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	87	Down -17 places-17	£750	+36.36%	23 1.09%	24
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	25	Up 3 places+3	£525	-4.54%	111 5.25%	122
Amazon Web Services DevOps	106	Down -29 places-29	£485	+10.85%	4 0.19%
Services Manager	100	Down -32 places-32	£495	+11.73%	10 0.47%	25
Amazon Web Services Engineer	96	Down -20 places-20	£510	+16.57%	14 0.66%	3
Amazon Web Services Architect	104	New entry-	£550	-	6 0.28%
Services Director	107	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.14%	1
SAP Data Services	105	New entry-	£604	-	5 0.24%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	101	Down -25 places-25	£550	+4.76%	9 0.43%	29
SQL Server Integration Services	105	Down -29 places-29	£211	-56.47%	5 0.24%	3
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	106	Down -29 places-29	£485	+10.85%	4 0.19%
SQL Server Reporting Services	106	Down -29 places-29	£211	-51.87%	4 0.19%	8
Field Services Engineer	108	New entry-	-	-	2 0.095%	5
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	105	Down -29 places-29	£495	+32.00%	5 0.24%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	107	New entry-	£550	-	3 0.14%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	105	Down -30 places-30	£363	-30.95%	5 0.24%	4
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	105	Down -31 places-31	£450	-	5 0.24%	5
SQL Server Analysis Services	106	Down -29 places-29	£211	-51.87%	4 0.19%	2
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	107	New entry-	£550	-	3 0.14%
Network Services Manager	105	New entry-	£495	-	5 0.24%
Field Services Hardware Engineer	109	New entry-	-	-	1 0.047%
Microservices	68	Down -5 places-5	£600	+33.33%	42 1.98%	25