Digital & IT Contractor Trends & Insights

Contract Job Market Index

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£510	+2.00%	13,276 24.27%	10,011
Security Cleared	2	Up 1 place+1	£550	+2.99%	12,152 22.22%	3,852
Finance	3	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	10,295 18.82%	8,244
Stakeholder Management	4	Up 12 places+12	£550	+4.76%	9,495 17.36%	3,734
SC Cleared	5	Up 1 place+1	£550	+4.76%	9,264 16.94%	2,571
Agile	6	Down 2 places-2	£513	+0.08%	8,693 15.89%	4,509
Azure	7	Down 2 places-2	£530	+1.92%	8,357 15.28%	5,197
Microsoft	8	No change0	£496	+4.31%	7,887 14.42%	5,931
CI/CD	9	Up 5 places+5	£519	+1.26%	6,529 11.94%	3,209
AWS	10	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	6,472 11.83%	4,176
Problem-Solving	11	Down 4 places-4	£495	+2.48%	6,227 11.38%	6,857
Architect	12	Up 8 places+8	£622	-0.48%	6,073 11.10%	1,912
Senior	13	Up 9 places+9	£550	-	5,809 10.62%	5,662
Python	14	Down 4 places-4	£538	+2.38%	5,756 10.52%	5,117
DevOps	15	Down 3 places-3	£525	+0.47%	5,718 10.45%	2,629
AI	16	Up 23 places+23	£560	+1.81%	5,556 10.16%	8,352
Continuous Improvement	17	Up 12 places+12	£520	+4.00%	5,377 9.83%	4,658
Public Sector	18	No change0	£525	+5.00%	5,357 9.79%	2,040
SQL	19	Down 4 places-4	£500	-	5,220 9.54%	3,570
Developer	20	Down 7 places-7	£500	-	5,147 9.41%	1,911
Migration	21	Down 2 places-2	£538	+4.36%	5,103 9.33%	1,600
Analyst	22	Down 11 places-11	£475	+5.55%	5,065 9.26%	2,207
Analytical Skills	23	Down 6 places-6	£500	-	4,895 8.95%	4,307
Lead	24	Up 7 places+7	£575	+2.22%	4,583 8.38%	2,644
Stakeholder Engagement	25	Down 1 place-1	£542	+3.30%	4,481 8.19%	1,521
Analytics	26	Up 2 places+2	£538	+3.66%	4,047 7.40%	3,781
Roadmaps	27	Up 14 places+14	£600	+11.11%	3,593 6.57%	3,754
Validation	28	Up 36 places+36	£500	-	3,401 6.22%	2,415
Decision-Making	29	Up 23 places+23	£550	+10.00%	3,392 6.20%	4,002
Banking	30	Down 5 places-5	£550	+0.91%	3,323 6.08%	1,205
Consultant	31	Down 8 places-8	£550	-	3,271 5.98%	1,659
Windows	32	Down 11 places-11	£425	+8.97%	3,250 5.94%	1,729
Software Engineering	33	Up 10 places+10	£550	-	3,161 5.78%	3,849
Kubernetes	34	Down 2 places-2	£538	+2.38%	3,074 5.62%	1,628
Infrastructure as Code	35	Up 13 places+13	£550	+2.80%	3,005 5.49%	1,551
Terraform	36	Down 1 place-1	£538	+2.38%	2,992 5.47%	1,445
Java	37	Down 11 places-11	£515	+0.48%	2,976 5.44%	1,691
Data Modelling	38	Up 12 places+12	£525	-	2,971 5.43%	1,421
Cybersecurity	39	Up 3 places+3	£550	+3.77%	2,897 5.30%	3,573
Oracle	40	Down 7 places-7	£525	+0.96%	2,864 5.24%	1,160
SAP	41	Down 11 places-11	£559	-1.06%	2,839 5.19%	851
Test Automation	42	Up 4 places+4	£475	-5.00%	2,729 4.99%	1,676
Data Quality	43	Up 51 places+51	£513	+2.50%	2,642 4.83%	1,297
Degree	44	Down 17 places-17	£510	+2.00%	2,620 4.79%	6,602
Power Platform	45	Down 1 place-1	£500	+2.56%	2,520 4.61%	1,459
Project Delivery	46	Up 13 places+13	£525	-	2,392 4.37%	1,723
GCP	47	Up 4 places+4	£550	+3.28%	2,386 4.36%	1,594
QA	48	Up 12 places+12	£475	-1.04%	2,381 4.35%	1,411
JIRA	49	Down 13 places-13	£500	-	2,372 4.34%	887
Business Intelligence	50	Down 12 places-12	£500	-	2,364 4.32%	1,728

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.