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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 30 Jun 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£525-0.94%11,110 21.65%1,892
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-10,732 20.91%5,420
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-9,480 18.47%4,013
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£525-8,514 16.59%1,269
Agile5Down -2 places-2£513-2.20%7,963 15.52%2,092
Azure6No change0£525-7,940 15.47%2,555
AWS7No change0£545+3.80%6,275 12.23%1,843
Microsoft8Up 1 place+1£494+3.89%6,011 11.71%3,192
Stakeholder Management9Up 7 places+7£540+2.85%5,785 11.27%1,875
Architect10Up 7 places+7£617-1.28%5,687 11.08%1,146
CI/CD11Up 8 places+8£525+2.43%5,683 11.07%1,371
Python12Down -1 place-1£525-2.32%5,563 10.84%2,310
DevOps13Up 2 places+2£525-5,474 10.67%1,237
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£490-2.00%5,395 10.51%2,977
Developer15Down -5 places-5£500-2.43%5,170 10.07%1,264
Analyst16Down -4 places-4£450-5,113 9.96%1,362
Senior17Up 3 places+3£550-5,011 9.76%2,450
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-4,950 9.65%1,651
Public Sector19Up 2 places+2£513+2.50%4,818 9.39%1,000
Migration20Down -2 places-2£525-4,719 9.20%746
AI21Up 37 places+37£550-4,345 8.47%3,521
Lead22Up 7 places+7£575-0.43%4,214 8.21%1,900
Analytical Skills23Down -9 places-9£500-4,189 8.16%2,031
Continuous Improvement24Up 14 places+14£505+1.00%4,042 7.88%2,374
Analytics25Up 5 places+5£525-3,745 7.30%1,811
Stakeholder Engagement26Up 20 places+20£530+0.95%3,651 7.11%957
Consultant27No change0£545-0.90%2,992 5.83%863
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425-2,987 5.82%941
Java29Down -5 places-5£525-2,920 5.69%713
Decision-Making30Up 19 places+19£519+3.14%2,853 5.56%2,109
Roadmaps31Up 10 places+10£574+4.43%2,845 5.54%1,516
Banking32Down -9 places-9£550-1.10%2,839 5.53%536
Data Modelling33Up 24 places+24£525-2,726 5.31%577
Software Engineering34Up 9 places+9£550-4.34%2,690 5.24%1,624
Oracle35Down -4 places-4£525-2,675 5.21%421
Validation36Up 36 places+36£500-4.76%2,654 5.17%835
Terraform37Down -1 place-1£525-2,646 5.16%631
Kubernetes38Down -5 places-5£525-2.32%2,609 5.08%657
SAP39Down -11 places-11£550-4.34%2,561 4.99%390
Degree40Down -15 places-15£494-1.20%2,464 4.80%2,421
JIRA41Down -7 places-7£495-1.00%2,422 4.72%439
Power Platform42Up 2 places+2£496+4.42%2,404 4.68%757
Business Intelligence43Down -3 places-3£500-2,389 4.66%831
Infrastructure as Code44Up 25 places+25£530-2.57%2,352 4.58%638
Cybersecurity45Up 9 places+9£557+1.31%2,297 4.48%1,571
Test Automation46Up 1 place+1£475-3.06%2,209 4.30%561
GCP47Up 9 places+9£550-4.34%2,085 4.06%661
Business Analyst48Down -11 places-11£500-2,066 4.03%313
Project Management49Down -23 places-23£511+2.10%2,047 3.99%1,092
DV Cleared50Up 29 places+29£600+2.12%2,019 3.93%403
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.