Digital & IT Contractor Trends & Insights

Contract Job Market Index

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 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%	13,414 24.26%	6,027
Security Cleared	2	Up 1 place+1	£550	+2.80%	12,393 22.41%	2,748
Finance	3	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	10,341 18.70%	4,271
Stakeholder Management	4	Up 12 places+12	£550	+4.76%	9,673 17.49%	2,217
SC Cleared	5	Up 1 place+1	£550	+4.76%	9,423 17.04%	1,913
Agile	6	Down 2 places-2	£513	-	8,770 15.86%	2,274
Azure	7	Down 2 places-2	£533	+2.40%	8,371 15.14%	3,409
Microsoft	8	No change0	£500	+5.26%	8,027 14.52%	4,395
CI/CD	9	Up 5 places+5	£515	+0.48%	6,583 11.91%	1,767
AWS	10	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	6,540 11.83%	2,127
Problem-Solving	11	Down 4 places-4	£495	+2.59%	6,316 11.42%	4,193
Architect	12	Up 8 places+8	£625	-	6,198 11.21%	1,066
Senior	13	Up 8 places+8	£550	-	5,900 10.67%	2,994
Python	14	Down 4 places-4	£538	+2.38%	5,827 10.54%	2,823
DevOps	15	Down 3 places-3	£525	-	5,748 10.40%	1,452
AI	16	Up 23 places+23	£560	+1.81%	5,623 10.17%	3,857
Public Sector	17	Up 1 place+1	£525	+5.00%	5,486 9.92%	1,286
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 11 places+11	£523	+4.50%	5,431 9.82%	2,737
SQL	19	Down 4 places-4	£500	-	5,272 9.53%	2,040
Developer	20	Down 7 places-7	£500	-	5,230 9.46%	1,225
Migration	21	Down 2 places-2	£538	+4.41%	5,166 9.34%	949
Analyst	22	Down 11 places-11	£473	+5.00%	5,074 9.18%	1,703
Analytical Skills	23	Down 6 places-6	£500	-	4,977 9.00%	2,264
Lead	24	Up 6 places+6	£575	-	4,613 8.34%	1,569
Stakeholder Engagement	25	Down 1 place-1	£545	+3.80%	4,530 8.19%	1,020
Analytics	26	Up 2 places+2	£541	+5.09%	4,126 7.46%	1,719
Roadmaps	27	Up 13 places+13	£600	+9.09%	3,641 6.58%	1,734
Validation	28	Up 36 places+36	£500	-	3,463 6.26%	1,459
Decision-Making	29	Up 23 places+23	£550	+10.00%	3,428 6.20%	1,914
Banking	30	Down 5 places-5	£550	-	3,360 6.08%	533
Consultant	31	Down 8 places-8	£550	-	3,310 5.99%	901
Windows	32	Down 10 places-10	£425	+8.97%	3,278 5.93%	1,199
Software Engineering	33	Up 10 places+10	£550	-	3,225 5.83%	2,018
Kubernetes	34	Down 2 places-2	£538	+1.89%	3,132 5.66%	775
Infrastructure as Code	35	Up 11 places+11	£550	+2.32%	3,047 5.51%	847
Java	36	Down 9 places-9	£510	-0.68%	3,028 5.48%	714
Terraform	37	Down 2 places-2	£538	+2.47%	3,013 5.45%	775
Data Modelling	38	Up 11 places+11	£525	-	2,997 5.42%	804
Cybersecurity	39	Up 3 places+3	£550	+3.77%	2,936 5.31%	2,409
Oracle	40	Down 7 places-7	£525	+0.96%	2,904 5.25%	518
SAP	41	Down 10 places-10	£558	-0.35%	2,823 5.11%	572
Test Automation	42	Up 3 places+3	£475	-5.00%	2,804 5.07%	1,066
Data Quality	43	Up 49 places+49	£515	+3.00%	2,695 4.87%	795
Degree	44	Down 18 places-18	£510	+2.00%	2,650 4.79%	3,398
Power Platform	45	Down 2 places-2	£500	+3.09%	2,550 4.61%	1,085
QA	46	Up 13 places+13	£475	-2.56%	2,421 4.38%	850
Project Delivery	47	Up 11 places+11	£525	-	2,418 4.37%	1,101
GCP	48	Up 2 places+2	£550	+2.42%	2,402 4.34%	712
JIRA	49	Down 13 places-13	£500	-	2,396 4.33%	500
Technical Leadership	50	Up 105 places+105	£600	+4.34%	2,394 4.33%	1,194

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.