Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	95	-12	£500	-	20 1.18%	6
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	8	+24	£450	-21.73%	211 12.49%	49
Amazon Web Services DevOps	114	-	£525	-	1 0.059%
Services Manager	107	-12	£538	-4.44%	8 0.47%	4
Amazon Web Services Engineer	107	-14	£550	+10.00%	8 0.47%
Amazon Web Services Architect	112	-14	£600	+24.74%	3 0.18%
Amazon Web Services Developer	112	-	£413	-	3 0.18%
SAP Data Services	108	-9	£600	-7.69%	7 0.41%	1
Terminal Services	113	-	£528	-	2 0.12%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	113	-	£508	-	2 0.12%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	86	+14	£550	-	29 1.72%	11
SQL Server Integration Services	113	-15	£272	-29.18%	2 0.12%	4
Field Services Engineer	114	-	-	-	1 0.059%
Active Directory Federation Services	111	-16	£615	-3.52%	4 0.24%
SQL Server Reporting Services	113	-	£550	-	2 0.12%	1
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	114	-	£525	-	1 0.059%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	101	-3	£575	+15.00%	14 0.83%	7
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	112	-17	-	-	3 0.18%	2
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	113	-	£500	-	2 0.12%
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	114	-17	-	-	1 0.059%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	114	-	-	-	1 0.059%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	114	-	£550	-	1 0.059%
Infrastructure Services Engineer	114	-	£510	-	1 0.059%
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	114	-	£500	-	1 0.059%
Microservices	83	-39	£500	-20.00%	32 1.89%	6