Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	106	Down -20 places-20	£648	+17.72%	19 0.80%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	12	Down -1 place-1	£550	-	270 11.34%	192
Amazon Web Services DevOps	121	Down -10 places-10	£373	-44.81%	4 0.17%	1
Services Manager	121	Down -14 places-14	£525	-5.19%	4 0.17%	6
Amazon Web Services Engineer	106	Down -2 places-2	£528	-4.09%	19 0.80%	5
Amazon Web Services Architect	116	Down -7 places-7	£600	-14.28%	9 0.38%	2
SAP Data Services	123	Down -13 places-13	-	-	2 0.084%
Terminal Services	123	New entry-	£625	-	2 0.084%
Amazon Web Services Developer	124	Down -11 places-11	-	-	1 0.042%
Amazon Web Services Consultant	118	New entry-	£413	-	7 0.29%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	121	Down -6 places-6	-	-	4 0.17%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	119	Down -18 places-18	£544	-19.40%	6 0.25%	14
SQL Server Integration Services	116	Down -15 places-15	£475	-9.52%	9 0.38%	2
SQL Server Reporting Services	124	Down -24 places-24	-	-	1 0.042%	3
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	124	Down -10 places-10	£525	-34.57%	1 0.042%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	122	Down -8 places-8	£575	-	3 0.13%	1
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	121	Down -8 places-8	£373	-36.05%	4 0.17%	1
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	119	Down -7 places-7	£575	+35.29%	6 0.25%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	123	New entry-	£488	-	2 0.084%
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	124	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.042%
Active Directory Federation Services	123	New entry-	£525	-	2 0.084%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	124	Down -13 places-13	-	-	1 0.042%
SQL Server Analysis Services	123	New entry-	-	-	2 0.084%
EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)	116	New entry-	£650	-	9 0.38%	4
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	123	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.084%
Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect)	124	Down -10 places-10	£575	-17.85%	1 0.042%
Azure Cognitive Services	124	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%
Network Services Manager	124	New entry-	£700	-	1 0.042%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	124	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%
Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)	124	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%
Microsoft Analysis Services	124	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%
Microservices	57	Down -19 places-19	£555	-5.12%	69 2.90%	63