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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 27 Aug 2026Rank
6 Months to
Rank
YoY Change
Median
Daily Rate
Median Daily Rate
YoY Change
Historical
Absolute & Relative
Jobs Vacancies
Live
Jobs
Social Skills1No change0£500-11,663 21.72%6,537
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£540+0.93%11,539 21.49%2,076
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+1.85%9,836 18.32%3,744
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£533+1.42%8,777 16.35%1,372
Azure5Up 1 place+1£525+1.94%8,334 15.52%2,162
Agile6Down -3 places-3£520-8,298 15.45%2,308
Stakeholder Management7Up 9 places+9£550+4.76%7,382 13.75%2,632
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+3.50%6,865 12.79%3,458
AWS9Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%6,343 11.81%1,602
Architect10Up 9 places+9£615-1.60%6,001 11.18%773
CI/CD11Up 6 places+6£525+2.43%5,911 11.01%1,341
DevOps12Up 3 places+3£525+1.01%5,631 10.49%1,113
Problem-Solving13Down -8 places-8£495+1.97%5,572 10.38%4,011
Python14Down -4 places-4£535+1.90%5,565 10.36%1,839
Senior15Up 7 places+7£550-5,401 10.06%2,300
Developer16Down -4 places-4£500-5,353 9.97%845
Analyst17Down -6 places-6£463+2.77%5,203 9.69%1,221
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,107 9.51%1,435
Migration19Down -1 place-1£525+2.43%4,943 9.21%788
Public Sector20No change0£521+4.10%4,891 9.11%1,212
AI21Up 34 places+34£560+1.81%4,878 9.09%2,990
Continuous Improvement22Up 13 places+13£514+2.80%4,696 8.75%2,926
Lead23Up 7 places+7£575-4,621 8.61%1,377
Analytical Skills24Down -10 places-10£500-4,517 8.41%2,463
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 6 places+6£530-0.93%4,114 7.66%903
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,957 7.37%1,650
Consultant27No change0£550-3,240 6.03%905
Windows28Down -7 places-7£425+3.03%3,158 5.88%888
Roadmaps29Up 11 places+11£575+4.54%3,066 5.71%1,452
Decision-Making30Up 17 places+17£525+5.00%3,050 5.68%2,017
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-2,999 5.59%568
Java32Down -8 places-8£525+0.96%2,916 5.43%704
Validation33Up 35 places+35£500-2,912 5.42%1,243
Oracle34Down -2 places-2£525+1.94%2,901 5.40%457
Software Engineering35Up 7 places+7£555-3.47%2,900 5.40%1,507
Data Modelling36Up 22 places+22£521-0.71%2,849 5.31%533
Terraform37No change0£536+2.09%2,807 5.23%574
Kubernetes38Down -4 places-4£537+2.04%2,763 5.15%667
SAP39Down -11 places-11£575+1.27%2,713 5.05%589
Infrastructure as Code40Up 21 places+21£550-2,682 5.00%637
Cybersecurity41Up 5 places+5£553+2.87%2,570 4.79%1,376
Power Platform42Up 3 places+3£500+5.26%2,519 4.69%907
Business Intelligence43Down -5 places-5£500-2,446 4.56%948
Degree44Down -19 places-19£500-2,445 4.55%2,731
JIRA45Down -12 places-12£500-2,329 4.34%536
Test Automation46Up 3 places+3£478-4.40%2,311 4.30%724
ITIL47Down -4 places-4£500+11.11%2,233 4.16%583
Data Quality48Up 54 places+54£500-0.49%2,216 4.13%738
GCP49Up 8 places+8£550-2,204 4.10%643
DV Cleared50Up 30 places+30£600+2.12%2,163 4.03%507
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.