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Contract Job Market Index

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£510	+2.00%	13,438 24.28%	15,644
Security Cleared	2	Up 1 place+1	£550	+2.42%	12,420 22.44%	5,954
Finance	3	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	10,372 18.74%	14,552
Stakeholder Management	4	Up 12 places+12	£548	+4.28%	9,724 17.57%	5,448
SC Cleared	5	Up 1 place+1	£550	+4.76%	9,445 17.07%	3,892
Agile	6	Down 2 places-2	£513	-	8,799 15.90%	7,979
Azure	7	Down 2 places-2	£535	+2.88%	8,381 15.14%	7,935
Microsoft	8	No change0	£500	+5.26%	8,076 14.59%	8,234
CI/CD	9	Up 5 places+5	£518	+0.97%	6,614 11.95%	6,473
AWS	10	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	6,549 11.83%	7,391
Problem-Solving	11	Down 4 places-4	£495	+2.59%	6,324 11.43%	11,155
Architect	12	Up 8 places+8	£625	-	6,212 11.22%	4,851
Senior	13	Up 8 places+8	£550	-	5,943 10.74%	16,890
Python	14	Down 4 places-4	£538	+2.38%	5,842 10.56%	9,790
DevOps	15	Down 3 places-3	£525	-	5,770 10.43%	4,844
AI	16	Up 23 places+23	£560	+1.81%	5,644 10.20%	20,067
Public Sector	17	Up 1 place+1	£525	+5.00%	5,490 9.92%	3,502
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 11 places+11	£522	+4.30%	5,441 9.83%	7,874
SQL	19	Down 4 places-4	£500	-	5,297 9.57%	5,673
Developer	20	Down 7 places-7	£500	-	5,242 9.47%	2,979
Migration	21	Down 2 places-2	£540	+5.36%	5,200 9.40%	2,858
Analyst	22	Down 11 places-11	£473	+5.00%	5,070 9.16%	3,693
Analytical Skills	23	Down 6 places-6	£500	-	4,991 9.02%	7,124
Lead	24	Up 6 places+6	£575	-	4,632 8.37%	11,994
Stakeholder Engagement	25	Down 1 place-1	£542	+3.28%	4,547 8.22%	2,236
Analytics	26	Up 2 places+2	£545	+5.82%	4,146 7.49%	7,930
Roadmaps	27	Up 14 places+14	£600	+9.09%	3,670 6.63%	8,259
Validation	28	Up 37 places+37	£500	-	3,476 6.28%	4,537
Decision-Making	29	Up 23 places+23	£550	+10.00%	3,431 6.20%	6,527
Banking	30	Down 4 places-4	£550	+0.45%	3,371 6.09%	2,398
Consultant	31	Down 8 places-8	£550	-	3,310 5.98%	3,355
Windows	32	Down 10 places-10	£425	+8.97%	3,285 5.94%	2,702
Software Engineering	33	Up 10 places+10	£550	-	3,250 5.87%	8,880
Kubernetes	34	Down 2 places-2	£538	+2.38%	3,162 5.71%	3,307
Infrastructure as Code	35	Up 13 places+13	£550	+2.37%	3,073 5.55%	3,034
Java	36	Down 11 places-11	£510	-0.48%	3,042 5.50%	3,181
Terraform	37	Down 2 places-2	£538	+2.47%	3,034 5.48%	2,766
Data Modelling	38	Up 12 places+12	£525	-	2,989 5.40%	2,584
Cybersecurity	39	Up 3 places+3	£550	+3.77%	2,941 5.31%	5,737
Oracle	40	Down 7 places-7	£525	+0.96%	2,917 5.27%	1,542
Test Automation	41	Up 4 places+4	£475	-5.00%	2,833 5.12%	3,682
SAP	42	Down 11 places-11	£558	-0.35%	2,824 5.10%	1,828
Data Quality	43	Up 52 places+52	£515	+3.00%	2,719 4.91%	2,773
Degree	44	Down 17 places-17	£510	+2.00%	2,660 4.81%	11,238
Power Platform	45	Down 1 place-1	£500	+4.16%	2,554 4.61%	2,619
QA	46	Up 14 places+14	£475	-2.81%	2,446 4.42%	2,904
Project Delivery	47	Up 12 places+12	£525	-	2,435 4.40%	2,756
Technical Leadership	48	Up 105 places+105	£600	+4.34%	2,417 4.37%	3,560
GCP	49	Up 2 places+2	£550	+3.52%	2,410 4.35%	3,102
JIRA	50	Down 14 places-14	£494	-1.27%	2,405 4.35%	1,732