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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 21 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£533+0.47%11,446 21.71%2,257
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-11,061 20.98%7,050
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-9,759 18.51%6,029
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£525-8,724 16.55%1,465
Agile5Down -2 places-2£514-1.20%8,311 15.76%3,119
Azure6No change0£525+0.38%8,171 15.50%3,575
AWS7Up 1 place+1£550+4.76%6,379 12.10%2,768
Microsoft8Down -1 place-1£490+3.15%6,311 11.97%3,769
Stakeholder Management9Up 7 places+7£540+2.85%6,297 11.94%3,265
Architect10Up 7 places+7£616-1.44%5,872 11.14%2,071
CI/CD11Up 8 places+8£525+3.96%5,849 11.09%2,200
Python12Down -1 place-1£525-2.23%5,652 10.72%3,272
DevOps13Up 2 places+2£525+0.96%5,591 10.61%1,858
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£492-5,546 10.52%3,893
Developer15Down -5 places-5£500-5,355 10.16%1,226
Analyst16Down -4 places-4£450-5,273 10.00%1,774
Senior17Up 4 places+4£550+1.85%5,245 9.95%4,702
SQL18Down -5 places-5£500-5,056 9.59%2,110
Public Sector19Up 1 place+1£514+2.80%4,939 9.37%1,400
Migration20Down -2 places-2£525+1.94%4,857 9.21%1,037
AI21Up 36 places+36£550-4,592 8.71%5,801
Analytical Skills22Down -8 places-8£500-4,402 8.35%2,932
Lead23Up 7 places+7£575-4,395 8.34%3,752
Continuous Improvement24Up 12 places+12£513+2.50%4,355 8.26%3,197
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 17 places+17£537+2.28%3,895 7.39%1,204
Analytics26Up 3 places+3£525-3,885 7.37%2,814
Consultant27No change0£550-3,066 5.82%1,381
Windows28Down -6 places-6£425+0.95%3,050 5.79%1,083
Roadmaps29Up 12 places+12£575+4.54%2,994 5.68%2,868
Java30Down -6 places-6£525-2,970 5.63%1,084
Decision-Making31Up 16 places+16£520+3.89%2,968 5.63%2,998
Banking32Down -9 places-9£550-0.36%2,880 5.46%880
Data Modelling33Up 25 places+25£520-0.95%2,853 5.41%828
Oracle34Down -3 places-3£525+1.94%2,840 5.39%556
Software Engineering35Up 8 places+8£550-4.34%2,802 5.32%2,859
Validation36Up 33 places+33£500-4.76%2,769 5.25%1,123
Terraform37Down -2 places-2£528+0.57%2,742 5.20%976
Kubernetes38Down -6 places-6£533-1.38%2,702 5.13%1,143
SAP39Down -11 places-11£560-1.32%2,660 5.05%677
Degree40Down -15 places-15£500-2,481 4.71%3,273
Infrastructure as Code41Up 23 places+23£550-2,477 4.70%1,056
JIRA42Down -8 places-8£500-2,456 4.66%646
Business Intelligence43Down -4 places-4£500-2,441 4.63%1,253
Power Platform44No change0£500+5.26%2,429 4.61%1,125
Cybersecurity45Up 8 places+8£560+3.70%2,388 4.53%2,128
Test Automation46Up 2 places+2£475-2,263 4.29%833
GCP47Up 9 places+9£550-2,185 4.14%1,190
DV Cleared48Up 32 places+32£600+2.12%2,163 4.10%563
ITIL49Down -4 places-4£500+11.11%2,133 4.05%685
Business Analyst50Down -12 places-12£500-2,111 4.00%487
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.