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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 11 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£537+0.46%11,588 21.70%3,318
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-11,423 21.39%10,649
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+0.93%9,841 18.43%9,288
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£525-8,840 16.55%2,000
Agile5Down -2 places-2£515-1.71%8,358 15.65%4,738
Azure6No change0£525+0.96%8,297 15.53%5,019
Stakeholder Management7Up 9 places+9£550+2.80%6,859 12.84%4,359
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£490+3.05%6,602 12.36%5,671
AWS9Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%6,355 11.90%4,687
Architect10Up 9 places+9£622-0.56%5,952 11.14%3,249
CI/CD11Up 6 places+6£525+2.94%5,918 11.08%3,645
DevOps12Up 3 places+3£525+1.40%5,680 10.63%2,895
Problem-Solving13Down -8 places-8£490-5,592 10.47%6,305
Python13Down -3 places-3£528+0.57%5,592 10.47%5,616
Developer14Down -3 places-3£500-5,381 10.08%1,758
Senior15Up 6 places+6£550-5,367 10.05%8,660
Analyst16Down -4 places-4£460+2.22%5,215 9.76%1,934
SQL17Down -4 places-4£500-5,135 9.61%3,068
Public Sector18Up 2 places+2£515+3.00%4,930 9.23%1,944
Migration19Down -1 place-1£525+2.43%4,917 9.21%1,523
AI20Up 37 places+37£554+0.63%4,807 9.00%10,030
Continuous Improvement21Up 14 places+14£513+2.50%4,580 8.58%5,222
Lead22Up 9 places+9£575-4,543 8.51%6,317
Analytical Skills23Down -9 places-9£500-4,523 8.47%4,383
Stakeholder Engagement24Up 12 places+12£533-0.83%4,038 7.56%1,676
Analytics25Up 4 places+4£525-3,973 7.44%4,292
Consultant26Up 1 place+1£550-3,146 5.89%2,049
Windows27Down -5 places-5£425+2.40%3,117 5.84%1,329
Roadmaps28Up 13 places+13£575+4.54%3,033 5.68%4,364
Decision-Making29Up 18 places+18£525+5.00%3,009 5.63%4,273
Java30Down -6 places-6£525+0.19%2,950 5.52%2,266
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-2,943 5.51%1,483
Data Modelling32Up 27 places+27£520-0.95%2,900 5.43%1,208
Oracle33Down -3 places-3£525+1.94%2,898 5.43%874
Software Engineering34Up 8 places+8£560-2.60%2,876 5.38%5,254
Validation35Up 33 places+33£500-2.91%2,841 5.32%2,045
Terraform36Up 1 place+1£532+1.38%2,791 5.23%1,646
Kubernetes37Down -5 places-5£535+0.94%2,735 5.12%2,172
SAP38Down -10 places-10£575+0.21%2,702 5.06%1,068
Infrastructure as Code39Up 23 places+23£550+1.10%2,594 4.86%1,809
Power Platform40Up 4 places+4£500+5.26%2,490 4.66%1,433
Degree41Down -16 places-16£500-2,463 4.61%5,577
Cybersecurity42Up 8 places+8£557+4.35%2,457 4.60%3,108
Business Intelligence43Down -5 places-5£500-2,455 4.60%1,591
JIRA44Down -11 places-11£500-2,401 4.50%849
Test Automation45Up 6 places+6£475-3.25%2,309 4.32%1,517
GCP46Up 10 places+10£550-2,223 4.16%1,955
Data Quality47Up 60 places+60£500-2.43%2,174 4.07%1,351
DV Cleared48Up 33 places+33£600-2,171 4.06%838
ITIL49Down -6 places-6£500+11.11%2,154 4.03%896
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.