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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 17 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£525-10,906 21.67%2,523
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-10,453 20.77%11,200
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-9,228 18.34%8,487
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£525-8,365 16.62%1,691
Azure5Up 1 place+1£525-7,754 15.41%5,592
Agile6Down -3 places-3£510-2.85%7,704 15.31%5,471
AWS7No change0£538+1.65%6,093 12.11%5,017
Microsoft8Up 2 places+2£493+3.68%5,814 11.55%5,815
Architect9Up 8 places+8£620-0.80%5,529 10.99%2,317
CI/CD10Up 9 places+9£520+1.46%5,527 10.98%3,393
Stakeholder Management11Up 5 places+5£538+2.38%5,497 10.92%2,702
Python12Down -1 place-1£525-2.32%5,447 10.82%5,280
DevOps13Up 2 places+2£525-5,349 10.63%2,871
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£492-1.53%5,259 10.45%6,597
Developer15Down -6 places-6£500-1.71%5,067 10.07%3,983
Analyst16Down -3 places-3£450-5,041 10.02%2,018
Senior17Up 4 places+4£550+1.85%4,915 9.77%7,544
SQL18Down -6 places-6£500-4,828 9.59%4,289
Public Sector19Up 1 place+1£505+0.95%4,686 9.31%1,768
Migration20Down -2 places-2£523-0.47%4,611 9.16%1,244
Lead21Up 9 places+9£575-0.43%4,132 8.21%3,235
AI22Up 38 places+38£550-4,106 8.16%8,188
Analytical Skills23Down -9 places-9£500-4,064 8.08%4,349
Continuous Improvement24Up 16 places+16£502+0.37%3,862 7.67%3,868
Analytics25Up 4 places+4£520-0.95%3,614 7.18%4,068
Stakeholder Engagement26Up 27 places+27£525-3,497 6.95%1,283
Consultant27Up 1 place+1£540-1.81%2,928 5.82%2,435
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425-2,914 5.79%1,395
Java29Down -4 places-4£521-0.85%2,874 5.71%1,805
Roadmaps30Up 11 places+11£563+0.22%2,760 5.48%3,433
Banking31Down -8 places-8£540-4.00%2,749 5.46%1,250
Decision-Making32Up 17 places+17£518+0.97%2,747 5.46%4,313
Data Modelling33Up 25 places+25£520-0.95%2,680 5.33%1,375
Oracle34Down -2 places-2£519-1.09%2,616 5.20%871
Software Engineering35Up 10 places+10£550-4.34%2,608 5.18%4,899
Validation36Up 39 places+39£500-5.66%2,591 5.15%1,654
Terraform37Down -1 place-1£525-2,569 5.11%1,461
Kubernetes38Down -5 places-5£525-2.32%2,512 4.99%1,924
SAP39Down -12 places-12£550-4.34%2,508 4.98%867
Degree40Down -16 places-16£498-0.50%2,415 4.80%5,291
Power Platform41Up 2 places+2£495+4.21%2,380 4.73%1,556
JIRA42Down -8 places-8£488-2.50%2,372 4.71%1,102
Business Intelligence43Down -4 places-4£500-2,364 4.70%1,868
Infrastructure as Code44Up 28 places+28£525-4.54%2,311 4.59%1,504
Cybersecurity45Up 9 places+9£560+1.81%2,231 4.43%3,087
Test Automation46Up 2 places+2£475-3.65%2,134 4.24%1,354
Business Analyst47Down -9 places-9£500-2,060 4.09%516
Project Management48Down -22 places-22£510+2.00%2,051 4.08%1,992
GCP49Up 7 places+7£550-4.34%2,016 4.01%1,835
DV Cleared50Up 34 places+34£600+4.34%1,951 3.88%454
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.