Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	70	Down -22 places-22	£475	-5.00%	7 0.77%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	20	Up 4 places+4	£475	-13.63%	73 8.03%	36
Amazon Web Services DevOps	76	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
Services Manager	70	Down -24 places-24	£550	+22.22%	7 0.77%	3
Amazon Web Services Engineer	71	New entry-	£506	-	6 0.66%	2
Amazon Web Services Developer	76	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Manager	72	Down -23 places-23	-	-	5 0.55%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	74	New entry-	£892	-	3 0.33%	4
SQL Server Integration Services	73	Down -23 places-23	£475	-	4 0.44%	4
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	76	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
SQL Server Reporting Services	76	Down -26 places-26	£580	+45.00%	1 0.11%	4
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	74	Down -23 places-23	-	-	3 0.33%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	75	New entry-	£463	-	2 0.22%	2
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	76	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.11%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	76	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Delivery Manager	76	Down -25 places-25	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	76	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.11%
Financial Services Project Manager	76	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.11%
Microservices	46	Up 3 places+3	£475	+9.07%	31 3.41%	4