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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 5 Oct 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£510+2.00%12,490 22.96%22,310
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£550+2.42%11,840 21.77%6,580
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+2.80%9,936 18.27%21,774
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£543+3.33%9,012 16.57%4,040
Stakeholder Management5Up 12 places+12£550+4.76%8,508 15.64%8,357
Agile6Down -3 places-3£520+1.16%8,432 15.50%10,550
Azure7Down -1 place-1£529+2.27%8,205 15.09%9,262
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£490+3.15%7,355 13.52%10,730
AWS9No change0£550+4.76%6,359 11.69%8,898
CI/CD10Up 5 places+5£525+3.75%6,180 11.36%7,621
Architect11Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%6,088 11.19%5,483
Problem-Solving12Down -7 places-7£500+3.41%5,820 10.70%14,100
Senior13Up 8 places+8£550-5,703 10.49%20,371
Python14Down -4 places-4£538+2.38%5,594 10.29%12,203
DevOps15Down -1 place-1£525+0.96%5,590 10.28%5,630
AI16Up 27 places+27£560+1.81%5,325 9.79%24,065
Developer17Down -5 places-5£510+2.00%5,288 9.72%4,079
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,135 9.44%7,873
Public Sector19No change0£525+5.00%5,079 9.34%4,325
Analyst20Down -9 places-9£470+4.44%5,060 9.30%6,094
Continuous Improvement21Up 11 places+11£520+4.00%4,975 9.15%11,326
Migration22Down -4 places-4£535+3.88%4,944 9.09%3,386
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575+1.32%4,588 8.44%16,455
Analytical Skills23Down -7 places-7£500-4,588 8.44%10,907
Stakeholder Engagement24Up 3 places+3£540+1.88%4,165 7.66%3,386
Analytics25Up 4 places+4£530+0.95%3,923 7.21%11,546
Roadmaps26Up 13 places+13£575+4.54%3,311 6.09%9,677
Decision-Making27Up 23 places+23£540+5.21%3,266 6.00%9,721
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+6.25%3,244 5.96%3,103
Consultant29Down -3 places-3£550-3,221 5.92%4,320
Validation30Up 35 places+35£500-3,123 5.74%5,264
Banking31Down -7 places-7£550-3,122 5.74%3,736
Software Engineering32Up 9 places+9£550-1.34%3,065 5.64%10,566
Java33Down -10 places-10£523+0.67%2,918 5.37%4,216
Kubernetes34Down -1 place-1£538+1.89%2,892 5.32%3,999
Oracle35No change0£525+1.94%2,882 5.30%1,971
Terraform36Up 1 place+1£538+2.38%2,867 5.27%3,173
Data Modelling37Up 20 places+20£525-2,860 5.26%3,075
Infrastructure as Code38Up 17 places+17£550+1.85%2,852 5.24%3,366
SAP39Down -11 places-11£550-3.08%2,751 5.06%2,681
Cybersecurity40Up 5 places+5£550+1.85%2,730 5.02%6,233
Power Platform41Up 7 places+7£500+3.09%2,530 4.65%3,883
Degree42Down -17 places-17£501+0.10%2,478 4.56%14,042
Test Automation43Up 6 places+6£475-5.00%2,473 4.55%3,892
Data Quality44Up 55 places+55£515+0.98%2,383 4.38%3,968
Business Intelligence45Down -7 places-7£500-2,359 4.34%4,631
JIRA46Down -12 places-12£500-2,345 4.31%2,021
GCP47Up 6 places+6£550+1.28%2,294 4.22%3,659
QA48Up 14 places+14£475-2,275 4.18%3,938
Project Delivery49Up 11 places+11£525-2,247 4.13%4,049
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.