Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	98	-32	£546	+9.10%	19 1.05%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	14	+14	£473	-9.90%	198 10.93%	47
Amazon Web Services DevOps	116	-	£525	-	1 0.055%
Services Manager	109	-27	£538	-17.30%	8 0.44%	3
Amazon Web Services Engineer	113	-36	£538	+7.50%	4 0.22%
Amazon Web Services Architect	114	-30	£600	+24.74%	3 0.17%
SAP Data Services	110	-25	£600	-7.69%	7 0.39%	2
Amazon Web Services Developer	114	-29	£413	-11.29%	3 0.17%
Terminal Services	115	-	£528	-	2 0.11%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	116	-	£500	-	1 0.055%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	93	-7	£538	-	24 1.32%	13
SQL Server Integration Services	115	-31	£272	-29.18%	2 0.11%	2
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	116	-	£525	-	1 0.055%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	99	-15	£548	+9.50%	18 0.99%	3
Active Directory Federation Services	113	-32	£615	-3.52%	4 0.22%
SQL Server Reporting Services	115	-	£550	-	2 0.11%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	116	-	£475	-	1 0.055%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	112	-31	£463	-12.98%	5 0.28%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	116	-	-	-	1 0.055%
Infrastructure Services Engineer	116	-	£510	-	1 0.055%
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	116	-	£500	-	1 0.055%
Microservices	87	-47	£500	-20.00%	30 1.66%	10