Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	103	Down -32 places-32	£460	-16.36%	14 0.62%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	29	Down -13 places-13	£513	-2.38%	116 5.16%	77
Amazon Web Services DevOps	113	Down -24 places-24	£485	+10.85%	4 0.18%
Services Manager	98	Down -14 places-14	£495	-1.00%	19 0.85%	6
Amazon Web Services Engineer	102	Down -13 places-13	£510	+16.57%	15 0.67%	2
Amazon Web Services Architect	110	Down -28 places-28	£550	-8.33%	7 0.31%
Services Director	114	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.13%
SAP Data Services	112	Down -24 places-24	£604	-0.08%	5 0.22%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	116	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.045%
IT Services Manager	116	Down -30 places-30	-	-	1 0.045%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	109	Down -21 places-21	£550	+4.76%	8 0.36%	35
SQL Server Reporting Services	111	Down -23 places-23	£211	-47.36%	6 0.27%	4
SQL Server Integration Services	112	Down -23 places-23	£211	-56.81%	5 0.22%	3
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	113	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	115	Down -32 places-32	£363	-34.09%	2 0.089%	2
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	113	Down -24 places-24	£485	+10.85%	4 0.18%
Field Services Engineer	116	Down -27 places-27	-	-	1 0.045%	12
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	109	Down -20 places-20	£495	+41.42%	8 0.36%	3
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	110	Down -45 places-45	£450	-18.18%	7 0.31%	1
SQL Server Analysis Services	113	New entry-	£211	-	4 0.18%	1
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	116	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.045%	1
Network Services Manager	112	New entry-	£495	-	5 0.22%
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	113	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Infrastructure Services Manager	116	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Microservices	62	Up 15 places+15	£550	+22.22%	56 2.49%	12