Remote IT Contracting Market Trends Analysis

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£520	+4.00%	3,832 28.17%	2,119
Finance	4	Down 2 places-2	£550	-	2,877 21.15%	1,747
Public Sector	9	Up 9 places+9	£525	+5.00%	2,052 15.09%	582
Analytical Skills	22	Down 5 places-5	£500	-	1,464 10.76%	860
Banking	37	Down 9 places-9	£550	-	831 6.11%	249
Legal	87	Up 45 places+45	£560	+6.66%	498 3.66%	348
Organisational Skills	91	Up 71 places+71	£415	-7.77%	476 3.50%	212
Retail	121	Up 13 places+13	£550	+3.92%	350 2.57%	298
Marketing	127	Down 28 places-28	£506	+5.46%	335 2.46%	485
Influencing Skills	127	Up 36 places+36	£599	+14.04%	335 2.46%	173
Manufacturing	133	Down 33 places-33	£525	-4.54%	317 2.33%	420
Documentation Skills	146	Down 22 places-22	£500	+5.26%	291 2.14%	75
Telecoms	160	Down 29 places-29	£475	-5.00%	265 1.95%	148
Inclusion and Diversity	160	Down 43 places-43	£463	-9.75%	265 1.95%	537
Local Government	200	Down 19 places-19	£500	-	192 1.41%	81
Aerospace	205	Up 58 places+58	£550	+4.76%	186 1.37%	285
Presentation Skills	211	Down 53 places-53	£525	-4.54%	178 1.31%	215
Pharmaceutical	215	Down 21 places-21	£600	+14.28%	172 1.26%	112
Investment Banking	225	Down 90 places-90	£700	-6.66%	160 1.18%	28
Military	237	Down 2 places-2	£638	+2.00%	145 1.07%	119
Front Office	249	Down 116 places-116	£663	-11.66%	131 0.96%	37
Billing	267	Down 32 places-32	£500	-20.12%	113 0.83%	51
Law	273	Down 88 places-88	£550	-	107 0.79%	410
Financial Institution	285	Down 30 places-30	£600	-	94 0.69%	54
General Ledger	299	Down 34 places-34	£544	-9.41%	79 0.58%	32
Publishing	308	Down 55 places-55	£455	+4.00%	70 0.51%	41
Police	310	Down 25 places-25	£555	-1.76%	68 0.50%	24
Advertising	320	Down 42 places-42	£416	+16.44%	58 0.43%	79
Automotive	327	Down 76 places-76	£540	+2.85%	51 0.38%	93
Back Office	334	Down 81 places-81	£480	-27.54%	44 0.32%	89
Aviation	336	Down 44 places-44	£560	+9.26%	42 0.31%	37
Games	339	Down 48 places-48	£500	+38.88%	39 0.29%	76
Retail Banking	342	Down 68 places-68	£483	-9.29%	36 0.26%	2
German Language	346	Down 61 places-61	£450	-	32 0.24%	51
Electronics	347	Down 99 places-99	£480	-10.69%	31 0.23%	253
Corporate Banking	347	Down 59 places-59	£525	-25.03%	31 0.23%	2
French Language	352	Down 77 places-77	£450	-12.19%	26 0.19%	41
Social Housing	361	Down 65 places-65	£500	+11.11%	17 0.13%	9
Spanish Language	362	Down 73 places-73	£475	+1.87%	16 0.12%	18
Legal Technology	362	Down 61 places-61	£400	-42.85%	16 0.12%	28
TTP	362	Down 72 places-72	£568	+8.09%	16 0.12%	10
Japanese Language	363	Down 60 places-60	£416	+36.39%	15 0.11%	9
Health Technology	363	Down 70 places-70	£550	+15.78%	15 0.11%	16