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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 18 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£525-10,928 21.68%2,161
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-10,494 20.82%6,999
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-9,276 18.40%5,378
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£525-8,383 16.63%1,454
Azure5Up 1 place+1£525-7,775 15.43%3,284
Agile6Down -3 places-3£512-2.47%7,719 15.32%2,789
AWS7No change0£538+1.41%6,112 12.13%2,614
Microsoft8Up 2 places+2£493+3.68%5,824 11.56%3,719
Architect9Up 8 places+8£620-0.80%5,556 11.02%2,160
CI/CD10Up 9 places+9£523+1.95%5,545 11.00%1,799
Stakeholder Management11Up 5 places+5£538+2.38%5,532 10.98%2,196
Python12Down -1 place-1£525-2.77%5,464 10.84%3,160
DevOps13Up 2 places+2£525-5,376 10.67%1,544
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£492-1.60%5,264 10.44%3,862
Developer15Down -6 places-6£500-1.47%5,080 10.08%1,312
Analyst16Down -4 places-4£450-5,027 9.97%1,502
Senior17Up 4 places+4£550+1.85%4,921 9.76%4,609
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-4,834 9.59%2,063
Public Sector19Up 1 place+1£510+2.00%4,705 9.34%1,357
Migration20Down -2 places-2£525-4,624 9.17%967
AI21Up 39 places+39£550-4,130 8.19%4,726
Lead22Up 8 places+8£575-0.86%4,126 8.19%2,689
Analytical Skills23Down -9 places-9£500-4,060 8.06%2,593
Continuous Improvement24Up 16 places+16£501+0.10%3,889 7.72%2,796
Analytics25Up 4 places+4£523-0.47%3,617 7.18%2,297
Stakeholder Engagement26Up 27 places+27£525-3,515 6.97%1,208
Consultant27Up 1 place+1£543-1.36%2,936 5.83%2,014
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425-2,923 5.80%1,135
Java29Down -5 places-5£523-0.47%2,873 5.70%1,097
Roadmaps30Up 11 places+11£563+0.44%2,772 5.50%1,944
Banking31Down -8 places-8£540-5.05%2,760 5.48%740
Decision-Making32Up 15 places+15£518+1.07%2,756 5.47%2,777
Data Modelling33Up 25 places+25£520-0.95%2,676 5.31%786
Oracle34Down -2 places-2£520-0.95%2,626 5.21%611
Software Engineering35Up 10 places+10£550-4.34%2,607 5.17%2,907
Validation36Up 39 places+39£500-5.66%2,592 5.14%1,078
Terraform37Down -1 place-1£525-0.37%2,578 5.12%797
Kubernetes38Down -5 places-5£525-2.32%2,513 4.99%909
SAP39Down -12 places-12£550-4.34%2,510 4.98%664
Degree40Down -15 places-15£495-1.00%2,410 4.78%3,473
JIRA41Down -7 places-7£488-2.50%2,380 4.72%516
Power Platform42Up 1 place+1£500+5.26%2,377 4.72%987
Business Intelligence43Down -4 places-4£500-2,366 4.69%1,118
Infrastructure as Code44Up 27 places+27£525-4.54%2,307 4.58%823
Cybersecurity45Up 10 places+10£560+1.81%2,231 4.43%2,137
Test Automation46Up 2 places+2£475-4.04%2,139 4.24%764
Project Management47Down -21 places-21£510+2.00%2,044 4.06%1,284
Business Analyst48Down -11 places-11£500-2,042 4.05%361
GCP49Up 7 places+7£550-4.34%2,016 4.00%930
DV Cleared50Up 34 places+34£600+4.34%1,960 3.89%471
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.