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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 26 Sep 2026Rank
6 Months to
Rank
YoY Change
Median
Daily Rate
Median Daily Rate
YoY Change
Historical
Absolute & Relative
Jobs Vacancies
Live
Jobs
Social Skills1No change0£506+1.20%12,497 22.78%22,127
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£550+2.42%11,962 21.80%6,388
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+2.42%9,980 18.19%21,577
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£540+2.85%9,125 16.63%3,930
Agile5Down -2 places-2£520+0.97%8,498 15.49%10,621
Stakeholder Management6Up 11 places+11£549+4.02%8,407 15.32%8,374
Azure7Down -1 place-1£525+1.20%8,302 15.13%9,052
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.63%7,344 13.38%10,453
AWS9No change0£550+4.76%6,452 11.76%8,941
CI/CD10Up 6 places+6£525+2.94%6,207 11.31%7,314
Architect11Up 9 places+9£618-1.20%6,174 11.25%5,340
Problem-Solving12Down -7 places-7£500+3.62%5,835 10.63%14,065
Senior13Up 8 places+8£550-5,714 10.41%19,348
Python14Down -4 places-4£537+2.28%5,660 10.32%12,109
DevOps15Down -1 place-1£525+0.96%5,643 10.28%5,364
Developer16Down -4 places-4£507+1.40%5,339 9.73%3,845
AI17Up 28 places+28£555+0.90%5,289 9.64%22,917
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,197 9.47%7,744
Analyst19Down -8 places-8£467+3.66%5,127 9.34%5,656
Public Sector20Down -1 place-1£525+5.00%5,093 9.28%4,297
Migration21Down -3 places-3£530+2.88%5,005 9.12%3,355
Continuous Improvement22Up 10 places+10£520+4.00%4,979 9.07%11,189
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,661 8.49%15,506
Analytical Skills24Down -9 places-9£500-4,618 8.42%10,630
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 3 places+3£540+0.74%4,186 7.63%3,266
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,989 7.27%11,062
Windows27Down -5 places-5£425+6.25%3,287 5.99%3,064
Roadmaps28Up 11 places+11£575+4.54%3,272 5.96%9,268
Decision-Making29Up 21 places+21£540+5.36%3,267 5.95%9,665
Consultant30Down -4 places-4£550-3,226 5.88%4,066
Banking31Down -7 places-7£550-3,123 5.69%3,746
Validation32Up 32 places+32£500-1.96%3,100 5.65%5,093
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£550-4.34%3,048 5.56%9,934
Java34Down -11 places-11£525+1.01%2,937 5.35%4,169
Oracle35Down -1 place-1£525+2.43%2,927 5.33%1,910
Data Modelling36Up 18 places+18£525-2,905 5.29%2,962
Kubernetes37Down -4 places-4£538+1.60%2,890 5.27%3,798
Terraform38Down -1 place-1£538+2.38%2,883 5.25%2,968
Infrastructure as Code39Up 16 places+16£550+1.85%2,863 5.22%3,190
SAP40Down -13 places-13£558-2.95%2,739 4.99%2,469
Cybersecurity41Up 6 places+6£550+1.85%2,729 4.97%6,075
Power Platform42Up 4 places+4£500+5.26%2,578 4.70%3,666
Degree43Down -18 places-18£500-2,494 4.55%13,986
Test Automation44Up 5 places+5£475-5.00%2,464 4.49%3,771
Business Intelligence45Down -7 places-7£500-2,410 4.39%4,414
Data Quality46Up 48 places+48£513+0.49%2,395 4.36%3,719
JIRA47Down -12 places-12£500+1.62%2,369 4.32%2,040
GCP48Up 5 places+5£550-2,282 4.16%3,632
QA49Up 11 places+11£475-2,280 4.16%3,734
DV Cleared50Up 34 places+34£600+2.12%2,255 4.11%1,510
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.