Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	66	Down -20 places-20	£475	+18.75%	7 0.75%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	17	Up 6 places+6	£475	-13.63%	75 8.00%	48
Services Manager	66	Down -21 places-21	£550	+22.22%	7 0.75%	4
Amazon Web Services Engineer	67	New entry-	£475	-	6 0.64%	3
Amazon Web Services Developer	72	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Manager	68	Down -20 places-20	-	-	5 0.53%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	70	New entry-	-	-	3 0.32%	7
SQL Server Integration Services	69	Down -20 places-20	£475	-	4 0.43%	1
Field Services Engineer	72	Down -27 places-27	£123	-3.92%	1 0.11%
SQL Server Reporting Services	72	Down -22 places-22	£580	+10.47%	1 0.11%	3
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	71	New entry-	£463	-	2 0.21%	3
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	72	Down -23 places-23	-	-	1 0.11%	3
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	72	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Delivery Manager	72	Down -22 places-22	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Financial Services Project Manager	72	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.11%
Microservices	43	Up 6 places+6	£475	+4.39%	30 3.20%	14