Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	65	Down -19 places-19	£475	+18.75%	7 0.75%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	18	Up 4 places+4	£475	-13.63%	76 8.17%	50
Services Manager	65	Down -20 places-20	£550	+22.22%	7 0.75%	5
Amazon Web Services Engineer	66	New entry-	£475	-	6 0.65%	3
Amazon Web Services Developer	71	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Manager	67	Down -19 places-19	-	-	5 0.54%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	69	New entry-	-	-	3 0.32%	6
SQL Server Integration Services	68	Down -19 places-19	£475	-	4 0.43%	1
Field Services Engineer	71	Down -27 places-27	£123	-5.76%	1 0.11%
SQL Server Reporting Services	71	Down -21 places-21	£580	+10.47%	1 0.11%	3
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	70	New entry-	£463	-	2 0.22%	3
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	71	Down -22 places-22	-	-	1 0.11%	3
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	71	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Delivery Manager	71	Down -21 places-21	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Financial Services Project Manager	71	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.11%
Microservices	42	Up 7 places+7	£475	+4.39%	30 3.23%	12