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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 30 Jul 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£535+0.94%11,496 21.70%2,177
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-11,208 21.16%7,687
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-9,857 18.61%6,152
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£525-8,783 16.58%1,407
Agile5Down -2 places-2£515-0.96%8,361 15.78%3,143
Azure6No change0£525+0.96%8,250 15.57%3,434
Stakeholder Management7Up 9 places+9£546+4.04%6,559 12.38%3,177
AWS8Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%6,399 12.08%3,022
Microsoft9Down -1 place-1£488+2.63%6,392 12.07%4,253
Architect10Up 8 places+8£620-0.80%5,928 11.19%2,017
CI/CD11Up 6 places+6£525+3.96%5,881 11.10%2,405
Python12Down -2 places-2£525-1.06%5,647 10.66%3,341
DevOps13Up 2 places+2£525+1.94%5,615 10.60%1,983
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£490+1.03%5,548 10.47%4,421
Developer15Down -4 places-4£500-5,386 10.17%1,297
Senior16Up 5 places+5£550+1.61%5,330 10.06%4,863
Analyst17Down -5 places-5£451+0.11%5,264 9.94%1,480
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,119 9.66%2,076
Public Sector19Up 1 place+1£515+3.00%4,936 9.32%1,390
Migration20Down -1 place-1£525+2.43%4,863 9.18%1,020
AI21Up 37 places+37£550-4,696 8.87%6,064
Lead22Up 8 places+8£575-4,479 8.46%3,929
Continuous Improvement23Up 12 places+12£513+2.50%4,470 8.44%3,608
Analytical Skills24Down -10 places-10£500-4,451 8.40%3,028
Analytics25Up 4 places+4£525-3,957 7.47%2,796
Stakeholder Engagement26Up 13 places+13£535+1.90%3,945 7.45%1,188
Consultant27No change0£550-3,120 5.89%1,108
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+2.38%3,082 5.82%1,135
Roadmaps29Up 12 places+12£575+4.54%3,029 5.72%2,946
Decision-Making30Up 17 places+17£525+5.00%3,002 5.67%3,013
Java31Down -7 places-7£525-2,980 5.63%1,308
Banking32Down -9 places-9£550-2,915 5.50%907
Data Modelling33Up 27 places+27£520-0.95%2,884 5.44%827
Oracle34Down -3 places-3£525+1.94%2,871 5.42%590
Software Engineering35Up 7 places+7£558-3.04%2,846 5.37%3,078
Validation36Up 33 places+33£500-4.76%2,799 5.28%1,313
Terraform37Down -1 place-1£530+0.95%2,746 5.18%1,074
Kubernetes38Down -6 places-6£535-0.46%2,709 5.11%1,357
SAP39Down -11 places-11£561-1.53%2,682 5.06%654
Infrastructure as Code40Up 24 places+24£550-2,511 4.74%1,166
Degree41Down -16 places-16£500-2,472 4.67%3,593
Business Intelligence42Down -2 places-2£500-2,457 4.64%1,137
Power Platform43Up 2 places+2£500+5.26%2,454 4.63%1,005
JIRA44Down -11 places-11£500-2,421 4.57%583
Cybersecurity45Up 8 places+8£558+3.86%2,403 4.54%2,022
Test Automation46Up 4 places+4£475-2,258 4.26%951
GCP47Up 10 places+10£550-2,224 4.20%1,269
DV Cleared48Up 31 places+31£600+2.12%2,168 4.09%574
Data Quality49Up 62 places+62£500-2.43%2,146 4.05%936
ITIL50Down -6 places-6£500+11.11%2,133 4.03%663
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.