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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 2 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£507+1.40%12,583 22.92%23,226
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£550+2.42%11,974 21.81%6,748
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+2.80%10,027 18.26%22,620
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£540+2.46%9,138 16.65%4,170
Agile5Down -2 places-2£520+0.97%8,543 15.56%11,091
Stakeholder Management6Up 11 places+11£550+4.76%8,537 15.55%8,788
Azure7Down -1 place-1£525+1.35%8,323 15.16%9,492
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.73%7,416 13.51%11,050
AWS9No change0£550+4.76%6,454 11.76%9,145
CI/CD10Up 5 places+5£525+2.94%6,267 11.42%7,690
Architect11Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%6,162 11.22%5,414
Problem-Solving12Down -7 places-7£500+3.62%5,855 10.67%14,903
Senior13Up 8 places+8£550-5,756 10.48%20,067
DevOps14No change0£525+0.96%5,665 10.32%5,646
Python15Down -5 places-5£538+2.38%5,656 10.30%12,616
Developer16Down -4 places-4£510+2.00%5,344 9.73%3,914
AI17Up 27 places+27£560+1.81%5,341 9.73%24,279
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,218 9.50%8,070
Public Sector19No change0£525+5.00%5,130 9.34%4,617
Analyst20Down -9 places-9£468+3.88%5,121 9.33%6,123
Migration21Down -3 places-3£530+2.91%5,025 9.15%3,504
Continuous Improvement22Up 10 places+10£520+4.00%5,023 9.15%11,715
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,642 8.46%16,060
Analytical Skills24Down -8 places-8£500-4,632 8.44%11,405
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 2 places+2£540+1.64%4,201 7.65%3,489
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,975 7.24%11,904
Roadmaps27Up 12 places+12£575+4.54%3,332 6.07%9,842
Decision-Making28Up 23 places+23£540+5.36%3,300 6.01%10,207
Windows29Down -7 places-7£425+6.25%3,283 5.98%3,171
Consultant30Down -4 places-4£550-3,254 5.93%4,409
Banking31Down -7 places-7£550-3,150 5.74%4,038
Validation32Up 34 places+34£500-0.34%3,146 5.73%5,413
Software Engineering33Up 7 places+7£550-0.90%3,060 5.57%10,408
Java34Down -11 places-11£525+0.96%2,957 5.39%4,349
Oracle35Down -1 place-1£525+1.94%2,931 5.34%2,010
Kubernetes36Down -3 places-3£538+1.41%2,919 5.32%3,976
Terraform37No change0£538+2.38%2,906 5.29%3,162
Data Modelling38Up 19 places+19£525-2,895 5.27%3,096
Infrastructure as Code39Up 17 places+17£550+1.33%2,892 5.27%3,363
SAP40Down -12 places-12£558-2.53%2,772 5.05%2,615
Cybersecurity41Up 6 places+6£550+1.85%2,748 5.01%6,274
Power Platform42Up 4 places+4£500+5.26%2,556 4.66%3,933
Test Automation43Up 6 places+6£475-5.00%2,509 4.57%4,031
Degree44Down -19 places-19£501+0.24%2,508 4.57%14,778
Data Quality45Up 49 places+49£515+0.48%2,407 4.38%3,989
Business Intelligence46Down -8 places-8£500-2,394 4.36%4,667
JIRA47Down -12 places-12£500-2,384 4.34%2,084
GCP48Up 6 places+6£550-2,318 4.22%3,733
QA49Up 12 places+12£475-2,300 4.19%4,001
Project Delivery50Up 9 places+9£525-2,249 4.10%4,177
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.