Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights in the Midlands

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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 17 Aug 2026Rank
6 Months to
Rank
YoY Change
Median
Daily Rate
Median Daily Rate
YoY Change
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Jobs Vacancies
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Social Skills1No change0£475+6.26%972 20.54%1,223
Security Cleared2No change0£469-8.93%948 20.03%204
SC Cleared3Up 4 places+4£465-7.00%811 17.14%162
Agile4No change0£475+5.55%751 15.87%367
Azure5Up 4 places+4£493-1.50%651 13.76%362
Finance6No change0£500+11.11%636 13.44%626
Microsoft7Down -2 places-2£445+15.21%618 13.06%721
Analyst8No change0£410+9.33%551 11.64%251
Problem-Solving9Down -6 places-6£450+4.40%548 11.58%771
Stakeholder Management10Up 2 places+2£500-4.39%532 11.24%409
Continuous Improvement11Up 11 places+11£475+14.45%529 11.18%695
SQL11No change0£459+2.00%529 11.18%274
Migration12Up 1 place+1£500-521 11.01%135
Public Sector13Up 8 places+8£494+4.00%491 10.38%174
Senior14Up 29 places+29£525+2.18%467 9.87%361
DevOps15No change0£488-2.50%458 9.68%180
AWS16No change0£475-446 9.43%273
Oracle17Up 12 places+12£463-9.75%432 9.13%132
Analytics18Up 7 places+7£493-4.36%423 8.94%273
Architect19No change0£625+7.57%415 8.77%91
CI/CD20No change0£488+2.63%407 8.60%182
Data Engineer21Up 74 places+74£463+0.54%400 8.45%55
Analytical Skills22Down -12 places-12£450+2.85%386 8.16%447
SAP23Up 10 places+10£550-364 7.69%134
Lead24Up 20 places+20£525+6.06%357 7.54%246
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 9 places+9£500-2.15%337 7.12%152
Developer26Down -9 places-9£475+10.46%336 7.10%174
Validation27Up 35 places+35£475-5.00%319 6.74%217
Data Modelling28Up 19 places+19£495-1.03%307 6.49%101
Decision-Making29Up 6 places+6£489+15.00%302 6.38%403
JIRA30Down -4 places-4£450-5.26%295 6.23%85
AI31Up 46 places+46£525-1.86%294 6.21%388
ETL32Up 25 places+25£459-0.75%289 6.11%62
Business Intelligence33Down -6 places-6£459-0.75%280 5.92%204
Test Automation34Up 6 places+6£450-275 5.81%122
Scrum35Down -3 places-3£475+5.55%266 5.62%94
Windows36Down -22 places-22£382-4.50%258 5.45%132
Power Platform37Down -6 places-6£470+1.62%255 5.39%182
Consultant38Up 3 places+3£500-9.09%249 5.26%137
Python39Down -16 places-16£476+2.91%242 5.11%247
Data Quality40Up 33 places+33£479-4.20%234 4.95%122
Power BI41Up 9 places+9£469+4.22%210 4.44%159
QA41Up 12 places+12£425+3.65%210 4.44%137
ERP42Up 36 places+36£525-205 4.33%224
Data Pipeline43Up 55 places+55£475-6.40%197 4.16%55
BPSS Clearance44Up 45 places+45£488-4.41%193 4.08%42
Kubernetes45Up 4 places+4£506-3.57%192 4.06%78
Roadmaps46Down -9 places-9£525+13.51%186 3.93%204
Git47Down -1 place-1£459-3.36%184 3.89%93
Java48Down -24 places-24£478+11.42%180 3.80%104