Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	92	-9	£500	+5.26%	20 1.23%	8
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	6	+24	£450	-21.73%	213 13.11%	47
Amazon Web Services DevOps	110	-14	£513	+2.50%	2 0.12%
Services Manager	104	-13	£538	-4.44%	8 0.49%	3
Amazon Web Services Engineer	103	-15	£538	+7.50%	9 0.55%
Amazon Web Services Architect	109	-15	£600	+24.74%	3 0.18%
Amazon Web Services Developer	109	-	£413	-	3 0.18%
SAP Data Services	105	-11	£600	-4.00%	7 0.43%	1
Terminal Services	110	-	£528	-	2 0.12%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	110	-	£508	-	2 0.12%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	81	+15	£550	-	31 1.91%	11
Field Services Engineer	111	-	-	-	1 0.062%
Active Directory Federation Services	108	-17	£615	-3.52%	4 0.25%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	110	-14	£513	+2.50%	2 0.12%
SQL Server Reporting Services	111	-	£550	-	1 0.062%	2
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	108	-14	£575	+15.00%	4 0.25%	6
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	109	-18	-	-	3 0.18%	2
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	110	-	£500	-	2 0.12%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	111	-	£550	-	1 0.062%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	111	-	-	-	1 0.062%
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	111	-18	-	-	1 0.062%
Infrastructure Services Engineer	111	-	£510	-	1 0.062%
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	111	-	£500	-	1 0.062%
Microservices	77	-34	£500	-20.00%	35 2.15%	10