Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	73	Down -25 places-25	£475	-5.00%	7 0.77%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	20	Up 3 places+3	£475	-13.63%	73 8.02%	43
Amazon Web Services DevOps	79	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
Services Manager	73	Down -26 places-26	£550	+22.22%	7 0.77%	2
Amazon Web Services Engineer	74	New entry-	£506	-	6 0.66%	1
Amazon Web Services Developer	79	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Manager	75	Down -25 places-25	-	-	5 0.55%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	77	New entry-	£892	-	3 0.33%	6
SQL Server Integration Services	76	Down -25 places-25	£475	-	4 0.44%	2
SQL Server Reporting Services	79	Down -28 places-28	£580	+45.00%	1 0.11%	4
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	79	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	78	Down -26 places-26	-	-	2 0.22%	1
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	78	New entry-	£463	-	2 0.22%	1
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	79	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.11%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	79	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Delivery Manager	79	Down -27 places-27	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	79	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
Financial Services Project Manager	79	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.11%
Microservices	49	Up 2 places+2	£475	+4.39%	31 3.41%	8