Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	112	Down -29 places-29	£550	-3.08%	16 0.72%	8
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	12	Down -1 place-1	£525	-4.54%	278 12.52%	236
Web Services Enhancements (WSE)	125	New entry-	-	-	3 0.14%
Amazon Web Services DevOps	120	Down -6 places-6	£373	-35.21%	8 0.36%	1
Services Manager	124	Down -17 places-17	£510	-1.92%	4 0.18%	13
Amazon Web Services Engineer	111	Down -9 places-9	£375	-36.17%	17 0.77%	7
Amazon Web Services Architect	119	Down -4 places-4	£600	-14.28%	9 0.41%	2
Services Director	127	New entry-	£900	-	1 0.045%	5
SAP Data Services	127	Down -15 places-15	-	-	1 0.045%	1
Amazon Web Services Developer	127	Down -12 places-12	-	-	1 0.045%	1
Amazon Web Services Consultant	124	New entry-	£413	-	4 0.18%	2
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	124	New entry-	-	-	4 0.18%	1
IT Services Manager	127	Down -11 places-11	£495	-1.24%	1 0.045%	4
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	120	Down -13 places-13	£475	+2.15%	8 0.36%	9
SQL Server Integration Services	119	Down -16 places-16	£488	-7.14%	9 0.41%	1
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	121	Down -7 places-7	£373	-35.21%	7 0.32%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services	127	Down -21 places-21	-	-	1 0.045%	6
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	126	Down -10 places-10	£475	-22.44%	2 0.090%	2
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	123	Down -10 places-10	£575	+15.00%	5 0.23%	3
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	127	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.045%	1
Active Directory Federation Services	126	Down -11 places-11	£525	-	2 0.090%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	127	Down -12 places-12	-	-	1 0.045%
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	127	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.045%
SQL Server Analysis Services	125	Down -8 places-8	£550	-19.70%	3 0.14%	2
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	127	New entry-	£375	-	1 0.045%	1
EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)	118	Down -1 place-1	£525	-	10 0.45%	3
Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect)	125	Down -9 places-9	£475	-32.14%	3 0.14%
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	126	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.090%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	127	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Microsoft Analysis Services	126	New entry-	£550	-	2 0.090%
Financial Services Business Analyst	127	New entry-	£325	-	1 0.045%
Network Services Manager	127	New entry-	£700	-	1 0.045%
Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)	127	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Microservices	53	Down -14 places-14	£528	-9.82%	84 3.78%	84