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	105	Down -24 places-24	£550	+22.22%	9 0.50%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	4	Down -2 places-2	£545	+9.00%	294 16.38%	180
Amazon Web Services DevOps	109	Down -30 places-30	£525	+17.97%	5 0.28%	4
Services Manager	105	Down -34 places-34	£600	+14.28%	9 0.50%	7
Amazon Web Services Engineer	93	Down -23 places-23	£550	+22.22%	21 1.17%	13
Amazon Web Services Architect	110	Down -31 places-31	-	-	4 0.22%	1
Services Director	113	New entry-	£850	-	1 0.056%
Amazon Web Services Developer	107	Down -34 places-34	£475	-24.00%	7 0.39%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	113	New entry-	-	-	1 0.056%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	98	Down -26 places-26	£581	-17.00%	16 0.89%	9
SQL Server Integration Services	99	Down -24 places-24	£463	-2.63%	15 0.84%	3
SQL Server Reporting Services	110	Down -31 places-31	£453	+6.47%	4 0.22%	2
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	113	New entry-	-	-	1 0.056%	1
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	112	Down -32 places-32	-	-	2 0.11%	3
Field Services Engineer	111	New entry-	£155	-	3 0.17%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	109	Down -31 places-31	-	-	5 0.28%	1
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	110	Down -30 places-30	£550	+23.59%	4 0.22%	4
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	113	New entry-	-	-	1 0.056%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	107	Down -30 places-30	£530	+24.70%	7 0.39%	3
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	113	New entry-	£513	-	1 0.056%	3
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	113	Down -33 places-33	-	-	1 0.056%	1
Active Directory Federation Services	113	New entry-	£670	-	1 0.056%
SQL Server Analysis Services	111	New entry-	£405	-	3 0.17%
Infrastructure Engineer - Amazon Web Services	113	New entry-	-	-	1 0.056%
Infrastructure Services Engineer	113	New entry-	£650	-	1 0.056%
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	113	Down -32 places-32	-	-	1 0.056%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	107	Down -26 places-26	£700	+50.53%	7 0.39%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	113	New entry-	-	-	1 0.056%
SQL Server Integration Services Analyst (SSIS Analyst)	113	New entry-	£300	-	1 0.056%
Microservices	24	Up 14 places+14	£525	-0.94%	127 7.08%	52