Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	100	Down -38 places-38	£525	-3.66%	17 0.70%	16
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	33	Down -19 places-19	£511	+1.99%	106 4.38%	272
Services Manager	92	Down -8 places-8	£525	+5.00%	25 1.03%	29
Amazon Web Services Engineer	107	Down -16 places-16	£510	+13.33%	10 0.41%	16
Amazon Web Services Architect	110	Down -26 places-26	£345	-42.50%	7 0.29%	4
Amazon Web Services Specialist	116	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.041%
IT Services Manager	115	Down -26 places-26	£600	+20.00%	2 0.083%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	114	Down -26 places-26	£600	+17.07%	3 0.12%	28
Field Services Engineer	113	Down -22 places-22	-	-	4 0.17%	23
SQL Server Reporting Services	111	Down -22 places-22	£576	+44.00%	6 0.25%	7
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	110	Down -24 places-24	-	-	7 0.29%	5
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	104	New entry-	£500	-	13 0.54%	2
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	113	New entry-	-	-	4 0.17%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	114	New entry-	£345	-	3 0.12%	3
Technical Services Manager	116	New entry-	-	-	1 0.041%	7
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	112	New entry-	-	-	5 0.21%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	112	Down -42 places-42	£450	-18.18%	5 0.21%
IT Services Delivery Manager	116	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.041%	5
Infrastructure Services Manager	116	New entry-	-	-	1 0.041%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	116	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.041%
Microservices	63	Up 10 places+10	£525	+5.00%	57 2.35%	89