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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 8 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%11,945 22.09%18,776
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£541+1.02%11,729 21.69%4,867
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+2.32%9,881 18.28%18,598
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£537+2.28%8,935 16.53%3,048
Agile5Down -2 places-2£520+0.97%8,403 15.54%8,588
Azure6No change0£525+1.94%8,325 15.40%7,032
Stakeholder Management7Up 10 places+10£550+4.16%7,714 14.27%7,452
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.63%7,005 12.96%8,381
AWS9Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%6,419 11.87%7,447
Architect10Up 9 places+9£616-1.52%6,094 11.27%4,086
CI/CD11Up 5 places+5£525+2.43%6,024 11.14%5,709
Problem-Solving12Down -7 places-7£500+3.62%5,679 10.50%11,761
Python13Down -3 places-3£538+2.38%5,642 10.44%9,408
DevOps14No change0£525+1.31%5,632 10.42%4,267
Senior15Up 6 places+6£550-5,486 10.15%13,025
Developer16Down -4 places-4£500+0.05%5,304 9.81%2,664
Analyst17Down -6 places-6£463+2.77%5,235 9.68%3,214
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,147 9.52%5,822
AI19Up 34 places+34£560+1.81%5,019 9.28%18,338
Migration20Down -2 places-2£525+2.43%4,956 9.17%2,534
Public Sector21Down -1 place-1£525+5.00%4,925 9.11%3,493
Continuous Improvement22Up 13 places+13£520+4.00%4,811 8.90%8,854
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,638 8.58%7,759
Analytical Skills24Down -9 places-9£500-4,593 8.50%8,708
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 5 places+5£538+1.41%4,155 7.68%2,693
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,957 7.32%8,453
Consultant27Down -1 place-1£550-3,274 6.06%3,080
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+3.65%3,222 5.96%2,285
Decision-Making29Up 19 places+19£530+5.89%3,138 5.80%8,175
Roadmaps30Up 9 places+9£575+5.31%3,129 5.79%8,027
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-3,054 5.65%3,372
Validation32Up 34 places+34£500-2,981 5.51%4,020
Software Engineering33Up 8 places+8£550-4.34%2,957 5.47%7,690
Oracle34Down -2 places-2£525+2.94%2,937 5.43%1,856
Java35Down -11 places-11£525+1.01%2,914 5.39%3,528
Data Modelling36Up 21 places+21£525-2,883 5.33%2,303
Terraform37Down -1 place-1£535+1.90%2,836 5.25%2,378
Kubernetes38Down -5 places-5£538+2.38%2,811 5.20%3,303
Infrastructure as Code39Up 19 places+19£550+1.85%2,754 5.09%2,642
SAP40Down -12 places-12£575+1.54%2,706 5.00%1,844
Cybersecurity41Up 4 places+4£555+3.25%2,653 4.91%4,605
Power Platform42No change0£500+5.26%2,537 4.69%2,590
Degree43Down -18 places-18£500+0.50%2,461 4.55%11,513
Business Intelligence44Down -7 places-7£500-2,437 4.51%3,050
Test Automation45Up 5 places+5£475-5.00%2,372 4.39%2,790
JIRA46Down -14 places-14£500+1.52%2,362 4.37%1,637
Data Quality47Up 54 places+54£500-1.96%2,293 4.24%2,510
ITIL48Down -5 places-5£500+11.11%2,245 4.15%1,523
DV Cleared49Up 29 places+29£600+1.60%2,229 4.12%1,191
GCP50Up 5 places+5£550-2,222 4.11%3,225
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.