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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 18 Oct 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£510+2.00%12,961 23.58%13,886
Security Cleared2Up 2 places+2£550+2.80%12,069 21.96%5,447
Finance3Down 1 place-1£550+4.76%10,217 18.59%12,429
SC Cleared4Up 3 places+3£550+4.76%9,203 16.74%3,527
Stakeholder Management5Up 11 places+11£550+4.76%9,067 16.50%5,064
Agile6Down 3 places-3£515-0.72%8,610 15.66%7,341
Azure7Down 2 places-2£529+1.73%8,366 15.22%7,084
Microsoft8No change0£493+3.68%7,696 14.00%7,203
AWS9No change0£550+4.76%6,413 11.67%6,678
CI/CD10Up 5 places+5£520+1.96%6,411 11.66%5,926
Architect11Up 9 places+9£620-0.80%6,105 11.11%4,661
Problem-Solving12Down 6 places-6£494+2.38%6,042 10.99%9,668
Senior13Up 8 places+8£550-5,796 10.55%15,326
DevOps14Down 2 places-2£525+0.47%5,726 10.42%4,494
Python15Down 5 places-5£538+2.38%5,696 10.36%8,343
AI16Up 25 places+25£558+1.45%5,490 9.99%17,325
Developer17Down 4 places-4£510+2.00%5,243 9.54%2,909
SQL18Down 4 places-4£500-5,230 9.52%4,895
Public Sector19No change0£525+5.00%5,206 9.47%3,057
Continuous Improvement20Up 10 places+10£520+4.00%5,198 9.46%7,399
Analyst21Down 10 places-10£465+3.33%5,144 9.36%3,423
Migration22Down 4 places-4£537+4.27%5,034 9.16%2,515
Analytical Skills23Down 6 places-6£500-4,769 8.68%6,285
Lead24Up 7 places+7£575+1.32%4,613 8.39%11,933
Stakeholder Engagement25Up 2 places+2£540+2.85%4,317 7.85%2,147
Analytics26Up 2 places+2£530+0.95%4,028 7.33%7,126
Roadmaps27Up 12 places+12£585+6.36%3,461 6.30%7,374
Decision-Making28Up 23 places+23£550+10.00%3,323 6.05%5,949
Validation29Up 39 places+39£500-0.04%3,285 5.98%4,003
Windows30Down 8 places-8£425+6.25%3,280 5.97%2,403
Consultant31Down 7 places-7£550-3,256 5.92%3,027
Banking32Down 9 places-9£550-3,244 5.90%1,983
Software Engineering33Up 9 places+9£550-3,128 5.69%7,856
Kubernetes34Down 2 places-2£540+2.85%2,989 5.44%2,940
Java35Down 10 places-10£518+0.77%2,964 5.39%2,930
Terraform36Up 1 place+1£538+2.38%2,952 5.37%2,481
Infrastructure as Code37Up 12 places+12£550+1.85%2,951 5.37%2,722
Data Modelling38Up 15 places+15£525-2,949 5.37%2,287
Oracle39Down 5 places-5£525+1.94%2,887 5.25%1,398
SAP40Down 11 places-11£558-2.31%2,840 5.17%1,705
Cybersecurity41Up 3 places+3£550+2.32%2,821 5.13%5,092
Test Automation42Up 6 places+6£475-5.00%2,608 4.74%3,138
Power Platform43Up 2 places+2£500+1.57%2,569 4.67%2,331
Degree44Down 18 places-18£510+2.00%2,563 4.66%9,769
Data Quality45Up 53 places+53£515+3.00%2,527 4.60%2,429
Business Intelligence46Down 8 places-8£500-2,379 4.33%2,700
JIRA47Down 12 places-12£500-2,373 4.32%1,475
QA48Up 13 places+13£475-2,347 4.27%2,578
Project Delivery49Up 9 places+9£525-2,327 4.23%2,401
GCP50No change0£550+1.85%2,308 4.20%2,716
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.