Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	74	-10	£737	+34.04%	25 1.56%	33
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	32	-11	£500	-6.97%	79 4.93%	448
Amazon Web Services DevOps	98	-13	£600	+37.14%	1 0.062%	6
Services Manager	90	-13	£495	-5.71%	9 0.56%	11
Amazon Web Services Engineer	98	-16	-	-	1 0.062%	14
Amazon Web Services Architect	97	-14	£575	+12.74%	2 0.12%
SAP Data Services	98	-	£575	-	1 0.062%
IT Services Manager	98	-19	£350	-	1 0.062%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	94	-11	£516	-10.32%	5 0.31%	51
SQL Server Integration Services	94	-10	£475	-1.80%	5 0.31%	10
Field Services Engineer	98	-14	-	-	1 0.062%	4
SQL Server Reporting Services	98	-13	-	-	1 0.062%	12
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	96	-11	£495	+23.75%	3 0.19%	8
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	94	-9	£363	-	5 0.31%	2
Services Support Manager	96	-	£350	-	3 0.19%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	98	-	£600	-	1 0.062%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	98	-	-	-	1 0.062%	2
Network Services Manager	95	-	£495	-	4 0.25%	3
Field Services Hardware Engineer	98	-	-	-	1 0.062%
Technical Services Analyst	96	-15	-	-	3 0.19%
SQL Server Integration Services Specialist (SSIS Specialist)	96	-	£475	-	3 0.19%
Microservices	76	-15	£625	+61.29%	23 1.43%	164