Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	108	-36	£591	+18.20%	18 0.98%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	15	+14	£475	-5.00%	200 10.87%	48
Amazon Web Services DevOps	125	-32	£525	+5.00%	1 0.054%
Services Manager	118	-29	£538	-17.30%	8 0.43%	3
Amazon Web Services Engineer	122	-40	£538	+7.50%	4 0.22%	1
Amazon Web Services Architect	124	-33	£600	+24.74%	2 0.11%
SAP Data Services	118	-26	£600	-7.69%	8 0.43%
Terminal Services	124	-	£528	-	2 0.11%
Amazon Web Services Developer	123	-31	£413	-11.29%	3 0.16%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	125	-	£500	-	1 0.054%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	102	-10	£538	+7.50%	24 1.30%	13
SQL Server Integration Services	124	-33	£272	-29.18%	2 0.11%	1
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	125	-32	£525	+5.00%	1 0.054%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	107	-16	£548	+9.50%	19 1.03%	3
Active Directory Federation Services	122	-34	£615	-3.52%	4 0.22%
SQL Server Reporting Services	124	-	£550	-	2 0.11%	1
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	125	-	£475	-	1 0.054%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	121	-33	£463	-12.98%	5 0.27%	2
Infrastructure Services Engineer	125	-	£510	-	1 0.054%
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	125	-	£500	-	1 0.054%
Microservices	96	-52	£500	-20.00%	30 1.63%	10