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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 21 Sep 2026Rank
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Social Skills1No change0£503+0.50%12,268 22.57%24,686
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£549+2.23%11,820 21.75%7,217
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+2.42%9,888 18.19%25,466
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£540+2.85%8,989 16.54%4,520
Agile5Down -2 places-2£520+0.97%8,402 15.46%12,372
Azure6No change0£525+1.94%8,211 15.11%10,319
Stakeholder Management7Up 10 places+10£548+3.30%8,159 15.01%10,204
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.95%7,189 13.23%10,965
AWS9No change0£550+4.76%6,365 11.71%10,464
Architect10Up 9 places+9£619-0.96%6,130 11.28%6,151
CI/CD11Up 5 places+5£525+2.94%6,089 11.20%8,442
Problem-Solving12Down -7 places-7£500+3.89%5,782 10.64%15,472
Senior13Up 9 places+9£550-5,607 10.32%20,997
Python14Down -4 places-4£537+2.28%5,594 10.29%13,393
DevOps15Down -1 place-1£525+0.96%5,571 10.25%6,238
Developer16Down -4 places-4£505+1.00%5,301 9.75%3,882
AI17Up 32 places+32£556+1.09%5,175 9.52%26,247
Analyst18Down -7 places-7£470+4.44%5,136 9.45%5,026
SQL19Down -6 places-6£500-5,116 9.41%8,299
Public Sector20No change0£525+5.00%4,973 9.15%5,027
Migration21Down -3 places-3£525+2.43%4,917 9.05%3,912
Continuous Improvement22Up 10 places+10£520+4.00%4,915 9.04%12,336
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,617 8.50%15,683
Analytical Skills24Down -9 places-9£500-4,593 8.45%12,026
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 3 places+3£538+0.27%4,156 7.65%3,833
Analytics26Up 4 places+4£525-3,950 7.27%12,559
Windows27Down -6 places-6£425+6.25%3,258 5.99%3,032
Consultant28Down -2 places-2£550-3,233 5.95%4,641
Decision-Making29Up 22 places+22£537+4.90%3,208 5.90%11,197
Roadmaps30Up 9 places+9£575+4.54%3,202 5.89%11,167
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-3,067 5.64%4,605
Validation32Up 35 places+35£500-0.34%3,043 5.60%5,646
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£550-4.34%3,010 5.54%10,771
Oracle34No change0£525+2.43%2,921 5.37%2,419
Java35Down -11 places-11£524+0.76%2,911 5.36%4,819
Data Modelling36Up 21 places+21£525-2,855 5.25%3,489
Terraform37No change0£538+2.38%2,842 5.23%3,425
Kubernetes38Down -5 places-5£538+2.38%2,837 5.22%4,480
Infrastructure as Code39Up 18 places+18£550+1.85%2,813 5.18%3,686
SAP40Down -13 places-13£565-1.52%2,734 5.03%2,881
Cybersecurity41Up 6 places+6£550-2,689 4.95%6,689
Power Platform42Up 3 places+3£500+5.26%2,537 4.67%3,750
Degree43Down -18 places-18£500-2,481 4.57%15,479
Test Automation44Up 6 places+6£475-5.00%2,402 4.42%4,097
Business Intelligence45Down -7 places-7£500-2,384 4.39%4,559
JIRA46Down -11 places-11£500+1.62%2,363 4.35%2,347
Data Quality47Up 52 places+52£513+0.24%2,350 4.32%4,007
GCP48Up 6 places+6£550-2,257 4.15%4,391
DV Cleared49Up 34 places+34£600+2.12%2,248 4.14%1,729
QA50Up 12 places+12£475-2,241 4.12%3,977