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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 8 Oct 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£510+2.00%12,618 23.13%22,475
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£550+2.42%11,940 21.89%6,469
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+3.77%10,005 18.34%22,358
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£545+3.80%9,102 16.69%3,940
Stakeholder Management5Up 11 places+11£550+4.76%8,656 15.87%8,367
Agile6Down -3 places-3£520+1.06%8,488 15.56%10,656
Azure7Down -2 places-2£529+1.92%8,263 15.15%8,466
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£490+3.15%7,445 13.65%9,981
AWS9No change0£550+4.76%6,398 11.73%8,788
CI/CD10Up 4 places+4£525+2.94%6,258 11.47%7,501
Architect11Up 8 places+8£620-0.80%6,091 11.17%5,366
Problem-Solving12Down -6 places-6£500+3.19%5,861 10.75%14,452
Senior13Up 8 places+8£550-5,729 10.50%20,198
Python14Down -4 places-4£538+2.38%5,651 10.36%12,203
DevOps15Down -2 places-2£525+0.96%5,638 10.34%5,462
AI16Up 26 places+26£563+2.27%5,358 9.82%24,632
Developer17Down -5 places-5£513+2.50%5,283 9.69%3,495
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,180 9.50%7,652
Public Sector19Down -1 place-1£525+5.00%5,140 9.42%4,306
Analyst20Down -9 places-9£475+5.55%5,066 9.29%5,553
Continuous Improvement21Up 10 places+10£520+4.00%5,051 9.26%11,297
Migration22Down -5 places-5£537+4.78%4,964 9.10%3,362
Analytical Skills23Down -8 places-8£500-4,623 8.48%11,190
Lead24Up 5 places+5£575+2.22%4,601 8.44%16,587
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 1 place+1£540+1.88%4,229 7.75%3,361
Analytics26Up 2 places+2£530+0.95%3,971 7.28%11,854
Roadmaps27Up 11 places+11£575+4.54%3,380 6.20%9,987
Decision-Making28Up 21 places+21£546+6.01%3,290 6.03%10,041
Windows29Down -9 places-9£425+6.25%3,252 5.96%2,936
Consultant30Down -6 places-6£550-3,244 5.95%4,223
Validation31Up 35 places+35£500-3,168 5.81%5,342
Banking32Down -9 places-9£550-3,146 5.77%3,898
Software Engineering33Up 8 places+8£550-0.45%3,083 5.65%10,335
Java34Down -12 places-12£522+0.77%2,939 5.39%4,253
Kubernetes35Down -3 places-3£540+2.85%2,923 5.36%3,917
Terraform36No change0£538+2.38%2,900 5.32%3,136
Infrastructure as Code37Up 15 places+15£550+1.85%2,895 5.31%3,351
Data Modelling38Up 17 places+17£525-2,893 5.30%2,929
Oracle39Down -5 places-5£525+1.94%2,877 5.27%2,029
Cybersecurity40Up 4 places+4£550+1.85%2,776 5.09%5,883
SAP41Down -14 places-14£550-3.50%2,772 5.08%2,666
Power Platform42Up 5 places+5£500+2.51%2,548 4.67%3,757
Test Automation43Up 3 places+3£475-5.00%2,534 4.65%3,878
Degree44Down -19 places-19£510+2.00%2,498 4.58%15,046
Data Quality45Up 52 places+52£515+3.00%2,427 4.45%3,889
Business Intelligence46Down -9 places-9£500-2,371 4.35%4,529
JIRA47Down -14 places-14£500-2,364 4.33%2,005
GCP48Up 3 places+3£550+1.33%2,305 4.23%3,743
QA49Up 11 places+11£475-2,304 4.22%3,934
Project Delivery50Up 8 places+8£525-2,260 4.14%4,019
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.