Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	71	Down -22 places-22	£475	-5.00%	7 0.77%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	19	Up 5 places+5	£475	-13.63%	72 7.91%	44
Services Manager	71	Down -23 places-23	£550	+22.22%	7 0.77%	2
Amazon Web Services Engineer	73	New entry-	£475	-	5 0.55%	1
Amazon Web Services Developer	77	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Manager	73	Down -22 places-22	-	-	5 0.55%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	76	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%	6
SQL Server Integration Services	74	Down -22 places-22	£475	-	4 0.44%	2
SQL Server Reporting Services	77	Down -24 places-24	£580	+10.47%	1 0.11%	4
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	76	Down -23 places-23	-	-	2 0.22%	1
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	76	New entry-	£463	-	2 0.22%	1
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	77	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Delivery Manager	77	Down -24 places-24	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Financial Services Project Manager	77	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.11%
Microservices	48	Up 4 places+4	£475	+4.39%	30 3.30%	8