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	82	Down -33 places-33	£525	+46.64%	3 0.27%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	28	Down -21 places-21	£445	-1.02%	62 5.56%	54
Services Manager	68	Down -10 places-10	£495	-	17 1.52%	6
Amazon Web Services Engineer	82	Down -26 places-26	£425	-15.00%	3 0.27%	9
Amazon Web Services Architect	83	Down -29 places-29	£393	-26.81%	2 0.18%
Amazon Web Services Developer	80	Down -21 places-21	£397	+10.13%	5 0.45%
Amazon Web Services Consultant	84	New entry-	£393	-	1 0.090%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	84	Down -29 places-29	£447	-2.61%	1 0.090%	12
SQL Server Reporting Services	81	Down -22 places-22	£386	-	4 0.36%	2
SQL Server Integration Services	83	Down -24 places-24	£468	-	2 0.18%	3
Field Services Engineer	84	Down -28 places-28	-	-	1 0.090%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	83	New entry-	£419	-	2 0.18%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	79	New entry-	-	-	6 0.54%	1
EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)	79	New entry-	£456	-	6 0.54%
Financial Services Business Analyst	84	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.090%
Microservices	47	Down -22 places-22	£447	+3.17%	38 3.41%	10