Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	98	-13	£500	+5.26%	18 1.17%	8
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	7	+25	£448	-29.10%	208 13.47%	49
Amazon Web Services DevOps	114	-17	£513	+2.50%	2 0.13%
Services Manager	108	-16	£538	-4.44%	8 0.52%	3
Amazon Web Services Engineer	107	-16	£538	+7.50%	9 0.58%
Amazon Web Services Architect	113	-18	£600	+24.74%	3 0.19%
Amazon Web Services Developer	113	-	£413	-	3 0.19%
SAP Data Services	110	-15	£600	-4.00%	6 0.39%	1
Terminal Services	114	-	£528	-	2 0.13%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	114	-	£508	-	2 0.13%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	86	+11	£550	-	30 1.94%	14
Field Services Engineer	115	-	-	-	1 0.065%	1
Active Directory Federation Services	113	-21	£615	-3.52%	3 0.19%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	114	-17	£513	+2.50%	2 0.13%
SQL Server Reporting Services	115	-	£550	-	1 0.065%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	113	-18	£488	-2.50%	3 0.19%	2
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	114	-22	-	-	2 0.13%	2
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	114	-	£500	-	2 0.13%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	115	-	-	-	1 0.065%
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	115	-19	-	-	1 0.065%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	115	-	£550	-	1 0.065%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	115	-19	£750	-	1 0.065%	1
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	115	-	£500	-	1 0.065%
Microservices	78	-36	£500	-20.00%	38 2.46%	11