Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	106	Down 40 places-40	£525	-3.66%	17 0.71%	15
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	47	Down 31 places-31	£525	+5.00%	83 3.46%	204
Services Manager	93	Down 5 places-5	£523	+4.50%	30 1.25%	28
Amazon Web Services Engineer	117	Down 23 places-23	£400	-11.11%	6 0.25%	21
Amazon Web Services Architect	116	Down 29 places-29	£345	-42.50%	7 0.29%	6
Amazon Web Services Specialist	122	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.042%
IT Services Manager	118	Down 25 places-25	£523	+4.50%	5 0.21%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	120	Down 28 places-28	£600	+23.07%	3 0.13%	6
Field Services Engineer	119	Down 24 places-24	-	-	4 0.17%	31
SQL Server Reporting Services	117	Down 24 places-24	£576	+44.00%	6 0.25%	7
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	116	Down 26 places-26	-	-	7 0.29%	2
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	107	New entry-	£500	-	16 0.67%	2
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	119	New entry-	-	-	4 0.17%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	120	Down 25 places-25	£345	-42.50%	3 0.13%	3
Technical Services Manager	122	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	120	Down 46 places-46	£450	-18.18%	3 0.13%	11
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	118	New entry-	-	-	5 0.21%	1
Services Support Manager	120	Down 27 places-27	£523	+49.28%	3 0.13%	2
IT Services Delivery Manager	122	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.042%	2
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	122	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.042%	1
Infrastructure Services Manager	122	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%
Microservices	71	Up 4 places+4	£525	+5.00%	53 2.21%	71