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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 15 Oct 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£510+2.00%12,929 23.38%12,375
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£550+2.42%12,125 21.93%4,734
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%10,240 18.52%12,705
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£545+3.80%9,255 16.74%3,059
Stakeholder Management5Up 11 places+11£550+4.76%8,986 16.25%5,201
Agile6Down -3 places-3£515-8,626 15.60%7,959
Azure7Down -2 places-2£525+1.54%8,396 15.18%7,531
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£490+3.15%7,660 13.85%7,132
AWS9No change0£550+4.76%6,454 11.67%7,363
CI/CD10Up 5 places+5£519+1.76%6,404 11.58%6,282
Architect11Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%6,164 11.15%4,564
Problem-Solving12Down -6 places-6£495+2.06%5,986 10.83%8,263
Senior13Up 8 places+8£550-5,805 10.50%13,670
DevOps14Down -1 place-1£525+0.96%5,752 10.40%4,739
Python15Down -5 places-5£538+2.38%5,751 10.40%8,364
AI16Up 24 places+24£560+1.81%5,484 9.92%16,921
Developer17Down -5 places-5£510+2.00%5,316 9.61%3,154
SQL18Down -4 places-4£500-5,248 9.49%5,277
Public Sector19No change0£525+5.00%5,234 9.47%3,240
Continuous Improvement20Up 9 places+9£518+3.50%5,186 9.38%6,527
Analyst21Down -10 places-10£465+3.33%5,164 9.34%3,531
Migration22Down -4 places-4£535+4.39%5,066 9.16%2,692
Analytical Skills23Down -6 places-6£500-4,732 8.56%5,686
Lead24Up 6 places+6£575+2.22%4,638 8.39%10,365
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 2 places+2£540+2.27%4,304 7.78%2,223
Analytics26Up 2 places+2£530+0.95%4,031 7.29%7,017
Roadmaps27Up 11 places+11£582+5.79%3,463 6.26%7,285
Decision-Making28Up 23 places+23£550+7.31%3,350 6.06%5,702
Validation29Up 39 places+39£500-3,284 5.94%2,943
Windows30Down -8 places-8£425+6.25%3,281 5.93%2,511
Consultant31Down -7 places-7£550-3,279 5.93%3,222
Banking32Down -9 places-9£550-3,241 5.86%2,358
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£550-3,132 5.66%7,839
Kubernetes34Down -2 places-2£538+2.38%2,977 5.38%3,252
Java35Down -10 places-10£520+1.07%2,976 5.38%3,350
Terraform36Down -1 place-1£537+2.28%2,959 5.35%2,644
Infrastructure as Code37Up 13 places+13£550+1.85%2,952 5.34%2,891
Data Modelling38Up 17 places+17£525-2,947 5.33%2,423
Oracle39Down -6 places-6£525+1.94%2,896 5.24%1,503
SAP40Down -12 places-12£558-2.74%2,834 5.13%1,677
Cybersecurity41Up 2 places+2£550+2.37%2,832 5.12%5,093
Test Automation42Up 6 places+6£475-5.00%2,613 4.73%2,968
Power Platform43Up 2 places+2£500+1.01%2,574 4.65%2,364
Degree44Down -18 places-18£505+1.00%2,559 4.63%7,626
Data Quality45Up 54 places+54£513+2.50%2,501 4.52%2,561
JIRA46Down -12 places-12£500-2,388 4.32%1,487
Business Intelligence47Down -10 places-10£500-2,383 4.31%2,724
QA48Up 13 places+13£475-2,355 4.26%2,505
Project Delivery49Up 9 places+9£525+1.01%2,325 4.20%2,143
GCP50Down -1 place-1£550+2.42%2,311 4.18%2,986
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.