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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 24 Jun 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£525-0.37%11,025 21.66%1,885
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-10,662 20.94%6,289
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-9,391 18.45%4,926
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£525-8,458 16.61%1,265
Agile5Down -2 places-2£513-2.38%7,872 15.46%2,382
Azure6No change0£525-7,862 15.44%2,889
AWS7No change0£545+3.80%6,229 12.24%1,970
Microsoft8Up 1 place+1£494+3.89%5,910 11.61%3,481
Stakeholder Management9Up 7 places+7£538+2.38%5,693 11.18%2,220
CI/CD10Up 9 places+9£523+2.25%5,626 11.05%1,320
Architect10Up 7 places+7£615-1.60%5,626 11.05%1,085
Python11No change0£525-2.32%5,524 10.85%2,477
DevOps12Up 3 places+3£525-5,444 10.69%1,247
Problem-Solving13Down -8 places-8£492-1.60%5,362 10.53%3,218
Developer14Down -4 places-4£500-0.99%5,097 10.01%1,286
Analyst15Down -3 places-3£450-5,078 9.97%1,480
Senior16Up 4 places+4£550+1.85%4,976 9.77%3,170
SQL17Down -4 places-4£500-4,897 9.62%1,809
Public Sector18Up 3 places+3£510+2.00%4,784 9.40%1,151
Migration19Down -1 place-1£525-4,675 9.18%817
AI20Up 39 places+39£550-4,237 8.32%4,107
Lead21Up 9 places+9£575-1.70%4,200 8.25%2,365
Analytical Skills22Down -8 places-8£500-4,136 8.12%2,419
Continuous Improvement23Up 16 places+16£505+1.00%3,998 7.85%2,619
Analytics24Up 5 places+5£525-3,677 7.22%2,248
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 26 places+26£525-3,594 7.06%1,120
Consultant26Up 1 place+1£543-1.36%2,972 5.84%1,142
Windows27Down -5 places-5£425-2,952 5.80%973
Java28Down -4 places-4£525-2,883 5.66%706
Banking29Down -6 places-6£540-3.29%2,827 5.55%694
Decision-Making30Up 18 places+18£519+1.41%2,820 5.54%2,723
Roadmaps31Up 10 places+10£563+0.44%2,797 5.49%2,025
Data Modelling32Up 26 places+26£521-0.71%2,696 5.30%622
Software Engineering33Up 12 places+12£550-4.34%2,683 5.27%1,678
Oracle34Down -2 places-2£525-2,653 5.21%506
Validation35Up 37 places+37£500-4.76%2,645 5.20%916
Terraform36No change0£525-2,622 5.15%583
Kubernetes37Down -4 places-4£525-2.32%2,561 5.03%616
SAP38Down -10 places-10£550-4.34%2,537 4.98%506
Degree39Down -14 places-14£495-1.00%2,447 4.81%2,880
JIRA40Down -6 places-6£490-2.00%2,425 4.76%505
Power Platform41Up 3 places+3£498+4.84%2,398 4.71%870
Business Intelligence42Down -2 places-2£500-2,383 4.68%1,020
Infrastructure as Code43Up 26 places+26£530-3.63%2,332 4.58%605
Cybersecurity44Up 10 places+10£560+1.72%2,271 4.46%1,929
Test Automation45Up 2 places+2£475-3.06%2,169 4.26%569
Project Management46Down -20 places-20£510+1.90%2,066 4.06%1,237
GCP47Up 9 places+9£550-4.34%2,057 4.04%660
Business Analyst48Down -11 places-11£500-2,049 4.02%359
DV Cleared49Up 32 places+32£600+3.44%1,980 3.89%399
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.