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Contract Job Market Index

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 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	£513	+2.50%	13,384 24.34%	8,118
Security Cleared	2	Up 1 place+1	£550	+2.99%	12,263 22.30%	3,508
Finance	3	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	10,367 18.85%	6,904
Stakeholder Management	4	Up 12 places+12	£550	+4.76%	9,568 17.40%	3,014
SC Cleared	5	Up 1 place+1	£550	+4.76%	9,345 16.99%	2,413
Agile	6	Down 2 places-2	£513	-	8,764 15.94%	3,718
Azure	7	Down 2 places-2	£530	+1.92%	8,406 15.29%	4,501
Microsoft	8	No change0	£500	+5.26%	7,949 14.46%	5,103
CI/CD	9	Up 5 places+5	£519	+1.26%	6,569 11.95%	2,722
AWS	10	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	6,511 11.84%	3,484
Problem-Solving	11	Down 4 places-4	£495	+2.48%	6,286 11.43%	5,542
Architect	12	Up 8 places+8	£620	-0.80%	6,122 11.13%	1,722
Senior	13	Up 9 places+9	£550	-	5,850 10.64%	4,695
Python	14	Down 4 places-4	£538	+2.38%	5,805 10.56%	4,295
DevOps	15	Down 3 places-3	£525	+0.47%	5,740 10.44%	2,170
AI	16	Up 23 places+23	£560	+1.81%	5,584 10.15%	6,754
Continuous Improvement	17	Up 12 places+12	£520	+4.00%	5,418 9.85%	3,807
Public Sector	18	No change0	£525	+5.00%	5,403 9.83%	1,715
SQL	19	Down 4 places-4	£500	-	5,255 9.56%	2,996
Developer	20	Down 7 places-7	£500	-	5,169 9.40%	1,770
Migration	21	Down 2 places-2	£538	+4.36%	5,146 9.36%	1,389
Analyst	22	Down 11 places-11	£474	+5.33%	5,094 9.26%	1,886
Analytical Skills	23	Down 6 places-6	£500	-	4,935 8.97%	3,484
Lead	24	Up 7 places+7	£575	+2.04%	4,604 8.37%	2,442
Stakeholder Engagement	25	Down 1 place-1	£542	+3.30%	4,510 8.20%	1,406
Analytics	26	Up 2 places+2	£538	+3.66%	4,072 7.40%	3,006
Roadmaps	27	Up 14 places+14	£600	+11.11%	3,636 6.61%	3,035
Validation	28	Up 37 places+37	£500	-	3,427 6.23%	1,992
Decision-Making	29	Up 24 places+24	£550	+10.00%	3,411 6.20%	3,173
Banking	30	Down 5 places-5	£550	+0.91%	3,351 6.09%	1,007
Consultant	31	Down 8 places-8	£550	-	3,297 6.00%	1,306
Windows	32	Down 11 places-11	£425	+8.97%	3,282 5.97%	1,494
Software Engineering	33	Up 10 places+10	£550	-	3,189 5.80%	3,345
Kubernetes	34	Down 2 places-2	£538	+2.38%	3,092 5.62%	1,371
Infrastructure as Code	35	Up 13 places+13	£550	+2.89%	3,025 5.50%	1,325
Terraform	36	Down 1 place-1	£538	+2.38%	3,009 5.47%	1,226
Java	37	Down 11 places-11	£515	+0.73%	3,003 5.46%	1,422
Data Modelling	38	Up 13 places+13	£525	-	2,988 5.43%	1,232
Cybersecurity	39	Up 3 places+3	£550	+3.77%	2,924 5.32%	3,169
Oracle	40	Down 7 places-7	£525	+1.25%	2,890 5.26%	856
SAP	41	Down 11 places-11	£558	-0.80%	2,841 5.17%	707
Test Automation	42	Up 4 places+4	£475	-5.00%	2,759 5.02%	1,455
Data Quality	43	Up 53 places+53	£513	+2.50%	2,662 4.84%	1,105
Degree	44	Down 17 places-17	£510	+2.00%	2,642 4.80%	5,231
Power Platform	45	Down 1 place-1	£500	+2.56%	2,540 4.62%	1,208
Project Delivery	46	Up 14 places+14	£525	-	2,410 4.38%	1,449
JIRA	47	Down 11 places-11	£500	-	2,400 4.36%	689
QA	48	Up 13 places+13	£475	-1.04%	2,398 4.36%	1,146
GCP	48	Up 4 places+4	£550	+2.99%	2,398 4.36%	1,321
Business Intelligence	49	Down 11 places-11	£500	-	2,377 4.32%	1,403