Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	71	Down -23 places-23	£475	-5.00%	7 0.78%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	18	Up 5 places+5	£475	-13.63%	73 8.15%	47
Amazon Web Services DevOps	77	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
Services Manager	71	Down -25 places-25	£550	+22.22%	7 0.78%	3
Amazon Web Services Engineer	72	New entry-	£506	-	6 0.67%	2
Amazon Web Services Developer	77	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Manager	73	Down -24 places-24	-	-	5 0.56%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	75	New entry-	£892	-	3 0.33%	9
SQL Server Integration Services	74	Down -24 places-24	£475	-	4 0.45%	3
SQL Server Reporting Services	77	Down -27 places-27	£580	+45.00%	1 0.11%	4
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	77	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	76	Down -25 places-25	-	-	2 0.22%	1
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	76	New entry-	£463	-	2 0.22%	2
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	77	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.11%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	77	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Delivery Manager	77	Down -26 places-26	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	77	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
Financial Services Project Manager	77	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.11%
Microservices	47	Up 3 places+3	£475	+4.39%	31 3.46%	6