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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 24 Aug 2026Rank
6 Months to
Rank
YoY Change
Median
Daily Rate
Median Daily Rate
YoY Change
Historical
Absolute & Relative
Jobs Vacancies
Live
Jobs
Social Skills1No change0£500-11,564 21.56%7,775
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£538+0.74%11,557 21.55%2,067
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+1.85%9,823 18.31%4,595
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£530+0.95%8,798 16.40%1,359
Azure5Up 1 place+1£525+1.94%8,335 15.54%2,971
Agile6Down -3 places-3£518-0.48%8,320 15.51%2,479
Stakeholder Management7Up 9 places+9£550+4.76%7,228 13.48%3,103
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.73%6,823 12.72%4,721
AWS9Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%6,341 11.82%1,851
Architect10Up 9 places+9£618-1.20%5,997 11.18%807
CI/CD11Up 6 places+6£525+2.43%5,936 11.07%1,463
DevOps12Up 3 places+3£525+0.96%5,647 10.53%1,284
Problem-Solving13Down -8 places-8£495+1.02%5,571 10.39%4,582
Python14Down -4 places-4£530+0.95%5,548 10.34%2,318
Senior15Up 6 places+6£550-5,381 10.03%2,306
Developer16Down -4 places-4£500-5,341 9.96%1,151
Analyst17Down -6 places-6£463+2.77%5,194 9.68%1,754
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,122 9.55%1,988
Migration19Down -1 place-1£525+2.58%4,917 9.17%928
Public Sector20No change0£520+4.00%4,876 9.09%1,235
AI21Up 34 places+34£560+1.81%4,851 9.04%3,258
Continuous Improvement22Up 14 places+14£514+2.80%4,664 8.70%3,301
Lead23Up 7 places+7£575-4,622 8.62%1,361
Analytical Skills24Down -10 places-10£500-4,539 8.46%2,996
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 8 places+8£530-1.11%4,091 7.63%1,079
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,948 7.36%2,016
Consultant27No change0£550-3,229 6.02%1,083
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+3.65%3,164 5.90%1,055
Roadmaps29Up 10 places+10£575+4.54%3,045 5.68%1,555
Decision-Making30Up 16 places+16£525+5.00%3,034 5.66%2,515
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-2,987 5.57%572
Oracle32Down -1 place-1£525+1.94%2,915 5.43%494
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£551-4.26%2,906 5.42%1,432
Validation34Up 35 places+35£500-2,904 5.41%1,280
Java35Down -11 places-11£525+0.96%2,892 5.39%685
Data Modelling36Up 22 places+22£523-0.47%2,843 5.30%622
Terraform37No change0£537+2.28%2,798 5.22%610
Kubernetes38Down -4 places-4£537+1.32%2,751 5.13%701
SAP39Down -11 places-11£575+1.76%2,709 5.05%653
Infrastructure as Code40Up 21 places+21£550+1.85%2,669 4.98%664
Cybersecurity41Up 6 places+6£550+2.80%2,547 4.75%1,908
Power Platform42Up 1 place+1£500+5.26%2,510 4.68%1,125
Degree43Down -18 places-18£500-2,454 4.58%3,055
Business Intelligence44Down -6 places-6£500-2,450 4.57%1,180
JIRA45Down -13 places-13£500-2,357 4.39%554
Test Automation46Up 3 places+3£475-5.00%2,323 4.33%700
GCP47Up 10 places+10£550-2,223 4.14%685
ITIL48Down -4 places-4£500+11.11%2,222 4.14%700
Data Quality49Up 55 places+55£500-2.43%2,201 4.10%873
DV Cleared50Up 31 places+31£600+1.22%2,155 4.02%443
The figures above represent demand-side skills and capabilities across the digital and IT contractor job market.
The statistics are not representative of specific organisations.