Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	70	Down -23 places-23	£475	+18.75%	7 0.75%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	20	Up 5 places+5	£469	-14.72%	73 7.84%	49
Services Manager	70	Down -24 places-24	£550	+22.22%	7 0.75%	6
Amazon Web Services Engineer	71	New entry-	£475	-	6 0.64%	3
Amazon Web Services Developer	76	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Manager	72	Down -23 places-23	-	-	5 0.54%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	74	New entry-	-	-	3 0.32%	8
SQL Server Integration Services	73	Down -23 places-23	£475	-	4 0.43%	1
Field Services Engineer	76	Down -29 places-29	£123	-2.00%	1 0.11%
SQL Server Reporting Services	76	Down -25 places-25	£580	+10.47%	1 0.11%	3
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	75	New entry-	£463	-	2 0.21%	3
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	76	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Delivery Manager	76	Down -25 places-25	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Financial Services Project Manager	76	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.11%
Microservices	47	Up 3 places+3	£475	+4.39%	30 3.22%	14