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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 30 Aug 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£501+0.10%11,798 21.85%11,846
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£540+0.55%11,672 21.62%3,257
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+2.32%9,886 18.31%10,281
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£533+1.52%8,896 16.48%2,077
Agile5Down -2 places-2£520-8,382 15.53%4,964
Azure6No change0£525+1.94%8,366 15.50%5,122
Stakeholder Management7Up 9 places+9£550+4.76%7,499 13.89%4,631
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.68%6,930 12.84%6,192
AWS9Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%6,407 11.87%4,757
Architect10Up 9 places+9£615-1.60%6,049 11.21%2,944
CI/CD11Up 6 places+6£525+2.94%5,944 11.01%3,843
DevOps12Up 3 places+3£525+1.94%5,645 10.46%2,829
Python13Down -3 places-3£535+1.90%5,629 10.43%6,010
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£500+3.30%5,622 10.41%7,429
Senior15Up 6 places+6£550-5,437 10.07%8,541
Developer16Down -4 places-4£500-5,338 9.89%1,779
Analyst17Down -6 places-6£463+2.77%5,245 9.72%2,131
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,146 9.53%3,487
Migration19Down -1 place-1£525+2.43%4,965 9.20%1,705
Public Sector20No change0£525+5.00%4,936 9.14%2,138
AI21Up 33 places+33£560+1.81%4,932 9.14%11,015
Continuous Improvement22Up 14 places+14£515+3.00%4,749 8.80%5,603
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,646 8.61%5,756
Analytical Skills24Down -10 places-10£500-4,554 8.44%5,007
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 5 places+5£535+0.94%4,160 7.71%1,632
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,980 7.37%4,742
Consultant27Down -1 place-1£550-3,270 6.06%1,696
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+3.03%3,191 5.91%1,572
Roadmaps29Up 10 places+10£575+4.54%3,114 5.77%4,763
Decision-Making30Up 18 places+18£525+5.00%3,100 5.74%4,685
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-3,029 5.61%1,873
Validation32Up 35 places+35£500-2,940 5.45%2,420
Java33Down -9 places-9£525+0.96%2,917 5.40%2,297
Software Engineering34Up 8 places+8£560-2.60%2,914 5.40%5,304
Oracle35Down -3 places-3£525+1.94%2,912 5.39%962
Data Modelling36Up 22 places+22£523-0.47%2,862 5.30%1,294
Terraform37No change0£535+1.90%2,844 5.27%1,620
Kubernetes38Down -4 places-4£537+2.28%2,792 5.17%2,192
Infrastructure as Code39Up 21 places+21£550+1.85%2,724 5.05%1,838
SAP40Down -12 places-12£575+0.87%2,712 5.02%1,104
Cybersecurity41Up 5 places+5£551+2.41%2,611 4.84%3,176
Power Platform42Up 3 places+3£500+5.26%2,540 4.71%1,591
Degree43Down -18 places-18£500+0.30%2,469 4.57%6,409
Business Intelligence44Down -6 places-6£500-2,466 4.57%1,867
JIRA45Down -12 places-12£500+1.62%2,351 4.35%974
Test Automation46Up 5 places+5£479-4.20%2,336 4.33%1,825
ITIL47Down -4 places-4£500+11.11%2,250 4.17%989
Data Quality48Up 55 places+55£500-2.20%2,243 4.15%1,525
GCP49Up 8 places+8£550-2,213 4.10%2,052
DV Cleared50Up 30 places+30£600+1.22%2,193 4.06%775
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.