Digital & IT Contractor Job Market in Central London

Contract Job Market Index in Central London

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Finance	1	No change0	£600	+1.43%	718 30.59%	870
Social Skills	2	No change0	£564	+7.38%	594 25.31%	650
Stakeholder Management	3	Up 8 places+8	£600	+9.09%	523 22.28%	328
Azure	4	No change0	£550	-	451 19.22%	446
Microsoft	5	Up 2 places+2	£525	+5.47%	434 18.49%	366
Agile	6	Down 3 places-3	£550	-4.34%	388 16.53%	394
Security Cleared	7	Up 9 places+9	£550	+4.76%	387 16.49%	198
CI/CD	8	Up 9 places+9	£550	-8.33%	358 15.25%	307
Migration	9	Up 10 places+10	£600	+9.09%	344 14.66%	147
SQL	10	Down 2 places-2	£550	-	336 14.32%	326
Banking	11	Down 1 place-1	£600	-	332 14.15%	200
AI	12	Up 23 places+23	£550	-12.00%	319 13.59%	1,038
Python	13	Down 4 places-4	£550	-8.33%	316 13.46%	462
SC Cleared	14	Up 6 places+6	£550	+4.76%	313 13.34%	146
Architect	15	Up 9 places+9	£625	-3.84%	306 13.04%	307
DevOps	16	Down 1 place-1	£545	-7.71%	298 12.70%	250
Problem-Solving	17	Down 11 places-11	£513	-2.38%	274 11.67%	419
Analyst	17	Down 12 places-12	£475	-	274 11.67%	196
AWS	17	Down 3 places-3	£575	-4.16%	274 11.67%	353
Senior	18	No change0	£600	-	266 11.33%	777
Analytical Skills	19	Down 7 places-7	£550	+2.32%	237 10.10%	359
Analytics	20	Up 3 places+3	£600	+4.34%	235 10.01%	493
Stakeholder Engagement	21	No change0	£575	-	232 9.89%	102
Developer	21	Down 8 places-8	£545	-5.21%	232 9.89%	182
Decision-Making	22	Up 25 places+25	£625	+13.63%	218 9.29%	307
Roadmaps	23	Up 5 places+5	£625	-	197 8.39%	445
Lead	23	Up 8 places+8	£600	-4.00%	197 8.39%	658
Data Modelling	24	Up 10 places+10	£575	+4.54%	196 8.35%	148
Continuous Improvement	25	Up 4 places+4	£550	+5.26%	195 8.31%	305
Public Sector	26	Up 10 places+10	£525	+0.96%	184 7.84%	127
Validation	27	Up 33 places+33	£538	-14.00%	171 7.29%	174
Data Quality	28	Up 31 places+31	£555	+11.00%	166 7.07%	149
Power Platform	29	Up 1 place+1	£500	-9.09%	158 6.73%	140
Kubernetes	30	Up 24 places+24	£538	-2.27%	152 6.48%	130
Infrastructure as Code	31	Up 29 places+29	£590	-3.27%	150 6.39%	145
Windows	32	Up 1 place+1	£378	-16.11%	149 6.35%	105
Business Intelligence	33	Down 1 place-1	£544	+3.57%	148 6.31%	164
Data Governance	34	Up 17 places+17	£572	+4.04%	143 6.09%	127
Cloud Native	34	Up 32 places+32	£572	-9.92%	143 6.09%	129
Oracle	35	Up 3 places+3	£600	+26.31%	137 5.84%	109
Onboarding	36	Up 29 places+29	£475	-13.63%	135 5.75%	186
Terraform	37	Up 13 places+13	£575	-4.16%	134 5.71%	129
Business Analyst	38	Down 16 places-16	£531	-3.40%	132 5.62%	47
Project Manager	39	Up 9 places+9	£590	+4.88%	131 5.58%	42
Consultant	40	Down 6 places-6	£595	+3.47%	130 5.54%	201
Software Engineering	41	No change0	£575	-11.53%	128 5.45%	339
Project Management	41	Down 15 places-15	£555	+0.90%	128 5.45%	136
JIRA	42	Down 12 places-12	£550	+10.00%	126 5.37%	71
Test Automation	43	Up 13 places+13	£538	+4.87%	123 5.24%	145
Project Delivery	44	Down 1 place-1	£575	-3.36%	122 5.20%	110