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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 6 Oct 2026Rank
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Social Skills1No change0£510+2.00%12,561 22.99%22,376
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£550+2.42%11,923 21.82%6,582
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+3.04%9,980 18.26%21,777
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£545+3.80%9,090 16.63%4,038
Stakeholder Management5Up 12 places+12£550+4.76%8,577 15.70%8,350
Agile6Down -3 places-3£520+1.46%8,478 15.51%10,547
Azure7Down -1 place-1£529+2.12%8,266 15.13%9,334
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£490+3.15%7,416 13.57%10,769
AWS9No change0£550+4.76%6,401 11.71%8,896
CI/CD10Up 5 places+5£525+3.75%6,244 11.43%7,626
Architect11Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%6,117 11.19%5,479
Problem-Solving12Down -7 places-7£500+3.62%5,853 10.71%14,137
Senior13Up 8 places+8£550-5,723 10.47%20,425
DevOps14No change0£525+0.96%5,637 10.32%5,668
Python15Down -5 places-5£538+2.38%5,625 10.29%12,209
AI16Up 27 places+27£560+1.81%5,357 9.80%24,070
Developer17Down -5 places-5£510+2.00%5,304 9.71%4,079
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,160 9.44%7,877
Public Sector19No change0£525+5.00%5,131 9.39%4,316
Analyst20Down -9 places-9£475+5.44%5,086 9.31%6,081
Continuous Improvement21Up 11 places+11£520+4.00%5,005 9.16%11,335
Migration22Down -4 places-4£536+4.07%4,980 9.11%3,382
Analytical Skills23Down -7 places-7£500-4,610 8.44%10,919
Lead24Up 7 places+7£575+1.54%4,601 8.42%16,462
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 2 places+2£540+1.88%4,200 7.69%3,381
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£530+0.95%3,953 7.23%11,553
Roadmaps27Up 12 places+12£575+4.54%3,344 6.12%9,679
Decision-Making28Up 22 places+22£545+6.18%3,284 6.01%9,722
Windows29Down -7 places-7£425+6.25%3,267 5.98%3,103
Consultant30Down -4 places-4£550-3,240 5.93%4,319
Validation31Up 33 places+33£500-3,148 5.76%5,267
Banking32Down -8 places-8£550-3,143 5.75%3,747
Software Engineering33Up 8 places+8£550-0.90%3,085 5.65%10,573
Java34Down -11 places-11£525+1.44%2,933 5.37%4,217
Kubernetes35Down -2 places-2£540+2.85%2,931 5.36%4,000
Data Modelling36Up 21 places+21£525-2,887 5.28%3,074
Terraform37No change0£538+2.38%2,886 5.28%3,212
Oracle38Down -3 places-3£525+1.94%2,885 5.28%1,968
Infrastructure as Code39Up 14 places+14£550+1.85%2,875 5.26%3,406
SAP40Down -12 places-12£550-3.50%2,765 5.06%2,677
Cybersecurity41Up 4 places+4£550+1.85%2,753 5.04%6,227
Power Platform42Up 7 places+7£500+2.56%2,545 4.66%3,885
Test Automation43Up 5 places+5£475-5.00%2,496 4.57%3,894
Degree44Down -19 places-19£503+0.62%2,487 4.55%14,054
Data Quality45Up 54 places+54£515+3.00%2,403 4.40%3,965
Business Intelligence46Down -8 places-8£500-2,369 4.34%4,633
JIRA47Down -13 places-13£500-2,364 4.33%2,020
GCP48Up 6 places+6£550+1.85%2,314 4.23%3,664
QA49Up 13 places+13£475-2,294 4.20%3,940
Project Delivery50Up 10 places+10£525-2,255 4.13%4,051