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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 23 Sep 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£505+1.00%12,437 22.67%22,182
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£549+2.23%11,942 21.77%6,504
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+2.51%10,014 18.26%21,316
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£540+2.85%9,094 16.58%4,032
Agile5Down -2 places-2£520+0.97%8,499 15.49%10,673
Azure6No change0£525+1.54%8,322 15.17%9,218
Stakeholder Management7Up 10 places+10£549+3.63%8,294 15.12%8,711
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.79%7,294 13.30%10,478
AWS9No change0£550+4.76%6,451 11.76%8,795
Architect10Up 10 places+10£618-1.20%6,190 11.28%5,472
CI/CD11Up 5 places+5£525+2.94%6,172 11.25%7,321
Problem-Solving12Down -7 places-7£500+4.16%5,844 10.65%13,945
Senior13Up 9 places+9£550-5,670 10.34%19,262
Python14Down -4 places-4£537+2.28%5,667 10.33%11,949
DevOps15Down -1 place-1£525+0.96%5,642 10.29%5,406
Developer16Down -4 places-4£505+1.00%5,343 9.74%3,698
AI17Up 31 places+31£560+1.81%5,240 9.55%22,934
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,180 9.44%7,616
Analyst19Down -8 places-8£470+4.44%5,164 9.41%5,595
Public Sector20Down -1 place-1£525+5.00%5,037 9.18%4,296
Migration21Down -3 places-3£525+1.94%4,980 9.08%3,345
Continuous Improvement22Up 10 places+10£520+4.00%4,972 9.06%11,291
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,666 8.51%15,815
Analytical Skills24Down -9 places-9£500-4,635 8.45%10,595
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 3 places+3£538+0.27%4,213 7.68%3,425
Analytics26Up 4 places+4£525-3,990 7.27%10,926
Windows27Down -6 places-6£425+6.25%3,278 5.98%2,961
Decision-Making28Up 22 places+22£537+4.78%3,262 5.95%9,698
Roadmaps28Up 11 places+11£575+4.54%3,262 5.95%9,337
Consultant29Down -3 places-3£550-3,261 5.94%4,081
Banking30Down -7 places-7£550-3,115 5.68%3,847
Validation31Up 35 places+35£500-0.04%3,096 5.64%5,033
Software Engineering32Up 10 places+10£550-4.34%3,042 5.55%9,795
Java33Down -9 places-9£525+1.08%2,941 5.36%4,112
Oracle34No change0£525+2.55%2,937 5.35%1,923
Data Modelling35Up 21 places+21£525-2,890 5.27%3,002
Terraform36Up 1 place+1£538+2.38%2,884 5.26%2,886
Kubernetes37Down -4 places-4£538+1.60%2,877 5.24%3,745
Infrastructure as Code38Up 17 places+17£550+1.10%2,853 5.20%3,149
SAP39Down -12 places-12£565-1.73%2,760 5.03%2,625
Cybersecurity40Up 6 places+6£550-2,719 4.96%6,147
Power Platform41Up 4 places+4£500+5.26%2,569 4.68%3,657
Degree42Down -17 places-17£500-2,504 4.56%13,710
Test Automation43Up 6 places+6£475-5.00%2,456 4.48%3,681
Business Intelligence44Down -6 places-6£495-1.05%2,410 4.39%4,354
JIRA45Down -10 places-10£500+0.50%2,386 4.35%2,078
Data Quality46Up 51 places+51£510-0.48%2,380 4.34%3,758
GCP47Up 6 places+6£550-2,285 4.17%3,633
QA48Up 13 places+13£475-2,269 4.14%3,726
ITIL49Down -2 places-2£500+11.11%2,265 4.13%1,937
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.