Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	69	Down -21 places-21	£475	+11.76%	7 0.75%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	14	Up 12 places+12	£425	-20.93%	79 8.51%	41
Services Manager	69	Down -20 places-20	£550	+22.22%	7 0.75%	5
Amazon Web Services Engineer	69	New entry-	£475	-	7 0.75%	2
Amazon Web Services Developer	75	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Manager	71	Down -19 places-19	-	-	5 0.54%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	70	New entry-	£425	-	6 0.65%	6
SQL Server Integration Services	72	Down -19 places-19	£475	-	4 0.43%
Field Services Engineer	75	Down -25 places-25	£123	-2.00%	1 0.11%	2
SQL Server Reporting Services	75	Down -21 places-21	£580	+10.47%	1 0.11%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	74	New entry-	£463	-	2 0.22%	1
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	75	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Delivery Manager	75	Down -21 places-21	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Financial Services Project Manager	75	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.11%
Microservices	44	Up 7 places+7	£475	+7.95%	32 3.45%	13