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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 5 Aug 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£537+0.65%11,543 21.70%3,013
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-11,316 21.27%10,666
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-9,860 18.54%8,792
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£525-8,804 16.55%1,921
Agile5Down -2 places-2£515-1.71%8,384 15.76%4,481
Azure6No change0£525+0.96%8,282 15.57%4,946
Stakeholder Management7Up 9 places+9£550+4.76%6,708 12.61%4,361
Microsoft8No change0£488+2.63%6,469 12.16%5,603
AWS9Down -2 places-2£550+4.76%6,373 11.98%4,369
Architect10Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%5,942 11.17%3,170
CI/CD11Up 6 places+6£525+3.96%5,880 11.05%3,529
DevOps12Up 3 places+3£525+1.94%5,642 10.61%2,802
Python13Down -3 places-3£525-0.94%5,600 10.53%5,533
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£490+0.51%5,597 10.52%6,229
Developer15Down -4 places-4£500-5,409 10.17%1,745
Senior16Up 5 places+5£550-5,361 10.08%8,267
Analyst17Down -5 places-5£458+1.77%5,262 9.89%1,936
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,140 9.66%3,068
Public Sector19Up 1 place+1£515+3.00%4,916 9.24%1,898
Migration20Down -2 places-2£525+2.43%4,888 9.19%1,500
AI21Up 35 places+35£550-4,753 8.94%9,219
Lead22Up 8 places+8£575-4,518 8.49%6,154
Continuous Improvement23Up 12 places+12£513+2.50%4,504 8.47%4,949
Analytical Skills24Down -10 places-10£500-4,501 8.46%4,234
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 12 places+12£535+1.32%3,999 7.52%1,532
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,989 7.50%4,113
Consultant27No change0£550-3,149 5.92%1,955
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+2.40%3,092 5.81%1,370
Roadmaps29Up 12 places+12£575+4.54%3,036 5.71%4,173
Decision-Making30Up 18 places+18£525+4.89%3,014 5.67%4,092
Java31Down -7 places-7£525+0.67%2,964 5.57%2,110
Banking32Down -9 places-9£550-2,922 5.49%1,380
Data Modelling33Up 25 places+25£520-0.95%2,911 5.47%1,169
Oracle34Down -3 places-3£525+1.94%2,879 5.41%828
Software Engineering35Up 7 places+7£563-2.17%2,856 5.37%4,980
Validation36Up 30 places+30£500-4.76%2,808 5.28%1,940
Terraform37Down -1 place-1£532+1.33%2,754 5.18%1,593
Kubernetes38Down -6 places-6£537-2,708 5.09%2,043
SAP39Down -11 places-11£568-0.43%2,675 5.03%1,033
Infrastructure as Code40Up 20 places+20£550-2,537 4.77%1,701
Degree41Down -16 places-16£500-2,492 4.68%5,298
Business Intelligence42Down -2 places-2£500-2,486 4.67%1,657
Power Platform43Up 3 places+3£500+5.26%2,484 4.67%1,509
Cybersecurity44Up 6 places+6£550+2.37%2,447 4.60%2,914
JIRA45Down -12 places-12£500-2,423 4.56%858
Test Automation46Up 3 places+3£475-2.56%2,252 4.23%1,406
GCP47Up 8 places+8£550-2,215 4.16%1,873
DV Cleared48Up 29 places+29£600+0.41%2,176 4.09%749
Data Quality49Up 55 places+55£500-2.58%2,161 4.06%1,315
ITIL50Down -6 places-6£500+11.11%2,138 4.02%844
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.