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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 9 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£530-0.03%11,420 21.76%2,816
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-11,056 21.06%7,662
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-9,732 18.54%6,540
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£525-8,710 16.59%1,852
Agile5Down -2 places-2£514-2.09%8,223 15.67%3,776
Azure6No change0£525+0.43%8,142 15.51%3,726
AWS7No change0£550+4.76%6,391 12.18%2,830
Microsoft8No change0£490+3.15%6,229 11.87%4,034
Stakeholder Management9Up 7 places+7£540+2.85%6,073 11.57%3,130
CI/CD10Up 9 places+9£525+3.75%5,870 11.18%2,113
Architect11Up 6 places+6£615-1.60%5,839 11.12%1,483
Python12Down -1 place-1£525-2.32%5,718 10.89%3,372
DevOps13Up 2 places+2£525-5,622 10.71%1,817
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£492-1.60%5,534 10.54%4,386
Developer15Down -5 places-5£500-2.34%5,306 10.11%1,527
Analyst16Down -4 places-4£450-5,238 9.98%2,064
Senior17Up 3 places+3£550-5,135 9.78%3,882
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,076 9.67%2,465
Public Sector19Up 2 places+2£513+2.50%4,970 9.47%1,634
Migration20Down -2 places-2£525-4,830 9.20%1,048
AI21Up 37 places+37£550-4,505 8.58%5,269
Analytical Skills22Down -8 places-8£500-4,359 8.31%3,222
Lead23Up 7 places+7£575-4,330 8.25%2,872
Continuous Improvement24Up 14 places+14£510+1.95%4,216 8.03%3,529
Analytics25Up 4 places+4£525-3,865 7.36%3,065
Stakeholder Engagement26Up 20 places+20£534+1.71%3,839 7.31%1,327
Windows27Down -5 places-5£425+0.95%3,084 5.88%1,210
Consultant28Down -1 place-1£550-3,072 5.85%1,373
Java29Down -5 places-5£525-3,017 5.75%1,179
Decision-Making30Up 17 places+17£520+3.89%2,958 5.64%3,107
Roadmaps31Up 10 places+10£575+4.16%2,955 5.63%2,478
Banking32Down -9 places-9£550-0.90%2,906 5.54%1,085
Data Modelling33Up 26 places+26£523-0.47%2,831 5.39%885
Oracle34Down -3 places-3£525+0.81%2,785 5.31%570
Validation35Up 37 places+37£500-4.76%2,769 5.28%1,181
Software Engineering36Up 7 places+7£550-4.34%2,762 5.26%2,530
Terraform37Down -1 place-1£525-2,743 5.23%980
Kubernetes38Down -5 places-5£531-1.07%2,700 5.14%1,088
SAP39Down -11 places-11£550-4.34%2,630 5.01%621
Degree40Down -15 places-15£498-0.50%2,508 4.78%3,368
JIRA41Down -7 places-7£500-2,473 4.71%734
Infrastructure as Code42Up 26 places+26£540-1.00%2,450 4.67%992
Power Platform43Up 2 places+2£492+3.57%2,444 4.66%1,192
Business Intelligence44Down -4 places-4£500-2,443 4.65%1,275
Cybersecurity45Up 11 places+11£560+1.81%2,389 4.55%2,299
Test Automation46Up 2 places+2£475-1.65%2,279 4.34%885
GCP47Up 10 places+10£550-2,142 4.08%1,152
DV Cleared48Up 31 places+31£600+2.12%2,125 4.05%756
Business Analyst49Down -12 places-12£500-2,120 4.04%481
ITIL50Down -8 places-8£500+11.11%2,107 4.01%835
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.