Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	117	Down -22 places-22	£575	+6.97%	25 1.10%	12
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	16	Down -3 places-3	£550	-5.98%	270 11.84%	136
Amazon Web Services DevOps	141	Down -29 places-29	-	-	1 0.044%	1
Services Manager	137	Down -28 places-28	£480	-12.32%	5 0.22%	7
Amazon Web Services Engineer	119	Down -15 places-15	£650	+20.93%	23 1.01%	8
Amazon Web Services Architect	134	Down -27 places-27	£575	-17.85%	8 0.35%	3
SAP Data Services	141	Down -25 places-25	-	-	1 0.044%
Terminal Services	139	New entry-	£625	-	3 0.13%
Amazon Web Services Developer	141	New entry-	£572	-	1 0.044%
Amazon Web Services Consultant	135	Down -18 places-18	£413	-31.25%	7 0.31%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	140	Down -23 places-23	-	-	2 0.088%
IT Services Manager	140	Down -26 places-26	£480	-22.19%	2 0.088%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	135	Down -31 places-31	£553	-22.35%	7 0.31%	11
Field Services Engineer	141	New entry-	£128	-	1 0.044%	1
SQL Server Integration Services	128	Down -17 places-17	£494	-11.03%	14 0.61%	5
SQL Server Reporting Services	135	Down -26 places-26	£544	+25.72%	7 0.31%	3
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	137	Down -22 places-22	£500	-	5 0.22%	2
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	141	Down -27 places-27	-	-	1 0.044%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	140	New entry-	£525	-	2 0.088%	1
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	141	Down -26 places-26	£525	-26.44%	1 0.044%	1
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	133	Down -19 places-19	£700	+27.27%	9 0.39%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	138	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%	3
Technical Services Manager	141	New entry-	£410	-	1 0.044%	2
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	141	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.044%
Field Services Technician	141	New entry-	£128	-	1 0.044%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	138	Down -23 places-23	£415	-30.83%	4 0.18%	2
EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)	139	Down -22 places-22	£439	+43.85%	3 0.13%	4
Azure Cognitive Services	141	Down -24 places-24	-	-	1 0.044%
Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect)	141	Down -26 places-26	£575	-17.85%	1 0.044%
Over-the-Top Media Services (OTT)	141	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.044%	1
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	141	New entry-	-	-	1 0.044%
Microservices	56	Down -8 places-8	£555	-5.12%	89 3.90%	47