Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Results 1 - 50 of 4,241
Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 29 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£509+1.80%12,459 22.81%19,147
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£550+2.42%11,914 21.81%5,704
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+2.61%9,950 18.22%17,707
SC Cleared4Up 4 places+4£540+2.85%9,083 16.63%3,502
Agile5Down -2 places-2£520+0.97%8,466 15.50%8,940
Stakeholder Management6Up 11 places+11£550+3.67%8,409 15.40%7,220
Azure7Down -1 place-1£525+1.40%8,249 15.10%7,277
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.90%7,314 13.39%8,770
AWS9No change0£550+4.76%6,419 11.75%7,259
CI/CD10Up 6 places+6£525+2.94%6,186 11.33%6,172
Architect11Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%6,172 11.30%4,765
Problem-Solving12Down -7 places-7£500+3.62%5,790 10.60%12,246
Senior13Up 9 places+9£550-5,696 10.43%17,720
Python14Down -4 places-4£538+2.38%5,625 10.30%9,997
DevOps15Down -1 place-1£525+0.96%5,609 10.27%4,495
Developer16Down -4 places-4£510+2.00%5,311 9.72%2,995
AI17Up 28 places+28£560+1.81%5,270 9.65%19,966
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,168 9.46%6,263
Analyst19Down -8 places-8£466+3.55%5,089 9.32%5,229
Public Sector20Down -1 place-1£525+5.00%5,079 9.30%3,817
Migration21Down -3 places-3£530+2.91%5,008 9.17%2,783
Continuous Improvement22Up 10 places+10£520+4.00%4,947 9.06%9,882
Lead23Up 8 places+8£575-4,622 8.46%14,976
Analytical Skills24Down -9 places-9£500-4,578 8.38%9,306
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 3 places+3£540+0.74%4,155 7.61%2,895
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,945 7.22%9,659
Roadmaps27Up 12 places+12£575+4.54%3,281 6.01%8,024
Windows28Down -7 places-7£425+6.25%3,266 5.98%2,506
Decision-Making29Up 22 places+22£540+5.21%3,253 5.96%8,263
Consultant30Down -4 places-4£550-3,213 5.88%3,653
Banking31Down -7 places-7£550-3,115 5.70%3,069
Validation32Up 35 places+35£500-2.43%3,087 5.65%4,441
Software Engineering33Up 8 places+8£550-0.90%3,030 5.55%8,766
Java34Down -11 places-11£525+0.96%2,934 5.37%3,333
Oracle35Down -1 place-1£525+2.43%2,918 5.34%1,579
Data Modelling36Up 21 places+21£525-2,882 5.28%2,454
Kubernetes36Down -3 places-3£538+1.60%2,882 5.28%3,091
Terraform37No change0£538+2.38%2,870 5.25%2,468
Infrastructure as Code38Up 20 places+20£550+1.28%2,858 5.23%2,680
SAP39Down -12 places-12£558-2.95%2,742 5.02%2,221
Cybersecurity40Up 8 places+8£550+1.85%2,709 4.96%5,105
Power Platform41Up 5 places+5£500+5.26%2,548 4.66%3,303
Degree42Down -17 places-17£500-2,478 4.54%11,840
Test Automation43Up 7 places+7£475-5.00%2,460 4.50%3,269
Data Quality44Up 54 places+54£513+0.24%2,381 4.36%3,335
Business Intelligence45Down -7 places-7£500-2,379 4.36%3,907
JIRA46Down -11 places-11£500+1.26%2,356 4.31%1,737
GCP47Up 7 places+7£550-2,286 4.19%2,922
QA48Up 16 places+16£475-2,285 4.18%3,472
DV Cleared49Up 38 places+38£600+2.12%2,244 4.11%1,319
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.