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	57	New entry-	£366	-	8 1.16%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	33	Up 12 places+12	£477	-23.06%	33 4.80%	9
Amazon Web Services DevOps	63	New entry-	£451	-	2 0.29%
Services Manager	64	New entry-	£625	-	1 0.15%
Amazon Web Services Engineer	63	New entry-	£451	-	2 0.29%
Services Director	63	New entry-	£1,375	-	2 0.29%
SAP Data Services	60	Down -12 places-12	£850	+70.00%	5 0.73%
Terminal Services	64	New entry-	£540	-	1 0.15%
IT Services Manager	61	New entry-	£600	-	4 0.58%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	64	New entry-	£477	-	1 0.15%
SQL Server Integration Services	58	Down -12 places-12	£600	+4.34%	7 1.02%	1
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	63	Down -14 places-14	£450	-15.88%	2 0.29%	1
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	63	New entry-	£451	-	2 0.29%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	60	New entry-	-	-	5 0.73%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	63	Down -14 places-14	£450	-15.88%	2 0.29%
Financial Services Project Manager	61	New entry-	£600	-	4 0.58%
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	64	New entry-	£477	-	1 0.15%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	62	New entry-	-	-	3 0.44%
Infrastructure Services Project Manager	63	New entry-	£625	-	2 0.29%
Microservices	51	Down -10 places-10	£306	-38.75%	14 2.03%