Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	68	Down -20 places-20	£475	-5.00%	7 0.76%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	17	Up 6 places+6	£475	-13.63%	74 7.99%	45
Services Manager	68	Down -21 places-21	£550	+22.22%	7 0.76%	3
Amazon Web Services Engineer	70	New entry-	£475	-	5 0.54%	2
Amazon Web Services Developer	74	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Manager	70	Down -20 places-20	-	-	5 0.54%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	73	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%	6
SQL Server Integration Services	71	Down -20 places-20	£475	-	4 0.43%	2
SQL Server Reporting Services	74	Down -22 places-22	£580	+10.47%	1 0.11%	4
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	73	New entry-	£463	-	2 0.22%	2
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	74	Down -22 places-22	-	-	1 0.11%	3
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	74	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Delivery Manager	74	Down -22 places-22	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Financial Services Project Manager	74	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.11%
Microservices	45	Up 6 places+6	£475	+4.39%	30 3.24%	9