Remote IT Contracting Market Trends Analysis

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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 12 Aug 2026Rank
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Social Skills1No change0£508+1.50%3,442 25.40%5,971
Security Cleared2Up 4 places+4£525-2.23%3,133 23.12%2,206
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-4.34%2,830 20.89%6,331
SC Cleared4Up 6 places+6£525-2.23%2,728 20.13%1,464
Azure5Down -1 place-1£525+5.00%2,569 18.96%2,953
Agile6Down -3 places-3£513-1.44%2,520 18.60%3,455
Stakeholder Management7Up 11 places+11£525-2,184 16.12%2,748
AWS8Down -3 places-3£540+0.55%2,059 15.20%3,108
CI/CD9Up 6 places+6£521+4.25%1,826 13.48%2,204
Public Sector10Up 13 places+13£520+4.00%1,758 12.97%1,617
Microsoft11Up 3 places+3£500-1,740 12.84%3,016
DevOps12Up 1 place+1£525+2.43%1,642 12.12%1,777
Architect13Up 4 places+4£600-1,601 11.82%1,446
Problem-Solving14Down -5 places-5£492-1.60%1,543 11.39%3,539
Developer15Down -8 places-8£500-4.76%1,541 11.37%1,044
SQL16Down -5 places-5£500-1,535 11.33%1,849
Python17Down -9 places-9£530-3.63%1,530 11.29%2,839
Migration18Up 1 place+1£525+5.00%1,468 10.83%949
Senior19Up 1 place+1£550-1,429 10.55%4,526
Analyst20Down -8 places-8£475-1,418 10.46%944
Analytical Skills21Down -5 places-5£500-4.76%1,367 10.09%2,832
Stakeholder Engagement22Up 15 places+15£525-1,364 10.07%1,064
Continuous Improvement23Up 13 places+13£500-1,324 9.77%2,875
AI23Up 31 places+31£550+3.52%1,324 9.77%6,078
Lead24Up 6 places+6£575-2.45%1,152 8.50%2,490
Analytics25Up 4 places+4£525-1,090 8.04%2,700
Consultant26Down -2 places-2£550-1,060 7.82%1,434
Decision-Making27Up 26 places+26£503+0.50%942 6.95%2,723
Data Modelling28Up 27 places+27£500-4.76%924 6.82%756
Roadmaps29Up 13 places+13£556-2.66%868 6.41%2,752
Terraform30Down -1 place-1£533+1.42%852 6.29%899
Java31Down -9 places-9£512-6.27%841 6.21%1,204
Kubernetes32Up 1 place+1£530+0.95%826 6.10%1,245
SAP33Down -5 places-5£550-3.93%816 6.02%754
Validation34Up 34 places+34£496-0.90%803 5.93%1,087
Infrastructure as Code35Up 13 places+13£550+4.76%798 5.89%1,035
Oracle36Down -4 places-4£500-7.40%792 5.85%837
JIRA37Down -2 places-2£500+4.16%749 5.53%585
Banking38Down -17 places-17£555-1.11%748 5.52%902
Software Engineering39Down -8 places-8£570-8.80%738 5.45%2,603
Cybersecurity40Up 9 places+9£570+8.57%732 5.40%1,565
Power Platform41Up 5 places+5£500+2.82%731 5.39%881
Data Quality42Up 50 places+50£500-703 5.19%827
Business Intelligence43Down -3 places-3£500-687 5.07%962
Business Analyst44Down -9 places-9£500-4.76%658 4.86%260
GCP45Down -2 places-2£550-7.94%657 4.85%1,335
Degree46Down -21 places-21£500-649 4.79%3,056
Docker47Down -8 places-8£525+5.00%648 4.78%892
ITIL48Up 11 places+11£500+9.58%639 4.72%523
Windows49Down -11 places-11£475+5.55%635 4.69%632