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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 17 Aug 2026Rank
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Security Cleared1Up 3 places+3£538+0.70%11,588 21.66%3,583
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-11,486 21.47%14,075
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+1.19%9,846 18.40%12,090
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£528+0.47%8,833 16.51%2,290
Agile5Down -2 places-2£518-0.48%8,368 15.64%5,904
Azure6No change0£525+0.96%8,358 15.62%4,924
Stakeholder Management7Up 9 places+9£550+4.76%7,029 13.14%5,457
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£490+3.15%6,745 12.61%6,625
AWS9Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%6,368 11.90%4,541
Architect10Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%5,941 11.10%1,698
CI/CD11Up 6 places+6£525+2.43%5,925 11.07%3,353
DevOps12Up 3 places+3£525+0.96%5,661 10.58%2,765
Problem-Solving13Down -8 places-8£493+1.02%5,590 10.45%8,648
Python14Down -4 places-4£535+1.83%5,577 10.42%5,480
Senior15Up 6 places+6£550-5,387 10.07%6,231
Developer16Down -5 places-5£500-5,374 10.04%2,080
Analyst17Down -5 places-5£463+2.77%5,195 9.71%2,723
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,134 9.59%4,000
Migration19Down -1 place-1£525+2.43%4,939 9.23%1,782
Public Sector20No change0£520+4.00%4,917 9.19%2,418
AI21Up 33 places+33£558+1.40%4,832 9.03%9,508
Continuous Improvement22Up 13 places+13£513+2.50%4,614 8.62%6,381
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,566 8.53%3,160
Analytical Skills24Down -10 places-10£500-4,533 8.47%6,383
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 9 places+9£530-1.34%4,091 7.65%1,842
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,970 7.42%5,343
Consultant27No change0£550-3,178 5.94%2,283
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+3.03%3,142 5.87%1,732
Roadmaps29Up 10 places+10£575+4.54%3,067 5.73%4,475
Decision-Making30Up 16 places+16£525+5.00%3,007 5.62%5,450
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-2,944 5.50%1,912
Oracle32Down -2 places-2£525+1.94%2,933 5.48%1,371
Java33Down -9 places-9£525-2,922 5.46%2,087
Data Modelling34Up 23 places+23£520-0.95%2,887 5.40%1,476
Software Engineering35Up 6 places+6£550-4.34%2,873 5.37%3,843
Validation36Up 31 places+31£500-1.96%2,869 5.36%2,672
Terraform37No change0£538+2.38%2,789 5.21%1,358
Kubernetes38Down -5 places-5£537+0.84%2,744 5.13%1,826
SAP39Down -11 places-11£575+1.76%2,719 5.08%1,248
Infrastructure as Code40Up 21 places+21£550+1.85%2,633 4.92%1,449
Cybersecurity41Up 5 places+5£560+4.86%2,515 4.70%3,215
Power Platform42No change0£500+5.26%2,509 4.69%1,832
Business Intelligence43Down -5 places-5£500-2,467 4.61%2,105
Degree44Down -19 places-19£500-2,454 4.59%7,918
JIRA45Down -13 places-13£500-2,379 4.45%1,163
Test Automation46Up 3 places+3£475-4.23%2,319 4.33%1,662
GCP47Up 9 places+9£550-2,234 4.18%1,893
ITIL48Down -5 places-5£500+11.11%2,205 4.12%1,183
Data Quality49Up 51 places+51£500-1.47%2,169 4.05%1,736
DV Cleared50Up 28 places+28£600+1.60%2,167 4.05%871