Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	116	Down -32 places-32	£599	+2.35%	17 0.75%	6
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	13	Down -2 places-2	£540	-1.81%	276 12.14%	174
Web Services Enhancements (WSE)	130	New entry-	-	-	3 0.13%
Amazon Web Services DevOps	126	Down -15 places-15	£373	-40.40%	7 0.31%	2
Services Manager	129	Down -23 places-23	£510	-15.00%	4 0.18%	6
Amazon Web Services Engineer	116	Down -16 places-16	£375	-36.17%	17 0.75%	9
Amazon Web Services Architect	124	Down -13 places-13	£600	-20.00%	9 0.40%
SAP Data Services	131	Down -21 places-21	-	-	2 0.088%
Amazon Web Services Developer	132	Down -19 places-19	-	-	1 0.044%	2
Amazon Web Services Consultant	128	New entry-	£413	-	5 0.22%	2
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	129	New entry-	-	-	4 0.18%	1
IT Services Manager	132	Down -17 places-17	£495	-	1 0.044%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	125	Down -21 places-21	£475	-16.66%	8 0.35%	4
SQL Server Integration Services	123	Down -22 places-22	£488	-7.14%	10 0.44%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services	132	Down -27 places-27	-	-	1 0.044%	6
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	126	Down -14 places-14	£373	-35.21%	7 0.31%	2
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	131	Down -17 places-17	£475	-22.44%	2 0.088%	3
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	128	Down -17 places-17	£575	+15.00%	5 0.22%	1
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	132	Down -17 places-17	£525	-34.57%	1 0.044%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	132	Down -18 places-18	-	-	1 0.044%	5
Active Directory Federation Services	131	Down -18 places-18	£525	-	2 0.088%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	132	Down -19 places-19	-	-	1 0.044%
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	132	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.044%	2
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	132	New entry-	£375	-	1 0.044%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	130	New entry-	£550	-	3 0.13%
EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)	123	Down -8 places-8	£525	-	10 0.44%	2
Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect)	130	Down -16 places-16	£475	-32.14%	3 0.13%
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	131	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.088%
Azure Cognitive Services	132	New entry-	-	-	1 0.044%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	132	New entry-	-	-	1 0.044%
Microsoft Analysis Services	131	New entry-	£550	-	2 0.088%
Financial Services Business Analyst	132	New entry-	£325	-	1 0.044%
Network Services Manager	132	New entry-	£700	-	1 0.044%
Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)	132	New entry-	-	-	1 0.044%
Microservices	57	Down -18 places-18	£528	-9.82%	83 3.65%	69