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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 17 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£505+1.00%12,328 22.56%21,253
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£545+1.48%11,881 21.74%6,329
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+2.80%9,999 18.30%21,913
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£538+2.38%9,056 16.57%3,926
Agile5Down -2 places-2£520+0.97%8,501 15.55%10,833
Azure6No change0£525+1.74%8,331 15.24%9,253
Stakeholder Management7Up 10 places+10£550+4.16%8,114 14.85%8,784
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.63%7,219 13.21%9,916
AWS9No change0£550+4.76%6,442 11.79%9,286
Architect10Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%6,163 11.28%6,097
CI/CD11Up 5 places+5£525+2.94%6,131 11.22%7,613
Problem-Solving12Down -7 places-7£500+4.16%5,821 10.65%13,325
Python13Down -3 places-3£538+2.38%5,681 10.39%12,220
DevOps14No change0£525+0.96%5,654 10.35%5,590
Senior15Up 7 places+7£550-5,625 10.29%19,928
Developer16Down -4 places-4£505+1.00%5,341 9.77%3,681
Analyst17Down -6 places-6£465+3.33%5,235 9.58%4,720
AI18Up 31 places+31£556+1.04%5,189 9.49%23,296
SQL19Down -6 places-6£500-5,178 9.47%7,512
Public Sector20No change0£525+5.00%5,021 9.19%4,324
Migration21Down -3 places-3£525+2.43%4,964 9.08%3,427
Continuous Improvement22Up 10 places+10£520+4.00%4,929 9.02%10,673
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,676 8.56%15,953
Analytical Skills24Down -9 places-9£500-4,629 8.47%10,088
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 4 places+4£538+1.79%4,202 7.69%3,439
Analytics26Up 4 places+4£525-4,014 7.34%10,950
Consultant27Down -1 place-1£550-3,287 6.01%4,203
Windows28Down -7 places-7£425+6.25%3,273 5.99%2,742
Roadmaps29Up 10 places+10£575+6.58%3,234 5.92%9,731
Decision-Making30Up 21 places+21£535+5.52%3,232 5.91%9,453
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-3,101 5.67%3,939
Validation32Up 36 places+36£500-1.28%3,052 5.58%4,996
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£550-4.34%3,021 5.53%9,944
Oracle34Up 1 place+1£525+2.94%2,968 5.43%2,061
Java35Down -11 places-11£525+1.44%2,963 5.42%4,271
Data Modelling36Up 23 places+23£525-2,901 5.31%3,089
Terraform37No change0£538+2.47%2,874 5.26%3,095
Kubernetes38Down -5 places-5£537+2.28%2,871 5.25%4,077
Infrastructure as Code39Up 19 places+19£550+1.38%2,837 5.19%3,320
SAP40Down -13 places-13£575-2,772 5.07%2,642
Cybersecurity41Up 5 places+5£554+1.72%2,725 4.99%6,097
Power Platform42Up 3 places+3£500+5.26%2,565 4.69%3,362
Degree43Down -18 places-18£500-2,485 4.55%13,299
Business Intelligence44Down -6 places-6£500-2,421 4.43%4,024
Test Automation45Up 7 places+7£475-5.00%2,411 4.41%3,614
JIRA46Down -12 places-12£500+1.62%2,398 4.39%2,049
Data Quality47Up 56 places+56£509-0.44%2,354 4.31%3,530
GCP48Up 6 places+6£550-2,260 4.14%3,856
DV Cleared49Up 36 places+36£600+2.12%2,249 4.12%1,511
QA50Up 13 places+13£475-2,248 4.11%3,566
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.