Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	96	-9	£500	+5.26%	19 1.20%	8
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	6	+25	£450	-21.73%	210 13.26%	50
Amazon Web Services DevOps	113	-14	£513	+2.50%	2 0.13%
Services Manager	107	-13	£538	-4.44%	8 0.51%	2
Amazon Web Services Engineer	106	-15	£538	+7.50%	9 0.57%
Amazon Web Services Architect	112	-15	£600	+24.74%	3 0.19%
Amazon Web Services Developer	112	-	£413	-	3 0.19%
SAP Data Services	109	-12	£600	-4.00%	6 0.38%	1
Terminal Services	113	-	£528	-	2 0.13%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	113	-	£508	-	2 0.13%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	84	+15	£550	-	31 1.96%	12
Field Services Engineer	114	-	-	-	1 0.063%
Active Directory Federation Services	112	-18	£615	-3.52%	3 0.19%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	113	-14	£513	+2.50%	2 0.13%
SQL Server Reporting Services	114	-	£550	-	1 0.063%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	112	-15	£488	-2.50%	3 0.19%	3
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	113	-19	-	-	2 0.13%	3
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	113	-	£500	-	2 0.13%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	114	-	-	-	1 0.063%
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	114	-18	-	-	1 0.063%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	114	-	£550	-	1 0.063%
Infrastructure Services Engineer	114	-	£510	-	1 0.063%
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	114	-	£500	-	1 0.063%
Microservices	79	-35	£500	-20.00%	36 2.27%	12