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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 20 Oct 2026Rank
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Social Skills1No change0£510+2.00%13,025 23.65%14,223
Security Cleared2Up 1 place+1£550+2.89%12,113 22.00%5,588
Finance3Down 1 place-1£550+4.76%10,270 18.65%12,792
SC Cleared4Up 3 places+3£550+4.76%9,232 16.77%3,648
Stakeholder Management5Up 11 places+11£550+4.76%9,127 16.58%5,128
Agile6Down 2 places-2£514-0.77%8,663 15.73%7,620
Azure7Down 2 places-2£529+1.73%8,405 15.26%7,284
Microsoft8No change0£495+4.21%7,726 14.03%7,428
CI/CD9Up 6 places+6£520+1.96%6,466 11.74%6,149
AWS10Down 1 place-1£550+4.76%6,452 11.72%6,956
Architect11Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%6,114 11.10%4,818
Problem-Solving12Down 6 places-6£495+2.59%6,081 11.04%9,966
Senior13Up 9 places+9£550-5,801 10.54%15,858
DevOps14Down 2 places-2£525+0.38%5,748 10.44%4,576
Python15Down 5 places-5£538+2.38%5,739 10.42%8,683
AI16Up 24 places+24£554+0.63%5,518 10.02%17,866
SQL17Down 3 places-3£500-5,270 9.57%5,057
Developer18Down 5 places-5£510+2.00%5,246 9.53%2,958
Public Sector19No change0£525+5.00%5,234 9.51%3,074
Continuous Improvement20Up 10 places+10£520+4.00%5,232 9.50%7,645
Analyst21Down 10 places-10£463+2.77%5,154 9.36%3,449
Migration22Down 4 places-4£537+4.27%5,071 9.21%2,575
Analytical Skills23Down 6 places-6£500-4,796 8.71%6,477
Lead24Up 7 places+7£575+1.32%4,624 8.40%12,410
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 2 places+2£540+2.85%4,343 7.89%2,185
Analytics26Up 2 places+2£530+1.92%4,048 7.35%7,364
Roadmaps27Up 12 places+12£585+6.36%3,481 6.32%7,586
Decision-Making28Up 24 places+24£550+9.18%3,341 6.07%6,075
Validation29Up 39 places+39£500-3,306 6.00%4,140
Windows30Down 9 places-9£425+6.25%3,289 5.97%2,468
Banking31Down 7 places-7£550-3,274 5.95%2,105
Consultant32Down 9 places-9£550-3,264 5.93%3,105
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£550-3,126 5.68%8,284
Kubernetes34Down 2 places-2£538+2.38%3,017 5.48%3,046
Data Modelling35Up 19 places+19£525-2,983 5.42%2,374
Java35Down 10 places-10£515+0.48%2,983 5.42%3,091
Infrastructure as Code36Up 15 places+15£550+1.61%2,976 5.40%2,836
Terraform36Up 1 place+1£538+2.47%2,976 5.40%2,565
Oracle37Down 3 places-3£525+1.94%2,894 5.26%1,483
SAP38Down 9 places-9£560-1.32%2,849 5.17%1,720
Cybersecurity39Up 4 places+4£550+2.32%2,832 5.14%5,204
Test Automation40Up 7 places+7£475-5.00%2,634 4.78%3,292
Power Platform41Up 4 places+4£500+1.57%2,581 4.69%2,431
Degree42Down 16 places-16£510+2.00%2,579 4.68%10,042
Data Quality43Up 55 places+55£515+3.00%2,546 4.62%2,518
Business Intelligence44Down 6 places-6£500-2,387 4.34%2,822
JIRA45Down 10 places-10£500-2,384 4.33%1,530
QA46Up 15 places+15£475-2,359 4.28%2,694
Project Delivery47Up 11 places+11£525-2,345 4.26%2,463
GCP48Up 2 places+2£550+1.85%2,323 4.22%2,813