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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 14 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%11,567 21.66%2,953
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-11,456 21.46%10,682
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+0.59%9,834 18.42%8,961
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£525-8,816 16.51%1,890
Agile5Down -2 places-2£515-1.05%8,354 15.65%4,463
Azure6No change0£525+0.96%8,327 15.60%4,795
Stakeholder Management7Up 9 places+9£550+4.46%6,981 13.08%4,322
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£490+3.15%6,684 12.52%5,581
AWS9Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%6,352 11.90%4,398
CI/CD10Up 7 places+7£525+2.43%5,924 11.10%3,458
Architect11Up 8 places+8£620-0.80%5,915 11.08%3,154
DevOps12Up 3 places+3£525+0.96%5,658 10.60%2,790
Python13Down -3 places-3£530+0.95%5,583 10.46%5,255
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£493+1.02%5,578 10.45%6,327
Senior15Up 6 places+6£550-5,375 10.07%8,423
Developer16Down -5 places-5£500-5,350 10.02%1,756
Analyst17Down -5 places-5£462+2.66%5,190 9.72%1,925
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,142 9.63%2,981
Migration19Down -1 place-1£525+2.43%4,931 9.24%1,513
Public Sector20No change0£518+3.50%4,895 9.17%1,823
AI21Up 33 places+33£560+1.81%4,813 9.01%9,358
Continuous Improvement22Up 12 places+12£513+2.50%4,596 8.61%5,173
Lead23Up 7 places+7£575-4,554 8.53%6,154
Analytical Skills24Down -10 places-10£500-4,533 8.49%4,340
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 11 places+11£530-1.30%4,077 7.64%1,611
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,972 7.44%4,074
Consultant27No change0£550-3,169 5.94%1,851
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+2.40%3,130 5.86%1,360
Roadmaps29Up 10 places+10£575+4.54%3,062 5.73%4,249
Decision-Making30Up 14 places+14£525+5.00%3,003 5.62%4,211
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-2,951 5.53%1,453
Java32Down -8 places-8£525+0.96%2,930 5.49%2,160
Oracle33Down -2 places-2£525+1.94%2,923 5.47%844
Data Modelling34Up 23 places+23£520-0.95%2,891 5.41%1,171
Software Engineering35Up 7 places+7£550-4.34%2,879 5.39%5,091
Validation36Up 31 places+31£500-2.43%2,865 5.37%2,025
Terraform37No change0£538+2.38%2,792 5.23%1,540
Kubernetes38Down -5 places-5£537+1.32%2,746 5.14%2,024
SAP39Down -11 places-11£575+0.87%2,710 5.08%1,011
Infrastructure as Code40Up 21 places+21£550+1.85%2,614 4.90%1,665
Power Platform41Up 2 places+2£500+5.26%2,493 4.67%1,415
Cybersecurity42Up 4 places+4£560+4.77%2,487 4.66%2,954
Business Intelligence43Down -5 places-5£500-2,463 4.61%1,591
Degree44Down -19 places-19£500-2,456 4.60%5,546
JIRA45Down -13 places-13£500-2,379 4.46%824
Test Automation46Up 3 places+3£475-3.94%2,311 4.33%1,476
GCP47Up 9 places+9£550-2,237 4.19%1,844
ITIL48Down -5 places-5£500+11.11%2,189 4.10%942
Data Quality49Up 54 places+54£500-2.43%2,178 4.08%1,294
DV Cleared50Up 29 places+29£600+0.84%2,163 4.05%702
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.