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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 18 Aug 2026Rank
6 Months to
Rank
YoY Change
Median
Daily Rate
Median Daily Rate
YoY Change
Historical
Absolute & Relative
Jobs Vacancies
Live
Jobs
Security Cleared1Up 3 places+3£538+0.70%11,609 21.68%2,147
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-11,488 21.45%7,628
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+1.38%9,878 18.44%4,779
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£529+0.76%8,850 16.52%1,424
Agile5Down -2 places-2£518-0.48%8,370 15.63%2,550
Azure6No change0£525+0.96%8,348 15.59%2,805
Stakeholder Management7Up 9 places+9£550+4.76%7,066 13.19%3,265
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£489+2.94%6,765 12.63%4,451
AWS9Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%6,363 11.88%1,854
Architect10Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%5,948 11.11%865
CI/CD11Up 6 places+6£525+2.43%5,943 11.10%1,452
DevOps12Up 3 places+3£525+0.96%5,667 10.58%1,302
Problem-Solving13Down -8 places-8£495+1.88%5,593 10.44%4,466
Python14Down -4 places-4£535+1.90%5,583 10.42%2,280
Senior15Up 6 places+6£550-5,387 10.06%2,472
Developer16Down -5 places-5£500-5,367 10.02%1,220
Analyst17Down -5 places-5£463+2.77%5,201 9.71%1,779
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,140 9.60%1,959
Migration19Down -1 place-1£525+2.43%4,930 9.20%997
Public Sector20No change0£520+4.00%4,910 9.17%1,221
AI21Up 34 places+34£560+1.81%4,827 9.01%3,311
Continuous Improvement22Up 13 places+13£513+2.60%4,632 8.65%3,452
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,587 8.56%1,531
Analytical Skills24Down -10 places-10£500-4,534 8.47%3,034
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 9 places+9£530-1.39%4,101 7.66%1,112
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,981 7.43%2,087
Consultant27No change0£550-3,179 5.94%1,195
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+3.03%3,160 5.90%1,029
Roadmaps29Up 10 places+10£575+4.54%3,078 5.75%1,584
Decision-Making30Up 16 places+16£525+5.00%3,013 5.63%2,522
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-2,967 5.54%629
Oracle32Down -2 places-2£525+1.94%2,930 5.47%487
Java33Down -9 places-9£525-2,913 5.44%707
Validation34Up 34 places+34£500-1.96%2,884 5.38%1,280
Data Modelling35Up 23 places+23£523-0.47%2,878 5.37%633
Software Engineering36Up 6 places+6£550-4.34%2,876 5.37%1,511
Terraform37No change0£538+2.38%2,795 5.22%612
Kubernetes38Down -5 places-5£537+0.84%2,759 5.15%705
SAP39Down -11 places-11£575+1.76%2,735 5.11%644
Infrastructure as Code40Up 22 places+22£550+1.85%2,653 4.95%628
Cybersecurity41Up 7 places+7£559+4.29%2,525 4.71%1,845
Power Platform42Up 1 place+1£500+5.26%2,504 4.68%1,111
Business Intelligence43Down -5 places-5£500-2,460 4.59%1,152
Degree44Down -19 places-19£500-2,455 4.58%3,075
JIRA45Down -13 places-13£500-2,379 4.44%581
Test Automation46Up 4 places+4£475-4.23%2,330 4.35%690
GCP47Up 9 places+9£550-2,235 4.17%715
ITIL48Down -4 places-4£500+11.11%2,222 4.15%703
DV Cleared49Up 30 places+30£600+1.69%2,169 4.05%495
Data Quality50Up 51 places+51£500-1.96%2,168 4.05%889
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.