Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Nov 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
IT Engineer	39	+3	£130	-47.84%	8 2.05%	3
Microsoft 365 Engineer	36	+7	£520	+6.50%	11 2.81%	2
AWS Engineer	46	-	-	-	1 0.26%	2
SOC Engineer	45	-	£550	-	2 0.51%
Data Engineer	38	+10	£560	+1.81%	9 2.30%	5
Test Engineer	44	-	£197	-	3 0.77%	5
Cloud Engineer	41	+7	£550	-	6 1.53%	7
Azure Engineer	43	+5	£550	+74.60%	4 1.02%	3
Support Engineer	41	-7	£220	+46.66%	6 1.53%	12
DevOps Engineer	44	0	£575	-8.00%	3 0.77%	2
Python Engineer	46	-	-	-	1 0.26%
Network Engineer	46	-8	-	-	1 0.26%	2
Desktop Engineer	46	-5	-	-	1 0.26%
Windows Engineer	45	-	£465	-	2 0.51%
3rd Line Engineer	45	-	£450	-	2 0.51%	10
1st Line Engineer	46	+1	-	-	1 0.26%
Security Engineer	42	-2	£590	+12.38%	5 1.28%	7
Platform Engineer	28	-	£450	-	19 4.86%	2
Microsoft Engineer	45	-	£517	-	2 0.51%
IT Support Engineer	45	-2	£220	-	2 0.51%	3
AWS DevOps Engineer	46	-	-	-	1 0.26%	2
Deployment Engineer	43	-	£190	-	4 1.02%
Senior Data Engineer	42	-	£560	-	5 1.28%	2
Integration Engineer	46	-	-	-	1 0.26%
Senior Cloud Engineer	46	-	£550	-	1 0.26%	3
Azure DevOps Engineer	46	-	£550	-	1 0.26%
Engineering Manager	46	-	-	-	1 0.26%	2
Data Engineering	38	+6	£525	+5.00%	9 2.30%	5
Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)	11	-3	£430	+8.86%	45 11.51%	28
Infrastructure Engineer	43	-5	£550	+21.34%	4 1.02%	9
Desktop Support Engineer	46	-4	-	-	1 0.26%
Senior DevOps Engineer	46	+2	-	-	1 0.26%
Cybersecurity Engineer	43	+1	£600	+14.28%	4 1.02%
Test Automation Engineer	44	-	£197	-	3 0.77%
3rd Line Support Engineer	46	-	£450	-	1 0.26%	2
1st Line Support Engineer	46	+1	-	-	1 0.26%
Network Infrastructure Engineer	46	-	-	-	1 0.26%
Windows Support Engineer	46	-	-	-	1 0.26%
Data Analytics Engineer	45	-	£475	-	2 0.51%
Senior AWS DevOps Engineer	46	-	-	-	1 0.26%
Software Integration Engineer	46	-	-	-	1 0.26%