Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	111	Down -43 places-43	£460	-15.98%	8 0.36%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	29	Down -13 places-13	£510	+2.00%	108 4.88%	45
Amazon Web Services DevOps	115	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	95	Down -7 places-7	£525	+5.00%	24 1.08%	3
Amazon Web Services Engineer	103	Down -9 places-9	£510	+13.33%	16 0.72%	7
Amazon Web Services Architect	113	Down -26 places-26	£550	-8.33%	6 0.27%	1
SAP Data Services	114	Down -22 places-22	£604	-	5 0.23%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	118	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.045%
IT Services Manager	117	Down -25 places-25	£600	+20.00%	2 0.090%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	110	Down -18 places-18	£600	+14.28%	9 0.41%	3
Field Services Engineer	117	Down -23 places-23	-	-	2 0.090%	8
SQL Server Integration Services	118	Down -27 places-27	-	-	1 0.045%	3
SQL Server Reporting Services	112	Down -20 places-20	£576	+44.00%	7 0.32%	2
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	115	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	114	New entry-	£550	-	5 0.23%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	109	Down -15 places-15	£475	+35.71%	10 0.45%	1
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	118	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%	3
SQL Server Analysis Services	118	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	113	Down -41 places-41	£450	-18.18%	6 0.27%
IT Services Delivery Manager	118	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.045%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	115	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%	1
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	118	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.045%
Infrastructure Services Manager	118	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Microservices	74	Up 2 places+2	£525	+14.44%	45 2.03%	13