Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	104	-26	£546	+9.10%	19 1.05%	4
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	15	+17	£475	-9.52%	196 10.78%	80
Amazon Web Services DevOps	122	-24	£525	+5.00%	1 0.055%
Services Manager	115	-21	£538	-17.30%	8 0.44%	4
Amazon Web Services Engineer	119	-31	£538	+7.50%	4 0.22%
Amazon Web Services Architect	121	-25	£600	+24.74%	2 0.11%
SAP Data Services	116	-19	£600	-7.69%	7 0.39%	2
Terminal Services	121	-	£528	-	2 0.11%
Amazon Web Services Developer	120	-23	£413	-11.29%	3 0.17%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	122	-	£500	-	1 0.055%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	99	-2	£538	+7.50%	24 1.32%	14
SQL Server Integration Services	121	-25	£272	-29.18%	2 0.11%	2
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	122	-24	£525	+5.00%	1 0.055%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	104	-8	£548	+9.50%	19 1.05%	3
Active Directory Federation Services	119	-26	£615	-3.52%	4 0.22%
SQL Server Reporting Services	121	-	£550	-	2 0.11%	1
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	122	-	£475	-	1 0.055%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	118	-25	£463	-12.98%	5 0.28%	2
Infrastructure Services Engineer	122	-	£510	-	1 0.055%
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	122	-	£500	-	1 0.055%
Microservices	93	-44	£500	-20.00%	30 1.65%	20