Remote IT Contracting Market Trends Analysis

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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 25 Aug 2026Rank
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Social Skills1No change0£500-3,520 26.14%4,478
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£525-2.32%3,065 22.76%1,646
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-4.34%2,793 20.74%4,431
SC Cleared4Up 6 places+6£525-2.23%2,657 19.73%1,075
Azure5Up 1 place+1£525+5.00%2,546 18.91%1,905
Agile6Down -3 places-3£510-2.85%2,499 18.56%2,467
Stakeholder Management7Up 11 places+11£525-2,303 17.10%1,928
AWS8Down -3 places-3£543+3.33%2,037 15.13%1,989
CI/CD9Up 6 places+6£525+5.00%1,826 13.56%1,377
Microsoft10Up 4 places+4£500-1,784 13.25%2,102
Public Sector11Up 10 places+10£525+5.00%1,753 13.02%1,270
DevOps12Up 1 place+1£525+1.94%1,616 12.00%1,099
Architect13Up 4 places+4£600-1,598 11.87%675
Problem-Solving14Down -5 places-5£500-1,527 11.34%2,749
SQL15Down -3 places-3£500-1,525 11.32%1,199
Developer16Down -9 places-9£500-4.76%1,509 11.21%657
Python17Down -9 places-9£530-3.72%1,502 11.15%1,688
Migration18Up 1 place+1£525+5.00%1,464 10.87%679
Senior19Up 1 place+1£550-1.78%1,428 10.60%2,420
Analyst20Down -9 places-9£475+0.10%1,412 10.48%735
Stakeholder Engagement21Up 12 places+12£525-1,386 10.29%739
Analytical Skills22Down -6 places-6£500-4.76%1,357 10.08%2,206
Continuous Improvement23Up 13 places+13£500-1,330 9.88%2,034
AI24Up 29 places+29£550-1,321 9.81%3,740
Lead25Up 4 places+4£575-1,136 8.44%1,120
Analytics26Up 6 places+6£525-1,094 8.12%1,774
Consultant27Down -3 places-3£550-1,087 8.07%938
Decision-Making28Up 29 places+29£518+7.25%942 6.99%1,826
Data Modelling29Up 27 places+27£500-4.76%911 6.76%557
Roadmaps30Up 13 places+13£553+0.54%874 6.49%1,733
Terraform31Down -1 place-1£537+2.28%849 6.30%512
Java32Down -9 places-9£514-4.41%823 6.11%782
SAP33Down -5 places-5£575+1.32%818 6.07%537
Kubernetes34No change0£531+1.19%813 6.04%712
Infrastructure as Code35Up 13 places+13£550+2.69%812 6.03%642
Validation36Up 30 places+30£500-809 6.01%926
Oracle37No change0£513-5.26%783 5.81%747
Cybersecurity38Up 13 places+13£568+8.19%739 5.49%1,061
Power Platform39Up 6 places+6£500-734 5.45%614
Software Engineering40Down -9 places-9£550-8.33%732 5.44%1,421
JIRA41Down -6 places-6£500+1.62%730 5.42%442
Banking41Down -19 places-19£565+2.72%730 5.42%632
Data Quality42Up 54 places+54£500-728 5.41%603
Business Intelligence43Down -4 places-4£500-685 5.09%677
Business Analyst44Down -7 places-7£500-4.30%659 4.89%195
Degree45Down -20 places-20£500-653 4.85%2,349
ITIL46Up 15 places+15£500+11.11%646 4.80%453
GCP46Up 3 places+3£550-8.33%646 4.80%789
Cloud Native47Up 57 places+57£550+7.42%634 4.71%558
Docker48Down -7 places-7£525+5.00%631 4.69%552