Digital & IT Contractor Trends & Insights

Contract Job Market Index

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 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%	13,573 24.30%	16,551
Security Cleared	2	Up 1 place+1	£550	+3.67%	12,592 22.55%	6,072
Finance	3	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	10,469 18.74%	14,938
Stakeholder Management	4	Up 12 places+12	£550	+4.71%	9,879 17.69%	5,388
SC Cleared	5	No change0	£550	+4.76%	9,562 17.12%	3,967
Agile	6	Down 2 places-2	£513	-	8,929 15.99%	8,029
Azure	7	Down 1 place-1	£533	+2.50%	8,507 15.23%	8,121
Microsoft	8	No change0	£500	+5.26%	8,193 14.67%	9,304
CI/CD	9	Up 5 places+5	£519	+1.26%	6,725 12.04%	6,365
AWS	10	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	6,631 11.87%	7,407
Problem-Solving	11	Down 4 places-4	£500	+5.26%	6,391 11.44%	12,383
Architect	12	Up 8 places+8	£625	-	6,265 11.22%	4,733
Senior	13	Up 8 places+8	£550	-	6,014 10.77%	16,588
Python	14	Down 4 places-4	£538	+2.38%	5,941 10.64%	10,092
DevOps	15	Down 3 places-3	£525	-	5,838 10.45%	4,845
AI	16	Up 22 places+22	£560	+1.81%	5,732 10.26%	20,844
Public Sector	17	Up 1 place+1	£525	+5.00%	5,640 10.10%	3,646
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 11 places+11	£523	+4.50%	5,486 9.82%	8,278
SQL	19	Down 4 places-4	£500	-	5,367 9.61%	5,992
Developer	20	Down 7 places-7	£500	-	5,286 9.46%	3,120
Migration	21	Down 2 places-2	£538	+4.97%	5,272 9.44%	2,855
Analyst	22	Down 11 places-11	£475	+5.55%	5,098 9.13%	4,203
Analytical Skills	23	Down 6 places-6	£500	-	5,027 9.00%	7,692
Lead	24	Up 6 places+6	£575	-	4,714 8.44%	12,290
Stakeholder Engagement	25	Down 2 places-2	£542	+3.30%	4,625 8.28%	2,194
Analytics	26	Up 2 places+2	£550	+5.76%	4,169 7.46%	8,293
Roadmaps	27	Up 14 places+14	£600	+9.09%	3,721 6.66%	8,261
Validation	28	Up 34 places+34	£500	-	3,540 6.34%	4,648
Decision-Making	29	Up 24 places+24	£550	+10.00%	3,452 6.18%	6,761
Banking	30	Down 3 places-3	£550	+1.85%	3,395 6.08%	2,468
Consultant	31	Down 7 places-7	£550	-	3,348 5.99%	3,370
Windows	32	Down 10 places-10	£435	+11.53%	3,341 5.98%	3,445
Software Engineering	33	Up 10 places+10	£555	+0.90%	3,327 5.96%	9,264
Kubernetes	34	Down 2 places-2	£538	+2.13%	3,228 5.78%	3,271
Infrastructure as Code	35	Up 11 places+11	£550	+3.77%	3,105 5.56%	3,006
Java	36	Down 11 places-11	£513	-	3,096 5.54%	3,215
Terraform	37	Down 3 places-3	£538	+2.47%	3,091 5.53%	2,687
Data Modelling	38	Up 11 places+11	£525	-	3,015 5.40%	2,577
Cybersecurity	39	Up 3 places+3	£550	+3.77%	3,000 5.37%	6,150
Oracle	40	Down 7 places-7	£525	+0.96%	2,954 5.29%	1,520
Test Automation	41	Up 4 places+4	£475	-5.00%	2,913 5.22%	3,800
SAP	42	Down 11 places-11	£564	+0.75%	2,845 5.09%	1,838
Data Quality	43	Up 50 places+50	£513	+2.50%	2,769 4.96%	2,889
Degree	44	Down 18 places-18	£510	+2.00%	2,663 4.77%	12,355
Power Platform	45	Down 1 place-1	£500	+2.56%	2,568 4.60%	2,737
Technical Leadership	46	Up 102 places+102	£600	+4.34%	2,476 4.43%	3,441
Project Delivery	47	Up 13 places+13	£525	+2.43%	2,465 4.41%	2,778
QA	48	Up 11 places+11	£475	-1.04%	2,461 4.41%	3,055
JIRA	49	Down 13 places-13	£500	-	2,442 4.37%	1,788
GCP	50	Up 1 place+1	£550	+2.42%	2,433 4.36%	3,038

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.