Digital & IT Contractor Job Market in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contract Job Market Index in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	1	Up 1 place+1	£463	-7.50%	230 36.22%	137
Agile	2	Up 2 places+2	£446	-10.75%	219 34.49%	175
Public Sector	3	Down 2 places-2	£450	-7.69%	212 33.39%	117
SC Cleared	4	Up 1 place+1	£463	-11.90%	203 31.97%	113
AWS	5	Down 2 places-2	£426	-22.63%	141 22.20%	131
Social Skills	6	Down 2 places-2	£440	-7.36%	132 20.79%	148
CI/CD	7	Down 1 place-1	£425	-13.92%	131 20.63%	136
Senior	8	Up 2 places+2	£575	+21.05%	126 19.84%	184
DevOps	9	Up 8 places+8	£425	-22.72%	106 16.69%	108
Developer	10	Up 4 places+4	£425	-15.00%	103 16.22%	75
Test Automation	11	No change0	£450	-6.49%	90 14.17%	79
Terraform	12	Down 5 places-5	£425	-18.26%	84 13.23%	56
Azure	13	Down 1 place-1	£500	-	80 12.60%	125
Scrum	13	Up 17 places+17	£450	-18.18%	80 12.60%	39
Java	14	Down 6 places-6	£450	-10.00%	78 12.28%	80
Python	15	No change0	£413	-19.90%	77 12.13%	114
BPSS Clearance	15	Up 19 places+19	£461	-12.76%	77 12.13%	43
Problem-Solving	16	Down 6 places-6	£400	-11.11%	76 11.97%	141
GitLab	17	Up 2 places+2	£413	-28.26%	75 11.81%	36
Infrastructure as Code	18	No change0	£425	-15.00%	74 11.65%	69
Kubernetes	19	Down 6 places-6	£425	-22.72%	71 11.18%	40
Stakeholder Management	19	Up 6 places+6	£500	-3.38%	71 11.18%	48
Continuous Improvement	19	Up 8 places+8	£470	-3.63%	71 11.18%	95
Analyst	20	Down 11 places-11	£416	+18.92%	70 11.02%	41
Architect	21	Up 7 places+7	£615	-18.06%	67 10.55%	40
Analytics	21	Up 11 places+11	£450	+9.09%	67 10.55%	77
Docker	22	Down 3 places-3	£425	-10.52%	65 10.24%	45
Software Engineering	23	Up 5 places+5	£600	+20.00%	62 9.76%	101
Stakeholder Engagement	24	Up 3 places+3	£451	-2.43%	61 9.61%	23
Accessibility	25	Up 3 places+3	£450	-	58 9.13%	45
User Research	25	Up 6 places+6	£325	-27.77%	58 9.13%	19
Containerisation	25	Up 2 places+2	£425	-11.68%	58 9.13%	28
Mentoring	26	Down 4 places-4	£460	-16.36%	57 8.98%	110
QA	26	Down 9 places-9	£400	-20.00%	57 8.98%	48
SQL	27	Down 4 places-4	£400	-20.00%	54 8.50%	81
Digital Transformation Programme	27	Up 8 places+8	£449	-13.70%	54 8.50%	25
Infrastructure Engineering	28	Up 12 places+12	£600	+28.75%	52 8.19%	12
Inclusion and Diversity	29	Up 11 places+11	£425	+6.25%	51 8.03%	85
Analytical Skills	30	Up 4 places+4	£400	-11.11%	49 7.72%	63
Infrastructure Engineer	30	Up 9 places+9	£600	+27.52%	49 7.72%	8
Lead	31	Down 10 places-10	£600	+4.34%	48 7.56%	120
User-Centered Design (UCD)	32	Down 5 places-5	£425	-22.72%	46 7.24%	18
User Experience	32	Up 5 places+5	£325	-30.66%	46 7.24%	48
Finance	32	Down 16 places-16	£463	+3.93%	46 7.24%	133
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	33	New entry-	£600	-	45 7.09%	3
Product Ownership	33	Up 2 places+2	£450	-13.87%	45 7.09%	34
SDLC	34	Up 2 places+2	£400	-27.27%	44 6.93%	31
Microservices	35	Down 28 places-28	£470	-14.54%	43 6.77%	43
SFIA	36	No change0	£470	-16.44%	42 6.61%	2
Decision-Making	36	Down 2 places-2	£463	-2.63%	42 6.61%	56