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Contract Job Market Index

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£510	+2.00%	13,411 24.32%	6,016
Security Cleared	2	Up 1 place+1	£550	+2.80%	12,374 22.44%	2,739
Finance	3	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	10,328 18.73%	4,277
Stakeholder Management	4	Up 12 places+12	£550	+4.76%	9,668 17.53%	2,210
SC Cleared	5	Up 1 place+1	£550	+4.76%	9,409 17.06%	1,916
Agile	6	Down 2 places-2	£513	-	8,767 15.90%	2,265
Azure	7	Down 2 places-2	£533	+2.50%	8,367 15.17%	3,379
Microsoft	8	No change0	£500	+5.26%	8,020 14.54%	4,359
CI/CD	9	Up 5 places+5	£515	+0.48%	6,581 11.93%	1,744
AWS	10	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	6,533 11.85%	2,117
Problem-Solving	11	Down 4 places-4	£498	+3.10%	6,314 11.45%	4,173
Architect	12	Up 8 places+8	£625	-	6,170 11.19%	1,064
Senior	13	Up 8 places+8	£550	-	5,882 10.67%	2,966
Python	14	Down 4 places-4	£538	+2.38%	5,824 10.56%	2,805
DevOps	15	Down 3 places-3	£525	-	5,744 10.42%	1,445
AI	16	Up 23 places+23	£560	+1.81%	5,618 10.19%	3,832
Public Sector	17	Up 1 place+1	£525	+5.00%	5,476 9.93%	1,265
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 11 places+11	£523	+4.50%	5,430 9.85%	2,709
SQL	19	Down 4 places-4	£500	-	5,266 9.55%	2,017
Developer	20	Down 7 places-7	£500	-	5,213 9.45%	1,212
Migration	21	Down 2 places-2	£538	+4.41%	5,160 9.36%	937
Analyst	22	Down 11 places-11	£473	+5.00%	5,065 9.18%	1,705
Analytical Skills	23	Down 6 places-6	£500	-	4,973 9.02%	2,254
Lead	24	Up 6 places+6	£575	-	4,608 8.36%	1,570
Stakeholder Engagement	25	Down 1 place-1	£545	+3.80%	4,529 8.21%	1,008
Analytics	26	Up 2 places+2	£543	+5.33%	4,122 7.47%	1,701
Roadmaps	27	Up 13 places+13	£600	+9.09%	3,640 6.60%	1,714
Validation	28	Up 36 places+36	£500	-	3,462 6.28%	1,452
Decision-Making	29	Up 23 places+23	£550	+10.00%	3,428 6.22%	1,894
Banking	30	Down 5 places-5	£550	-	3,358 6.09%	541
Consultant	31	Down 8 places-8	£550	-	3,301 5.99%	885
Windows	32	Down 10 places-10	£425	+8.97%	3,275 5.94%	1,193
Software Engineering	33	Up 10 places+10	£550	-	3,211 5.82%	2,007
Kubernetes	34	Down 2 places-2	£538	+1.89%	3,132 5.68%	774
Infrastructure as Code	35	Up 11 places+11	£550	+2.32%	3,044 5.52%	841
Java	36	Down 9 places-9	£510	-0.68%	3,023 5.48%	710
Terraform	37	Down 2 places-2	£538	+2.47%	3,012 5.46%	771
Data Modelling	38	Up 11 places+11	£525	-	2,992 5.43%	797
Cybersecurity	39	Up 3 places+3	£550	+3.77%	2,935 5.32%	2,406
Oracle	40	Down 7 places-7	£525	+0.96%	2,897 5.25%	503
SAP	41	Down 10 places-10	£558	-0.35%	2,819 5.11%	569
Test Automation	42	Up 3 places+3	£475	-5.00%	2,804 5.08%	1,068
Data Quality	43	Up 49 places+49	£515	+3.00%	2,693 4.88%	796
Degree	44	Down 18 places-18	£510	+2.00%	2,650 4.81%	3,394
Power Platform	45	Down 2 places-2	£500	+3.09%	2,549 4.62%	1,075
QA	46	Up 13 places+13	£475	-2.56%	2,417 4.38%	867
Project Delivery	47	Up 11 places+11	£525	-	2,416 4.38%	1,098
GCP	48	Up 2 places+2	£550	+2.42%	2,400 4.35%	706
JIRA	49	Down 13 places-13	£500	-	2,396 4.34%	499
Business Intelligence	50	Down 12 places-12	£500	-	2,393 4.34%	1,113