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	42	New entry-	£366	-	7 1.97%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	29	Up 2 places+2	£444	-28.42%	20 5.62%	4
Amazon Web Services DevOps	48	New entry-	£477	-	1 0.28%
Amazon Web Services Engineer	48	New entry-	£477	-	1 0.28%
Terminal Services	48	New entry-	£540	-	1 0.28%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	48	New entry-	£477	-	1 0.28%
SQL Server Integration Services	43	Down -8 places-8	£600	-	6 1.69%	1
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	47	Down -12 places-12	£450	-15.88%	2 0.56%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	48	New entry-	£477	-	1 0.28%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	44	New entry-	-	-	5 1.40%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	47	Down -12 places-12	£450	-15.88%	2 0.56%
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	48	New entry-	£477	-	1 0.28%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	46	New entry-	-	-	3 0.84%
Microservices	38	Down -9 places-9	£306	-38.75%	11 3.09%