Digital & IT Contractor Job Market in Tyne and Wear

Contract Job Market Index in Tyne and Wear

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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
Security Cleared	1	Up 1 place+1	£463	-2.63%	233 32.50%	155
Agile	2	No change0	£438	-7.89%	220 30.68%	192
Public Sector	3	Down 2 places-2	£450	-4.76%	213 29.71%	121
SC Cleared	4	No change0	£450	-10.00%	206 28.73%	124
Social Skills	5	Down 3 places-3	£439	-2.50%	150 20.92%	190
AWS	6	Down 3 places-3	£425	-22.72%	142 19.80%	137
CI/CD	7	Down 2 places-2	£425	-11.68%	134 18.69%	150
Senior	8	Up 1 place+1	£575	+27.77%	127 17.71%	218
DevOps	9	Up 6 places+6	£425	-22.72%	106 14.78%	117
Developer	10	Up 1 place+1	£425	-15.00%	104 14.50%	81
Test Automation	11	No change0	£438	-7.89%	94 13.11%	87
Terraform	12	Down 5 places-5	£425	-18.26%	89 12.41%	61
BPSS Clearance	13	Up 19 places+19	£461	-12.76%	87 12.13%	50
Azure	14	Down 4 places-4	£500	-	86 11.99%	150
Problem-Solving	15	Down 5 places-5	£380	-9.52%	82 11.44%	169
Scrum	16	Up 12 places+12	£444	-19.31%	81 11.30%	44
Java	16	Down 8 places-8	£450	-10.00%	81 11.30%	87
Infrastructure as Code	17	Down 1 place-1	£425	-15.00%	79 11.02%	74
Python	18	Down 5 places-5	£419	-18.68%	77 10.74%	123
GitLab	19	Down 2 places-2	£400	-30.43%	76 10.60%	33
Architect	20	Up 6 places+6	£625	-16.66%	74 10.32%	46
Continuous Improvement	21	No change0	£470	-1.05%	71 9.90%	125
Analytics	21	Up 8 places+8	£450	+14.28%	71 9.90%	86
Kubernetes	21	Down 9 places-9	£425	-22.72%	71 9.90%	42
Stakeholder Management	22	Down 3 places-3	£500	+5.26%	70 9.76%	56
Analyst	22	Down 14 places-14	£425	+21.42%	70 9.76%	57
Docker	23	Down 7 places-7	£425	-8.10%	65 9.07%	45
Software Engineering	24	Up 2 places+2	£600	+20.00%	62 8.65%	114
Stakeholder Engagement	25	Down 3 places-3	£450	-	60 8.37%	30
Accessibility	25	No change0	£450	+0.55%	60 8.37%	49
Infrastructure Engineering	26	Up 12 places+12	£600	+28.75%	59 8.23%	22
Finance	26	Down 13 places-13	£488	+10.79%	59 8.23%	148
Mentoring	27	Down 8 places-8	£460	-16.36%	58 8.09%	137
User Research	27	Up 2 places+2	£325	-27.77%	58 8.09%	19
Containerisation	28	Down 4 places-4	£425	-10.52%	57 7.95%	31
SQL	28	Down 8 places-8	£400	-20.00%	57 7.95%	99
QA	28	Down 14 places-14	£400	-20.00%	57 7.95%	57
Digital Transformation Programme	29	Up 4 places+4	£438	-15.86%	53 7.39%	25
Infrastructure Engineer	29	Up 8 places+8	£600	+27.52%	53 7.39%	14
Inclusion and Diversity	30	Up 8 places+8	£425	+6.25%	51 7.11%	97
Analytical Skills	31	Up 1 place+1	£400	-4.76%	50 6.97%	75
User-Centered Design (UCD)	32	Down 10 places-10	£425	-10.57%	46 6.42%	20
Product Ownership	32	No change0	£450	-13.87%	46 6.42%	42
Lead	32	Down 18 places-18	£600	+4.34%	46 6.42%	144
User Experience	33	Up 2 places+2	£325	-30.66%	45 6.28%	50
Microservices	33	Down 27 places-27	£450	-18.18%	45 6.28%	51
SDLC	33	Up 1 place+1	£400	-27.27%	45 6.28%	33
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	33	New entry-	£600	-	45 6.28%	7
Microsoft	34	Down 14 places-14	£413	+17.85%	42 5.86%	163
SFIA	34	No change0	£470	-16.44%	42 5.86%	2