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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 21 Jun 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£525-10,989 21.68%1,746
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-10,596 20.91%5,558
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-9,341 18.43%3,989
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£525-8,415 16.60%1,163
Agile5Down -2 places-2£513-2.38%7,811 15.41%2,073
Azure6No change0£525-7,801 15.39%2,586
AWS7No change0£540+2.85%6,188 12.21%1,767
Microsoft8Up 2 places+2£497+4.66%5,855 11.55%3,176
Architect9Up 8 places+8£620-0.80%5,607 11.06%975
Stakeholder Management10Up 6 places+6£538+2.38%5,606 11.06%1,766
CI/CD11Up 8 places+8£523+2.00%5,588 11.03%1,292
Python12Down -1 place-1£525-2.77%5,504 10.86%2,153
DevOps13Up 2 places+2£525-5,390 10.64%1,181
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£492-1.60%5,337 10.53%3,000
Developer15Down -6 places-6£500-0.49%5,111 10.08%1,232
Analyst16Down -4 places-4£450-5,044 9.95%1,427
Senior17Up 4 places+4£550+1.85%4,949 9.77%2,363
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-4,872 9.61%1,702
Public Sector19Up 1 place+1£510+2.00%4,755 9.38%1,030
Migration20Down -2 places-2£525-4,632 9.14%731
AI21Up 39 places+39£550-4,186 8.26%3,241
Lead22Up 8 places+8£575-1.70%4,175 8.24%1,464
Analytical Skills23Down -9 places-9£500-4,095 8.08%2,007
Continuous Improvement24Up 16 places+16£500+0.05%3,946 7.79%2,366
Analytics25Up 4 places+4£525-3,649 7.20%1,816
Stakeholder Engagement26Up 26 places+26£525-3,564 7.03%983
Consultant27Up 1 place+1£540-1.81%2,956 5.83%1,153
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425-2,948 5.82%948
Java29Down -5 places-5£525-2,886 5.69%645
Banking30Down -7 places-7£543-2.97%2,804 5.53%545
Decision-Making31Up 18 places+18£519+1.17%2,794 5.51%2,294
Roadmaps32Up 9 places+9£563+0.44%2,791 5.51%1,289
Data Modelling33Up 26 places+26£520-0.95%2,688 5.30%570
Software Engineering34Up 11 places+11£550-4.34%2,652 5.23%1,565
Oracle35Down -3 places-3£525-0.09%2,636 5.20%439
Validation36Up 38 places+38£500-4.76%2,607 5.14%873
Terraform37Down -1 place-1£525-2,589 5.11%555
Kubernetes38Down -5 places-5£525-2.32%2,539 5.01%573
SAP39Down -12 places-12£550-4.34%2,514 4.96%461
Degree40Down -15 places-15£500-2,432 4.80%2,460
JIRA41Down -7 places-7£488-2.50%2,417 4.77%453
Power Platform42Up 2 places+2£498+4.84%2,390 4.72%865
Business Intelligence43Down -4 places-4£500-2,379 4.69%946
Infrastructure as Code44Up 28 places+28£527-4.13%2,311 4.56%563
Cybersecurity45Up 11 places+11£560+1.81%2,259 4.46%1,646
Test Automation46Up 2 places+2£475-3.06%2,154 4.25%568
Project Management47Down -21 places-21£510+1.90%2,055 4.05%1,005
GCP48Up 9 places+9£550-4.34%2,036 4.02%609
Business Analyst49Down -12 places-12£500-2,035 4.02%344
DV Cleared50Up 34 places+34£600+3.44%1,992 3.93%344
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.