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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	114	Down -53 places-53	£619	+23.75%	12 0.62%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	21	Down -5 places-5	£525	+1.20%	145 7.44%	37
Amazon Web Services DevOps	125	Down -34 places-34	£350	-30.00%	1 0.051%
Services Manager	118	Down -24 places-24	£538	-17.30%	8 0.41%	3
Amazon Web Services Engineer	124	Down -41 places-41	£513	+2.50%	2 0.10%
Services Director	125	New entry-	£1,100	-	1 0.051%	1
SAP Data Services	124	New entry-	-	-	2 0.10%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	125	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.051%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	108	Down -24 places-24	£525	+5.00%	18 0.92%	2
SQL Server Integration Services	124	Down -29 places-29	£272	-47.47%	2 0.10%	1
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	121	Down -29 places-29	£463	-14.03%	5 0.26%
SQL Server Reporting Services	125	Down -32 places-32	-	-	1 0.051%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	105	Down -10 places-10	£575	-	21 1.08%
Field Services Technician	125	New entry-	-	-	1 0.051%
Active Directory Federation Services	124	Down -32 places-32	£800	+27.49%	2 0.10%	1
Infrastructure Engineer - Amazon Web Services	125	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.051%
Infrastructure Services Engineer	125	New entry-	£510	-	1 0.051%
Head of Technical Services	124	New entry-	-	-	2 0.10%
Microservices	99	Down -31 places-31	£493	+9.44%	27 1.39%	12