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	72	Down -20 places-20	£688	+71.01%	2 0.28%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	10	Up 1 place+1	£483	+23.52%	89 12.29%	21
Services Manager	66	Down -2 places-2	£575	+72.28%	8 1.11%	2
Amazon Web Services Engineer	70	Down -12 places-12	-	-	4 0.55%
Amazon Web Services Architect	68	Down -9 places-9	£436	-18.80%	6 0.83%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	54	Up 9 places+9	£535	+45.25%	20 2.76%	4
SQL Server Reporting Services	70	Down -7 places-7	£513	+72.26%	4 0.55%	2
SQL Server Integration Services	70	Down -6 places-6	£513	+86.36%	4 0.55%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	73	Down -12 places-12	-	-	1 0.14%	1
Field Services Engineer	69	New entry-	-	-	5 0.69%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	70	New entry-	£418	-	4 0.55%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	73	Down -12 places-12	-	-	1 0.14%	1
Active Directory Federation Services	67	Down -5 places-5	£675	+68.41%	7 0.97%
SQL Server Analysis Services	71	New entry-	£513	-	3 0.41%
EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)	63	Up 1 place+1	£401	+49.72%	11 1.52%
Financial Services Project Manager	73	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.14%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	73	Down -9 places-9	-	-	1 0.14%
Microsoft Analysis Services	72	New entry-	£513	-	2 0.28%
Microservices	48	Down -19 places-19	£447	+12.45%	26 3.59%	7