Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	68	Down -20 places-20	£475	+11.76%	7 0.76%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	14	Up 12 places+12	£425	-20.93%	79 8.58%	41
Services Manager	68	Down -19 places-19	£550	+22.22%	7 0.76%	5
Amazon Web Services Engineer	68	New entry-	£475	-	7 0.76%	2
Amazon Web Services Developer	74	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Manager	70	Down -18 places-18	-	-	5 0.54%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	69	New entry-	£425	-	6 0.65%	5
SQL Server Integration Services	71	Down -18 places-18	£475	-	4 0.43%
Field Services Engineer	74	Down -24 places-24	£123	-2.00%	1 0.11%	2
SQL Server Reporting Services	74	Down -20 places-20	£580	+10.47%	1 0.11%	1
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	73	New entry-	£463	-	2 0.22%	1
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	74	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.11%
IT Services Delivery Manager	74	Down -20 places-20	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Financial Services Project Manager	74	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.11%
Microservices	43	Up 8 places+8	£475	+7.95%	32 3.47%	11