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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 2 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£505+1.00%11,772 21.97%19,033
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£540+0.55%11,569 21.59%5,107
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+2.32%9,797 18.28%18,674
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£536+2.00%8,821 16.46%3,203
Agile5Down -2 places-2£520-8,329 15.54%8,812
Azure6No change0£525+1.94%8,284 15.46%7,051
Stakeholder Management7Up 9 places+9£550+4.76%7,536 14.06%7,478
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.73%6,906 12.89%8,394
AWS9Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%6,370 11.89%7,606
Architect10Up 9 places+9£614-1.80%6,005 11.21%3,921
CI/CD11Up 6 places+6£525+2.94%5,948 11.10%5,774
Python12Down -2 places-2£538+2.38%5,599 10.45%9,432
Problem-Solving13Down -8 places-8£500+3.62%5,596 10.44%11,985
DevOps14No change0£525+1.94%5,592 10.44%4,354
Senior15Up 6 places+6£550-5,424 10.12%13,171
Developer16Down -4 places-4£500-5,268 9.83%2,694
Analyst17Down -6 places-6£463+2.77%5,197 9.70%3,268
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,121 9.56%5,735
AI19Up 33 places+33£560+1.81%4,959 9.25%18,010
Migration20Down -2 places-2£525+2.43%4,914 9.17%2,610
Public Sector21Down -1 place-1£525+5.00%4,874 9.10%3,684
Continuous Improvement22Up 14 places+14£515+3.00%4,750 8.86%8,896
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,582 8.55%7,786
Analytical Skills24Down -9 places-9£500-4,549 8.49%8,740
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 5 places+5£537+1.32%4,129 7.71%2,612
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,932 7.34%8,443
Consultant27Down -1 place-1£550-3,233 6.03%3,019
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+3.03%3,201 5.97%2,285
Roadmaps29Up 11 places+11£575+4.54%3,110 5.80%8,067
Decision-Making30Up 17 places+17£530+6.00%3,095 5.78%8,038
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-3,012 5.62%3,424
Validation32Up 30 places+30£500-2,938 5.48%4,002
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£555-3.47%2,914 5.44%7,855
Oracle34Down -2 places-2£525+2.43%2,907 5.42%1,891
Java35Down -11 places-11£525+0.96%2,904 5.42%3,718
Data Modelling36Up 19 places+19£524-0.23%2,849 5.32%2,255
Terraform37No change0£537+2.28%2,812 5.25%2,397
Kubernetes38Down -4 places-4£538+2.38%2,769 5.17%3,381
Infrastructure as Code39Up 17 places+17£550+1.85%2,708 5.05%2,658
SAP40Down -12 places-12£575+1.27%2,695 5.03%1,785
Cybersecurity41Up 4 places+4£555+3.01%2,604 4.86%4,672
Power Platform42Up 2 places+2£500+5.26%2,519 4.70%2,508
Degree43Down -18 places-18£500+1.62%2,441 4.56%11,534
Business Intelligence44Down -6 places-6£500-2,431 4.54%3,006
JIRA45Down -12 places-12£500+1.62%2,341 4.37%1,667
Test Automation46Up 2 places+2£475-5.00%2,338 4.36%2,841
Data Quality47Up 53 places+53£500-2,254 4.21%2,453
ITIL48Down -5 places-5£500+11.11%2,220 4.14%1,550
GCP49Up 5 places+5£550-2,200 4.11%3,257
DV Cleared50Up 26 places+26£600+0.84%2,179 4.07%1,201
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.