Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	106	Down -47 places-47	£619	+23.75%	11 0.60%	6
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	24	Down -7 places-7	£500	-1.28%	132 7.24%	117
Amazon Web Services DevOps	116	Down -30 places-30	£350	-30.00%	1 0.055%	1
Services Manager	109	Down -23 places-23	£425	-22.55%	8 0.44%	3
Amazon Web Services Engineer	115	Down -38 places-38	£513	+2.50%	2 0.11%	5
Services Director	116	New entry-	£1,100	-	1 0.055%	1
SAP Data Services	115	New entry-	-	-	2 0.11%
Terminal Services	115	New entry-	£528	-	2 0.11%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	116	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.055%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	105	Down -20 places-20	£525	+5.00%	12 0.66%	15
SQL Server Integration Services	115	Down -25 places-25	£272	-47.47%	2 0.11%	2
SQL Server Reporting Services	116	Down -28 places-28	-	-	1 0.055%	1
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	112	Down -26 places-26	£463	-12.98%	5 0.27%	2
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	95	Down -6 places-6	£575	+6.97%	22 1.21%	1
Active Directory Federation Services	115	Down -27 places-27	£800	+32.23%	2 0.11%	1
Field Services Technician	116	New entry-	-	-	1 0.055%
Infrastructure Engineer - Amazon Web Services	116	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.055%
Infrastructure Services Engineer	116	New entry-	£510	-	1 0.055%
Head of Technical Services	115	New entry-	-	-	2 0.11%
Microservices	93	Down -29 places-29	£425	-5.55%	24 1.32%	39