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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 5 Sep 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£505+1.00%11,907 22.07%19,083
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£540+1.12%11,701 21.68%5,088
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+2.32%9,871 18.29%18,790
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£537+2.28%8,921 16.53%3,178
Agile5Down -2 places-2£520+0.14%8,391 15.55%8,788
Azure6No change0£525+1.94%8,323 15.42%7,021
Stakeholder Management7Up 10 places+10£550+4.16%7,693 14.26%7,568
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.63%6,977 12.93%8,493
AWS9Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%6,413 11.88%7,475
Architect10Up 9 places+9£616-1.44%6,075 11.26%4,062
CI/CD11Up 5 places+5£525+2.53%6,011 11.14%5,714
Problem-Solving12Down -7 places-7£500+4.16%5,663 10.49%12,024
Python13Down -3 places-3£538+2.38%5,633 10.44%9,329
DevOps14No change0£525+1.33%5,625 10.42%4,318
Senior15Up 6 places+6£550-5,478 10.15%13,034
Developer16Down -4 places-4£500-5,298 9.82%2,665
Analyst17Down -6 places-6£464+3.05%5,227 9.69%3,287
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,139 9.52%5,772
AI19Up 33 places+33£560+1.81%5,010 9.28%18,198
Migration20Down -2 places-2£525+2.43%4,952 9.18%2,601
Public Sector21Down -1 place-1£525+5.00%4,920 9.12%3,674
Continuous Improvement22Up 14 places+14£518+3.65%4,799 8.89%9,051
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,625 8.57%7,856
Analytical Skills24Down -9 places-9£500-4,586 8.50%8,874
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 5 places+5£538+1.41%4,150 7.69%2,700
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,955 7.33%8,514
Consultant27Down -1 place-1£550-3,262 6.05%3,131
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+3.65%3,205 5.94%2,323
Decision-Making29Up 20 places+20£530+5.89%3,129 5.80%8,293
Roadmaps30Up 10 places+10£575+4.54%3,127 5.79%8,189
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-3,051 5.65%3,393
Validation32Up 33 places+33£500-2,972 5.51%3,999
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£550-4.34%2,951 5.47%7,630
Oracle34Down -2 places-2£525+2.94%2,926 5.42%1,889
Java35Down -11 places-11£525+0.98%2,917 5.41%3,549
Data Modelling36Up 20 places+20£525-2,879 5.34%2,268
Terraform37No change0£535+1.90%2,834 5.25%2,358
Kubernetes38Down -4 places-4£538+2.38%2,807 5.20%3,317
Infrastructure as Code39Up 18 places+18£550+1.85%2,745 5.09%2,641
SAP40Down -12 places-12£575+1.32%2,710 5.02%1,839
Cybersecurity41Up 5 places+5£555+3.25%2,648 4.91%4,672
Power Platform42Up 1 place+1£500+5.26%2,533 4.69%2,580
Degree43Down -18 places-18£500+1.01%2,458 4.56%11,622
Business Intelligence44Down -6 places-6£500-2,437 4.52%3,071
Test Automation45Up 5 places+5£475-5.00%2,364 4.38%2,813
JIRA46Down -13 places-13£500+1.57%2,361 4.38%1,668
Data Quality47Up 54 places+54£500-1.96%2,290 4.24%2,534
ITIL48Down -4 places-4£500+11.11%2,238 4.15%1,554
GCP49Up 6 places+6£550-2,222 4.12%3,199
DV Cleared50Up 27 places+27£600+2.12%2,209 4.09%1,215
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.