Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	72	Down -26 places-26	£475	+18.75%	7 0.76%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	18	Up 5 places+5	£425	-22.72%	74 8.00%	47
Services Manager	72	Down -27 places-27	£550	+22.22%	7 0.76%	5
Amazon Web Services Engineer	73	New entry-	£475	-	6 0.65%	2
Amazon Web Services Developer	78	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Manager	74	Down -26 places-26	-	-	5 0.54%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	75	New entry-	£425	-	4 0.43%	6
SQL Server Integration Services	75	Down -26 places-26	£475	-	4 0.43%
SQL Server Reporting Services	78	Down -28 places-28	£580	+10.47%	1 0.11%
Field Services Engineer	78	Down -32 places-32	£123	-2.00%	1 0.11%	1
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	77	New entry-	£463	-	2 0.22%	1
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	78	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Delivery Manager	78	Down -28 places-28	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Financial Services Project Manager	78	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.11%
Microservices	49	No change0	£475	+4.39%	30 3.24%	16