Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	115	Down -27 places-27	£599	+2.35%	17 0.76%	7
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	12	No change0	£536	-2.54%	279 12.42%	167
Web Services Enhancements (WSE)	129	New entry-	-	-	3 0.13%
Amazon Web Services DevOps	125	Down -8 places-8	£373	-35.21%	7 0.31%	1
Services Manager	128	Down -19 places-19	£510	-1.92%	4 0.18%	7
Amazon Web Services Engineer	115	Down -10 places-10	£375	-36.17%	17 0.76%	8
Amazon Web Services Architect	123	Down -6 places-6	£600	-20.00%	9 0.40%
SAP Data Services	131	Down -16 places-16	-	-	1 0.045%	1
Amazon Web Services Developer	131	Down -13 places-13	-	-	1 0.045%	1
Amazon Web Services Consultant	127	New entry-	£413	-	5 0.22%	2
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	128	New entry-	-	-	4 0.18%	1
IT Services Manager	131	Down -13 places-13	£495	-1.24%	1 0.045%	4
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	124	Down -14 places-14	£475	+2.15%	8 0.36%	4
SQL Server Integration Services	123	Down -17 places-17	£488	-7.14%	9 0.40%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services	131	Down -21 places-21	-	-	1 0.045%	6
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	125	Down -8 places-8	£373	-35.21%	7 0.31%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	130	Down -11 places-11	£475	-22.44%	2 0.089%	2
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	131	Down -11 places-11	£525	-34.57%	1 0.045%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	127	Down -11 places-11	£575	+15.00%	5 0.22%	1
Active Directory Federation Services	130	Down -12 places-12	£525	-	2 0.089%
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	131	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.045%	2
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	131	Down -13 places-13	-	-	1 0.045%
SQL Server Analysis Services	129	New entry-	£550	-	3 0.13%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	131	New entry-	£375	-	1 0.045%	2
EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)	122	Down -2 places-2	£525	-	10 0.45%	2
Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect)	129	Down -10 places-10	£475	-32.14%	3 0.13%
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	130	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.089%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	131	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Microsoft Analysis Services	130	New entry-	£550	-	2 0.089%
Financial Services Business Analyst	131	New entry-	£325	-	1 0.045%
Network Services Manager	131	New entry-	£700	-	1 0.045%
Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)	131	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Microservices	59	Down -19 places-19	£528	-9.82%	84 3.74%	65