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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	117	Down -50 places-50	£500	-	9 0.46%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	23	Down -9 places-9	£525	-	159 8.16%	70
Amazon Web Services DevOps	125	Down -32 places-32	£350	-30.00%	1 0.051%
Services Manager	120	Down -22 places-22	-	-	6 0.31%	4
Amazon Web Services Engineer	123	Down -34 places-34	£500	-	3 0.15%	1
Services Director	125	New entry-	£1,100	-	1 0.051%	6
SAP Data Services	125	New entry-	-	-	1 0.051%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	125	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.051%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	103	Down -24 places-24	£513	+2.50%	23 1.18%	13
SQL Server Integration Services	124	Down -29 places-29	£272	-47.47%	2 0.10%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services	125	Down -29 places-29	-	-	1 0.051%	1
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	124	New entry-	£463	-	2 0.10%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	108	New entry-	£520	-	18 0.92%	1
Infrastructure Engineer - Amazon Web Services	125	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.051%
Active Directory Federation Services	125	Down -30 places-30	£800	+27.49%	1 0.051%
Field Services Technician	125	New entry-	-	-	1 0.051%
Head of Technical Services	124	New entry-	-	-	2 0.10%
Microservices	101	Down -40 places-40	£460	-0.54%	25 1.28%	19