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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 14 Sep 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£505+1.00%12,134 22.42%20,386
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£543+1.40%11,731 21.67%5,654
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+2.80%9,883 18.26%21,322
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£537+2.28%8,942 16.52%3,564
Agile5Down -2 places-2£520+0.97%8,383 15.49%9,671
Azure6No change0£525+1.94%8,223 15.19%8,259
Stakeholder Management7Up 10 places+10£550+4.76%7,918 14.63%8,665
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.63%7,113 13.14%9,144
AWS9No change0£550+4.76%6,347 11.73%8,521
Architect10Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%6,085 11.24%5,272
CI/CD11Up 5 places+5£525+2.73%6,018 11.12%6,744
Problem-Solving12Down -7 places-7£500+3.62%5,740 10.60%12,719
Python13Down -3 places-3£538+2.38%5,600 10.35%10,810
DevOps14No change0£525+0.96%5,589 10.33%4,902
Senior15Up 7 places+7£550-5,561 10.27%16,174
Developer16Down -4 places-4£505+1.00%5,298 9.79%2,992
Analyst17Down -6 places-6£463+2.77%5,207 9.62%3,679
AI18Up 33 places+33£560+1.81%5,111 9.44%22,029
SQL19Down -6 places-6£500-5,106 9.43%6,583
Public Sector20No change0£523+4.50%4,945 9.14%4,053
Migration21Down -3 places-3£525+2.43%4,911 9.07%3,081
Continuous Improvement22Up 10 places+10£520+4.00%4,859 8.98%10,046
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,621 8.54%11,920
Analytical Skills24Down -9 places-9£500-4,573 8.45%9,747
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 4 places+4£540+2.32%4,120 7.61%3,170
Analytics26Up 4 places+4£525-3,945 7.29%10,318
Consultant27Down -1 place-1£550-3,264 6.03%3,439
Windows28Down -7 places-7£425+4.29%3,230 5.97%2,470
Decision-Making29Up 20 places+20£530+5.89%3,170 5.86%9,332
Roadmaps30Up 9 places+9£575+6.97%3,167 5.85%9,639
Banking31Down -8 places-8£550-3,050 5.63%4,045
Validation32Up 35 places+35£500-1.96%2,998 5.54%4,549
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£550-4.34%2,991 5.53%8,617
Oracle34Up 1 place+1£525+2.80%2,942 5.44%2,088
Java35Down -11 places-11£525+1.01%2,918 5.39%3,833
Data Modelling36Up 21 places+21£525-2,852 5.27%2,829
Terraform37No change0£538+2.38%2,836 5.24%2,854
Kubernetes38Down -4 places-4£538+2.38%2,823 5.22%3,699
Infrastructure as Code39Up 19 places+19£550+1.28%2,782 5.14%3,127
SAP40Down -12 places-12£575+1.76%2,748 5.08%2,164
Cybersecurity41Up 5 places+5£551+0.09%2,649 4.89%5,459
Power Platform42Up 3 places+3£500+5.26%2,543 4.70%2,929
Degree43Down -18 places-18£500-2,455 4.54%12,761
Business Intelligence44Down -6 places-6£500-2,415 4.46%3,624
JIRA45Down -12 places-12£500-2,378 4.39%1,838
Test Automation46Up 6 places+6£475-5.00%2,373 4.38%3,151
Data Quality47Up 54 places+54£506-0.39%2,299 4.25%3,094
ITIL48Down -4 places-4£500+11.11%2,225 4.11%1,736
DV Cleared49Up 31 places+31£600+2.12%2,221 4.10%1,366
GCP49Up 6 places+6£550-2,221 4.10%3,640
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.