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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 13 Oct 2026Rank
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Social Skills1No change0£510+2.00%12,775 23.26%12,216
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£550+2.42%12,051 21.94%4,599
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%10,124 18.43%12,761
SC Cleared4Up 3 places+3£545+3.80%9,188 16.73%2,963
Stakeholder Management5Up 12 places+12£550+4.76%8,852 16.12%5,203
Agile6Down -3 places-3£515-8,574 15.61%7,941
Azure7Down -2 places-2£528+1.53%8,314 15.14%7,632
Microsoft8No change0£490+3.15%7,559 13.76%7,220
AWS9No change0£550+4.76%6,419 11.69%7,341
CI/CD10Up 5 places+5£520+1.96%6,333 11.53%6,358
Architect11Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%6,134 11.17%4,569
Problem-Solving12Down -6 places-6£498+2.05%5,932 10.80%8,083
Senior13Up 8 places+8£550-5,754 10.48%13,749
Python14Down -4 places-4£538+2.38%5,712 10.40%8,355
DevOps15Down -2 places-2£525+0.96%5,688 10.36%4,756
AI16Up 24 places+24£560+1.81%5,418 9.86%16,864
Developer17Down -5 places-5£510+2.03%5,285 9.62%3,168
SQL18Down -4 places-4£500-5,216 9.50%5,293
Public Sector19No change0£525+5.00%5,186 9.44%3,187
Analyst20Down -9 places-9£465+3.33%5,132 9.34%3,547
Continuous Improvement21Up 8 places+8£520+4.00%5,118 9.32%6,529
Migration22Down -4 places-4£535+4.39%5,010 9.12%2,776
Analytical Skills23Down -7 places-7£500-4,693 8.54%5,614
Lead24Up 6 places+6£575+2.22%4,626 8.42%10,517
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 1 place+1£540+1.88%4,267 7.77%2,243
Analytics26Up 2 places+2£530+0.95%3,984 7.25%7,000
Roadmaps27Up 11 places+11£580+5.45%3,428 6.24%7,284
Decision-Making28Up 24 places+24£550+7.31%3,324 6.05%5,676
Consultant29Down -5 places-5£550-3,279 5.97%3,218
Windows30Down -9 places-9£425+6.25%3,260 5.94%2,492
Validation31Up 37 places+37£500-3,230 5.88%2,860
Banking32Down -10 places-10£550-3,201 5.83%2,393
Software Engineering33Up 8 places+8£550-3,095 5.64%7,907
Java34Down -11 places-11£520+1.16%2,956 5.38%3,426
Kubernetes35Down -3 places-3£540+2.85%2,942 5.36%3,268
Terraform36No change0£538+2.38%2,932 5.34%2,676
Data Modelling37Up 19 places+19£525-2,930 5.33%2,424
Infrastructure as Code38Up 11 places+11£550+1.85%2,926 5.33%2,931
Oracle39Down -6 places-6£525+1.94%2,906 5.29%1,489
SAP40Down -13 places-13£552-4.00%2,821 5.14%1,700
Cybersecurity41Up 2 places+2£550+2.32%2,803 5.10%5,071
Test Automation42Up 6 places+6£475-5.00%2,578 4.69%2,954
Power Platform43Up 3 places+3£500+2.04%2,560 4.66%2,438
Degree44Down -19 places-19£505+1.00%2,527 4.60%7,383
Data Quality45Up 53 places+53£513+2.50%2,460 4.48%2,596
JIRA46Down -12 places-12£500-2,386 4.34%1,466
Business Intelligence47Down -10 places-10£500-2,376 4.33%2,756
QA48Up 13 places+13£475-2,326 4.24%2,468
GCP49Up 1 place+1£550+2.42%2,298 4.18%3,015
Project Delivery50Up 8 places+8£525-2,296 4.18%2,103