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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 8 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+0.37%11,642 21.72%2,983
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-11,501 21.46%10,913
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550+0.91%9,931 18.53%8,934
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£525-8,873 16.55%1,901
Agile5Down -2 places-2£515-1.90%8,445 15.76%4,517
Azure6No change0£525+0.96%8,359 15.59%5,154
Stakeholder Management7Up 9 places+9£550+3.52%6,850 12.78%4,509
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£488+2.63%6,613 12.34%5,762
AWS9Down -1 place-1£550+4.76%6,396 11.93%4,342
Architect10Up 8 places+8£622-0.56%5,984 11.16%3,170
CI/CD11Up 6 places+6£525+3.34%5,964 11.13%3,477
DevOps12Up 3 places+3£525+1.44%5,707 10.65%2,777
Python13Down -3 places-3£525-0.94%5,646 10.53%5,501
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£490+0.51%5,645 10.53%6,352
Developer15Down -4 places-4£500-5,415 10.10%1,688
Senior16Up 5 places+5£550-5,384 10.04%8,370
Analyst17Down -5 places-5£458+1.77%5,274 9.84%1,978
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,170 9.65%3,042
Public Sector19Up 1 place+1£515+3.00%4,960 9.25%1,892
Migration20Down -1 place-1£525+2.43%4,943 9.22%1,504
AI21Up 37 places+37£551+0.22%4,813 8.98%9,507
Continuous Improvement22Up 13 places+13£513+2.50%4,591 8.57%5,105
Analytical Skills23Down -9 places-9£500-4,563 8.51%4,315
Lead24Up 7 places+7£575-4,536 8.46%6,176
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 12 places+12£531-0.88%4,055 7.57%1,616
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-4,018 7.50%4,217
Consultant27No change0£550-3,164 5.90%1,955
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+2.38%3,142 5.86%1,314
Roadmaps29Up 12 places+12£575+4.54%3,055 5.70%4,253
Decision-Making30Up 18 places+18£525+5.00%3,026 5.65%4,227
Java31Down -7 places-7£525+0.19%2,961 5.52%2,120
Banking32Down -9 places-9£550-2,958 5.52%1,410
Data Modelling33Up 26 places+26£520-0.95%2,933 5.47%1,161
Oracle34Down -4 places-4£525+1.94%2,905 5.42%859
Software Engineering35Up 7 places+7£555-3.47%2,878 5.37%5,054
Validation36Up 33 places+33£500-2.91%2,834 5.29%1,988
Terraform37Down -1 place-1£532+1.33%2,792 5.21%1,591
Kubernetes38Down -6 places-6£535+0.18%2,742 5.12%2,055
SAP39Down -11 places-11£566-0.87%2,705 5.05%1,069
Infrastructure as Code40Up 23 places+23£550+1.10%2,585 4.82%1,700
Power Platform41Up 3 places+3£500+5.26%2,506 4.68%1,495
Degree42Down -17 places-17£500-2,505 4.67%5,452
Business Intelligence43Down -5 places-5£500-2,483 4.63%1,652
Cybersecurity44Up 5 places+5£550+2.99%2,478 4.62%3,088
JIRA45Down -12 places-12£500-2,431 4.54%850
Test Automation46Up 5 places+5£475-3.06%2,309 4.31%1,407
GCP47Up 10 places+10£550-2,243 4.18%1,912
DV Cleared48Up 33 places+33£600-2,192 4.09%738
Data Quality49Up 57 places+57£500-2.43%2,182 4.07%1,327
ITIL50Down -7 places-7£500+11.11%2,168 4.04%853
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.