Digital & IT Contractor Trends & Insights

Contract Job Market Index

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£510	+2.00%	13,514 24.29%	14,922
Security Cleared	2	Up 1 place+1	£550	+2.42%	12,499 22.47%	5,620
Finance	3	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	10,431 18.75%	13,896
Stakeholder Management	4	Up 12 places+12	£549	+4.57%	9,788 17.60%	5,159
SC Cleared	5	Up 1 place+1	£550	+4.76%	9,505 17.09%	3,643
Agile	6	Down 2 places-2	£513	-	8,859 15.93%	7,679
Azure	7	Down 2 places-2	£535	+2.88%	8,442 15.18%	7,633
Microsoft	8	No change0	£500	+5.26%	8,139 14.63%	7,957
CI/CD	9	Up 5 places+5	£518	+1.12%	6,672 11.99%	6,202
AWS	10	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	6,595 11.86%	7,120
Problem-Solving	11	Down 4 places-4	£495	+2.59%	6,352 11.42%	10,746
Architect	12	Up 8 places+8	£625	-	6,242 11.22%	4,666
Senior	13	Up 8 places+8	£550	-	5,978 10.75%	16,220
Python	14	Down 4 places-4	£538	+2.38%	5,898 10.60%	9,382
DevOps	15	Down 3 places-3	£525	-	5,814 10.45%	4,626
AI	16	Up 22 places+22	£560	+1.81%	5,688 10.23%	19,325
Public Sector	17	Up 1 place+1	£525	+5.00%	5,538 9.96%	3,413
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 10 places+10	£523	+4.50%	5,472 9.84%	7,555
SQL	19	Down 4 places-4	£500	-	5,338 9.60%	5,465
Developer	20	Down 7 places-7	£500	-	5,278 9.49%	2,867
Migration	21	Down 2 places-2	£540	+5.36%	5,230 9.40%	2,725
Analyst	22	Down 11 places-11	£475	+5.55%	5,096 9.16%	3,544
Analytical Skills	23	Down 6 places-6	£500	-	5,011 9.01%	6,827
Lead	24	Up 5 places+5	£575	-	4,666 8.39%	11,664
Stakeholder Engagement	25	Down 2 places-2	£545	+3.80%	4,572 8.22%	2,144
Analytics	26	Up 1 place+1	£549	+6.26%	4,174 7.50%	7,645
Roadmaps	27	Up 13 places+13	£600	+9.09%	3,695 6.64%	7,900
Validation	28	Up 36 places+36	£500	-	3,506 6.30%	4,285
Decision-Making	29	Up 22 places+22	£550	+10.00%	3,445 6.19%	6,267
Banking	30	Down 4 places-4	£550	+0.91%	3,392 6.10%	2,317
Consultant	31	Down 7 places-7	£550	-	3,329 5.98%	3,222
Windows	32	Down 10 places-10	£425	+8.97%	3,312 5.95%	2,600
Software Engineering	33	Up 9 places+9	£550	-	3,271 5.88%	8,597
Kubernetes	34	Down 3 places-3	£538	+2.38%	3,190 5.73%	3,175
Infrastructure as Code	35	Up 11 places+11	£550	+2.89%	3,091 5.56%	2,907
Java	36	Down 11 places-11	£510	-0.48%	3,060 5.50%	3,045
Terraform	36	Down 3 places-3	£538	+2.47%	3,060 5.50%	2,649
Data Modelling	37	Up 12 places+12	£525	-	3,012 5.41%	2,519
Cybersecurity	38	Up 3 places+3	£550	+3.77%	2,974 5.35%	5,545
Oracle	39	Down 7 places-7	£525	+0.96%	2,930 5.27%	1,505
Test Automation	40	Up 4 places+4	£475	-5.00%	2,861 5.14%	3,556
SAP	41	Down 11 places-11	£561	+0.67%	2,838 5.10%	1,761
Data Quality	42	Up 51 places+51	£515	+3.00%	2,744 4.93%	2,711
Degree	43	Down 18 places-18	£510	+2.00%	2,664 4.79%	10,754
Power Platform	44	Down 1 place-1	£500	+3.09%	2,570 4.62%	2,474
QA	45	Up 14 places+14	£475	-3.06%	2,457 4.42%	2,786
Project Delivery	46	Up 12 places+12	£525	-	2,450 4.40%	2,619
Technical Leadership	47	Up 102 places+102	£600	+4.34%	2,438 4.38%	3,410
GCP	48	Up 2 places+2	£550	+3.77%	2,422 4.35%	2,964
JIRA	49	Down 14 places-14	£500	-	2,421 4.35%	1,625

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.