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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 21 Oct 2026Rank
6 Months to
Rank
YoY Change
Median
Daily Rate
Median Daily Rate
YoY Change
Historical
Absolute & Relative
Jobs Vacancies
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Jobs
Social Skills1No change0£510+2.00%13,053 23.68%14,226
Security Cleared2Up 1 place+1£550+2.42%12,143 22.03%5,734
Finance3Down 1 place-1£550+4.76%10,282 18.65%12,759
SC Cleared4Up 3 places+3£550+4.76%9,253 16.78%3,778
Stakeholder Management5Up 11 places+11£550+4.76%9,170 16.63%5,084
Agile6Down 2 places-2£514-0.86%8,692 15.77%7,612
Azure7Down 2 places-2£529+1.73%8,414 15.26%7,254
Microsoft8No change0£494+4.00%7,739 14.04%7,412
CI/CD9Up 6 places+6£520+1.96%6,503 11.80%6,105
AWS10Down 1 place-1£550+4.76%6,464 11.73%6,954
Architect11Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%6,118 11.10%4,796
Problem-Solving12Down 6 places-6£495+2.06%6,087 11.04%10,032
Senior13Up 9 places+9£550-5,793 10.51%15,818
DevOps14Down 2 places-2£525+0.09%5,753 10.44%4,555
Python15Down 5 places-5£538+2.38%5,750 10.43%8,657
AI16Up 25 places+25£555+0.90%5,533 10.04%17,685
SQL17Down 3 places-3£500-5,264 9.55%5,005
Developer18Down 5 places-5£510+2.00%5,256 9.53%2,973
Public Sector19No change0£525+5.00%5,252 9.53%3,108
Continuous Improvement20Up 10 places+10£520+4.00%5,244 9.51%7,648
Analyst21Down 10 places-10£465+3.33%5,133 9.31%3,365
Migration22Down 4 places-4£537+4.27%5,066 9.19%2,572
Analytical Skills23Down 6 places-6£500-4,813 8.73%6,446
Lead24Up 7 places+7£575+2.22%4,626 8.39%12,264
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 2 places+2£540+2.36%4,359 7.91%2,185
Analytics26Up 2 places+2£532+2.21%4,061 7.37%7,271
Roadmaps27Up 12 places+12£585+6.75%3,506 6.36%7,505
Decision-Making28Up 23 places+23£550+8.42%3,352 6.08%6,007
Validation29Up 39 places+39£500-0.04%3,322 6.03%4,195
Windows30Down 9 places-9£425+6.25%3,302 5.99%2,455
Banking31Down 7 places-7£550-3,276 5.94%2,060
Consultant32Down 9 places-9£550-3,263 5.92%3,101
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£550-3,150 5.71%8,273
Kubernetes34Down 2 places-2£538+2.38%3,035 5.51%3,033
Java35Down 10 places-10£515+0.48%2,988 5.42%3,093
Data Modelling36Up 16 places+16£525-2,984 5.41%2,363
Infrastructure as Code37Up 13 places+13£550+1.10%2,983 5.41%2,821
Terraform38Down 1 place-1£538+2.47%2,971 5.39%2,553
Oracle39Down 5 places-5£525+1.59%2,881 5.23%1,499
Cybersecurity40Up 2 places+2£550+2.32%2,837 5.15%5,151
SAP41Down 12 places-12£560-1.75%2,836 5.14%1,688
Test Automation42Up 4 places+4£475-5.00%2,655 4.82%3,313
Degree43Down 17 places-17£510+2.00%2,582 4.68%10,077
Power Platform44No change0£500+1.62%2,567 4.66%2,400
Data Quality45Up 51 places+51£515+3.00%2,551 4.63%2,524
JIRA46Down 11 places-11£500-2,392 4.34%1,520
Business Intelligence47Down 9 places-9£500-2,383 4.32%2,795
QA48Up 13 places+13£475-2,368 4.30%2,683
Project Delivery49Up 10 places+10£525-2,354 4.27%2,475
GCP50Down 1 place-1£550+2.04%2,339 4.24%2,791
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.