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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 11 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£503+0.55%12,249 22.43%12,467
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£540+0.55%11,813 21.64%3,670
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+2.32%9,996 18.31%11,351
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£536+2.17%8,998 16.48%2,410
Agile5Down -2 places-2£520+0.97%8,491 15.55%5,505
Azure6No change0£525+1.94%8,371 15.33%5,210
Stakeholder Management7Up 10 places+10£549+4.47%7,944 14.55%5,238
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.63%7,166 13.12%6,365
AWS9Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%6,436 11.79%4,965
Architect10Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%6,129 11.23%3,269
CI/CD11Up 5 places+5£525+2.94%6,078 11.13%3,967
Problem-Solving12Down -7 places-7£500+4.16%5,804 10.63%7,734
Python13Down -3 places-3£537+2.28%5,680 10.40%6,369
DevOps14No change0£525+1.01%5,675 10.39%2,944
Senior15Up 7 places+7£550-5,558 10.18%9,536
Developer16Down -4 places-4£505+1.00%5,336 9.77%2,067
Analyst17Down -6 places-6£463+2.77%5,265 9.64%2,376
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,184 9.49%3,809
AI19Up 33 places+33£560+1.81%5,121 9.38%11,893
Migration20Down -2 places-2£525+2.43%4,981 9.12%1,739
Public Sector21Down -1 place-1£520+4.00%4,975 9.11%2,407
Continuous Improvement22Up 14 places+14£520+4.00%4,904 8.98%6,036
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,654 8.52%6,185
Analytical Skills24Down -9 places-9£500-4,639 8.50%5,414
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 5 places+5£538+1.79%4,188 7.67%1,980
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,991 7.31%5,190
Consultant27Down -1 place-1£550-3,286 6.02%2,046
Windows28Down -7 places-7£425+4.29%3,259 5.97%1,721
Decision-Making29Up 20 places+20£530+5.89%3,212 5.88%5,088
Roadmaps30Up 9 places+9£575+6.48%3,206 5.87%5,131
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-3,080 5.64%1,987
Validation32Up 36 places+36£500-3,022 5.53%2,726
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£550-4.34%2,983 5.46%5,416
Oracle34Down -2 places-2£525+3.19%2,960 5.42%1,061
Java35Down -11 places-11£525+1.15%2,938 5.38%2,255
Data Modelling36Up 22 places+22£525-2,901 5.31%1,442
Terraform37No change0£537+2.28%2,863 5.24%1,689
Kubernetes38Down -4 places-4£538+1.89%2,840 5.20%2,205
Infrastructure as Code39Up 20 places+20£550-2,798 5.12%1,924
SAP40Down -12 places-12£567+0.30%2,775 5.08%1,304
Cybersecurity41Up 5 places+5£551+1.94%2,682 4.91%3,350
Power Platform42Up 2 places+2£500+5.26%2,579 4.72%1,896
Degree43Down -18 places-18£500-2,497 4.57%6,974
Business Intelligence44Down -6 places-6£500-2,459 4.50%2,169
Test Automation45Up 6 places+6£475-4.95%2,407 4.41%1,845
JIRA45Down -12 places-12£500+0.75%2,407 4.41%1,011
Data Quality46Up 56 places+56£500-0.49%2,336 4.28%1,665
ITIL47Down -2 places-2£500+11.11%2,250 4.12%1,061
DV Cleared48Up 32 places+32£600+2.12%2,247 4.12%892
GCP48Up 8 places+8£550-2,247 4.12%2,009
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.