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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 12 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£530-11,502 21.72%2,936
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-11,167 21.09%7,875
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-9,853 18.61%6,961
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£525-8,773 16.57%1,947
Agile5Down -2 places-2£513-2.20%8,300 15.67%3,928
Azure6No change0£525+0.96%8,199 15.48%3,708
AWS7No change0£550+4.76%6,462 12.20%2,849
Microsoft8No change0£488+2.63%6,306 11.91%4,061
Stakeholder Management9Up 7 places+7£540+1.88%6,161 11.63%3,282
CI/CD10Up 8 places+8£525+4.89%5,937 11.21%2,155
Architect11Up 6 places+6£616-1.44%5,887 11.12%1,487
Python12Down -1 place-1£525-2.14%5,754 10.87%3,480
DevOps13Up 2 places+2£525+0.57%5,678 10.72%1,862
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£490-1.01%5,605 10.58%4,591
Developer15Down -5 places-5£500-0.99%5,361 10.12%1,510
Analyst16Down -4 places-4£450-5,308 10.02%2,114
Senior17Up 3 places+3£550+1.85%5,194 9.81%4,187
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,129 9.69%2,593
Public Sector19Up 2 places+2£513+2.50%5,008 9.46%1,712
Migration20Down -1 place-1£525+1.44%4,878 9.21%1,072
AI21Up 37 places+37£550-4,547 8.59%5,475
Analytical Skills22Down -8 places-8£500-4,428 8.36%3,405
Lead23Up 7 places+7£575-4,374 8.26%3,054
Continuous Improvement24Up 13 places+13£510+2.00%4,281 8.08%3,697
Analytics25Up 4 places+4£525-3,903 7.37%3,166
Stakeholder Engagement26Up 19 places+19£534+1.61%3,885 7.34%1,367
Windows27Down -5 places-5£425-3,110 5.87%1,205
Consultant28Down -1 place-1£550-3,087 5.83%1,407
Java29Down -5 places-5£525-3,040 5.74%1,271
Roadmaps30Up 11 places+11£575+4.54%2,990 5.65%2,684
Decision-Making31Up 16 places+16£520+3.89%2,988 5.64%3,246
Banking32Down -9 places-9£550-0.54%2,943 5.56%1,206
Data Modelling33Up 26 places+26£520-0.95%2,857 5.40%942
Oracle34Down -3 places-3£525+0.96%2,829 5.34%570
Validation35Up 38 places+38£500-4.76%2,805 5.30%1,206
Software Engineering36Up 6 places+6£550-4.34%2,794 5.28%2,669
Terraform37Down -1 place-1£525-2,766 5.22%976
Kubernetes38Down -5 places-5£531-1.16%2,742 5.18%1,107
SAP39Down -11 places-11£550-4.34%2,649 5.00%606
Degree40Down -15 places-15£495-1.00%2,528 4.77%3,471
JIRA41Down -7 places-7£500-2,493 4.71%745
Infrastructure as Code42Up 23 places+23£550+1.28%2,480 4.68%1,040
Power Platform43Up 3 places+3£493+3.68%2,463 4.65%1,197
Business Intelligence44Down -4 places-4£500-2,456 4.64%1,284
Cybersecurity45Up 11 places+11£560+2.75%2,413 4.56%2,209
Test Automation46Up 2 places+2£475-1.65%2,300 4.34%897
GCP47Up 10 places+10£550-2,171 4.10%1,203
Business Analyst48Down -10 places-10£500-2,154 4.07%502
DV Cleared49Up 32 places+32£600+2.12%2,141 4.04%823
ITIL50Down -6 places-6£500+11.11%2,134 4.03%900
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.