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	48	Down -10 places-10	£700	+242.71%	6 1.07%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	34	Down -22 places-22	£425	-5.13%	20 3.57%	33
Amazon Web Services Engineer	53	Down -13 places-13	£250	-57.33%	1 0.18%
Amazon Web Services Architect	50	New entry-	£506	-	4 0.71%
IT Services Manager	53	Down -13 places-13	£475	-2.56%	1 0.18%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	51	Down -21 places-21	£250	-42.32%	3 0.53%	7
SQL Server Integration Services	49	Down -12 places-12	£450	+99.11%	5 0.89%	1
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	50	New entry-	£506	-	4 0.71%
Field Services Engineer	44	Down -14 places-14	-	-	10 1.78%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	50	Down -11 places-11	£550	+13.98%	4 0.71%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	51	New entry-	£170	-	3 0.53%
SQL Server Analysis Services	52	New entry-	£525	-	2 0.36%
IT Services Delivery Manager	53	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.18%
Microservices	34	Up 1 place+1	£425	-23.76%	20 3.57%	12