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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 3 Jul 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%11,182 21.70%2,901
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-10,798 20.96%8,011
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-9,530 18.50%6,574
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£525-8,546 16.59%1,837
Agile5Down -2 places-2£514-2.09%8,018 15.56%3,386
Azure6No change0£525-7,977 15.48%3,894
AWS7No change0£550+4.76%6,281 12.19%2,992
Microsoft8No change0£492+3.57%6,053 11.75%4,331
Stakeholder Management9Up 7 places+7£540+2.85%5,891 11.43%3,012
Architect10Up 7 places+7£615-1.60%5,737 11.14%1,739
CI/CD11Up 8 places+8£525+3.75%5,714 11.09%2,130
Python12Down -1 place-1£525-2.32%5,573 10.82%3,689
DevOps13Up 2 places+2£525-5,489 10.65%1,876
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£488-2.50%5,393 10.47%4,231
Developer15Down -5 places-5£500-1.47%5,186 10.07%1,692
Analyst16Down -4 places-4£450-5,130 9.96%2,060
Senior17Up 3 places+3£550-5,024 9.75%4,220
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-4,960 9.63%2,480
Public Sector19Up 2 places+2£513+2.50%4,843 9.40%1,539
Migration20Down -2 places-2£525-4,740 9.20%1,109
AI21Up 37 places+37£550-4,365 8.47%5,997
Lead22Up 8 places+8£575-4,236 8.22%2,776
Analytical Skills22Down -8 places-8£500-4,236 8.22%3,145
Continuous Improvement23Up 15 places+15£510+2.00%4,099 7.96%3,406
Analytics24Up 5 places+5£525-3,757 7.29%3,078
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 21 places+21£535+1.90%3,716 7.21%1,399
Windows26Down -4 places-4£425-3,027 5.88%1,190
Consultant27No change0£543-1.36%3,002 5.83%1,686
Java28Down -4 places-4£525-2,942 5.71%1,180
Decision-Making29Up 18 places+18£520+1.73%2,885 5.60%3,337
Roadmaps30Up 11 places+11£574+4.43%2,872 5.57%2,517
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-0.90%2,841 5.51%921
Data Modelling32Up 25 places+25£525-2,739 5.32%941
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£550-4.34%2,699 5.24%2,778
Oracle34Down -3 places-3£525-2,696 5.23%662
Validation35Up 37 places+37£500-4.76%2,680 5.20%1,272
Terraform36No change0£525-2,678 5.20%972
Kubernetes37Down -4 places-4£529-1.48%2,624 5.09%1,099
SAP38Down -10 places-10£550-4.34%2,578 5.00%667
Degree39Down -14 places-14£500-2,462 4.78%3,655
JIRA40Down -6 places-6£500-2,427 4.71%700
Power Platform41Up 4 places+4£492+3.57%2,400 4.66%1,162
Business Intelligence42Down -2 places-2£498-0.40%2,389 4.64%1,274
Infrastructure as Code43Up 24 places+24£538-0.46%2,381 4.62%946
Cybersecurity44Up 11 places+11£560+1.81%2,320 4.50%2,436
Test Automation45Up 3 places+3£475-1.04%2,231 4.33%879
GCP46Up 10 places+10£550-2,099 4.07%1,094
Business Analyst47Down -10 places-10£500-2,075 4.03%516
DV Cleared48Up 31 places+31£600+2.12%2,061 4.00%608
ITIL49Down -6 places-6£500+11.11%2,046 3.97%789
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.