Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	98	Down -34 places-34	£460	-15.59%	14 0.63%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	28	Down -15 places-15	£513	-2.38%	113 5.07%	71
Amazon Web Services DevOps	108	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	92	Down -13 places-13	£495	-1.00%	20 0.90%	9
Amazon Web Services Engineer	97	New entry-	£510	-	15 0.67%
Amazon Web Services Architect	105	Down -28 places-28	£550	-8.33%	7 0.31%
Services Director	109	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.13%
SAP Data Services	107	Down -24 places-24	£604	-0.08%	5 0.22%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	111	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.045%
IT Services Manager	111	Down -30 places-30	-	-	1 0.045%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	104	Down -21 places-21	£550	+4.76%	8 0.36%	28
SQL Server Reporting Services	106	Down -23 places-23	£211	-47.36%	6 0.27%	5
SQL Server Integration Services	107	Down -23 places-23	£211	-56.81%	5 0.22%	4
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	108	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	111	Down -33 places-33	£363	-34.09%	1 0.045%	2
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	108	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Field Services Engineer	111	Down -27 places-27	-	-	1 0.045%	12
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	104	Down -20 places-20	£495	+41.42%	8 0.36%	3
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	105	Down -45 places-45	£450	-18.18%	7 0.31%	1
SQL Server Analysis Services	108	New entry-	£211	-	4 0.18%	2
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	108	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	111	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.045%	1
Network Services Manager	107	New entry-	£495	-	5 0.22%
Infrastructure Services Manager	111	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Microservices	61	Up 10 places+10	£550	+22.22%	53 2.38%	12