Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	115	Down -17 places-17	£648	+29.50%	20 0.82%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	14	Down -2 places-2	£550	-	278 11.33%	144
Amazon Web Services DevOps	134	Down -13 places-13	-	-	1 0.041%
Services Manager	131	Down -14 places-14	£435	-16.34%	4 0.16%	5
Amazon Web Services Engineer	118	Down -6 places-6	£595	+13.33%	17 0.69%	7
Amazon Web Services Architect	127	Down -9 places-9	£600	-14.28%	8 0.33%	7
SAP Data Services	133	Down -12 places-12	-	-	2 0.082%
Terminal Services	132	New entry-	£625	-	3 0.12%
Amazon Web Services Developer	134	Down -10 places-10	-	-	1 0.041%
Amazon Web Services Consultant	128	New entry-	£413	-	7 0.29%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	131	Down -5 places-5	-	-	4 0.16%	1
IT Services Manager	134	Down -10 places-10	£435	-14.28%	1 0.041%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	128	Down -15 places-15	£544	-19.40%	7 0.29%	14
SQL Server Integration Services	124	Down -10 places-10	£475	-8.21%	11 0.45%	1
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	130	Down -6 places-6	£500	-	5 0.20%
SQL Server Reporting Services	133	Down -21 places-21	-	-	2 0.082%	1
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	134	Down -9 places-9	£525	-34.57%	1 0.041%	2
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	134	Down -11 places-11	-	-	1 0.041%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	129	Down -7 places-7	£575	+35.29%	6 0.24%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	132	New entry-	£500	-	3 0.12%	4
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	134	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.041%	1
SQL Server Analysis Services	132	New entry-	-	-	3 0.12%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	134	Down -12 places-12	-	-	1 0.041%
Active Directory Federation Services	134	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.041%
EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)	132	New entry-	£725	-	3 0.12%	1
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	133	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.082%
Azure Cognitive Services	134	New entry-	-	-	1 0.041%	3
Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect)	134	Down -10 places-10	£575	-17.85%	1 0.041%	1
Network Services Manager	134	New entry-	£700	-	1 0.041%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	134	New entry-	-	-	1 0.041%
Microsoft Analysis Services	134	New entry-	-	-	1 0.041%
Microservices	61	Down -16 places-16	£525	-10.25%	79 3.22%	46