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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 20 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%12,339 22.60%20,171
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£548+2.04%11,865 21.74%6,022
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+2.42%9,952 18.23%20,463
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£538+2.47%9,027 16.54%3,739
Agile5Down -2 places-2£520+0.97%8,450 15.48%10,078
Azure6No change0£525+1.94%8,263 15.14%8,787
Stakeholder Management7Up 10 places+10£548+3.30%8,183 14.99%8,290
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.63%7,216 13.22%9,559
AWS9Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%6,402 11.73%8,820
Architect10Up 10 places+10£620-0.80%6,148 11.26%5,464
CI/CD11Up 5 places+5£525+2.94%6,121 11.21%7,161
Problem-Solving12Down -7 places-7£500+4.16%5,830 10.68%12,592
Senior13Up 9 places+9£550-5,645 10.34%18,218
Python14Down -4 places-4£537+2.28%5,630 10.31%11,561
DevOps15Down -1 place-1£525+0.96%5,604 10.27%5,255
Developer16Down -4 places-4£505+1.00%5,332 9.77%3,471
AI17Up 32 places+32£559+1.63%5,203 9.53%21,547
Analyst18Down -7 places-7£470+4.44%5,175 9.48%4,377
SQL19Down -6 places-6£500-5,144 9.42%7,127
Public Sector20Down -1 place-1£525+5.00%4,998 9.16%4,034
Continuous Improvement21Up 11 places+11£520+4.00%4,946 9.06%10,013
Migration22Down -4 places-4£525+2.43%4,943 9.06%3,228
Analytical Skills23Down -8 places-8£500-4,632 8.49%9,506
Lead24Up 7 places+7£575-4,629 8.48%14,280
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 3 places+3£538+0.37%4,184 7.67%3,216
Analytics26Up 4 places+4£525-3,970 7.27%10,210
Windows27Down -6 places-6£425+6.25%3,276 6.00%2,647
Consultant28Down -2 places-2£550-3,256 5.96%3,923
Decision-Making29Up 22 places+22£537+4.90%3,229 5.92%8,844
Roadmaps30Up 9 places+9£575+5.74%3,216 5.89%8,996
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-3,091 5.66%3,673
Validation32Up 34 places+34£500-2.20%3,058 5.60%4,718
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£550-4.34%3,022 5.54%9,374
Oracle34No change0£525+2.55%2,938 5.38%1,904
Java35Down -11 places-11£525+1.08%2,932 5.37%4,108
Data Modelling36Up 21 places+21£525-2,873 5.26%2,890
Terraform37No change0£538+2.38%2,858 5.24%2,922
Kubernetes38Down -5 places-5£538+2.38%2,857 5.23%3,845
Infrastructure as Code39Up 18 places+18£550+1.85%2,831 5.19%3,110
SAP40Down -13 places-13£566-1.56%2,761 5.06%2,424
Cybersecurity41Up 5 places+5£550-2,704 4.95%5,685
Power Platform42Up 3 places+3£500+5.26%2,548 4.67%3,161
Degree43Down -18 places-18£500-2,492 4.57%12,548
Test Automation44Up 6 places+6£475-5.00%2,423 4.44%3,467
Business Intelligence45Down -7 places-7£500-2,397 4.39%3,823
JIRA46Down -11 places-11£500+1.62%2,381 4.36%1,920
Data Quality47Up 51 places+51£510-0.24%2,363 4.33%3,308
GCP48Up 6 places+6£550-2,265 4.15%3,656
QA49Up 13 places+13£475-2,255 4.13%3,298
DV Cleared50Up 33 places+33£600+2.12%2,252 4.13%1,461
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.