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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 24 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£533+0.62%11,469 21.73%2,586
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-11,128 21.09%7,710
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-9,807 18.58%6,773
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£525-8,757 16.59%1,648
Agile5Down -2 places-2£514-1.15%8,347 15.82%3,423
Azure6No change0£525+0.38%8,183 15.51%3,889
Stakeholder Management7Up 9 places+9£540+2.85%6,434 12.19%3,145
AWS8No change0£550+4.76%6,388 12.10%3,100
Microsoft9Down -2 places-2£490+3.15%6,339 12.01%4,215
Architect10Up 7 places+7£618-1.16%5,876 11.13%2,197
CI/CD11Up 8 places+8£525+3.96%5,856 11.10%2,445
Python12Down -2 places-2£525-0.94%5,641 10.69%3,602
DevOps13Up 2 places+2£525+1.01%5,616 10.64%2,069
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£490-5,556 10.53%4,484
Developer15Down -4 places-4£500-5,358 10.15%1,316
Senior16Up 5 places+5£550+1.85%5,276 10.00%5,073
Analyst17Down -5 places-5£450-5,263 9.97%1,747
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,104 9.67%2,164
Public Sector19Up 1 place+1£515+3.00%4,953 9.39%1,564
Migration20Down -2 places-2£525+2.43%4,878 9.24%1,079
AI21Up 37 places+37£550-4,646 8.80%6,202
Lead22Up 8 places+8£575-4,447 8.43%4,112
Analytical Skills23Down -9 places-9£500-4,430 8.39%3,174
Continuous Improvement24Up 12 places+12£511+2.20%4,390 8.32%3,766
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 15 places+15£535+1.90%3,924 7.44%1,187
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,918 7.42%2,924
Consultant27No change0£550-3,076 5.83%1,312
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+2.16%3,063 5.80%1,200
Roadmaps29Up 13 places+13£575+4.54%3,022 5.73%3,066
Decision-Making30Up 17 places+17£525+5.00%2,991 5.67%3,261
Java31Down -7 places-7£525-2,977 5.64%1,346
Banking32Down -9 places-9£550-2,907 5.51%1,014
Oracle33Down -2 places-2£525+2.43%2,865 5.43%581
Data Modelling34Up 26 places+26£523-0.47%2,852 5.40%881
Software Engineering35Up 8 places+8£550-4.34%2,815 5.33%3,381
Validation36Up 35 places+35£500-4.76%2,792 5.29%1,287
Terraform37Down -2 places-2£528+0.57%2,754 5.22%1,098
Kubernetes38Down -6 places-6£530-1.39%2,704 5.12%1,325
SAP39Down -11 places-11£560-0.88%2,676 5.07%691
Infrastructure as Code40Up 25 places+25£550-2,496 4.73%1,220
Degree41Down -16 places-16£500-2,485 4.71%3,717
JIRA42Down -9 places-9£500-2,450 4.64%633
Business Intelligence43Down -4 places-4£500-2,441 4.63%1,241
Power Platform44Up 2 places+2£500+5.26%2,440 4.62%1,170
Cybersecurity45Up 8 places+8£560+3.61%2,386 4.52%2,334
Test Automation46Up 4 places+4£475-2,264 4.29%986
GCP47Up 10 places+10£550-2,192 4.15%1,342
DV Cleared48Up 33 places+33£600+2.12%2,164 4.10%653
Business Analyst49Down -11 places-11£500-2,125 4.03%431
ITIL50Down -6 places-6£500+11.11%2,121 4.02%770
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.