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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 27 Jul 2026Rank
6 Months to
Rank
YoY Change
Median
Daily Rate
Median Daily Rate
YoY Change
Historical
Absolute & Relative
Jobs Vacancies
Live
Jobs
Security Cleared1Up 3 places+3£535+0.94%11,475 21.73%2,184
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-11,153 21.12%6,931
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-9,795 18.55%5,758
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£525-8,752 16.58%1,420
Agile5Down -2 places-2£515-0.96%8,346 15.81%2,961
Azure6No change0£525+0.96%8,204 15.54%3,445
Stakeholder Management7Up 9 places+9£540+2.85%6,456 12.23%2,883
AWS8No change0£550+4.76%6,395 12.11%2,747
Microsoft9Down -2 places-2£490+3.15%6,331 11.99%3,992
Architect10Up 7 places+7£618-1.20%5,899 11.17%1,981
CI/CD11Up 7 places+7£525+3.96%5,858 11.09%2,187
Python12Down -2 places-2£525-0.94%5,635 10.67%3,154
DevOps13Up 2 places+2£525+1.44%5,610 10.63%1,843
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£492+0.40%5,549 10.51%4,046
Developer15Down -4 places-4£500-5,349 10.13%1,340
Senior16Up 5 places+5£550+1.85%5,272 9.99%4,648
Analyst17Down -5 places-5£450-5,252 9.95%1,644
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,106 9.67%2,013
Public Sector19Up 1 place+1£515+3.00%4,953 9.38%1,384
Migration20Down -1 place-1£525+2.43%4,867 9.22%924
AI21Up 37 places+37£550-4,662 8.83%5,467
Lead22Up 8 places+8£575-4,455 8.44%3,654
Analytical Skills23Down -9 places-9£500-4,443 8.41%2,872
Continuous Improvement24Up 11 places+11£513+2.50%4,398 8.33%3,231
Analytics25Up 4 places+4£525-3,934 7.45%2,549
Stakeholder Engagement26Up 14 places+14£535+1.90%3,928 7.44%1,120
Consultant27No change0£550-3,092 5.86%1,159
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+2.37%3,069 5.81%1,097
Roadmaps29Up 12 places+12£575+4.54%3,030 5.74%2,662
Decision-Making30Up 17 places+17£525+5.00%2,992 5.67%2,780
Java31Down -7 places-7£525-2,977 5.64%1,176
Banking32Down -9 places-9£550-2,899 5.49%807
Oracle33Down -2 places-2£525+1.94%2,859 5.41%522
Data Modelling33Up 27 places+27£523-0.47%2,859 5.41%773
Software Engineering34Up 9 places+9£550-4.34%2,821 5.34%2,905
Validation35Up 34 places+34£500-4.76%2,780 5.27%1,126
Terraform36No change0£530+0.90%2,744 5.20%973
Kubernetes37Down -5 places-5£530-1.39%2,698 5.11%1,227
SAP38Down -10 places-10£560-0.88%2,672 5.06%603
Infrastructure as Code39Up 25 places+25£550-2,495 4.73%1,051
Degree40Down -15 places-15£500-2,479 4.70%3,260
Power Platform41Up 4 places+4£500+5.26%2,458 4.66%1,042
Business Intelligence42Down -3 places-3£500-2,455 4.65%1,138
JIRA43Down -10 places-10£500-2,446 4.63%550
Cybersecurity44Up 10 places+10£556+2.96%2,388 4.52%1,989
Test Automation45Up 5 places+5£475-2,260 4.28%865
GCP46Up 11 places+11£550-2,200 4.17%1,159
DV Cleared47Up 33 places+33£600+2.12%2,169 4.11%534
Data Quality48Up 65 places+65£500-2.43%2,121 4.02%843
Business Analyst49Down -12 places-12£500-2,120 4.02%423
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.