Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	105	Down -37 places-37	£500	+2.56%	11 0.61%	11
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	18	Down -7 places-7	£525	+2.43%	157 8.71%	128
Amazon Web Services DevOps	115	Down -24 places-24	£350	-30.00%	1 0.056%
Services Manager	109	Down -14 places-14	-	-	7 0.39%	4
Amazon Web Services Engineer	114	Down -29 places-29	£450	-14.28%	2 0.11%	10
Services Director	115	New entry-	£1,100	-	1 0.056%	8
Amazon Web Services Developer	115	Down -20 places-20	£375	-25.00%	1 0.056%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	88	Down -18 places-18	£513	+2.50%	28 1.55%	15
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	111	New entry-	-	-	5 0.28%
Infrastructure Engineer - Amazon Web Services	115	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.056%
Field Services Technician	115	New entry-	-	-	1 0.056%	1
Active Directory Federation Services	115	Down -23 places-23	£800	+27.49%	1 0.056%
Head of Technical Services	114	New entry-	-	-	2 0.11%
Microservices	92	Down -35 places-35	£460	-0.54%	24 1.33%	32