Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	114	Down -20 places-20	£525	+27.27%	9 0.45%	6
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	11	Up 4 places+4	£475	-3.84%	228 11.37%	52
Amazon Web Services DevOps	114	Down -3 places-3	£412	-1.20%	9 0.45%	1
Services Manager	114	Down -18 places-18	£517	+35.74%	9 0.45%	1
Amazon Web Services Engineer	96	Down -2 places-2	£425	-19.04%	27 1.35%	3
Amazon Web Services Architect	116	Down -3 places-3	£650	+15.55%	7 0.35%
Services Director	122	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.050%
Amazon Web Services Developer	119	Down -15 places-15	£431	-17.85%	4 0.20%
IT Services Manager	121	Down -11 places-11	£592	+15.51%	2 0.100%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	119	Down -44 places-44	£450	-18.18%	4 0.20%	4
SQL Server Integration Services	122	Down -13 places-13	£438	-2.77%	1 0.050%	1
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	122	Down -8 places-8	£438	-12.50%	1 0.050%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	120	Down -7 places-7	£550	+37.50%	3 0.15%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	114	Down -3 places-3	£412	-1.20%	9 0.45%	1
Field Services Engineer	119	Down -8 places-8	£127	-20.62%	4 0.20%	3
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	116	Down -3 places-3	£425	-10.52%	7 0.35%
SQL Server Analysis Services	122	New entry-	-	-	1 0.050%	2
IT Services Delivery Manager	122	New entry-	£592	-	1 0.050%
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	121	New entry-	£450	-	2 0.100%
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	122	New entry-	£313	-	1 0.050%
Financial Services Project Manager	122	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.050%
Azure Cognitive Services	115	Down -4 places-4	£663	-14.51%	8 0.40%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	121	Down -9 places-9	£350	-15.15%	2 0.100%
Infrastructure Services Manager	122	New entry-	-	-	1 0.050%
Microservices	59	Down -3 places-3	£425	-14.48%	67 3.34%	14