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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 6 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£526-0.37%11,244 21.70%2,901
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-10,842 20.93%8,011
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-9,600 18.53%6,574
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£525-8,582 16.56%1,837
Agile5Down -2 places-2£514-2.09%8,042 15.52%3,386
Azure6No change0£525+0.43%7,997 15.44%3,894
AWS7No change0£550+4.76%6,294 12.15%2,992
Microsoft8No change0£490+3.15%6,094 11.76%4,331
Stakeholder Management9Up 7 places+7£540+2.85%5,906 11.40%3,012
Architect10Up 7 places+7£615-1.60%5,781 11.16%1,739
CI/CD11Up 8 places+8£525+3.96%5,740 11.08%2,130
Python12Down -1 place-1£525-2.32%5,598 10.81%3,689
DevOps13Up 2 places+2£525-5,507 10.63%1,876
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£489-2.25%5,426 10.47%4,231
Developer15Down -5 places-5£500-2.05%5,218 10.07%1,692
Analyst16Down -4 places-4£450-5,159 9.96%2,060
Senior17Up 3 places+3£550-5,057 9.76%4,220
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-4,984 9.62%2,480
Public Sector19Up 2 places+2£513+2.50%4,871 9.40%1,539
Migration20Down -2 places-2£525-4,748 9.16%1,109
AI21Up 38 places+38£550-4,399 8.49%5,997
Analytical Skills22Down -8 places-8£500-4,261 8.22%3,145
Lead23Up 7 places+7£575-4,246 8.20%2,776
Continuous Improvement24Up 14 places+14£510+2.00%4,120 7.95%3,406
Analytics25Up 4 places+4£525-3,788 7.31%3,078
Stakeholder Engagement26Up 20 places+20£533+1.42%3,744 7.23%1,399
Windows27Down -5 places-5£425-3,045 5.88%1,190
Consultant28Down -1 place-1£543-1.36%3,031 5.85%1,686
Java29Down -5 places-5£525-2,960 5.71%1,180
Decision-Making30Up 17 places+17£519+2.06%2,900 5.60%3,337
Roadmaps31Up 10 places+10£575+4.54%2,892 5.58%2,517
Banking32Down -9 places-9£550-2.00%2,855 5.51%921
Data Modelling33Up 25 places+25£525-2,758 5.32%941
Oracle34Down -3 places-3£525-2,714 5.24%662
Software Engineering35Up 8 places+8£550-4.34%2,706 5.22%2,778
Validation36Up 37 places+37£500-4.76%2,697 5.21%1,272
Terraform37Down -1 place-1£525-2,684 5.18%972
Kubernetes38Down -5 places-5£530-1.30%2,632 5.08%1,099
SAP39Down -11 places-11£550-4.34%2,591 5.00%667
Degree40Down -15 places-15£500-2,468 4.76%3,655
JIRA41Down -7 places-7£500-2,423 4.68%700
Power Platform42Up 3 places+3£492+3.57%2,402 4.64%1,162
Infrastructure as Code43Up 25 places+25£540-2,389 4.61%946
Business Intelligence44Down -4 places-4£498-0.40%2,388 4.61%1,274
Cybersecurity45Up 11 places+11£560+1.81%2,338 4.51%2,436
Test Automation46Up 2 places+2£475-1.04%2,236 4.32%879
GCP47Up 10 places+10£550-2,102 4.06%1,094
DV Cleared48Up 33 places+33£600+2.12%2,083 4.02%608
Business Analyst49Down -12 places-12£500-2,078 4.01%516
ITIL50Down -8 places-8£500+11.11%2,059 3.97%789
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.