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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 20 Aug 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£538+0.74%11,557 21.60%2,361
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-11,531 21.55%8,437
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+1.85%9,846 18.40%5,384
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£530+0.95%8,798 16.44%1,547
Azure5Up 1 place+1£525+1.94%8,348 15.60%3,163
Agile6Down -3 places-3£520-8,341 15.59%2,811
Stakeholder Management7Up 9 places+9£550+4.76%7,166 13.39%3,426
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.63%6,795 12.70%4,902
AWS9Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%6,356 11.88%2,074
Architect10Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%5,963 11.14%1,062
CI/CD11Up 6 places+6£525+2.43%5,937 11.10%1,633
DevOps12Up 3 places+3£525+1.01%5,656 10.57%1,455
Python13Down -3 places-3£535+1.90%5,573 10.41%2,631
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£495+1.02%5,570 10.41%4,999
Senior15Up 6 places+6£550-5,370 10.04%2,971
Developer16Down -4 places-4£500-5,355 10.01%1,391
Analyst17Down -6 places-6£463+2.77%5,183 9.69%1,977
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,133 9.59%2,257
Migration19Down -1 place-1£525+2.88%4,911 9.18%1,051
Public Sector20No change0£525+5.00%4,904 9.16%1,355
AI21Up 34 places+34£560+1.81%4,839 9.04%3,835
Continuous Improvement22Up 13 places+13£514+2.80%4,648 8.69%3,678
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,603 8.60%1,810
Analytical Skills24Down -10 places-10£500-4,528 8.46%3,382
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 9 places+9£535-0.37%4,098 7.66%1,162
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,964 7.41%2,392
Consultant27No change0£550-3,200 5.98%1,359
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+3.03%3,159 5.90%1,100
Roadmaps29Up 10 places+10£575+4.54%3,059 5.72%1,801
Decision-Making30Up 16 places+16£525+5.00%3,026 5.66%2,817
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-2,965 5.54%735
Oracle32Down -2 places-2£525+1.94%2,929 5.47%522
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£550-4.30%2,899 5.42%1,793
Java34Down -10 places-10£525+0.96%2,888 5.40%833
Validation35Up 34 places+34£500-2,881 5.38%1,432
Data Modelling36Up 22 places+22£525-2,855 5.34%740
Terraform37No change0£538+2.38%2,799 5.23%677
Kubernetes38Down -5 places-5£538+1.41%2,749 5.14%798
SAP39Down -11 places-11£575+1.76%2,715 5.07%706
Infrastructure as Code40Up 24 places+24£550+1.85%2,662 4.97%733
Cybersecurity41Up 8 places+8£559+4.29%2,530 4.73%2,149
Power Platform42Up 2 places+2£500+5.26%2,500 4.67%1,244
Degree43Down -18 places-18£500-2,453 4.58%3,547
Business Intelligence44Down -6 places-6£500-2,451 4.58%1,310
JIRA45Down -13 places-13£500-2,372 4.43%607
Test Automation46Up 4 places+4£475-3.84%2,320 4.34%771
GCP47Up 10 places+10£550-2,227 4.16%815
ITIL48Down -5 places-5£500+11.11%2,220 4.15%706
Data Quality49Up 56 places+56£500-1.96%2,181 4.08%1,010
DV Cleared50Up 30 places+30£600+2.12%2,173 4.06%540
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.