server Reporting Services	77	Down -15 places-15	£488	+39.28%	2 0.15%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	78	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.077%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	76	New entry-	-	-	3 0.23%	1
Field Services Engineer	73	Down -12 places-12	£123	-23.43%	6 0.46%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	77	Down -15 places-15	£425	-32.00%	2 0.15%	1
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	78	New entry-	£538	-	1 0.077%
SQL Server Analysis Services	78	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.077%
Field Services Technician	76	New entry-	-	-	3 0.23%
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	70	New entry-	£600	-	9 0.69%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	76	New entry-	£375	-	3 0.23%
Microservices	56	Down -3 places-3	£445	+7.87%	23 1.77%	18