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
Microsoft	4	Up 1 place+1	£195	-51.25%	13 16.67%	14
Microsoft Azure	3	Up 1 place+1	£200	-54.92%	14 17.95%	7
Microsoft 365	2	Up 3 places+3	£200	-27.27%	19 24.36%	4
Microsoft Excel	13	Down -8 places-8	-	-	4 5.13%	6
Microsoft Windows	1	Up 3 places+3	£180	-58.26%	24 30.77%	2
Microsoft Intune	11	Down -6 places-6	£200	-50.00%	6 7.69%
Microsoft Hyper-V	14	Down -8 places-8	£350	-21.12%	3 3.85%
Microsoft Power BI	15	Down -9 places-9	£450	+12.50%	2 2.56%	1
Microsoft Project	16	New entry-	£700	-	1 1.28%
Microsoft Power Platform	14	Down -8 places-8	£450	+12.50%	3 3.85%	2
Microsoft SharePoint	7	New entry-	£200	-	10 12.82%	3
Microsoft Windows 10	13	Down -7 places-7	£195	-	4 5.13%
Microsoft Power Apps	16	New entry-	-	-	1 1.28%	1
Microsoft Azure DevOps	16	New entry-	£700	-	1 1.28%	1
Microsoft 365 Engineer	15	New entry-	£238	-	2 2.56%
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)	16	New entry-	£300	-	1 1.28%
Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)	12	New entry-	£200	-	5 6.41%
Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365)	16	New entry-	-	-	1 1.28%
Microsoft Azure Engineer	15	New entry-	-	-	2 2.56%	1
Microsoft Active Directory	9	Down -7 places-7	£200	-50.00%	8 10.26%	1
Microsoft Azure Architect	16	New entry-	£525	-	1 1.28%	1
Microsoft Power Automate (Formerly Microsoft Flow)	16	New entry-	-	-	1 1.28%	1
Platform Engineer - Microsoft Azure	15	New entry-	-	-	2 2.56%	1
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Consultant (D365 Consultant)	16	New entry-	-	-	1 1.28%
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)	11	Down -4 places-4	£200	-	6 7.69%	1
CRM	16	New entry-	£825	-	1 1.28%	3
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)	15	Down -8 places-8	£195	+4.00%	2 2.56%
Microsoft Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)	16	New entry-	£300	-	1 1.28%
CRM Manager	16	New entry-	£825	-	1 1.28%
CRM Programme Manager	16	New entry-	£825	-	1 1.28%