Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	72	Down -24 places-24	£475	-5.00%	7 0.77%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	19	Up 4 places+4	£475	-13.63%	73 8.07%	36
Amazon Web Services DevOps	78	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
Services Manager	72	Down -26 places-26	£550	+22.22%	7 0.77%	3
Amazon Web Services Engineer	73	New entry-	£506	-	6 0.66%	2
Amazon Web Services Developer	78	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Manager	74	Down -25 places-25	-	-	5 0.55%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	76	New entry-	£892	-	3 0.33%	5
SQL Server Integration Services	75	Down -25 places-25	£475	-	4 0.44%	4
SQL Server Reporting Services	78	Down -28 places-28	£580	+45.00%	1 0.11%	4
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	78	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	76	Down -25 places-25	-	-	3 0.33%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	77	New entry-	£463	-	2 0.22%	2
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	78	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.11%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	78	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Delivery Manager	78	Down -27 places-27	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	78	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
Financial Services Project Manager	78	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.11%
Microservices	48	Up 2 places+2	£475	+4.39%	31 3.43%	3