Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	69	Down -25 places-25	£475	-	8 0.87%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	13	Up 8 places+8	£425	-16.00%	84 9.14%	40
Amazon Web Services DevOps	76	Down -23 places-23	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Services Manager	71	Down -22 places-22	-	-	6 0.65%	9
Amazon Web Services Engineer	69	Down -16 places-16	£475	+5.55%	8 0.87%	3
Amazon Web Services Developer	76	Down -24 places-24	£488	+2.63%	1 0.11%
IT Services Manager	72	Down -21 places-21	-	-	5 0.54%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	71	Down -18 places-18	£425	-22.72%	6 0.65%	8
SQL Server Integration Services	73	Down -21 places-21	£475	-	4 0.44%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services	76	Down -23 places-23	£580	+10.47%	1 0.11%	1
Field Services Engineer	76	Down -27 places-27	£123	-2.00%	1 0.11%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	75	New entry-	£463	-	2 0.22%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	76	Down -23 places-23	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	76	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Delivery Manager	76	Down -23 places-23	-	-	1 0.11%
Microservices	44	Up 3 places+3	£475	-	33 3.59%	10