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	133	Down -43 places-43	£461	+24.66%	17 0.63%	7
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	11	Up 6 places+6	£513	+2.50%	296 10.97%	94
Amazon Web Services DevOps	142	Down -58 places-58	£525	+1.20%	8 0.30%
Services Manager	130	Down -41 places-41	£538	+26.47%	20 0.74%	14
Amazon Web Services Engineer	131	Down -48 places-48	£525	+2.43%	19 0.70%	4
Amazon Web Services Architect	149	Down -57 places-57	-	-	1 0.037%	1
Services Director	148	New entry-	£800	-	2 0.074%	2
SAP Data Services	149	Down -56 places-56	-	-	1 0.037%
Amazon Web Services Developer	141	Down -50 places-50	£476	-4.80%	9 0.33%	2
Amazon Web Services Consultant	148	New entry-	£485	-	2 0.074%
IT Services Manager	149	Down -57 places-57	£800	+28.00%	1 0.037%	4
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	139	Down -50 places-50	£663	+32.50%	11 0.41%	24
SQL Server Integration Services	140	Down -55 places-55	£400	-11.11%	10 0.37%
SQL Server Reporting Services	141	Down -49 places-49	£400	+6.66%	9 0.33%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	149	Down -58 places-58	£625	-	1 0.037%	2
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	142	Down -58 places-58	£525	+1.20%	8 0.30%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	147	New entry-	-	-	3 0.11%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	143	Down -55 places-55	£450	-7.21%	7 0.26%	3
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	146	New entry-	£519	-	4 0.15%	3
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	148	Down -55 places-55	£466	-6.75%	2 0.074%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	149	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.037%
Active Directory Federation Services	146	New entry-	£470	-	4 0.15%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	147	New entry-	£400	-	3 0.11%	2
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	147	Down -54 places-54	£700	-	3 0.11%
Financial Services Business Analyst	149	New entry-	£395	-	1 0.037%
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	143	New entry-	£413	-	7 0.26%	1
Microservices	41	Down -6 places-6	£521	-5.31%	145 5.37%	20