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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 18 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£531+0.20%11,489 21.72%1,842
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-11,157 21.09%5,422
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-9,817 18.56%4,352
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£525-8,760 16.56%1,209
Agile5Down -2 places-2£514-1.24%8,361 15.80%2,128
Azure6No change0£525+0.09%8,212 15.52%2,720
AWS7Up 1 place+1£550+4.76%6,426 12.15%1,887
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£490+3.15%6,348 12.00%3,197
Stakeholder Management9Up 7 places+7£540+2.85%6,313 11.93%2,208
CI/CD10Up 8 places+8£525+5.00%5,904 11.16%1,470
Architect11Up 6 places+6£616-1.44%5,885 11.12%1,214
Python12Down -1 place-1£525-1.86%5,690 10.75%2,263
DevOps13Up 2 places+2£525+0.96%5,649 10.68%1,241
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£492-5,589 10.56%3,069
Developer15Down -5 places-5£500-0.09%5,379 10.17%1,028
Analyst16Down -4 places-4£450-5,300 10.02%1,377
Senior17Up 3 places+3£550+1.85%5,226 9.88%2,984
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,097 9.63%1,468
Public Sector19Up 1 place+1£515+2.90%4,999 9.45%1,137
Migration20Down -1 place-1£525+1.94%4,881 9.23%727
AI21Up 36 places+36£550-4,604 8.70%3,879
Analytical Skills22Down -8 places-8£500-4,427 8.37%2,149
Lead23Up 6 places+6£575-4,405 8.33%2,529
Continuous Improvement24Up 11 places+11£512+2.45%4,366 8.25%2,497
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 16 places+16£537+2.28%3,923 7.42%864
Analytics26Up 2 places+2£525-3,894 7.36%1,885
Windows27Down -6 places-6£425-3,073 5.81%946
Consultant28Down -2 places-2£550-3,068 5.80%1,051
Roadmaps29Up 11 places+11£575+4.54%2,996 5.66%1,823
Java30Down -7 places-7£525-2,994 5.66%681
Decision-Making31Up 15 places+15£520+3.89%2,991 5.65%2,274
Banking32Down -10 places-10£550-0.36%2,909 5.50%560
Data Modelling33Up 25 places+25£520-0.95%2,870 5.42%515
Oracle34Down -4 places-4£525+1.94%2,843 5.37%398
Software Engineering35Up 7 places+7£550-4.34%2,809 5.31%1,858
Validation36Up 35 places+35£500-4.76%2,787 5.27%789
Terraform37Down -3 places-3£528+0.47%2,756 5.21%668
Kubernetes38Down -7 places-7£535-0.41%2,710 5.12%735
SAP39Down -12 places-12£560-2.18%2,665 5.04%477
Degree40Down -16 places-16£500-2,494 4.71%2,448
Infrastructure as Code41Up 22 places+22£550+0.82%2,483 4.69%707
JIRA42Down -9 places-9£500-2,469 4.67%427
Business Intelligence43Down -5 places-5£500-2,452 4.63%857
Power Platform43No change0£500+5.26%2,452 4.63%815
Cybersecurity44Up 11 places+11£560+3.70%2,385 4.51%1,777
Test Automation45Up 2 places+2£475-1.04%2,286 4.32%548
GCP46Up 10 places+10£550-2,184 4.13%748
DV Cleared47Up 33 places+33£600+2.12%2,159 4.08%437
ITIL48Down -4 places-4£500+11.11%2,143 4.05%585
Business Analyst49Down -12 places-12£500-2,133 4.03%305
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.