Digital & IT Contractor Trends & Insights

Contract Job Market Index

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£510	+2.00%	13,372 24.40%	6,366
Security Cleared	2	Up 1 place+1	£550	+2.99%	12,269 22.38%	2,702
Finance	3	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	10,301 18.79%	4,905
Stakeholder Management	4	Up 12 places+12	£550	+4.76%	9,611 17.53%	2,353
SC Cleared	5	Up 1 place+1	£550	+4.76%	9,344 17.05%	1,872
Agile	6	Down 2 places-2	£513	-0.29%	8,720 15.91%	2,610
Azure	7	Down 2 places-2	£533	+2.40%	8,325 15.19%	3,658
Microsoft	8	No change0	£500	+5.26%	7,966 14.53%	4,397
CI/CD	9	Up 5 places+5	£519	+1.26%	6,545 11.94%	1,957
AWS	10	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	6,483 11.83%	2,458
Problem-Solving	11	Down 4 places-4	£498	+3.10%	6,284 11.46%	4,426
Architect	12	Up 8 places+8	£625	-	6,109 11.15%	1,215
Senior	13	Up 8 places+8	£550	-	5,821 10.62%	3,294
Python	14	Down 4 places-4	£538	+2.38%	5,788 10.56%	3,148
DevOps	15	Down 3 places-3	£525	-	5,704 10.41%	1,602
AI	16	Up 23 places+23	£560	+1.81%	5,575 10.17%	8,310
Public Sector	17	Up 1 place+1	£525	+5.00%	5,437 9.92%	1,300
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 11 places+11	£523	+4.50%	5,412 9.87%	2,854
SQL	19	Down 4 places-4	£500	-	5,225 9.53%	2,213
Developer	20	Down 7 places-7	£500	-	5,179 9.45%	1,354
Migration	21	Down 2 places-2	£540	+5.36%	5,144 9.38%	1,027
Analyst	22	Down 11 places-11	£470	+4.44%	5,065 9.24%	2,303
Analytical Skills	23	Down 6 places-6	£500	-	4,951 9.03%	2,473
Lead	24	Up 6 places+6	£575	+1.76%	4,594 8.38%	1,700
Stakeholder Engagement	25	Down 1 place-1	£545	+3.90%	4,512 8.23%	1,042
Analytics	26	Up 2 places+2	£540	+4.14%	4,078 7.44%	2,061
Roadmaps	27	Up 14 places+14	£600	+9.09%	3,635 6.63%	2,031
Validation	28	Up 37 places+37	£500	-	3,428 6.25%	1,550
Decision-Making	29	Up 24 places+24	£550	+8.48%	3,416 6.23%	2,225
Banking	30	Down 5 places-5	£550	-	3,345 6.10%	660
Consultant	31	Down 8 places-8	£550	-	3,291 6.00%	957
Windows	32	Down 10 places-10	£425	+8.97%	3,261 5.95%	1,180
Software Engineering	33	Up 11 places+11	£550	-	3,178 5.80%	2,271
Kubernetes	34	Down 2 places-2	£538	+2.38%	3,115 5.68%	910
Infrastructure as Code	35	Up 13 places+13	£550	+2.42%	3,019 5.51%	973
Java	36	Down 10 places-10	£513	-	3,004 5.48%	907
Terraform	37	Down 2 places-2	£538	+2.38%	2,996 5.47%	899
Data Modelling	38	Up 12 places+12	£525	-	2,971 5.42%	865
Cybersecurity	39	Up 3 places+3	£550	+3.77%	2,909 5.31%	2,433
Oracle	40	Down 7 places-7	£525	+1.94%	2,868 5.23%	607
SAP	41	Down 10 places-10	£558	-1.23%	2,814 5.13%	611
Test Automation	42	Up 4 places+4	£475	-5.00%	2,769 5.05%	1,097
Data Quality	43	Up 51 places+51	£513	+2.50%	2,662 4.86%	864
Degree	44	Down 17 places-17	£510	+2.00%	2,640 4.82%	7,518
Power Platform	45	Down 2 places-2	£500	+2.56%	2,535 4.62%	1,019
Project Delivery	46	Up 13 places+13	£525	-	2,403 4.38%	1,159
QA	47	Up 13 places+13	£475	-2.56%	2,396 4.37%	969
GCP	48	Up 3 places+3	£550	+3.77%	2,392 4.36%	860
JIRA	49	Down 13 places-13	£500	-	2,385 4.35%	526
Business Intelligence	50	Down 12 places-12	£500	-	2,378 4.34%	1,114

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.