Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	71	Down -30 places-30	£475	-2.56%	8 0.86%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	11	Up 8 places+8	£425	-15.00%	90 9.67%	68
Amazon Web Services DevOps	77	Down -25 places-25	-	-	2 0.21%
Services Manager	75	Down -28 places-28	-	-	4 0.43%
Amazon Web Services Engineer	70	Down -18 places-18	£475	+5.55%	9 0.97%	3
Amazon Web Services Developer	78	Down -28 places-28	£488	+2.63%	1 0.11%
IT Services Manager	75	Down -27 places-27	-	-	4 0.43%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	73	Down -21 places-21	£425	-22.72%	6 0.64%	5
SQL Server Integration Services	75	New entry-	£475	-	4 0.43%	2
SQL Server Reporting Services	78	Down -26 places-26	£580	+10.47%	1 0.11%	2
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	77	Down -25 places-25	-	-	2 0.21%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	77	New entry-	£463	-	2 0.21%
Field Services Engineer	78	Down -28 places-28	£123	-2.00%	1 0.11%	1
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	78	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Delivery Manager	78	Down -28 places-28	-	-	1 0.11%
Microservices	43	Down -4 places-4	£475	-5.00%	36 3.87%	19