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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 28 Sep 2026Rank
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Social Skills1No change0£508+1.60%12,394 22.79%18,665
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£550+2.42%11,859 21.80%5,632
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+2.61%9,889 18.18%17,496
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£540+2.85%9,038 16.62%3,486
Agile5Down -2 places-2£520+0.97%8,418 15.48%8,808
Stakeholder Management6Up 11 places+11£550+3.77%8,336 15.33%7,185
Azure7Down -1 place-1£525+1.54%8,203 15.08%7,351
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.90%7,281 13.39%8,667
AWS9No change0£550+4.76%6,375 11.72%7,314
Architect10Up 10 places+10£618-1.20%6,140 11.29%4,895
CI/CD11Up 5 places+5£525+2.94%6,139 11.29%6,228
Problem-Solving12Down -7 places-7£500+3.62%5,766 10.60%11,915
Senior13Up 9 places+9£550-5,671 10.43%17,563
Python14Down -4 places-4£538+2.38%5,580 10.26%9,843
DevOps15Down -1 place-1£525+0.96%5,579 10.26%4,556
Developer16Down -4 places-4£509+1.80%5,285 9.72%3,017
AI17Up 28 places+28£555+0.90%5,240 9.63%19,678
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,126 9.42%6,143
Analyst19Down -8 places-8£470+4.33%5,068 9.32%4,789
Public Sector20Down -1 place-1£525+5.00%5,061 9.31%3,718
Migration21Down -3 places-3£530+2.91%4,964 9.13%2,813
Continuous Improvement22Up 10 places+10£520+4.00%4,921 9.05%9,766
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,601 8.46%14,819
Analytical Skills24Down -9 places-9£500-4,558 8.38%8,933
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 3 places+3£540+0.74%4,137 7.61%2,872
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,920 7.21%9,306
Roadmaps27Up 12 places+12£575+4.54%3,254 5.98%8,035
Windows28Down -7 places-7£425+6.25%3,253 5.98%2,441
Decision-Making29Up 21 places+21£540+5.36%3,231 5.94%8,134
Consultant30Down -4 places-4£550-3,188 5.86%3,476
Banking31Down -7 places-7£550-3,089 5.68%3,019
Validation32Up 34 places+34£500-2.43%3,069 5.64%4,385
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£550-2.43%3,007 5.53%8,784
Java34Down -11 places-11£525+0.96%2,904 5.34%3,328
Oracle35Down -1 place-1£525+2.18%2,894 5.32%1,567
Kubernetes36Down -3 places-3£538+1.89%2,859 5.26%3,128
Data Modelling37Up 19 places+19£525-2,858 5.25%2,483
Terraform38Down -1 place-1£538+2.38%2,857 5.25%2,506
Infrastructure as Code39Up 18 places+18£550+1.33%2,841 5.22%2,715
SAP40Down -13 places-13£558-2.95%2,720 5.00%2,236
Cybersecurity41Up 6 places+6£550+0.91%2,698 4.96%5,093
Power Platform42Up 3 places+3£500+5.26%2,534 4.66%3,221
Degree43Down -18 places-18£500-2,468 4.54%11,494
Test Automation44Up 5 places+5£475-5.00%2,437 4.48%3,228
Data Quality45Up 51 places+51£513+0.24%2,366 4.35%3,278
Business Intelligence46Down -8 places-8£500-2,365 4.35%3,775
JIRA47Down -12 places-12£500+1.52%2,347 4.32%1,720
QA48Up 13 places+13£475-2,272 4.18%3,313
GCP49Up 4 places+4£550-2,264 4.16%2,960
DV Cleared50Up 35 places+35£600+2.56%2,240 4.12%1,305